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Let’s Leave the Mud-Wrestling to the Democrats

Posted on February 4, 2018 by WordPress.com Support

We’re all familiar with the term “Hail Mary”. It happens in football, and it happens in politics. The ad thanking Governor Rauner for all of the social-policy failures of his first term is just such a thing. I’ll dispense with … Continue reading →

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For Municipal Pensions, the Can Has Reached the End of the Road

Posted on January 28, 2018 by WordPress.com Support

Pensions are now cutting into essential services. This needs to be fixed, and there are no easy solutions. Continue reading →

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This Is What Happens When Democrats Do Tax Bills

Posted on January 17, 2018 by WordPress.com Support

Combine a limitation on state and local taxes (SALT) under the new Federal tax bill with Democrats scrambling to score political points in an election year, stir in a dash of hypocrisy, and what do you get? You get H.B. … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened to the Party of Small Government?

Posted on January 16, 2018 by WordPress.com Support

“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.”  -Thomas Jefferson “I want to run McHenry County…being an executive able to really change fundamentally the structure of government.”  -Jack Franks “The Download” WGN Radio … Continue reading →

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Let Voters Decide on Township Road Districts

Posted on January 7, 2018 by WordPress.com Support

That’s the headline of an article written by Jack Franks published in today’s Northwest Herald, a headline with which I am in full agreement. Franks goes on, however, to fully distort what I’m trying to accomplish with the trailer bill … Continue reading →

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