“Yes” For Illinois

Having traveled to most sections of Illinois at one time or another camapaigning for a “Yes” vote, I had a great opportunity to meet many of decent the people of Illinois from across the political spectrum. Regardless of the outcome, that part of the campaign has been a real pleasure.
As we (John Bambenek and [...]

Dear Illinois Citizen,
You have been robbed of an honest vote on the Illinois Constitutional Convention.
With out going into all the details of the lawsuit on the ballot language (I was the first to initiate legal action), it suffices to say that the judge found for the plaintiffs (my clients, the Chicago Bar Association, [...]

Regardless of the outcome of lawsuits and the eventual vote, my prediction that the print media would be on the
RIGHT SIDE THIS YEAR
has been vindicated

Crain’s Chicago Business was kind enough to print my Letter to the Editor this week.
_____
Simply repeating ‘We aren’t Dems’ won’t cure Ill. GOP
“Biz leaders aim to revive Ill. GOP” (Sept. mirrors the old joke about looking for your lost contact lens where you can see but not where you lost it. Here’s why:
The Republican [...]

Hey folks, when some one takes the time to do all your work for you, it always helps to piggyback on their work and help with the heavy lifting. Here is a link to an excellent Letter to the Editor regarding the Constitutional Convention.
I hope that you copy it, and send a few of [...]

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 [...]