Over at Random Act of Kindess he has written (and e-mailed me) about HB758 I took the time to read the proposed change.

It basically seems logical to me, getting on the ballot is a bit unique in this state anyway and a 2x what an 'established' party candidate has to get seems logical to me.

Count me as a supporter.

OneMan

Some more names for the gaming board. Mike Bakalis, NIU football coach Joe Novak, Micheal Winston, Mark Witte (Both of Northwestern's Econ department, Jessica R Cattelino (Department of Anthropology) her phd Dissertation: “High Stakes: Seminole Sovereignty in the Casino Era”, Todd F Dupont (Department of Mathmatics UofC), Mary Sara McPeek U of C department of statistics.

Still more to come.

OneMan

Well I suspect the governor has never taken advantage of this otherwise he might have seen the Chief Perform and would have to form an opinion on the subject and that might tick people off.

OneMan

Ok, I am going to get my 'Chris Rhodes' style music Fan-Boy on. A few weeks back the Pat Metheny Group released their new album The way up. If you haven't had the chance to hear any of it (likely since not that many stations play 68 minute fusion-Jazz CDs) go to their web site and do so. It's worth it.

I saw the group last Sunday at the Chicago theatre and as always they were excellent. The new album is basically on 68 minute track (it's four tracks on the CD but one work). They played the entire thing to start the show. You have to love a band that plays their entire new album in one stretch to start the show.

I saw them a couple of years ago at College of DuPage (they had played the Chicago theatre earlier in that same tour) and it was an amazing show.

OneMan

If you are going to make accusations about people in the comments, I am going to pull the comments. At least be big enough to leave your name if you do it.

Seriously, if you want to talk about the candidates positions on the issues (like the guys from Uncivil Rights) or the candidates tactics, cool. If you want to start saying this campaign worker is doing this or did that. Please go over to the leader or something.

If you have a compelling argument on why your guy would make the better mayor I would love to hear it. Heck e-mail it to me I might even post it as a blog post.

If your argument is the other guy is a 'big stinky head' get your own blog.

If you want Rich at Capitol Fax to look into something, send him an e-mail.

If people have chosen to support a different candidate they are not tools, I am not a tool of Richard Irvin or anyone else besides myself.

For what it's worth I don't feel Weisner supporters are tools and I would appreciate the same level of respect. Everyone wants a better city, they just have different approaches and ideas.

OneMan

Ok, there has been a lot in the papers today about the gaming board so I am not going to rehash that. But I have been thinking perhaps the Governors goal with the delay in adding a member to the gaming board is rather simple.

He wants Isle of Capri to drop it's bid for Rosemont.

At some point from a business standpoint it is going to make sense for Isle of Capri to walk away from the deal. The longer the governor can foster a sense of uncertainty with a low staffed, short time board the better the odds that Isle of Capri will just walk away.

Assuming the board is not filled in the next three months the more likely that calls in Springfield to expand gaming in the state with a city owned casino will grow. A big part of what makes the license worth $500+ Million dollars in Rosemont is that there are only X number available in the state and it would be closest license to the city. Any real traction for a Chicago casino will just increase the risk for Isle of Capri, without any reward and increase the odds of them walking away.

Yes I know Lisa Madigan has a suit involved in this as well, however without a gaming board there is no way she would ever be able to negotiate a settlement with the parties involved.

Unless the uncertainty clears up at some point it will make sense for Isle of Capri to walk away from the deal. It would be a logical move on their part.

As an added feature I will start offering the governor some name suggestions for people to put on the gaming board

Chief Judge of Cook County Tim Evans, Glenn Poshard, Alan Dixon, Eugene Sawyer, Dawn Clark Netsch, Carl Nyberg, Sen. Pat Welch, Former Congressman Marty Russo, former NIU President Dr. John E. LaTourette.

I can come up with some more names and in fact, plan to.

Well we know who our candidates for mayor are. Some basic thoughts on the whole thing.

-- I was surprised Tom didn't do a little better.
-- I was surprised Jack didn't do better
-- I was surprised how well Tom did in DuPage and parts of the 9th Ward.
-- I think turnout and convincing the Wyatt voters to vote for your guy is going to be one of the big keys for the general.
-- My hats off to Bill Wyatt, he ran a positive campaign and has nothing to hang his head about. My respect for Bill has grown during this cycle and I look forward to him being in the game in the future.
-- Before you say 'someone took Irvin signs, please explain to me who slashed a bunch of Weisner signs', every close race has it's over zealous idiots on both sides we should not consider them representative of the candidate on either side.
-- This race is very winnable for Richard even 6 months ago I think most opinion has this as a walk-off for Wiesner, I would say that's no longer the case.
-- I hope the race gets back to being positive, the Weisner (....) piece on taxes prevent me from saying 'remain positive'.

