“Yes” For Illinois

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Here at "Yes" for Illinois, we don’t think there are any good arguments against a convention, and if you or your organization would like to sponsor a debate on the issue, we’d be happy to appear for the "Yes" side.
One excellent place for debate is the blogosphere, and few do that sphere as well as [...]

It looks like Obama’s rhetoric is getting more empty by the day, as his high-powered strategists take $2-3 million from entrenched interests to fight against Illinois citizens’ chance to fix their state.

Many of the issues that make the other speakers believe that the constitution should be reviewed include the disparity in property taxes, the inequality in education for Illinois children and even the option to recall or impeach elected officials - a topic recently in the news when the senate did not pass a bill that would allow such a measure to become law.

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 [...]

As we build this site over the next few weeks, we will try to make it the “go to” place for Illinois Constitution Convention Coverage. Right now, Rich Miller’s Capitol Fax is probably the best daily stop to find Convention links.