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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

#Rauer takes on #ILLINOIS Dems with both firsts

llinois has the worst credit rating of any state, and the worst-funded pension system, with an unfunded liability of $111 billion. Former Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget office estimated the state’s debt will reach $9.8 billion in 2017, up from $4 billion this year,reports The Washington Post.
Rauner defeated Quinn in the 2014 election to become the first Republican governor in the state since 2003.
In addition to the spending freeze, Rauner ordered a review of all state contracts and a list of those that could be terminated, putting a hold on most new contracts and grants until July. He stopped planning on highway spending projects and said agencies should sell equipment they don’t need.

Thursday, November 06, 2014

New Illinois Fracking regs approved


Thursday, Nov 6, 2014

* The state’s fracking regulations were approved by the Joint Committee on Adminstrative Rules today. And they did it on the consent agenda, meaning no debate. The enviros who oppose fracking were apparently a bit shocked. From a pro-fracker press release…
Members of the Growing Resources and Opportunity for the Workforce in Illinois (GROW-IL) coalition are appreciative that the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) has passed the final hydraulic fracturing rules in Illinois, providing avenues for economic growth and energy stability across the state.
“We are pleased that JCAR is implementing - not expanding or narrowing - this long overdue law as enacted by the General Assembly with strong bipartisan support. We appreciate the thorough and professional review conducted by JCAR. Today’s unanimous vote will allow Illinois to finally begin issuing permits and developing an innovative energy sector. This exciting development will create much needed jobs and significant revenue for our state economy. Industry, labor and environmental groups worked together to include the strongest safeguards that will protect the environment while stimulating the economy,” said Mark Denzler of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association and GROW-IL co/chair.
The new rules are equally beneficial for the job creators, working men and women, the energy industry, and Illinois citizens alike. Illinois will be able to capitalize on an already fast growing sector and produce more jobs for Illinois citizens, and the innovative access to new sources of energy will provide energy stability to ease the minds of Illinois residents.
“Southern Illinois - an area struggling with unemployment - will benefit most from these good-paying hydraulic fracturing jobs,” Michael Carrigan, president of the AFL-CIO. “There are many men and women all over the state who are excited to get to work and will profit tremendously from the passage of the rules.”
“We applaud JCAR for producing carefully crafted rules that resemble the legislation that was signed into law. We believe the extra time it took for the negotiation process will maintain the practical sensibilities that will allow hydraulic fracturing to create jobs and stimulate the Illinois economy. The labor, environmental and industry groups that worked together for three years to draft this legislation are excited to finally see the implementation of these rules and get the skilled workforce of Illinois working again,” Brad Richards, executive vice president of the Illinois Oil and Gas Association.- Posted by Rich Miller      

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    Sunday, November 02, 2014

    #Chicago politics and Crime

    Chicago River 1833

    Before the Civil War, the newly incorporated City of Chicago remained mired in infancy and mud, but Politics had a firm hold and so did the Criminals.  The mud was drained but the dirt remained.

    In 1833,  the year of its founding, Chicago's population numbered only about 300. The majority were soldiers stationed at Fort Dearborn, with a smattering of Settlers and Indians. The male-to-female ratio was far from one, and men with extra time on their hands and no female companionship were ready to pay for it. Houses of Prostitution were ready on Wells Street and booze flowed freely, and horseracing was in vogue. Gambling was popular, and the city's proximity to the Mississippi River brought a wide range of card sharks and confidence men through on a regular basis. 

    Of course many of these actitities were illegal but they also brought in a lot of money.  Where there is law breaking in #Chicago, there's a Crooked Cop who will look the other way for the right bribe. 1833 Chicago was no different.  The Late Great Chicago Daily News Writer Mike Royko used to quip that Chicago's Motto should be changed from "City in a Garden" to "Where's Mine?" - relating to our long history of bribing city officials.

    The establishment, in 1856, of North's National Amphitheater, one of the city's first commercial venues for amusement, on the north side of Monroe, between Wells and Clark streets was another factor leading to Vice. The Amphitheater played host to traveling circuses, carnivals, and other troupes, and the characters who worked in these events were considered unsavory, and frequently stood accused of drunkenness, vice, and more serious crimes. 


