Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
One project I'm helping with is the local Sierra Club's candidate questionnaire and forum for Springfield Alderman and Mayor candidates. The Sierra Club isn't endorsing candidates in the city elections so no one should interpret what I write as an officia...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I've given so much grief to the SJ-R over their opinion page I thought I should point out that it was finally looking more balanced last Friday. They kept Ted Rall, who wrote a column supporting wounded troops, and Ann Coulter, who was looking for anyone...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I didn't expect the Ann Coulter thing to become a big debate and I admit I got a little tired of it a few days ago. But, sometimes I just can't step away from a good argument. Blevins Blog writes a good post about the issue and gives a greatest hits of ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Last night I attended the Springfield utilities committee meeting for the presentation of the proposed wind power contract. It's covered in the SJ-R here. Greg over at CES blog (which was featured on TV20 News last night!) was there as well and he has a ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
One group I'm involved with locally is Clean Energy Springfield (CES) and I recently set up their new blog and website. I just edited and posted something to CESblog that I previously wrote here, but in the future I'll write content about environmental i...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The State Journal-Register announced its decision to keep Ann Coulter after printing a Ted Rall column defending Coulter's right to "free speech." I have never questioned Ann Coulter's right to be a bigoted demagogue. She can say and write whatever she l...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
If, and this is a big if, the Illini basketball team is lucky enough to get past the first round of the NCAA Men's basketball tournament to face the outstanding SIU Salukis in round 2, my prediction is (said in my best impersonation of the Saturday Night ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
In the State Journal-Register editorial they make an argument I was expecting because its frequently repeated by news outlets. The argument goes that we've got people on both sides complaining about us, so we must be doing OK, somewhere in between.Beside...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
It was nice to see this blog named in the State Journal-Register editorial today, especially after I've written two blog posts within the last week that are pretty critical of the paper. I complain about the news industry often but my most frequent critic...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
After her bigoted slur of John Edwards, newspapers around the nation are dropping Ann Coulter's column and advertises are removing themselves from her website. The 11th Hour beat me to writing that the Daily Chronicle in DeKalb dropped her column and wro...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The Illinois Times has a short article about the survey the Sierra Club recently mailed to candidates for Springfield Mayor and City Council. The local Sangamon Valley Group of the Sierra Club is working to bring environmental issues to the forefront in ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
It's all over for Obama. Republicans have been hoping to find the hidden skeleton that will ruin Obama's chances at becoming President, and they finally have it. The Somerville News reports that during Barack Obama's days in college he committed the unf...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I just listened to Rod Blagojevich give his budget address. One criticism I had during his first term is that he didn't make many significant changes considering the fact that he's the first Illinois Democratic Governor elected in my lifetime. I want to...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Every time there's a proposal that would help improve our environmental quality of life we see the emergence of a strange animal I like to call the Envirobutalist. These are people who say they support the environment but they always have a reason why th...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
A political groupie calling herself "Citizen Kate" is making a video blog of her attempts to stalk Barack Obama. She comes off like Reese Witherspoon's ditzy blond character in Legally Blond and I'm pretty sure she's acting. Besides her website she also...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I had decided not to write an "I told you so" post in response to the SJ-R story today regarding donations from city contractors, but I can't resist. The story reports on the "computer analysis" of the easily searchable public information at the State Bo...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I like that the Mayor Davlin and Alderman Frank McNeil are proposing a change to Springfield city elections. Their plan would eliminate the need for a second election if a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in a city primary. Its a good idea bu...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
One area in which Springfield has a long way to go is promoting sustainable building standards. I wrote once before about the US Green Building Council's LEED program and their website has a "Green Building 101" page that provides a good introduction to ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
This is one of the most ridiculously outrageous things I've seen in a while so I have to pass it along.David and Eileen Wetzel don't get going in the morning quite as early as they used to.So David Wetzel, 79, was surprised to hear a knock on the door at ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I've seen posts on many other blogs about the mascot for the Fighting Illini being retired. Frankly, I don't care. Why don't I care Mostly, because my school's mascot is not the least bit offensive, and this year, my mascot's basketball team will kick y...
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