Got A Robocall Yesterday About the Kane County Board Race

It was Illinois GOP Party Chairman Pat Brady endorsing and singing the praises of Kevin Burns and ripping Chris Lauzen without mentioning him by name (opponent is a 20 year Springfield insider)... Well Pat, some might argue that if Chris Lauzen was a Springfield insider, he would likely be getting the endorsement of the state party chair or at the least the party chair would not be actively working for the other guy in the race. OneMan

A Quick Thought...

On the whole Limbaugh thing... Abhorrent... A conversation about the First Amendment and where the that boundary is both ways (the church in state and the state in church) is a conversation that is worth having... The role of government in mandating what insurance should and shouldn't provide and the impacts of those mandates is a conversation that is worth having... Calling a woman names because she has a different view on those issues, is not a conversation worth having. It is abhorrent, plain and simple, it is abhorrent. Failing to strongly denounce those who feel the urge to call those who disagree with you names like that is just as bad. We are better than that. It is fine, good and worth while to defend your positions, to point out the fallacies and issues of the positions of those who disagree with you. To take those who disagree with you a judge them using the lowest common denominator found on the middle school playground is not discussion or discourse, it is simply trying to reduce them as something 'less' in order to make your point. It is a sign in insecurity and panic, not a sign of strength. It is a position of weakness coming from a place of weakness. To the Republican Party, if you continue to let these voices be the defining voices of the party we are going to be in real trouble. The angry, the hateful, the demeaning; we run a very real risk of losing generations of support. The role and level of business in the lives of people is a conversation worth having, but trying to have that discussion by just calling people names isn't. Do you want to lose generations of fiscal, small government conservatives because they are getting tired of trying to defend the desire of the party to apply it's own social engineering to society and it's morals? If you are, keep it up. Because that is what is going to happen. OneMan

Got a Juan Thomas flyer today at the train station

Not sure if it was him handing it out. Contains an endorsement from Congressman John Lewis of Georgia

Rule Number 2 If You Are An Elected Official

Do Not, I repeat Do Not use your governmental e-mail address to send nor respond to political e-mails in any way shape or form. Why, because of FOIA, that's why. The last thing you want is someone to see your internal campaign thoughts, also they will include others in the chain. Looking forward to seeing all of them. Ask Kevin Burns Because it might be a bit awkward.

So Should The Coroner Be An MD Or Have A Law Enforcement Background

That's the question in our Kane County primary. Keep in mind we do not have a medical examiner system so the coroner does not perform autopsies.

You would think the MD would be a slam dunk with the voters but we have had at least one MD run in the past and not win.

The other thing is like a lot of other stuff in the primary out here it is also a bit of a faction fight, but for what it is worth when I did my drive yesterday a decent number of sign locations would have all the signs of one faction but then have a different coroner sign.

Yard Signs From South to North In Kane County

Took a trip from south to north up Randall road. No real dominance in yard signs for the Chairman's race, did notice a few locations where there we signs for all of the countywide races besides chair. More prevalent closer to Elgin

This was true for spots that had signs for both "sets" of candidates so to speak. The places without Burns signs that had Karen signs up north kind of stood out

SOPA and PIPA

Not much to say lately but I will say this, if you vote for SOPA or PIPA suffice to say I will not vote for you, circulate petitions for you, put up a yard sign for you, find other locations for yard signs for you nor donate $1 to your campaign. Thanks OneMan

Some Graphs Related to Illinois Income Taxes