Yesterday’s New York Times details the huge amount of waste and fraud in Katrina and Rita disaster relief efforts.
“The estimate of up to $2 billion in fraud and waste represents nearly 11 percent of the $19 billion spent by FEMA on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as of mid-June, or about 6 percent of total money […]
I received this a couple days ago (pasted below) and added a couple quick links myself. You might call this a Tammy Duckworth’s “follow the leader” letter to Peter Roskam.
“June 25, 2006
State Senator Peter Roskam
423 W. Wesley
Wheaton, IL 60187
Dear Senator Roskam:
I welcome your belated support of the line-item veto, which passed the U.S. […]
I posted my analysis at Feingold for Illinois. It’s worth the trip.
Eric Zorn nails GOP 6th Congressional Candidate Peter Roskam on tort reform - asking why he legislates for it (now) but practices (and advertises) as a lawyer against it.
From a story in yesterday’s Indianapolis Star, “Senators’ spouses share wealth,” discussing the wealth of various Democratic contenders for president in 2008:
“[Evan] Bayh also has the title of author, although he hasn’t earned as much for his efforts. Since his memoir was published in 2003, Bayh has reported earning $3,805 for “Evan Bayh: From […]
I took the “express” Metra Burlington Northern train this evening to Naperville at 5:44 PM. It is now past 9 PM and thanks to my wife driving back to Chicago (don’t ask about her four-hour commute), I am home (we did stop for gas and drive through dinner).
There are a lot of reasons to […]
You can read Rich Dunn’s position on DuPage County Board salary increases here.
Rich points out that DuPage County Board members work a part-time job that now will earn over $50,000 a year - and that this money could be better used elsewhere. Rich proposes slashing county board member salaries by about 40%, saying,
“As a […]
Really. But, hey, homeland security is serious business and that’s no joke.
Democrat Tammy Duckworth’s campaign in the 6th Congressional District has done well with press and publicity. During the primary she gathered almost all the major Democratic endorsements. She raised more money than her primary opponents put together. In the general election, Tammy has policies much more moderate (and reasonable) than her Republican […]
Just saw it today - apparently Forest Preserve Commissioner Carl Schultz been blogging since March at The Forest’s Edge. He’s also got a decent looking campaign website. I’m guessing that Carl doesn’t want to leave things to chance after the 2004 DuPage Forest Preserve District Commissioner District 5 primary challenge by real estate […]
