Tribune Editorial: A disastrous decision
February 5, 2010
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a sound law passed by the General Assembly in 2005 to protect health care in this state. The court threw out a sound law that has worked. The court threw out a sound law and essentially told the state’s lawmakers: Don’t even bother to try this again.
This is a disastrous decision. Read more
Tribune’s Clout Street: Republicans call for more campaign cash reform
January 26, 2010
Posted by Michelle Manchir
SPRINGFIELD — House Republican leader Tom Cross today called for limits on how much legislative leaders and political party campaign committees can give to candidates in general elections, saying it was a necessary change that Democrats refused to put into a new state reform law.
Daily Herald Editorial: Talking about an IL revolution
January 29, 2010
None of us should want a few powerful people deciding who gets to represent us or what ideas get considered. We’re supposed to get to decide that for ourselves when we go to the ballot box, as we all should do Tuesday.
Chicago Suntimes Op-ed:Change redistricting to put reform on the map
With Illinois paralyzed by gridlock and teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, many citizens are angry about what is happening in Illinois state government. They want change, but it never seems to happen.
I have heard those cries for reform and have suggested that if you can do one thing to change the political culture in Illinois, it’s changing legislative redistricting.
Joliet Herald: “Every Penny helps Plainfield D.A.R.E. endure”
November 20, 2009
PLAINFIELD — The idea of armed police officers walking through grade-school corridors didn’t sit well with many educators in the 1980s.
Police officers weren’t too keen on the idea, either.