House Republicans lose attempt to force votes on recall, pushing back primary election
Originally posted: May 26, 2009
Posted by Monique Garcia and Ashley Rueff at 4:53 p.m.; updated at 5:13 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD---House Republicans attempted to score some political points on the reform front Tuesday, getting Democrats on the record as blocking up-or-down votes on giving citizens the right to recall elected officials and pushing the primary back to summer.
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Give lawmakers your ultimatum. And do it now.
May 3, 2009
Think back to Dec. 9, to the humiliation of Illinois. Federal authorities said your governor tried to extort contributions from a children's hospital exec -- and tried to peddle Barack Obama's Senate seat. What the Department of Justice now calls "The Blagojevich Enterprise" astonished you. The lawmakers you pay to govern had reason to fear that you would rebel against the lot of them. Many of them pledged that they would move quickly to end the Illinois culture of political sleaze.
Yet as of early May, with only four weeks to go in this legislative session, they've done next to nothing. A graphic in Tuesday's Tribune detailed, issue by urgent issue, the refusal thus far of your lawmakers to curb their own power or otherwise reform this supremely corruptible government. You remember their pandering promises? You thought their lip service was legit? The sly sluggishness in Springfield suggests you're on the short end of your lawmakers' deceits.
Tom Cross and John Tillman: State needs to get moving on economic reform agenda
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
Posted Apr 14, 2009 @ 12:05 AM
Lost any friends lately? We sure have - and it's not because of bad behavior or forgetting to send "thank you" notes. And it's not just us. Throughout Illinois, people are losing friends, co-workers and acquaintances at record levels.
They're losing them to other states.
During the past 10 years, more than 727,150 people left our state, ranking Illinois third in the nation in net outmigration. "We're moving to Texas," to paraphrase what a few friends have said. "Dallas has the best growth opportunity for what I do. Plus, there's no income tax and property taxes are much lower. We can live like kings there."
Read more: Tom Cross and John Tillman: State needs to get moving on economic reform agenda
GOP Rips Walker's Vote On Burris
Voting in lock-step with Illinois Democrat leaders, newly-elected State Rep. Mark Walker (D-66th) opposed a House Resolution last Thursday (Feb. 19) that urges the U.S. Senate to take swift and immediate action to address the mounting concerns surrounding Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate.
According to Republican National Committeeman Pat Brady, Walker's vote to support Roland Burris is "troubling" in light of recent news outlining potential perjury and play-to-play allegations.
Dems to blame for budget mess
GOP attacking Gov. Quinn over income tax increase
By Kevin McDermott - ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH - Tuesday, Mar. 24 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It's still unclear whether Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's
proposed tax hike will fix Illinois' fiscal crisis. But it's already paying
political dividends for state Republicans.
In an early run-up to the 2010 statewide elections, top Republicans are using the newly unveiled tax proposal to excoriate Quinn and his fellow Democrats who control Illinois government. The GOP is going on television and across the Internet to take Quinn to task on his claim that the tax won't hit lower-income Illinoisans.
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