This week, I announced that I was resigning from the Frankfort Village Board. It was an extraordinary tough decision - one which I grappled with for some time. Work, School, a huge life change - marriage - is a lot to handle. Something had to give. Unfortunately, at this point, it […]

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The Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune laid the defeat of the bloated, ineffective transit bill at the feet of Tom Cross and the House Republicans. They argue that Cross and his Caucus are holding out for more funding for their constituents in exchange for their votes to eliminate any cuts to the CTA. […]

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The DuPage County Republicans released their “new” website this morning and its magnificently underwhelming. The only way this thing could be worse was if it was hosted at a .geocities.com domain. I hate to pile on fellow Republicans, but if DuPage is really the “most Republican County in the USA”, this is embarrassing. […]

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I’ve been doing some thinking about the Governor’s Race in 2010 here in Illinois. It’s going to be wide open on the GOP side and I think that Lisa Madigan (whom I’m presuming will be the nominee) will be tough to beat. Doable, but tough.
The part I’ve been thinking about is […]

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There’s plenty going on down in Champaign and it’s not all football related.
First, Yahoo announced that they’re expanding to bring an office to campus, then Valleywag reported that the U of I will partner with the Library of Congress to preserve Second Life as a museum artifact.
All of it makes sense. It’s […]

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Especially in recent weeks, with their focus of going more and more to the left (on purpose! Can you believe it?!?!?!), I haven’t had too many mornings where I’m riding the train to the city and I find myself agreeing with the Sun-Times and the Chicago Democrats. Today, however, I was pleasantly surprised. […]

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The tragic story of the disappearance/killing of Plainfield resident Lisa Stebic took a bizarre twist yesterday. Her husband, who by all accounts is the chief suspect, apparently had some company in the form on NBC5 Reporter Amy Jacobson. That’s her on the right with one of my other favorites from NBC 5, Anna […]

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Last week, just like my colleagues, I spent some time in the New York Office. There were plenty of things that were mentionable, but one item struck me particularly: in the cafe, they listed on a grease board all of the local farmers where their food supplies arrived from. They were boasting […]

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Just yesterday, the Sun-Times Lynn Sweet posted that Illinois’ very own Bob Kjellander was named as the vice chairman of the 2008 Republican National Convention Committee on Arrangements for the 2008 Republican National Convention to be held in Minneapolis/Saint Paul. The Committee on Arrangements is the RNC body charged with the planning and management […]

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Tonight, the Democrats running for President gather in South Carolina for their first debate. In a few weeks, on Thursday May 3rd, the Republicans will do the same, with their debate being hosted at the Ronald Regan Presidential Library. One of the things that will make this year different for Republicans than in […]

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