More thoughts to come, it was a late night for me last night (worked the election, not for a candidate however).

OneMan

Ok Uncivil rights is calling me out about the mayor race.

Again spare me the non-partisan thing with this race, if it was non-partisan would the unions be putting this kind of money into the race? Would groups like Family Taxpayers? Ummm, no. This non-partisan stuff is in name only, remember the Chicago's mayors race is also 'non-partisan' now.

I haven't decided who for sure I am going to vote for.

However I will be happy to explain why I might vote for Richard.

I feel the next 4 years are going to offer a unique challenge to Aurora so..

I want a mayor that does not view the job as the end of their career, I want someone who has ambitions to move up in government. Someone who will have leaders behind him working hard for him to succeed. I feel Richard has this.

I want someone who has real experience dealing with gangs and drug crime from law enforcement perspective. Richard has real experience in this area.

I want someone who has not spent most of their career working within government. Richard has that going for him.

I want someone who understands what governments role is and what governments role is not. From speaking with Richard I feel he has an understanding of that (yes his Mocherville comments about eminate domain concern me).

Why I might vote for Bill Wyatt.

I want someone who is willing to take strong actions to manage city expenses, including revising city worker benefits if that is needed.

I want someone who is willing to make the Eola interchange to I-88 a priority of their administration.

I want someone who views any tax increase as a last resort.

Why I might vote for Jack Cunningham.

I want someone who has experience in government.
I want someone who isn't going to be beholden to a bunch of campaign donors.
I want someone who is willing to think outside the box for solutions ie The Police commissioner.

Why I am not going to vote for Tom Weisner

Again, the don't feel the leader for the next step for Aurora is someone who worked for the city for 20 years. A really feel a new perspective is needed, much like a company that goes outside it's ranks for a new CEO Aurora needs to do the same thing.

Sorry but I think someone who has worked in government that long by default is going to see government as the solution to problems. I don't think that is a viewpoint we need.

I don't have any problem with Tom Weisner as a person, I don't question Tom's integrity, I don't think it would be the end of the world if Tom is elected mayor.

I do have some concerns about how much in campaign funds he has raised and where the funds have come from.

I do have concerns about some of his campaign tactics (the use of .... in the tax mailer that resulted in a quote having a radically different meaning).

But again, I really think Aurora needs a CEO from outside the firm now.

OneMan

I feel very popular today, Tom Weiser, Richard Irvin and Bill Wyatt all called. (I wasn't home, they left messages) Richard also left a note on the storm door.

Note to the Weisner campaign, this is the second or third call I have gotten from your automated calling service that resulted in only about half the message getting to my machine (I think your voice starts to early) the other guys don't seem to have that problem.

Just got a live person call from Richard's campaign as well.

more to come.

OneMan

I went to another Lincoln day on Saturday(for a total of two), on the way to and from the event I heard two Wyatt radio comercials on 95.9 FM. The commercials were good, we'll see how much they help.

FYI, Jack was not the first guy to bring up the 'defending criminals thing' I have heard Weiser mention it in forums back in January.

OneMan

Big mail day today.

I got two Weisner letters today, the 'Named Republicans' one (that was mentioned in the Beacon story I blogged about earlier this week) and a second one from Weisner about his five point plan. The Republican mailer rings a bit hollow now that I have gotten Toms first hit piece.

I also got two Weisner calls today (on the machine) one from a volunteer and one that I think was an automated call from my alderman. (I think it was from my alderman, it didn't sound like him and the machine only got half of it but the voice said 'our ward').

Since Tom was nice enough to do this with Richard I am also going to use some ellipses and well see if the meaning changes to some stuff in the letter from Weisner

See what some well placed elispi can do...

...domestic violence .... will .. top priority of my administration
...the second ...city in also second... in terms of a safe family environment.
Making Aurora second....

Got the Jack hit piece today, kind of effective (it had a scorecard format).

It points out Richard has defended criminals: That argument ticks me off, not just for the Lincoln example I have given before but also because there is a guy at church who's morals and character are of the nature you want your kids to have and he is an attorney who does some criminal work.

