Matt Stoller may be overestimating some of the power of the structure, but his analysis of Barack Obama’s Campaign is certainly worth a read. The issue, which has excited New York Times Opinion Columnist Paul Krugman to no end, is two-fold:
1. What do we get out of Barack Obama’s power structure in practical terms […]
“I’ve been ungodly blessed, you know, I just happened to be born at the right time in the right place. I tell people if I’d been born a few thousand years ago I would have been some animal’s lunch, because I can’t run very fast or jump very high. Or if I’d been born in […]
What Jacky Grimshaw noted locally about Kendall County is a reality in other areas too - the further you are from good mass transit the more costly the commute - which, according to NPR is where in some locales you will find housing discounted and not selling. In Kendall County it seems sales and […]
Pay me more and I’ll let you know.
Money and happiness may not have a super-strong relationship - but it’s enough to be bad news for the Bush economy, where Americans have been earning less over the years. Perhaps depressed wages have contributed to depressing people with an overwhelming majority of Americans believing […]
[OneMan in comments below is right - Henry Treftz, Vice Chair of the Aurora Township GOP was there (although I missed seeing him) - and yes, he is a cool guy.]
Last Friday over 125 people attended Alderman Stephanie Kifowit’s official announcement that she is running for Mayor of Aurora. Under the banner “Leadership that […]
Jacky Grimshaw, VP for Policy, Transportation and Community Development at Center for Neighborhood Technology, wrote an important Letter to the Editor in Tuesday’s Chicago Tribune:
“With a reported median selling price of $227,000, homebuyers feel they can get the most home for their money in Kendall County (”Kendall nation’s fastest-growing county; Locals proud despite area’s growing […]
[Hat tip to Matt Yglesias]
I haven’t read Charles Karelis’ recent book (nor had I heard of him for that matter) but what struck me about his argument that poverty traps people because they have too many “problems to be alleviated” was that it sounds reasonable, compelling and not that surprising. The first thing I […]
From State Representative Paul Froehlich (all links are mine):
Dear Mr. Byrne:
After reading your March 31st column in the Tribune, I looked up what my colleagues Sen. Murphy and Rep. Bassi introduced to facilitate secession. It’s SB2591 and HB6307. What’s significant here is that these are normal bills rather than proposed constitutional amendments. […]
Progress Illinois has a great discussion of DuPage urbanization based on this Boston Review article. I have some mixed thoughts about what’s there - but they’re certainly worth reading.
A report from the State House:
The Franks-Froehlich Bill (HB4717), requiring collar county boards vote to receive the quarter point sales tax increase that passed with the recent Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Act, was dealt a major setback today in the House Mass Transit Committee. Collar counties normally supporting local control appear not to want […]
