Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
The Auto Alliance, a lobbying front group for the auto industry, announced today the addition of a new celebrity member to their lobbying team, Count Floyd. Alliance CEO Dave McCurdy lauded the addition saying, "We think Count Floyd is the perfect fit for...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
The Kelm and Kirk show on WMAY interviewed an auto industry lobbyist this morning about the Illinois Clean Car Act. I should have called in before their guest because they only took one caller afterwards and it wasn't me. On the other hand, I did win free...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
I'll veer off into national news because I think this video from a CNN interview is important.This video, along with the Scott McClellan interviews about how the press failed to do its job during the lead up to the Iraq War, confirm what Noam Chomsky and ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
I went to a press conference this morning held by State Representative Karen May, the chief sponsor of the Illinois Clean Car Bill. She spoke about the poll showing 90% support for the bill and her desire to have a vote within the next week. Several Repre...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
Sangamon County Democratic State's Attorney candidate Ron Stradt showed some guts by proposing what the public needs but none of the political establishment wants; a political corruption unit in Springfield. The SJR has an article and there's more inform...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
The Clean Car Bill is shaping up to be the top priority of Illinois environmental groups in this year's state legislative session. A poll commissioned last week by a coalition of groups called the Illinois Climate Action Network shows 89% of Illinois res...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
Andy Van Meter's nominations for county boards and commissions are an unsurprising list of the politically connected and re-nominations of people previously hand picked by leaders from both parties. I toyed with several analogies that describe how nothing...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
I enjoy reading about American political history and biography more than anything else. There are periods in American history that I used to think were boring and largely uneventful. It wasn't until after college that I realized those periods only seemed...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
I went to the Smoky Mountains without my laptop last week. One day of hiking was to Charlie's Bunion, along the Appalachian Trail. Its one of the most impressive views of the park. I might post more pictures later. These are all clickable thumbnails.An o...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
I just read that Utah Phillips died today. He was the scheduled performer for the Mother Jones banquet at UIS last year but he couldn't attend due to poor health. Read this article if you don't know who he is. When I took a job as an organizer for SEIU I ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
Happy national bike to work day! It was back on May 16 but I haven't had a chance to post since then. I didn't ride much over the winter or early spring so I had to dust off my helmet and inflate Bettie's tires. Thankfully, its an easy ride since I live...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
A yard sign I recently spotted in Southern Illinois. I wonder what He's running for this year.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
Here's the trailer for the next Liberty Brew & View movie, Our Brand is Crisis. Its showing Tuesday, May 20. 7:00pm at Capital City Bar & Grill. Diane Lopez Hughes will speak and lead a group discussion after the film. Its one that will definitely have pe...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
One of the scenes in An Inconvenient Truth that made an impression on many people was the graphic of a drowning polar bear searching for ice to land on. Since then many environmental groups decided that the polar bear is the cute and cuddly mascot they n...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
The State Journal-Register reported on Sangamon County Board Chairman Andy Van Meter's new appointments to the Springfield Metro Sanitary District Board. Previous appointments were part of a patronage sharing agreement between the two parties and presumab...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
The Springfield City Council holds a meeting Wednesday that could be the final end to the Hunter Lake dam idea. Unfortunately, some aldermen want to squander the rare opportunity to create a nature preserve by selling off the land piece by piece. The Ch...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
The SJR published my letter to the editor about the Illinois Clean Car Act today. I was hoping they would publish it while the legislature was still in town but at least they used it.
Car makers hypocritical in fighting Clean Car ActI recently saw anothe...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
Hillary Clinton isn't the first Democratic candidate to stay in the race long after it was clear they lost the nomination. Past examples, like Jerry Brown in '92 or Kucinich in '04, involved candidates who stayed in as a voice for liberal ideals or to inf...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
I know someone getting the new Chevy Malibu Hybrid so I looked it up to find that it only gets an extra two miles per gallon. Its a mild hybrid that puts some of the extra power into acceleration instead of fuel economy. GM did the same thing with Saturn...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 months ago.
Arizona is now the 14th state to adopt improved car emissions standards. A bill to make Illinois the next state is currently before the General Assembly and is facing fierce opposition from auto-industry lobbyists.Here's a press release about the Arizona...
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