Showing posts with label state senate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state senate. Show all posts
1:05 PM
judicial watch lawsuit postscript
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blagojevich , house of representatives , jones , judicial watch , state senate
As reported earlier, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the governor, senate president and state senate for open records violations. Judicial Watch claims that information is being withheld about pork-barrel spending which is often hidden inside the budget as "lump-sum" appropriations. Specific details about the projects and how much each project costs are not available to taxpayers.
Freedom of Information Act requests filed by Judicial Watch were ignored by Blagojevich and Jones. Requests made to the State House of Representatives were NOT ignored and hence they were not named in the suit.
Please note that SB1601, sponsored by Republican Senator Gary Dahl would stop this practice. But the bill got stuck in rules by the Democrat led committee and went nowhere.
Freedom of Information Act requests filed by Judicial Watch were ignored by Blagojevich and Jones. Requests made to the State House of Representatives were NOT ignored and hence they were not named in the suit.
Please note that SB1601, sponsored by Republican Senator Gary Dahl would stop this practice. But the bill got stuck in rules by the Democrat led committee and went nowhere.
6:10 AM
the ift plea
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budget , emil jones , illinois federation of teachers , state senate
The Illinois Federation of Teachers has sent a letter to State Senate President Emil Jones requesting that he bring the state senate back in session to override the vetoes made by the Governor.
Their letter spells out the cuts and one item in particular is the cut of matching funds to capture federal dollars for higher education.
Their letter spells out the cuts and one item in particular is the cut of matching funds to capture federal dollars for higher education.
11:24 AM
According to Steve Huntley of the Chicago Sun-Times, House Speaker Madigan and State Senate President Emil Jones are far from blameless in the breakdown of state government. Steve writes that if anyone casts a ballot for a Democrat in a state legislative race it is beyond him.
A vote for a Republican is the ONLY WAY to protest one-party rule in Illinois. As I was at the Mercer County Fair yesterday, this hit me like a ton of bricks. Our Democracy is not set-up for one-party rule. Two or more parties, yes, no parties, yes.....but NOT one. Am I correct? I'll let you be the judge. I have to let you be the judge.
The Framers didn't have political parties at the start, parties evolved from interests and agendas. But from the start there became two. I have personally become aware of one-party rule in certain counties from my county treasurer colleagues. It doesn't matter which party, D or R, when one-party rules, there is potential bitterness or that bitterness shows up to bring gridlock and a lack of solutions to problems. The political balance on certain issues gets hammered and with it small battles ensue to create one big war.
Sound familiar? Look at state government. On the Senate side, the Republicans were left out of much of the budget process. The Senate Republicans can scream, holler and vote no all they want to, but it is of no use. Why? There isn't enough of them, being outnumbered 37 - 22. The Democrat super-majority has been full of steam to vote against the re-call provision, vote for pay raises and vote for an unbalanced budget.
I agree with Steve. Vote for the Republican candidate in the legislative race. Remember, one seat at a time.
A vote for a Republican is the ONLY WAY to protest one-party rule in Illinois. As I was at the Mercer County Fair yesterday, this hit me like a ton of bricks. Our Democracy is not set-up for one-party rule. Two or more parties, yes, no parties, yes.....but NOT one. Am I correct? I'll let you be the judge. I have to let you be the judge.
The Framers didn't have political parties at the start, parties evolved from interests and agendas. But from the start there became two. I have personally become aware of one-party rule in certain counties from my county treasurer colleagues. It doesn't matter which party, D or R, when one-party rules, there is potential bitterness or that bitterness shows up to bring gridlock and a lack of solutions to problems. The political balance on certain issues gets hammered and with it small battles ensue to create one big war.
Sound familiar? Look at state government. On the Senate side, the Republicans were left out of much of the budget process. The Senate Republicans can scream, holler and vote no all they want to, but it is of no use. Why? There isn't enough of them, being outnumbered 37 - 22. The Democrat super-majority has been full of steam to vote against the re-call provision, vote for pay raises and vote for an unbalanced budget.
I agree with Steve. Vote for the Republican candidate in the legislative race. Remember, one seat at a time.