    With poverty and criminality growing on the street, wealthy residents increasingly moved away from Monroe, lowering property values and attracting even more itinerant and criminal elements, perpetuating a vicious cycle. Cigar stores and houses of prostitution, including most famously Madam Lou Harper's "Mansion" between Wells and Franklin, and Francis Warren's troupe of streetwalkers, who resided between Clark and LaSalle.

    The 1850s and 1860s saw masses of poor immigrants, primarily from Ireland, building a shantytown of low, tumble-down buildings centered around Monroe and Wells St., known as "Mrs. Conley's Patch". Longtime alderman and world-renowned dandy "Bathhouse" John Coughlin, was raised there. However, "the Patch" was also notorious in its day, not only for the decrepitude of its dwellings, but also for the depravity and dark crimes of some of its residents. 0.)


    The Sands was located on the Chicago River where the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower stand today. Drunkenness, fighting, robbery, murder, and general misbehavior was the order of the day, every day, in the Sands, and the besotted residents of the district were the bane of the town's respectable population. Annie Stafford was a famous cyprian denizen of a Sands brothel. After decades of debauchery, Mayor Long John Wentworth had the entire area destroyed in one night to appease offended voters. 

    The 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated home-state candidate Abraham Lincoln.  The tragic years that followed divided the nation and cost many lives but proved to be very good for the City by the Lake.  Since it was situated at the apex of the Great Lakes and in the center of the nation, Chicago rapidly grew into a major transit hub.

    The large numbers of troops needed by the Union had to be supplied and many of those goods came from Chicago.  The Meat Packers were born and grew to large success as did the Major Railroads that were constructed with Chicago as the center.

    Where there are large sums of money to be made, there are criminals ready to take it.  Such was the case in the Windy City.  The Labor Unions that came to power in the 1870's and 80's were dominated by criminal figures who kept their power via bare knuckles and guns when needed. 

    Politicians saw the advantage of courting the large numbers of votes that a Labor Union or gang could provide so deals were made to provide jobs and money for votes. Since most of the laborers were immigrants and glad to have any job, all was well.  Any questions got you a busted nose.

    The World's Fair of 1893 marked the International Debut of Chicago as a World Class City:the dazzling shows of the White Ciry (which introduced many to electric lights) were praised nationally and internationally. Chicago had arrived.

    Though the Fair was a great success, the national economy was not. Chicago was saddled wih a large population of homeless men. Many of them moved into the World's Fair buildings after it closed and stayed for months until forcibly evicted.

    A clever oganizer named Jim MacDunn realized that the talents of these destitute  men could make money. He organized them into gangs, which were sent throghouth the yount city to rob houses and reisdents.  This created a problem fot the Mayor and aides so they offered to provide jobs for the young ruffians, if they would stop their criminal activities. The young city needed a lot of laborers so it worked out well.

    Now, the City had a large army of Criminals working fot them who ALSO could be put to good use when it came time to Get out the Vote.

    During this same period (1880-1910) Chicago was home to the Levee, which was located on the South Side, from 18th-22nd and Clark to Wells.  The Levee was populated by career criminals and houes or prostitution inluding 

    Where there's Money, there's a Politician - enter BarhHouse John Coughlin and "Hinky Dink" Kenna:


    Hinky Dink” Kenna and “Bathhouse John” Coughlin created in the 1890s a First Ward political machine based on graft and protection money from the saloons, brothels, and gambling halls of the Levee district, just south of the Loop.

    Coughlin began his working life as a scrubber in Loop bathhouses acnd opened the first bathhouse of his own in 1882. He prospered through connections with politicians, gamblers, and horse-racing enthusiasts, who stimulated in him a lifelong habit of sartorial flamboyance.

    Kenna, a small, quiet, discreet man, ran a saloon called the Workingman's Exchange, where he served generous quantities of beer along with free lunches. Unlike Coughlin he was personally frugal, and became quite wealthy through the business of politics

    Before redistricting in 1923, each Chicago ward was represented by two aldermen. Coughlin was first elected to the city council in 1892, and Kenna joined him in 1897. Coughlin served as the sole First Ward alderman from 1923 until his death in 1938, with Kenna succeeding him until his own death in 1946.  1.) 

