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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Illinois Voters Disenfranchised Yet Again

At least twice in the past decade, winners of statewide primary elections in Illinois have been forced by party leaders to withdraw from the general election. While I do not intend to defend the conduct or character of Jack Ryan or Scott Lee Cohen, their treatment by the aristocracy that run Illinois political parties is deplorable. If it was up to the Republican and Democratic party leaders, we would just dispense with primaries altogether and let them anoint their preferred candidates. That way us members of the bourgeois would be left with only two choices each election cycle and the power of the two dominant parties would be preserved. It's time to eliminate political parties altogether. Anyone who wants to run in a general election should run. The person with the most votes gets the job. No interference from Mike Madigan, Andy McKenna and the other snobs who dominate the political parties and could care less about the electorate. The centralization of political power in only a few hands has made the State of Illinois an embarrassment. Time for radical change and for the voting public to once again be relevant.

posted by Ted Bond, Jr. at 2:20 PM 0 comments

Monday, February 1, 2010

The Lake County Board Has No Grasp of Reality

During the worst economic recession of my lifetime, our Lake County Board continues to spend money like they have a never ending supply. As we speak, they are completing construction of a gargantuan and overly elaborate facility for the health department on Grand Avenue in Waukegan. They recently finished a palace for the building department in Libertyville, a department which is little needed these days but which has not significantly cut its budget. Now they want to spend over $4 million to acquire a new home for the forest preserve district in Libertyville. They have the audacity to argue that spending $4 million rather than staying in and maintaining the existing facilities will actually save money. What planet to they live on? This is the same board which complained vehemently about having to lay off 18 people out of a work force in excess of 3000. This nonsense has to stop. Vote against the incumbents this year so we can get some people who will behave in a responsible manner and cut spending instead of increasing it. The rest of us have had to tighten our belts. It's time for Lake County government to do the same.

posted by Ted Bond, Jr. at 2:15 PM 0 comments

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