Bob McCarty Writes

In a post Wednesday, I reported that a joint anti-war protest and immigrants rights rally was set to take place today in Pilsen, the heart of the Chicago’s Latino community.  And it did.  Unfortunately, it appears most Chicago media outlets seem content with providing little or no coverage of the rally.  Perhaps, it’s part of [...]

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By a 59-0 vote of the Illinois Senate, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached this afternoon in Springfield.
The 52-year-old Democrat becomes the first sitting governor in the Land of Lincoln’s pockmarked history of corruption to be impeached, convicted and booted out of office.
He will, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune, be replaced immediately by [...]

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The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that Secretary of State Jesse White does not need to acknowledge via his signature the letter Gov. Rod Blagojevich used to appoint Roland Burris to the represent the Land of Lincoln in the U.S. Senate.
Delivered by Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier, the ruling in Burris v. White appears to give [...]

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Only four days after publishing a post, Roadkill Could Help Fight Hunger in Illinois, I read a Chicago Tribune article this morning about the Illinois legislature’s decision over the weekend to throw $20 million at the program and resume roadkill cleanup.
Because it’s unclear at this point how resumption of roadkill cleanup activities in the Land [...]

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While some people might cringe at the thought of seeing more dead animals on Illinois roadways, members of the cup-half-full crowd will view a recent decision by the state department of transportation as one that creates opportunities to lower grocery bills and, more importantly, fight hunger in the state.
IDOT officials said yesterday their crews will [...]

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