The 100-days test, as arbitrary and pointless as any exercise in commentary, begins as a historical reference. Nobody paid much attention to the 100-day milestone before 1933, but since Franklin D. Roosevelt had such a productive first lap, no one's been able to ignore it every four years since.
Pat Quinn is the most popular Illinois governor in more than a decade. A new statewide poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports found that Gov. Quinn has a 61 percent job approval rating.
If you’re looking for signs of the Apocalypse — and who isn’t? — here’s a good one. There’s an uptick in ark building.
The legislature should move immediately to impeach current Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
His reign of terror must come to an end. The state is $4 billion behind in paying its bills while its governor has allegedly used his time to further his own financial interest at the expense of the citizens of the state.
Last week Ken Rakers wrote asking to know five things the students in the Aledo school district and the students in the Westmer school district do not have now, but will have if the consolidation passes.
To the Editor:
We have to endure a lot. The fast-buck guys have left a mess: $70,000 an acre vacant land; $30,000 residential lots; and unprecedented taxpayer grants (giveaways, never has to be repaid). But the issues keep coming.
To the voters of the Westmer and Aledo school districts:
I am very much in favor of the consolidation of the two school districts. I have attended a number of meetings of the school boards and committee of ten and I am convinced that this consolidation would provide the best educational opportunities for the children of the two school districts, both present and future students.
Naysayers to a call for an Illinois constitutional convention receive a well reasoned argument for a constitutional convention.
Dear Editor:
As district superintendents in the Henderson-Mercer-Warren Counties ROE 27, we would like to express our support for Jodi Scott who is the incumbent candidate for Regional Superintendent of Schools.
Illinois senators begin to float their names to replace Illinois Senate President Emil Jones.
Voters this Nov. 4 will be asked a yes-no question on a proposed call for an Illinois Constitutional Convention. Every 20 years voters get to decide whether the Illinois Constitution needs to be revamped. The last question was asked in 1988, with 75 percent of those voting no.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and thecapitolfaxblog.com. Here he gives a countdown of the top 10 reasons he won't move to Washington DC.
Frank Mullen bids farewell as a columnist for The Times Record after producing a column a week for the past 14 months.
Dear Editor;
I just wanted the town of Aledo to know that you have two residents, that went above and beyond the call of duty this past weekend!
State budget axe falls on Illinois Historic Sites
Voters will be faced with a consolidation question in the Westmer and Aledo school districts this coming November. Here is one former teacher's view.
The 44th Infantry Division Veteran’s Association has scheduled a reunion for Oct. 10-12, 2008.
Opinions on an Aledo- Westmer consolidaton are being voiced.
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