Also some of the things were 'scoring' on are a bit of a stretch, like 'Has a Master degree in Public Administration' also his point about where he has lived in Aurora is a bit ironic.

Also got a piece from Wyatt today, pictures of Bill and a 'memo' I liked this one the best and it was better than Wyatt's wanted poster.

Two more days of mail to go.

OneMan

Got some more mail today... This one from Weisner and it is the first one I have gotten from anyone that is 'Negative' in this case he goes after Irvin for the following

"I think we might have to return to the city sticker..... $30-$40 for each city (vehicle) sticker"

Well a lot can be contained in the dots, as I recall this (unfortunately the Beacon only archives back one month on their site), I think this had to do with people who have a bunch of cars and had to park on the street. Where it was the first sticker was a $1 and it was like the 4th sticker was $30 or $40 dollars. Again this is recollection, also note it starts with 'I'm thinking we might'...

It also points out Tom opposed the 1/4% tax increase, so did Irvin and Wyatt. In fact Bill was the only mayoral candidate to speak against the sales tax increase at the city council meeting. According to the Openline blog Wyatt and Irvin were at the city council meeting it was approved at, Tom was not.

Also on a somewhat related subject, Richard filed an A-1 showing (standard OneMan campaign finance form disclaimer here) a 4,000 donation from Family Taxpayers Network not exactly a group that is a fan of 'tax-and-spend'.

That being said, Toms piece is kind of effective, it will be interesting if Irvin can issue a fire-back in time.

Obviously Richard is making Tom worried, also at this point please spare me the 'it's non-partisan' thing, the gloves are off now kids and it's going to get ugly. We all knew it would but I am surprised that Tom fired the first shot (at least by the direct mail I am getting) and he did it before Tuesday.

OneMan

It appears that someone is sending anonymous anti-Weisner letters. No I didn't send it or get one.

Ok, I have articulated why I am not supporting Tom and yes this blog is anonymous (hypothetically) and before you go with a pot calling the kettle there is a big difference between putting something on a blog that people visit vs. putting something in mail that visits people.

I have to say sending anonymous mail isn't good for anyone.

It isn't going to hurt the candidate you are sending it against and it isn't going to help the guy you are supporting.

Rant Off
OneMan

Part 1 of Budget Blogging
State of Illinois - Rod Blagojevich, Governor:

"There's no single voluntary act that causes more damage, more destruction, and more health care costs than smoking. If we raise the cigarette tax by 75 cents and raise the tax on cigars, we can generate over $150 million each year in revenue.

We can use that money to pay the debt service on a capital bill. We can also use a portion of that money to provide more health care to people who need it in the form of KidCare and FamilyCare. Raising the cigarette tax will help provide more health care to people who need it."

-- So let me get this right, since smoking causes all sorts of costs to society as a whole we are going to raise taxes on smoking (ok, so far somewhat logical) But not to cover the costs to society of smoking but to build roads (so much for logic).

Didn't we have a road fund for stuff like this, oh yeah we did but we raided it to fix the budget hole last year.

Of course we are not just going to use the revenue from this to cover projects year to year, no we want to bond...

Sorry this is wacked.

OneMan

So

Got another mailer on crime from a mayoral candidate (this one was addressed to me, which is unusual since Mrs OneMan is 4 months older she generally shows up as the 'lead voter' and votes just as often as I do). This one was from Bill Wyatt, kind of done like a 'old west' style wanted poster had a 4 point plan. Not bad, not great but not bad.

OneMan

The Rod McCulloch thing has expanded to include an investigation of Jacks petitions in Aurora as well. The Beacon points out that even if there is an issue it is too late for Jack to be removed from the ballot anyway.,

I will include this from the story

"All claims that Mr. McCulloch 'forged' signatures on any candidacy petitions are false and scurrilous," said attorney Joseph Morris in a statement. "We believe that they are particularly regrettable, coming, as they do, just a week before an historic election for the city of Aurora."

Also this touch of Republican on Republican love.

One of Cunningham's opponents called for him to drop out of the race Tuesday. Candidate Bill Wyatt said Cunningham should rethink his candidacy if the allegations are true.

Read the Beacon story
It appears they have done some investigation, I would quote it but I think I would exced the limit of fair use.

The Beacon also points out that Rod had done some polling work for Weisner as well.

