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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Raw state politics enough to make you gag

If you want a snapshot of how the sausage is made in an election, it could be seen at 69 W. Washington Tuesday. That building houses both the Chicago and Cook County election boards.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Campaign finance reform: Best we could get?

Dawn Clark Netsch, the venerable voice of Illinois political reform, called early Friday morning even though it was going to make her late for a dentist's appointment. She was concerned I was going to get it wrong. That I was going to blast the Legislature for once again passing a watered-down, weak-kneed bill on campaign finance reform that they would hail as progress.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Voters accepting no reform imitations

Scott Turow, the prolific, best-selling Chicago author, had a message for Illinois lawmakers the other day.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

GOP aims to take back Obama's Senate seat

'Illinois Republicans eat their own," one of my breakfast companions said Wednesday morning at a GOP candidate forum.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

No runaway leader in Senate pack for Dems

When we talked Tuesday, Cheryle Jackson was on her cell phone from Los Angeles, just leaving a meeting with liberal Huff Post blog queen Arianna Huffington. "Exhilarating" was how Jackson described their conversation.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Why isn't Quinn fixing Chicago State U.?

How come Gov. Pat Quinn, in the wake of a clout scandal at the state's premier university, can sweep out the University of Illinois' board of trustees (with two notable exceptions) but can't do the same for our most beleaguered university?

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Law keeps CPS in the dark on at-risk youths

In 2002, the notorious "king" of the Vice Lords, Willie Lloyd, talked with Sun-Times reporters Frank Main and Carlos Sadovi.





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