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Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
I was recently elected to the board of the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club. When I agreed to serve in the position I thought it meant doing more environmental work for no pay. Little did I know that it would be my ticket to the fantastic world of th...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
If you vote in the Democratic Primary in the Springfield area you won't see anyone on the ballot for State Senate. But, you will have the chance to place a Democrat on the November general election ballot by writing in John Devine. According to his new w...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Here's a two minute trailer for King Corn. Its the most exciting movie about corn that you'll ever seen. I promise.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
I recently sent out this press release...Illinois Stewardship Alliance and Liberty Brew & View are sponsoring a free showing of the new documentary King Corn, January 15, 7:00pm, at City Nights, 3149 S. Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, IL.King Corn is a feat...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Tomorrow, Tuesday January 8, is the deadline for regular voter registration in Illinois. I just registered two people to vote today and I still love registering voters no matter how many times I do it. If you aren't registered yet you can do so at your ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Ronald Reagan was conservative. Very conservative. More conservative than many of the independents and Democrats who voted for him. He's the hero of the Republican Party because he had an appeal that went far beyond the conservative base of voters who agr...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
The mood was wildly ecstatic at the Obama headquarters and post-caucus party. Hopeful inspiration was added to the cheering and shouting after Obama's victory speech. After watching the three top Democrats I only saw one who sounded like a President las...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
I'm in Clinton Iowa to volunteer for Obama on caucus day. I'll be heading to the local campaign office pretty soon. I'm watching the TV news shows and another Clinton surrogate is telling us why it wouldn't be so bad for Hillary to lose Iowa. I heard Jam...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Today is the end of the current reporting period for political campaign fund raising. When the totals are released in about a month it will be used by the media and political leaders to determine which campaigns have the financial resources to win. If y...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
I recently had the chance to talk to both Democrats running for State Representative in the 92nd district. This is the Peoria area district that became an open seat when incumbent Republican Aaron Schock decided to run for U.S. Congress. It's an interes...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
I've worked political campaigns at all levels in several states and been to many political events of all kinds. In my experience the Iowa Presidential Caucus is the most exciting event in American politics. Its the most fun you'll ever have in Iowa. The...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
There's a lot of news today about the experimental FutureGen coal power plant being placed in Mattoon. Some managers of local media outlets serve on the FutureGen Illinois Task Force and most media coverage thus far has taken a one sided view without ask...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Republicans named Congressman John Shimkus as the ranking member on the oversight and investigations subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. No, this isn't a joke.Let's review a few facts that explain how completely ridiculous this is. ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Attention Scientists: Tired of low wages and whiny undergrads at your University Have you recently lost your job doing research for the tobacco industry Make easy money fast in your spare time! All you need is a casual relationship with the truth and...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
A few weeks ago I heard Cokie Roberts say on This Week that she was surprised Romney's religion was such an issue with some voters. I get the feeling that a lot of people are about to get an education about the deep religious divisions in middle-America....
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
The State Journal-Register responded to Al Gore's Nobel Prize acceptance speech with their strongest editorial yet in favor of resolving global climate change. They even quoted one of the best lines of the speech: We have everything we need to get start...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
Both were heavily manipulated by the Bush administration to deceive the public and take us into a policy disaster. I tried to think of way to make this a pithy joke but I couldn't come up with anything. The House Oversight Committee released the results ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
The State Journal-Register's article on FutureGen today is the first news coverage I've seen that isn't completely one-sided cheerleading in favor of the project. I'm impressed that someone finally pointed out the heads of local news outlets serving on t...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
The State Journal-Register published today a letter to the editor I wrote. Here's a copy:Citys clean-energy plan will pay dividendsOver the past few months, Ive been excited to see new expanded rebate programs by City Water, Light and Power, such as th...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 4 years ago.
There's no group more powerful in the Democratic Party than organized labor so its hard to overstate the importance of Joe McMenamin's endorsement by the Illinois AFL-CIO. Schoenburg calls it a "boost" for McMenamin in his column today.That's in addition...
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