I feel a bit bad that this is just two links to what I’ve already written (with such a grandiose title…) - but read them and I think you’ll recognize why I think their connection merits a new post.
Read my earlier post, Recent Readings In American Politics: Theory and Practice. Then read the […]
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Posted 22 September 2005
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DuPage County Board Chair Robert Schillerstrom has recently been touting a new county development corporation, DuPageBiz, that will be a public-private effort to reinvigorate the DuPage economy. The focus will be on expanding business and employment in DuPage. While I’d want to know more details, the basic idea is a great one that […]
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Posted 22 September 2005
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From today’s Naperville Sun:
“With more than 50 people at the county government complex and state House Republican leader Tom Cross flanking him, [Robert] Schillerstrom [announced his re-election bid for DuPage County Board chairman]
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Cross said Schillerstrom’s greatest asset is his ability to cooperate with Democrats….
‘In order to be successful you have to talk to both sides, […]
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Posted 22 September 2005
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From the Friends of the DuPage Theatre:
“The Fight to Save the DuPage Theatre is not over!
The Lombard Historical Commission met last night in special session concerning their right to pursue a 6 month delay in demolition of the DuPage Theatre according to the village ordinance governing the commission. There were several Friends of the DuPage […]
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Posted 22 September 2005
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Yesterday’s Daily Herald reports that Robert Schillerstrom has decided not to seek statewide office this campaign season. The DuPage County Board Chairman, with a campaign chest of almost $1.5 million, has raised more money than all of the GOP gubernatorial contenders recently except Ron Gidwitz.
Bob Schillerstrom’s recent fundraising exploits beg the question ‘what the […]
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Posted 22 September 2005
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I’ve met a few times (and occasionally written about) State Senator Don Harmon - and he strikes me on a personal note as a really decent guy. Politically we share a number of similar views and, of course, the same party. Don has a strong record of making government work better and smarter […]
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Posted 21 September 2005
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Because Jeff Foxworthy oughta think about it, I’m introducing the Weekly WurfWhile “You Might Be A Democrat.”
From today’s New York Times article “G.O.P. Split Over Big Plans for Storm Spending,”:
“‘There has never been a time where there is more total spending and more wasteful spending in Washington than we have today,’ said Pat Toomey, a […]
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Posted 16 September 2005
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You can read a summary by Rich Miller of Capitol Fax here. You can also read his “admonition” here. The potential scandal involves politically connected GOP Stuart Levine and the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, where there was allegedly a pay-to-play system for companies wanting to do business with the pension fund. Even […]
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Posted 16 September 2005
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“I was a Democrat most of my adult life. I didn’t leave my party, and we’re not suggesting you leave yours. I am telling you that what I felt was that the leadership of the Democratic Party had left me and millions of patriotic Democrats in this country who believed in freedom.”
- Ronald Regan in […]
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Posted 15 September 2005
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The recently released Chicago Metropolis 2020 housing report, Homes for a Changing Region, finds that housing will be too expensive in the future - pricing out about 20% of the population - unless we make key changes. According to the Chicago Tribune the report finds,
“By 2030, roughly 870,000 families in the six-county area–or a […]
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Posted 12 September 2005
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