I’m going to talk about Blair Hull, but I have to tell you a story first. Nobody thought Terry Link had a chance back in 1996. Link was running for an Illinois Senate seat in a Republican-leaning Lake County district. He was a surefire loser. But Link worked hard, and his Republican opponent wasn’t much […]
Opinion
Posted inOpinion
Letters 3-4-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com CAUGHT BY THE GOB PILE I went to Hannibal, Mo., and picked […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters 2-26-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com POT. KETTLE. BLACK. It’s ironic Don Hickman became a broadcasting critic [Bud […]
Posted inOpinion
Care less
Buried deep within Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s annual budget address last week was a nasty argument with the most influential bunch of do-gooders in Illinois — the social service providers. These are the groups, many of them religious (like the Catholic Conference, Lutheran Social Services and the Jewish Federation), that take care of the state’s most […]
Posted inOpinion
Smooth operator
At first glance, it may seem puzzling that last week’s list of federal indictments included the powerful lobbying firm of Ronan Potts, but not Al Ronan, the guy who runs the firm. Ronan’s attorney has all but admitted that Ronan is “Fawell Associate 1,” who was repeatedly referred to in the indictments of former George […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters 2-19-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com MEMORY LANE Friends of mine in Springfield sent me the article about […]
Posted inOpinion
Sound and fury
You really have to hand it to Gov. Rod Blagojevich. By simply proposing to transfer the powers of the Illinois State Board of Education to his own office, Blagojevich did several huge favors for the teachers unions, forestalled any budget-busting funding increases for education and all but killed the income-for-property tax swap idea for the […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters 2-12-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com LOWERED EXPECTATIONS I have just finished reading your article on the proposed […]
Posted inOpinion
Dodge ball
Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s success on major legislation last year may not translate into passage of his top priority this year: eliminating the Illinois State Board of Education, which he’s compared to a “Soviet-style” bureaucracy. On every major victory last year, the governor had the backing of both Democratic legislative leaders, House Speaker Michael Madigan and […]
Posted inOpinion
Pride and Prejudice
Rick Garcia, who runs the state’s largest gay rights organization, is obviously a little fed up with some Democrats in the Illinois state Senate. “They’re just wusses,” Garcia says. Garcia is upset at the Democrats for preventing Senate Bill 101 from receiving a vote by the full Senate. The bill would essentially forbid discrimination in […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters 2-5-04
We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705 Fax: (217) 753-3958 E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com UNBELIEVABLE, BUT NOT UNEXPECTED I wish to thank freelance writer Bob Schaper for the […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters 1-29-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com COMMON SENSE ON DRUG USE President Bush’s plan to pour millions into […]