How does this end up playing. I think it's impact on the mayors race at this point is minimal, depending on what is found however it could have a bigger impact on Jack if he decides to run for clerk again.

OneMan

Well today is the state budget address, the Sun Times has a preview. It looks like smokers are going to be expected to pony up, big time. But are we going to just use that money now, no kids it looks like we are going to use it to do some more bonding, so he can get the big budget hit now and we can pay for it for 20 years.

It looks a little bit like another Discover Card budget out of the Governor.

The Sun Times has this bit as well

Finally, Blagojevich will announce plans to divert $140 million in new tax revenues to schools. Another $420 million would come from specific funds throughout state government, though the administration did not offer details on that proposal during briefings with the Legislature.

Because, remember kids, it's ALL general revenue funds in the governor. My other question is, is there even 420 million left in other funds to raid. I guess so.

It should be fun down in Springfield.

OneMan

More fun with the A-1 forms...

Another day another $9,700 for Tom Weisner including

Lakeside Surgery Center LLC. 810 West Chicago Avenue East Chicago, IN 46312

Individual Contribution $5,000.00 on 2/14/2005

Dr. Barot & Associates PC 7550 Hohman Suite 600 Munster, IN 46321

Individual Contribution $1,000.00 on 2/14/2005

Because who is Mayor of Aurora is important to a Surgery Center in East Chicago and a doctor in Munster. Glad to see that health care professionals in Indiana seem to be so concerned about the mayors race in Aurora.

In the last 7 days as I understand the A-1 forms (big if, again take with a grain of salt, I could be misreading these) Tom has raised 18,450 in donations (I am excluding stuff that shows the donation as in-kind).

OneMan

Three mailers today....
The two addressed to Mrs. OneMan
A Richard Irvin crime piece: Good
A Wiesner piece on domestic violence. Not bad, strong cover picture. The only thing is it addresses actions 'after the fact' it is not really prevention.
One to the 'MyFamily'
A Jack economic plan, also not bad.

-- I also got an automated call from Tom Cross and a call from a Jack volunteer.
OneMan

Is David Wilhelm taking an interest in the Aurora Mayor's race?
Wilhelm & Conlon Inc.
20 North Wacker Drive
Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60606
Individual Contribution
$750.00 on 2/10/2005

From an A-1 filing from for Tom Weisner (again the board of elections does not allow linking to filings on their site, argh so do the search yourself)

For more on Wilhelm and Conlon public strategies their web site is here...

As a new funtastic feature for OneMan's Thoughts I am going to read the Beacon News' Openline so you don't have to.

So to summarize Openline for the last week or so...

-- Hey my family came to this country and learned to speak English so why can't people from Mexico, and no I am not a racist?
-- Why don't people who have children in the schools pay for the schools instead of us seniors?
-- Here is why my candidate for mayor is best.
-- I am going to complain about political yard signs (out to early, to close to the road)

However I encourage you to read it yourself. As a bonus here is my personal favorite from the last week (I have removed the name of the writer/caller)

Taxing inequities?

I am calling in regard to the school busing referendum. If they pass this, only 30 percent of the people will be paying taxes on this because the rest of the people in the city of Aurora rent. And they do not have a property tax, so again the senior citizens and the people who do own homes are going to be stuck paying for other people's children. If they have a child, let them pay an extra surcharge to the school.

Editor's note: Property taxes are paid on rental properties as well as owner-occupied homes. The percentage of home ownership in Aurora is closer to 70 percent than 30 percent.

-- The editor's note is from the Beacon, not OneMan.

Just remember I called him Blagozo first... (Good column by the way).

OneMan

The Becaon has some polling numbers.

Almost 40 percent of likely voters here were still undecided just two weeks before the mayoral primary election, but two clear frontrunners have emerged in the five-candidate field, according to a poll conducted by The Beacon News and WBIG Radio.

The poll shows Tom Weisner and Richard Irvin hold double-digit leads over the rest of the pack and are separated by only 4 percentage points, while none of the other three candidates reached 10 percent. The poll, conducted Monday and Tuesday by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., shows Weisner with 24 percent of the vote and Irvin with 20 percent.

I would like to see all the numbers from the polling, also it would be interesting to see if it takes it account and/or shows the higher turnout I expect to see from the 9th ward due to the Oswego school referendum.

OneMan

The Sun Times as well as others have the story about the head of the Illinois DNR using state aircraft so he doesn't have to drive all over the place (like to Springfield from his home near the quad cities).

