As speculation grows whether Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) will mount a challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn (D) in 2014, Madigan is already being pressed on whether she is fit to run for office -- because she is the mother of two young children.
While at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. last week, reporters asked Madigan whether she could be governor and still raise her daughters, who are ages 4 and 7.
"Wow. Does anybody ever ask that question?" she responded. "I'm very lucky to have the support of my family. My husband helps take care of our kids. But, I think more people should ask that of men running for office as well."
A last ditch effort to avoid a work stoppage by at 12:01 a.m. today with each side blaming the other for the lack of success. Representatives of the Lake Forest Community High School District Board of Education and Lake Forest Education Association teachers’ union (LFEA) went into a negotiation session with a federal mediator Tuesday immediately after the regularly scheduled Board meeting.
Meanwhile, the Chicago teachers strike enters its third day as parents joined teachers on the picket line.
The hip tea house owned by and Ravinia Wine Shop owner Sharon Mackin-Norberg will open its doors in the Ravinia Business District on Thursday.
Madame ZuZu, located at the former Post Office in the Ravinia neighborhood of Highland Park, will offer a dozen international teas as well as Intelligensia coffee, desserts from Highwood's Bent Fork Bakery and swanky seating.
Performing Adele's 'Set Fire to the Rain, national singing competition featuring Gloria Estefan. She will compete in L.A. with singers from across the country for a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
. Mr. A's Liquor World at 855 N. Quentin Rd. sold the computer generated, Quick Pick ticket that matched all six numbers from Saturday's drawing. No one has come forward with the winning ticket to claim the $3.25 million prize just yet.
Just recently, I was asking for some data from here office. It should have been a simple task of sending me a list. It took them over 4 months to compile the information since they never had thought of tracking it before. The request was for a list of trained FOIA officers, that they are required by law to train. Everyone who takes the class must register. They just never put the registration in a usable format. Very unimpressed.
Spoken like one of Lenin's good little UIs. The State has enough apologists, Brad.
-Logic Cop
One does not have to provide a reason for the information because it's already ours to have. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the FOI Act is sunlight on Government dealings.
The AG office has a required to provide training for all FOIA Officers. You can register and take the course online. Yet, the AG office doesn't track this information in a usable way which would be simple with online registrations. Based on what they are doing (really aren't doing) it will be nearly impossible for them to verify if all FOIA Officers are trained as required by the law.
Currently, I have a lawsuit (first one I have filed even though I could have done more) that has been ongoing for over a year now because of the Grayslake School District 46 failure to follow the FOIA laws. At the last court hearing it was discovered they have been lying to not only to me, but the community, school board and Judge in the case.
To polarize this as a Dem vs Rep only shows how ridiculously stupid people are. They are all corrupt! Lets mandate smaller terms - cut all benefits to politicians once they are out of office and get rid of the single payer health care system that they have which they said was not good for any of us. While were are at it - how about the sitting President grow a pair and slap some RICO indictments against the bankers/investors who allowed the market to crash. Set an example for CEO's who place the bottom dollar above the interests of local, state and national communities.
It is not a question of need, Wally.
Can you name one instance of deregulation besides the repeal of Glass-Steagall? Just one. The idea the George W. Shrub was a deregulator is a leftist dog whistle; it never happened. He hired 91,000 new regulators in 8 years while adding over 550,000 new pages to the Federal Register. You've been duped. http://reason.com/archives/2008/12/10/bushs-regulatory-kiss-off "To polarize this as a Dem vs Rep only shows how ridiculously stupid people are. They are all corrupt!" This is a true story. "Set an example for CEO's who place the bottom dollar above the interests of local, state and national communities." The one and only objective of a business is to make money.