Daniel Betts moved from Denver with his family to become Executive Director of the Naperville Park District. He lasted four to five months on a three-year contract and now leaves with an $86,000 severance package plus COBRA according to the Daily Herald and Naperville Sun. The Herald quotes Betts as saying he is […]
From the Scott Harper Campaign:
Join the Scott Harper for Congress campaign watch Senator Barack Obama accept his parties nomination for President. The party will be from 7-11 p.m. on August 28 in Bolingbrook. The venue will be Tailgaters Bar and Grill on 431 W Boughton Rd., Bolingbrook, IL 60440. Please click here to RSVP if […]
One of the best programs we’ve ever had for increasing American prosperity and decreasing poverty.
John McCain dumps on Paris Hilton in a commercial slamming Obama for being like her (i.e. famous and, by implication, insubstantial). Paris Hilton might be expected to slam McCain back, but instead seems to come up with a smart retort showing policy chops - why not incorporate John McCain’s pro-offshore drilling position on energy […]
I took a look at McCain’s “The One” commercial and came away with two impressions: it obviously had a lot of symbolism I wasn’t getting and it seemed low budget, kind of Monty Pythonesque. Then, thanks to Kevin Drum I read Amy Sullivan’s analysis of the commercial in Time which put pieces into […]
[Hat tip to Ezra]
Instead of funding the Iraq War, Americans could have done a lot with the money - like give each of us a Toyota Prius or supply the Irish with beer for 1,000 years. War or Car? offers some necessary perspective on the Iraq War’s financial cost. The human cost is […]
When Governor Rod Blagojevich made public transportation for seniors free at the beginning of the year he did something right. Given it’s Governor Blagojevich, he didn’t get there the right way and it might even be that having the “right” policy in this case was incidental or accidental, but it was right. It […]
From the AP news wires today:
Booneville, Ky - “Senator Barack Obama often commands large crowds of young people, college graduates and women at speeches and campaign rallies. But the central front in his war for the White House with Senator John McCain remains hardscrabble Appalachian communities like Owsley County, Kentucky (population 4,858), where Senator McCain […]
[Hat tip David Zetland]
In New Mexico journalist John Fleck writes about a court ruling limiting future well drilling for new residents:
“A state court this week threw out New Mexicans’ longstanding legal right to drill a domestic water well without having to worry about whether it would leave less water for their neighbors.
The ruling is a […]
