18 and 19 year-olds are challenging the professional national TV networks with a show called “The Quad”. Just when so many of us older folks feel that the future of the free market movement has been lost to the liberals and progressives, along comes Turning Point USA!! This is a weekly program that I feel [...]
Letter to the Editor: District 34 Glenview School Board PaperclipGate
February 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
I went to the District 34 Glenview school board meeting last night with Glenn Farkas. We both spoke during the public comment along with two other supporters. We were all cut off at 3 min per their rules. Glenn may make news as he called for the “resignation” of the two current board members involved [...]
Letter to Editor: Action taken against tax payers at Wilmette District 39 School Board
February 13, 2013 By 2 Comments
Education trumps paying lawyers Dear Editor: I was shocked today at the Wilmette District 39 School Board meeting to find out they have hired attorneys to battle two property owners who received assessment reductions from the Cook County Board of Review. One property is a lakefront home at 1120 Michigan that was purchased in 2007 [...]
Joe Walsh: “I Will Sue The Chicago Sun-Times”
February 13, 2013 By 3 Comments
From Illinois Review: In response to the Chicago Sun-Times article about his child support, former Congressman Joe Walsh responded this evening stating the report is “an absolute lie,” and that he “will no longer stand for it.” In a statement sent to Illinois Review, and posted on his Facebook page, Walsh wrote: My three kids [...]
The Nation’s First Election Performance Index
February 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Pew Charitable Trusts – “an independent nonprofit organization that applies an analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public, and stimulate civic life” – has created the nation’s first Elections Performance Index. Based on the recommendations of Professor Heather Gerken’s Democracy Index, this elections performance index ranks a state’s election performance based on 17 [...]
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