I will share this quote

``I could have spent three hours driving here and three hours driving back, but it's a lot easier in a helicopter,'' Brunsvold told the AP in an interview Tuesday in his Springfield office. ``My time is as valuable as anybody else's, and that's a work-related issue on a weekend. I think it's the best way to do it.''

Dude, you make $113,200, good coin for sure, but not so much that your time is that 'valuable'.

Between the park cuts, the letting go and then having the governors office forcing you to re-hire disabled people and the hiring of 40K a year new grad legislative liaisons with family connections to the state legislature ... My guess is we have a new head of the DNR is 6 months.

OneMan

Got a Weisner mailer today, one day after I got the Cunningham piece about the murder rate and the clearance rate on murders.

Jacks piece is much, much better.

Better graphically: The outline of the body and the two white guys doing a dope deal has a much stronger visually impact much than the rent-a-cop with shiny buttons on his coat unholstering his weapon.

Better Message:
Jack had three points, easy to read and understand. Very simple and clear.

Wiesner 5 points including the idea of a 'check-off' on water bills to help fund the fight against domestic violence. One thought on this, You want me to donate money to the city for this? Why not use some of the casino money. I think the check-off isn't going to raise squat.

So it looks like no-one is going to give the crime issue to Richard, well it would be dumb to cede that to him so I guess this makes sense.

I also have seen on the leader that Wyatt is running ads on cable, I have a dish so I guess I am going to have to trust the leader loopers.

OneMan

Off of poltics for a minute.
I was driving by Lifetime fitness (a huge gym/health club in Warenville) and saw they have valet parking.

Am I the only one who finds that ironic?

OneMan

The Beacon News had a interesting story today about a rap written about Richard Irvin. It mentions Richard's web site and says (indirectly) really good things about Richard.

It definitely scored some points for Richard, you can't buy good pub like this.

Having grown up on the South Side of Chicago I can say the rap isn't that bad for a couple of teenagers.

I also got a Cunningham mailer today, not bad. It had some interesting numbers about Aurora's murder 'clearance' rate 29% vs. 47% in Chicago and 62% nationwide. It was an effective crime piece. The 'back alley' body chalk outline was a nice touch.

It also shows he is not going to concede the crime issue to Richard.

OneMan

Some more D-2 pre-election fun

AS ALWAYS THIS IS THE BEST I CAN TELL FROM THE DOCUMENTS.

Tom Weisners is up.

I had links up but since the state board of elections will not accept inbound search links, I would suggest you do the searches I did yourself.

He got 10K from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, which doesn't really surprise me since they have given to Tom in the past (5K back in May) and have given to other local candidacy from Aurora (like Linda Chapa LaVia).

He also got $2,500 on 1/7/2005 from Global Card Services Inc (it seems to be the same company as listed in the D-2 again check again for yourself). they have given in the past including to George Ryan.

But in the last 5 years the only two that show up on a search are someone running for something in Downers Grove Where Global Card is located and Weisner.

I know everyone has donations like this, I am just using this as an example. I would be interested in why companies spend money in political campaigns at this level.

OneMan

I am going to do a Dave Barry on this one.

In Thursday's edition of the State Journal-Register in Springfield, after Deputy Gov. Bradley Tusk referred to Hynes as "a total process guy," Hynes had this to say about the governor: "Governing is not his strong suit."

-- That "Total Process Guy" would be a good name for a band. Process, this governor don't need no stinkin process...

OneMan

Doug Finke has a piece that has several interesting insights into the State of the State Speech this little bit about the security detail and questions for the governor was the best.(Emphasis Mine)

Anyway, Blagojevich had the guard detail running interference as he left the Illinois House chamber, where he gave his speech, and returned to his second-floor office. It was quite impressive to watch the guards on their shirt-cuff radios alerting each other that a reporter was spotted here or there and then forming a barrier to make sure reporters (but not members of the public) couldn't get close to Blagojevich.

As Blagojevich ducked into his office, one reporter confronted Blagojevich spokeswoman Cheryle Jackson, prompting this exchange.

Reporter: He's the governor of the state of Illinois. Why are you using state bodyguards to block the press from access?

Jackson: You'd have to call the secretary of state to understand what their protocol is.

Huh? That made even less sense than many things emanating from this administration. Nonetheless, we called Randy Nehrt, spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White, to find out about

this protocol.