    The Levee District is also notorious for the Everleigh Sisters Brothel on 22nd, which, along with hundreds of others, operated with no fear of legal interference due to this happy marriage with Chicago Politics.

    From about 1902 until his death in 1920, "Big Jim" Colosimo lead the strongest gang that would come to be known as the Chicago Outfit . Johnny Torrio, an enforcer Colosimo imported in 1909 from New York followed him and seized control after his death.  Alfonso Capone, a Torrio henchman, allegedly was directly involved in the murder.

    Again, the Politicos in City Hall stood silently as the criminal gangs divided the city up into various turfs.  Chicago Mayor "Big Bill" (we have a lot of "Bigs" here in Chicago) looked the other way, as did his mostly Irish Police Force as prohibition flourished. Most residents did not care about the occassional killings, and also visited clandestine nightclubs so enjoyed the entire show.  Politics continued to enjoy this odd relationship with crime.

    The Public at large was not effected by the gang shootings and did not care - there was NO Street crime as we know of it today. Additionally, the public often patronized "Speak Easys" run by the Chicago BootLeg Heads so were implicit as well.  Musicians who worked in these clubs reported that the conditions were ideal, they  were paid well and there was never any trouble.  

    By the time Prohibition ended the marriage between Organized Crime, Labor and Politics was well established. Through varying mayors it ebbed and flowed until the long reign of the "Boss" Richard J. Daley once more solidified this long happy union.

    Throughout Daley's long years as Chicago Boss, the same 1st Ward that had been home to Bathhouse John, Capone and the Outfit was diligently represented by Alderman John D'Arco, who was an acknowledged representative of the "Outfit".  

    Labor Unions have also enoyed the same benefits of this Deal with the Devil, and the Chicago Elevators Operators and even the Teamsters have long been known for strong ties to the Outfit and the Mob. (In Chicago it's the Outfit, while the "Mob" is New York)

    As the turbulent sixties raged on, this same influence was augmented by large Urban Mega-Gangs like the Black P Stones, Gangster Disciples and the Vice Lords. Aldermen in the South and West side Wards where they do business made the same deals they had made with the Outfit.

    The Outfit's influence is waning now and based in Burbank and Chicago Heights while the Latin Kings and Spanish Disciples enjoy a happy union with the Latino Block in City Hall.  Rep Juan Guittierez was championed by the Latin Kings of Humboldt Park who still do political work for him at Election Time.

    The Outfit and City Hall continue to enjoy a happy relationship as new Crime Kingpins enjoy all the privileges that Capone once did.

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    0.) Monroe Street, The Chicago Crime Scene Project, http://chicagocrimescenes.blogspot.com/2009/12/monroe-street.html, Last Visited Nov 15, 2014
    1.) Era of "Hinky Dink" and "Bathhouse John", Douglas Knox, Encyclopedia of Chicago, http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2408.html, Last  visited, Nov 2, 2014

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    Bruce Rauner: Arruinado

    Bruce Rauner - Worth It

    Pat Quinn: Worse than Balgojevich

    Bruce Rauner by Pastor Corey Brooks

    Saturday, November 01, 2014

    3 More Days to Save Illinois - SO VOTE REPUBLICAN!




    Today – with just 3 days to go – we’ve mobilized the largest volunteer grassroots army in the history of Illinois.

    10,000+ folks in every corner of Illinois are knocking on doors, making phone calls, talking to their neighbors, using facebook and twitter, and doing every possible thing to Get-Out-The-Vote.

    We’re less than 78 hours from the polls closing. RIGHT NOW is the time for a last minute contribution to help us make the phone calls and distribute the materials we need to win.

    If you turn on the TV you’ll see seven different ads being run against us by a variety of outside special interests and Pat Quinn. They’re outspending us on tv ads, but we’re outworking them in shoe leather.

