“Yes” For Illinois

We respectfully disagree with one part of Denis Byrne’s argument. We think BOTH parties require a “Constitutional Jolt”
Democratic leaders need constitutional jolt
Why do Illinois Democrats keep voting for those clowns of theirs?
They’d probably reply that their clowns are a cut above the Republican clowns, and they may be right. But that still leaves the [...]

With nearly every connected interest agreeing to lobby for keeping Illinois a corrupt cesspool as long as they get their phone calls returned, it is good to see that the print media has a better understanding of what is wrong in Illinois.
The Champaign News-Gazette endorsed a “Yes” vote today, and we are very happy [...]

If not now, when?
I’m talking about one of the state’s best-kept secrets. On Nov. 4, we’ll decide in a referendum whether to hold a state Constitutional Convention. The Con Con, as it’s informally known, is on the ballot every 20 years, thanks to the foresight of the people who drafted our state constitution in [...]

One of the chief arguments against a constitutional convention is that “they” will take
away the pensions.  In fact, there are some proponents (chiefly business groups) that
advocate scrapping the pension system because it is a large part of the state’s debt.  To be
fair, in about 10 years, the state’s pension obligations threaten the solvency of the [...]

Few people think of arcane Constitutional issues when watching political theater like Blagojevich recent “Free Rides for Seniors” episode.
That doesn’t mean some one shouldn’t be talking about such issues. Article IV, Sec. 9(e) of the Illinois Constitution reads as follows;
(e) The Governor may return a bill together with specific recommendations for change to the house [...]