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Foster, Bean vote aye on bailout

Monday, September 29th, 2008
Filed under: politics

Area Democratic congressmen Bill Foster and Melissa Bean voted aye on the failed $700B bailout today. Will it help them or hurt them in their reelection bids?
The text of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s rancorous remarks preceding the vote:

PELOSI: When was the last time anyone ever asked you for $700 billion?
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Jim Oberweis tv spots

Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Filed under: politics

Quite possibly the worst political ads in the history of television advertising:

OMG, His children actually like him!!! What a surprise! I’m sure everybody will be lining up to vote for him now.
Come on, Mr. Oberweis you can do better than this.
How about some endorsements that really matter? Palin? McCain? Hastert?
How about highlighting Bill […]

The end of the Bandits

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil, politics

My last post looks rather foolish now that I’ve read the subsequent coverage surrounding the issue of former Elgin councilman Mike Powers’s resignation. I wasn’t able to follow the news closely this month so I missed the revealing memos and the disclosure of the condo problem published in the Courier News. I applaud the Courier […]

A lesson for Obama

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil, politics

The biggest piece of news this month was the resignation of Mike Powers from the Elgin City Council.
Bandits owner Bill Conroy said Powers approached him about a full-time marketing consultant position that was supposed to start June 1. Conroy said it seemed natural since Powers had great area connections, so the team paid […]