"I don't know what that means," said a puzzled Nehrt. "The secretary of state police don't have a role in the governor's security detail."

The only thing Blagojevich said to reporters is that he was only following orders not to talk to them. So who is running this place, anyway?

-- Are these people high?

Protocol from the sec of state's office? I am under orders not to talk to reporters?

OneMan

Destroyed embryo deemed human: "A frozen embryo destroyed in a Chicago fertility clinic was a human being whose parents are entitled to file a wrongful-death lawsuit, a Cook County judge ruled Friday.
Attorneys on both sides of the abortion issue said it was the first such ruling they had heard of as the country debates whether stem cells derived from embryos can be used in research and medicine."

-- Interesting, don't know what to make of this for sure, until it is resolved at the appelate level however it might have a real impact on stem cell research.

OneMan

As Rich points out the Trib has this little bit of blago love

Perhaps one reason for a change of heart is the lack of legislative success that followed last year's education focus, where he held up a sheaf of 2,800 pages he said represented the state's burdensome school regulations. The legislature gave him only modest powers to reshape that bureaucracy.

Six months after he gained control of the board, not a page of regulations has been removed, and the staff he ridiculed has been trimmed by only three people, to 492 from 495.

But hey it did provide a Cheif-of-Staff job to a guy, just imagine what he could have become in the administration if he had driven the van in the northern part of the state.

OneMan

Last one for tonight...
Blago has a plan for the nursing shortage in Illinois, is it

A) Increase funding for schools of Nursing at the state colleges in Illinois?
B) Develop ways to encourage nurses to stay in the field by improving working conditions?
C) Make it easier for foreign trained nurses to get jobs in Illinois by eliminating one of the exams they have to take and just have them take the standard boards.

Did you guess C, well that's the answer in Blago world.

Cheryl Peterson, a senior policy fellow with the American Nurses Association, said a foreign nurse who has already passed the national licensing exam doesn't have to take the pretest. But she added: "That predictor exam serves a purpose. We had nurses come here to take the [exam], fail it, then stay here and work illegally.

"You'll need a good enforcement mechanism to make sure they're sent home if they fail."

No one knows how many foreign nurses may be working illegally in the U.S., but Peterson said only 42 percent of the foreign nurses who took the national licensing exam in 2003 passed it (compared to 82 percent of U.S.-trained nurses).

So less than half of nurses trained outside the US pass the exam, I am sure they will just go home after failing and not work in nursing in the US. There is nothing to worry about here.

More from the Trib Story: Full disclosure, Mrs. OneMan got her Masters in Nursing Science from UofI at Chicago

Joan Shaver, dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois-Chicago, said dropping the pretest might make sense for nurses from some countries, but not "as a blanket solution. Not all nurses are educated the way we are in the U.S. and Canada."

Shaver said the problem has not been thought through: "We have to increase the supply" of well-trained new nurses; but, instead, the budgets of state nursing schools have been slashed.

Shaver also said it was unclear whether the "quick fix" of dropping the pretest would make much difference.

"I'm not sure it will really speed up the process," she said.

The state makes a point about how the pre-test is offered only three times a year but the standard nursing boards are offered almost daily (they are a computerized exam now). Well back in the 90's the standard nursing boards were only offered a few times a year and things didn't grind to a halt.

Also as the complexity of treatment goes up the need for nurses with experience as well as a BSN (Bachelors of Science in Nursing) goes up as well.

Again the fact the pass rate for US trained nurses is double the pass rate for non-US trained nurses says something about the quality of US training vs. the rest of the world.

Am I against foreign nurses, no. Am I against eliminating the pre-test and/or a decline in the quality of nursing, yes.


OneMan

The Beacon had a bit on this in their D-2 story a couple of days ago but I figured I would look at it. Assuming that I am reading the D-2's correctly (a big if)

It appears that at the end of each of the last two reporting periods, Citiziens for Weisner has recived loans near or at the end of the reporting period. On 6/30/2004 It got 20K in loans that were repain on 7/25 and 9/28

On 12/20 and 12/31 two more loans were made for a total of 35k.

Is this normal to get your loans for a campaign right at the end of the reporting period?

OneMan

Opps...

Democratic Aurora Town Board candidate Renee Robinson will ask to have her name removed from the April 5 ballot, after conceding Tuesday that she hasn't lived in the township for a year, as required of local candidates by law.

Since the central committee now gets to slate for this opening it might be interesting.

OneMan