State Rep. Bob Pritchard is the incumbent this fall and fair game for scrutiny. However, this is not really about him so much as it is about the general need for campaign finance reform in Illinois. From a Daily Chronicle report on the defeated May 2004 IL House legislation to ban horse slaughter in the…
Month: August 2006
The Airlines & the Jail
Everybody knows that the county jail is full. Another referendum this fall, same as two years ago, will ask voters to approve a 1/2-cent hike in the local sales tax–a “public safety” tax–to fund expansions to jail-related programs and services. What’s plain is that the decision had to be made about whether we are going…