    But while our historic volunteer grassroots force doesn’t cost the millions Quinn and his allies are spending, it still bears a cost.

    With just 3 days to go will you help with $30, $60, $90, $120, $150, $300, or heck even $3,000 to make sure we win?

    Today we’re barnstorming the state in Quincy, Lawrenceville, Carmi, Harrisburg, and Marion holding rallies and firing everyone up. The energy is incredible. They’re the biggest crowds we’ve seen.

    None of us, Republican or Democrat, should settle for a state without hope – for a future without possibilities.  With THREE DAYS TO GO, will you go online right now and chip in to help us change direction?

    Three more days. If you can’t make one of our dozens of rallies please consider a contribution. Everything helps.

    Ok, have to power off now. Talk soon.

    BR



    ILLEGALS BEING SENT ALL OVER USA TO VOTE FOR DEMS

    The Washington Post published the names of states where you can vote without photo ID and now the info has spread like wildfire with groups like La Raza encouraging massive voter fraud. Read more. In at least 2 states voter machines are changing Rep votes to Dem. Read here and here. A Dem official in Chicago offered her all black district raffle prizes if they vote. Read. As Obama said after voting "You can only vote once, this isn't Chicago." Yes, that was the President of the United States. Read
       

    Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=309_1414610067#TOwlbgr1WLb0DQPp.99

    ILL. VOTER FRAUD: Another ‘Calibration’ Error': Machines Flip GOP Votes to Democrats Again Never The Other Way Around.




    MORE CONFIRMED VOTER FRAUD: Another ‘Calibration’ Error': Machines Flip GOP Votes to Democrats Again
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    In the contentious 2012 election, many allegations of Voter Fraud were hurled around, and some of them turned out to be true. One of those potential issues showed up in the form of voting machines that kept switching the selected votes. The Marion Star reported on an interesting scenario in Ohio.

    “Joan Stevens was one of several early voters at the polls on Monday. But when Stevens tried to cast her ballot for president, she noticed a problem. Upon selecting “Mitt Romney” on the electronic touch screen, Barack Obama’s name lit up. It took Stevens three tries before her selection was accurately recorded.”

    According to CBS Chicago, voting machines are at it again, and this time the issue happened to the candidate running in the race that the votes were being recorded for. When James Moynihan went to vote last week, he was shocked to find, he voted for the other guy running. Reports suggest that “vote flipping” has affected at least five people in one county.

    “Vote flipping” is the phrase given when a vote flips from one candidate or party selected to the other. In these cases, the Republican option flipped to the Democratic one. The cause of the issue of Republican votes turning blue is said to be a “calibration issue,” but Illinois is not the only state experiencing these early voting issues. According to WBALTV, complaints of “vote flipping” is plaguing several counties in Maryland.

    Nine counties, including Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Frederick, Howard, Queen Anne’s and Baltimore counties have reported the potential fraud. Maryland election officials say they are looking into the “vote flipping” allegations. A Democratic judge is saying that the voters always have the last say. Judge Denise Issac states that voters can review what they voted for before submitting, and make any necessary changes. However, a female voter in Howard county seems to imply that is not the case.

    “A female voter in Howard County did complain to a judge. She told 11 News by phone that when she cast a ballot at the library for a Republican candidate on machine No. 18, the machine beeped and then her choice flipped over to the Democratic candidate. She said this happened repeatedly. Finally an election judge gave her a pencil with an eraser head to punch in her choice and that worked.”

    In Fredereick and Anne Arundel county similar issues cropped up. Election officials in Frederick, like in Illinois, believe that the issue of “vote flipping” is a “calibration” issue. Reports allege that these kind of issues arise every election cycle, and are usually “voter error.”

