I’m waiting for poor people in Cook County to riot over paying lower taxes

For the third time (let’s hope it’s a charm), the Cook County Board of Commissioners has reduced the sales tax. They voted 12-5 earlier today to scale back last year’s sales tax increase by one-half a cent.
Whereas supporters previously had only the right idea on their side, now they have the law. The Illinois General [...]

Illinois GOPer now wants to divide members into champs and chumps

Wow, Doug Ibendahl has me stumped: When it comes to deciding which GOP gubernatorial debate I’d like to watch this week, am I a champ or a chump?
The Republican Young Professionals group, of which Ibendahl is a co-founder, sent out an e-mail yesterday highlighting an article he wrote for the Web site Champion News. Ibendahl [...]

Here’s my shameless plug for a radio program I’m doing Wednesday

I’ll be discussing current events with Ray Hanania at 8 a.m. tomorrow on his radio program on WJJG AM 1530. Ray streams the program live on his Web site for the show, www.RadioChicagoland.com. He also has podcasts of his programs. So tune in to WJJG or check out Ray’s Web site. Rock on!