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It’s off the deep end and off to la-la land with State Sen. James Meeks. Meeks is struggling to find support for his grand plan to encourage kids to stay home from school at the start of the school year.
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
State Sen. James Meeks (D-Chicago) met privately with the City Council’s Black Caucus [...]
Certainly one of the strangest comments in recent Illinois politics escaped the mouth of Gov. Rod Blagojevich today.
According to our friend Gregory Tejeda at the Chicag Argus, Blago described himself Monday as a “homeboy” and “possibly the first African-American governor of Illinois.”
Just try and find a context for that one.
Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn stood [...]
Shocking news from Northwestern Memorial Hospital today: Bernie Mac, comedian and actor, died Saturday. His publicist, Danica Smith, said he died as a result of complications from pneumonia.
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body’s organs, but had said the condition went [...]
Ever wonder who in Park Forest is contributing to the presidential campaigns? Wondering if a celebrity is playing both sides of the fence? Whether that new guy or gal you’ve just met is actually a Republican or a Democrat? Wondering if your boss maxed out at that fundraiser or got comped? Does your [...]
Really, I was not planning on writing about Todd Stroger anytime soon. I hadn’t read much recently, and thought, perhaps, that he was simply doing the work of the people. Perhaps he had found his stride.
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Tired of getting “pummeled by the newspapers every day,” Cook County Board president Todd Stroger’s administration has [...]
As Prepared For Delivery
Berlin, Germany
July 24th, 2008
Thank you to the citizens of Berlin and to the people of Germany. Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me earlier today. Thank you Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thank you for this welcome.
I come to Berlin as [...]
Senator, your people need to chill. Big time.
The Huffington Post reports today the Obama campaign is banning journalists who give Himself bad press:
Forty journalists, including such leading correspondents as Dan Balz of The Washington Post, will be aboard his plane for next week’s swing through Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and England.
The campaign received 200 [...]
Pennsylvania State Rep. Ramaley, Mike Veon, a former staffer to Rep. H. William DeWeese and ten others have been charged in what WTAE in Pittsburgh is calling, “Bonus Probe.”
The defendants named in Thursday’s indictment include Rep. Sean Ramaley, a Beaver County Democrat; former Rep. Mike Veon, who served as Democratic whip; and Michael Manzo, a [...]
U.S. Congressman Bill Foster from the 14th Congressional District in Illinois is quickly making a name for himself standing up for our military veterans. The 14th District is the seat vacated by former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert. According to the Daily Chronicle:
Beginning next year, veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces will have [...]
Some Barack Obama supporters are informally adopting the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate’s middle name as their own. According to the New York Times:
Emily Nordling has never met a Muslim, at least not to her knowledge. But this spring, Ms. Nordling, a 19-year-old student from Fort Thomas, Ky., gave herself a new middle name on Facebook.com, [...]