    The issue in the 2012 elections, and the current, have not been ruled Voter fraud, but the issue is curious. In both cases, it was in the early voting period, and the same “vote flipping” issue. Some believe vote switching, and suspending of voter ID laws cause electoral fraud. The Inquisitr reported on the changes made to voter ID laws this year. It all seems to raise more questions, than answers.
    Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b08_1414609743#k04lWSfMD4GFeCCc.99

    Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b08_1414609743#k04lWSfMD4GFeCCc.99

    Monday, October 27, 2014

    Illinois Ebola Guidelines

    Posted: Oct 27, 2014 3:41 PM CDTUpdated: Oct 27, 2014 5:33 PM CDT
     
    A scanning electron micrograph of the Ebola virus. (Cynthia Goldsmith | CDC)
    A scanning electron micrograph of the Ebola virus. (Cynthia Goldsmith | CDC)
    CHICAGO (Associated Press) -
    U.S. health officials are recommending that people who are at highest risk for coming down with Ebola avoid commercial travel or attending large public gatherings, even if they have no symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the updated advice to state and local officials on Monday.
    The CDC guidance comes after the governors of New York and New Jersey announced mandatory quarantines for medical workers returning from three West African countries plagued by the worst Ebola outbreak in world history. Illinois and Maryland have announced quarantines for health workers at high risk for getting the disease, including anyone who's touched an Ebola patient's body fluids without protective gear.
    Previously the CDC has recommended screening of travelers from West Africa and monitoring of people for three weeks after they arrive in the United States.
    On Monday, the CDC broke down people in the orbit of Ebola into four categories. Those at highest risk are anyone who's had direct contact with an Ebola patient's body fluids, including health care workers who suffer a needle-stick injury during a patient's care.


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    Saturday, October 25, 2014

    Illinois, NY, NJ to quarantine suspected Ebola patients

    Bruce Rauner Leads Illinois Race



    Can you believe we're down to the last 10 days of the most historic gubernatorial election in Illinois history?

    If we win, the people of Illinois get to shake up Springfield and bring back Illinois in just 10 days.  If Pat Quinn wins, the people of Illinois are 10 days away from a massive income tax hike.  I need your strong support in the final 10 days to make sure we win.

    Four straight polls show us leading Pat Quinn in a close race. Here's the latest polling, including a new poll released late Friday showing us up by 4 points:
    • IL Chamber (10/24): Rauner 45, Quinn 41
    • Chicago Tribune (10/23): Rauner 45, Quinn 43
    • Rasmussen Reports (10/23): Rauner 48, Quinn 47
    • SIU/Paul Simon (10/17): Rauner 42, Quinn 41
    We are in the lead but it's close. And with Pat Quinn getting more and more desperate by the day, it's hard to predict what dirty tricks he'll try next.  In fact, an independent analysis conducted by the Center for Public Integrity this week concluded Pat Quinn is running one of the most negative campaigns in Illinois history.  With a record as disastrous as his, we know why that is.

    We're in the lead in a close race but Pat Quinn is running the most negative campaign in Illinois history.  Will you help keep us in the lead for 10 more days by making a contribution of $10, $100 or $1000 online right now?

    We've been endorsed by newspapers across the state.  We've been endorsed by every job creation group in Illinois.  We've been endorsed by community and civic leaders across the political spectrum.  And now we're holding the lead in a close race that will come down to a photo finish.

    If you jump in today with 10 days to go by making a contribution of $10, $100 or even $1000, you will give us the support we need to finish strong. It's up to you.

    Remember, if Pat Quinn wins, here's what you get in 10 days:
    • A massive income tax increase right after the election
    • No end to runaway property taxes
    • Deeper cuts to school funding
    • More of the same Blagojevich-style corruption
    But if we win, here's what you get:
    • A rollback of the Quinn-Madigan 67% income tax hike;
    • A freeze on your property taxes;
    • Increased funding to our schools;
    • An end to the Blagojevich-Quinn patronage, cronyism and corruption.

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    Wednesday, October 22, 2014

    IL Poll Workers Break Law – Tell Obama to “Vote Democrat”

    Chicago Polling Booth (Video)


    After spending the weekend golfing, President Barack Obama flew to Chicago Monday to vote in the 2014 midterm elections.
    Reporters were there to film the event. At one point one of the workers tells Obama to “Vote Democrat.”
    Of course, this is against the law.
    Cook County is a Campaign-Free Zone – asking voters to vote a particular way is strictly prohibited..
    obama vote il

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