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On Being Held Hostage By Your Congressman
“Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely…” At some point, we have heard this phrase in our lives. The quote is a warning to anyone that giving someone too much power can corrupt even the...
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Wrong Solution to a Growing Problem – Countywide School Sales Tax
Budgets are tight everywhere. Your family or yourself have tightened belts as gas prices continue to climb, grocery prices rise & the overall cost of living increases. While you and yours’ costs...
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The Illinois Petri Dish
Shortly after the Romney/Ryan defeat in November, Republicans & pundits started the public & private autopsy of what went wrong. The insider conclusion? Republicans aren’t liberal enough. Then...
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Conservatives Back Bruce Rauner? Do-what?!
I’m not sure how any self-respecting conservative can support Bruce Rauner to win the Republican nomination for Illinois Governor. Given Rauner’s past, as detailed in Sam Pierce’s article at Illinois...
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Winners & Losers with Illinois Gay Marriage Passage
Every debate has a winner & a loser. One side prevails as another does not. This concept also applies to the gay marriage bill in front of the Illinois General Assembly. Greg Hinz at Crain’s...
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The Wussificaton of our Kids…in Effingham?!
We’ve heard the stories from other school districts – no Musical Chairs, no Duck Duck Goose, no Tag, etc. Why? Because these games are inherently unfair or somebody might feel left out. I live in one...
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The Unrepresentative Representative
US Representative John Shimkus (R-IL15) knows how to talk a good game. He has found a great way to keep his district eating out of the palm of his hands & as a side effect, has allowed him no...
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Term Limits, General Assembly & Governor Power. Why?
Term limits are popular with people and there is no doubt about that. Many don’t like either the US Congress or our IL General Assembly as a whole which helps fuel support for term limits. While term...
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Making A Bachelor’s Degree Cost $10,000?
h/t Bruno Behrend for the article find. College is expensive for students/parents & the taxpayers pure & simple. A recent article in the Washington Post discusses how to lower college costs...
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Robbing the City of Effingham to Pay for Effingham County Schools
Late last year, many of the area school boards started floating the idea of a 1% countywide sales tax increase to pay for buildings & maintenance within their districts. Effingham Unit 40, being...
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