In Response to Real Pain for Real Illinoisans, Rauner Offers Cliches

I was struck by this piece from Capitol Fax this morning.  The Governor’s  response to observations about the damage he’s...

Readings: Climate Change, Voting Rights, What Obama Said, Derp, Rauner, etc

More valuable readings from recent days… Climate change is real and it’s our doing.  Scientists Drop Science Bomb on Climate...

“Class Warrior” Bruce Rauner

I really don’t want to be a class warrior, but what I continue to see going down is that rich...

Capitol Fax: Union-sponsored Poll Shows Support for Labor Agenda

Rich Miller (Capital Fax Blog) has been staying on top of our new Governor’s crusade to stomp on the middle...

Naperville City Council Tables Rauner Turnaround Plan Indefinitely

I wasn’t able to be there, but I looked up last night’s Naperville City Council meeting in the papers and...

Two Crucial Meetings This Week

Important notes from NTDO Chair Dianne McGuire, about Tuesday’s Naperville City Council meeting (7pm, Naperville Muni Center) and Thursday’s NTDO Community Forum (7:30pm,...

Stand Against Gov Rauner’s Plan to Undermine the Middle Class

Stand Against Gov Rauner’s Plan to Undermine the Middle Class

Please attend Tuesday’s Naperville City Council meeting to stand against the Governor’s so-called “Turnaround Plan.” The agenda for Tuesday night’s...

Governor Rauner’s Priorities

Valuable details about our new governor’s priorities from Rich Miller at his incomparable Capitol Fax Blog.  Here’s the outline in case...

Inequality Matters, and Democrats Want to Address It

Here’s something from “Former Acting President” Martin Sheen on behalf of the Quinn campaign.  He praises the Governor’s support of...

Plutocrat: The Ballad of Bruce Rauner

I ran into my friend Max Bochmann at the Bill Foster event tonight in Naperville (which was lovely, by the way)...