PLEASE NOTE THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON JUDGES PIERCE, COLLINS AND FERNANDEZ IN ADDENDUM 1 PLEASE ALSO NOTE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JUDGE WILLIAM H. HOOKS IN ADDENDUM 2 Voting in the General Election is now officially open in Illinois. Your ballot includes candidates for Illinois State Supreme Court and Illinois Appellate Continue Reading
The Thompson Center – What Will The State Do With 150+ Art Objects?
The Gov says the “Monument with Standing Beast” will be moved to the “new” State Office Building. Phew. Problem solved! Not so fast. What about the other 150+ art works inside the building? What happens to them? Did you know they are there? How about this: As opposed to Dubuffet’s Continue Reading
Cook County Judicial Candidates – June 28 2022 Primary
It’s that time again in Cook County and Illinois. We have a primary election on June 28. Whenever a primary or general election includes judicial candidates, I send out two things: The Alliance of Bar Association for Judicial Screening assessments of candidates for judge in Cook County and for Illinois Continue Reading
Cook County Judicial Election Results – 2020 General Election, November 3, 2020
Thanks to everyone who paid attention to sources such as this blog to assist in voting on judges in Cook County. I’ve said it before; here it is again. Of all offices for which you vote, none is closer to you personally than that of a judge in a local Continue Reading
Myths and Purposeful Lies About the Illinois Fair Tax Constitutional Amendment
Illinois Graduated Income Tax – The Fair Tax – What It Does and Does Not Do If you’re going to be informed, then let me suggest that you be informed. Purely and simply, a change in Illinois tax law to a graduated income tax from a flat income tax is Continue Reading
Cook County Judicial Evaluations – 2020 General Election, November 3, 2020
UPDATE TO POSTOctober 2, 2020 Judge running for retention Mauricio Araujo has resigned from the bench as of Monday, October 5, 2020 and will not be seeking retention. His name remains on the ballot. We suggest that you leave that vote box BLANK. SECOND UPDATE TO POSTOctober 13, 2020 The Continue Reading
Thoughts on some video series: “Dark”
I’ve finished all three seasons. It’s a German Netflix series dubbed in English. The voice-dubbers have done a fine job, by the way. The series, in the end, folds in on itself, undoing what it has wrought from the beginning. The story is about time and the dire consequences of Continue Reading
Cook County Judicial Candidate Evaluations – 2020 Primary
EVALUATIONS OF JUDICIAL CANDIDATESALLIANCE OF BAR ASSOCIATIONS FOR JUDICIAL SCREENING 2020 – PRIMARY ELECTION – 2020Cook County It’s that time again. While so many people are concentrating on the Presidential Primary, we’re here to remind you that the March 17 election goes far beyond voting for a presidential candidate. The Continue Reading
An Open Letter to All Democratic Presidential Candidates
Here’s the deal. Your job is to roundly defeat the current occupant of the Oval Office. Right now, that’s all it is. If you’re talking about anything else, you’re wasting your time and my time. If you haven’t calculated what making him go away is going to take, start calculating Continue Reading
Judicial Elections (and Other Elections) – Cook County – March 17, 2020
We all know that the Illinois Presidential Primary Election will occur on March 17. It is, however, not just a Presidential Primary. The election goes far beyond voting for a party’s Presidential candidate. This blog posting provides you with information on what you’ll be voting for overall and on what Continue Reading