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STALKER REPORT: Celebrity Apprentice Edition
B-Side Blog —
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Coming to you from the same person who successfully stalked Erin Kaplan of The City comes yet another batch of celebrity sightings -- this time with pictures. Writes the stalker: Here are some photos from a few weeks ago when I came out of the subway and stumbled across an amazing sighting. I figured Blago and ...13 hours ago -
What constitutes corruption?
CHICAGO ARGUS —
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At what point is a government official guilty of criminal behavior, rather than just stupidity or laziness? To me, it is apparent that many people have no problem considering “laziness” and “criminality” to be the same, although what I really suspect is that some people are willing to use the criminal justice ...2 days ago -
Top 10 Lists of 2009 Google Searches Dominated by Democrats, But not Obama
Politics Daily —
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Filed under: Emilys Post Google on Tuesday released the top searches within the United States for 2009; the results are surprising and interesting. The top Google searches for senators show that people are more interested in reading about Democrats than Republicans -- only Chuck Grassley of Iowa at No. 9 made ...2 days ago -
Illinois 2010 Elections: Dan Hynes Wants Blagojevich Appointees Fired; Pat Quinn Cites U.S. Attorney “Investigation” for Status Quo
THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER —
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Comptroller Dan Hynes (Chicago, IL) — December 1, 2009 . Comptroller and Democratic candidate for governor Dan Hynes yesterday called on Governor Pat Quinn to fire two former appointees of former Governor Rod Blagojevich . “I cannot fathom for the life of me why these two people [ George Rada and Surami ...3 days ago -
Black Friday Avoidance 2009
Samaritans Scalawags Scoundrels Fleecing the Sheep —
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Ho-Ho-Ho! It is once again Christmas Season. So for those of you looking to avoid the madness known as Black Friday Christmas shopping day here is another installment of theScoundrels version of less ordinary Christmas Gifts. It seems what was a popular item last Christmas, is once again an Internet shopping ...1 week ago -
Giannoulias pitches bailout plan, talks about family bank
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Posted by John Chase at 5:33 p.m. Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a former loan officer who still has a small financial interest in his family’s community bank, unveiled a plan today that would require large “Wall Street” banks to make immediate contributions to an emergency fund that would be used to ...1 week ago -
Sen Durbin re: Roland Burris admonishment
Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias —
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Not sure where this went.November 20, 2009Sen Burris’ Letter of Public Admonition from Ethics CommitteeSen Burris statement re: Senate admonishmentSen Durbin Statement:When we met with Roland Burris in January, we made it clear that in order for him to be seated in the U.S. Senate he needed to appear before the ...1 week ago -
Cleaning Up Illinois: The Putback Amendment
Big Government —
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Everyone knows that things in Springfield, Illinois are broken. Everyone knows that the government of the State of Illinois is inefficient and corrupt. That’s all true, however, to truly understand the problems in Springfield, we must look at the structure of the legislature. By its design, the legislature in ...1 week ago -
Burris Admonition Shameful
Vanessa: Unplugged! —
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On Friday, November 20, 2009, the Senate Ethics Committee issued a formal public admonition to Senator Roland W. Burris (D., IL). The sternly worded admonition is peppered with phrases that basically call Burris a liar. He seemed less than genuine from the moment he was injected in to the Blagojevich drama and the ...1 week ago -
Illinois Blogging: Blago Lives In State Govt
Understanding Government —
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The Chicago Sun-Times’ Dave McKinny, Tim Novak and Chris Fusco have an interesting report on the failure of current Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to purge state government of Rod Blagojevich political cronies. The disgraced former governor allegedly committed “endemic hiring fraud,” according to Chicago prosecutor ...1 week ago -
Illinois 2010 Elections: David Schroeder Survives Petition Challenge from Ken Dunkin Allies
THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER —
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State Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago) (Chicago, IL) – November 23, 2009 . The Chicago Board of Elections dismissed a challenge to the candidacy of David Schroeder that clears the way for Schroeder to face incumbent State Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago) in the Democratic primary for the 5th legislative district seat ...1 week ago -
Blago hires still hanging on in Illinois
Marathon Pundit —
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Shortly after being sworn in to office, Governor Pat Quinn vowed to "fumigate state government." The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the fumigation isnt going so well. To legislators, part of that scrub-down seemed obvious: Quinn would clean house of state appointees and other workers whose clout had won them top ...1 week ago -
Senator for Sale
Liberty's Life Line —
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I’ll bet you thought I would be writing about Roland Burris, the senator appointed by Governor Rod Blagojevich under dubious circumstances. No, Senator Mary Landreau of Louisana just sold her vote on the senate health care bill to Harry Reid for $100 million. Here is what was reported by ABC News . On page ...1 week ago -
Sen Burris statement re: Senate admonishment
Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias —
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November 20, 2009Senator Burris statement re: Senate Ethics Committee findings and Public Letter of Admnotion:I am pleased that after numerous investigations, this matter has finally come to a close. I thank the members of the Senate Ethics Committee for their fair and thorough review of this matter, and now look ...1 week ago -
Sen Burris receives Letter of Public Admonition from Ethics Committee
Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias —
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November 20, 2009The Senate Ethics Committee has finally made a judgment in the investigation of Senator Burris’ possible perjury in relation to barry’s senate seat. They cleared him of any wrongdoing but issued a public letter of qualified admonition.It ranks in the middle of sanctions after a private letter of ...1 week ago -
Senate Ethics Committee Admonishes Burris - Its Meaningless - Burris Should Resign
BattleGroundStates.info —
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The Washington Post : "Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-IL) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee formally reprimanded Burris for statements -- some made ...1 week ago -
Senate ethics panel admonishes Burris, but no charges coming
The Blago Blog —
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U.S. Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) was admonished Friday by the U.S. Senate ethics committee over his testimony in Springfield concerning how he got appointed to Barack Obamas vacant Senate seat. The committees inquiry and subsequent reprimand comes after a Chicago Sun-Times investigation brought to light Burris ...1 week ago -
Senate Ethics Committee Admonishes Burris - Its Meaningless - Burris Should Resign
AMERICA'S BEST CHOICE —
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The Washington Post : "Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-IL) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee formally reprimanded Burris for statements -- some made ...1 week ago -
Ethics panel admonishes Burris over Senate appointment
Clout St —
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From the Breaking News Center: WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris was rebuked today by the Senate Ethics Committee, which issued him a "public letter of qualified admonition" for his actions in connection with his appointment by disgraced former Gov. Rod...1 week ago -
Senate Ethics Committee Admonishes Burris - Its Meaningless - Burris Should Resign
ARRA News Service —
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The Washington Post : "Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-IL) has been admonished by the Senate ethics committee for his public comments about his appointment last December to the body. In a three-page "public letter of qualified admonition" issued Friday, the committee formally reprimanded Burris for statements -- some made ...1 week ago
