7/3/2008
Kate wrote earlier this week about how Chicago
is no. 1 in the country for sales taxes. Here's a
breakdown of just how much people are paying
and where.
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7/3/2008
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7/2/2008
And we wonder why all these jobs are going
over India-way...
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7/2/2008
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7/2/2008
"...it only works when those who should be held accountable are held accountable."
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7/2/2008
...because some people support more government paternalism.
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7/1/2008
How open is your school district?
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7/1/2008
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7/1/2008
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6/30/2008
If Cook County wants to push its residents, businesses and revenue out of town, it's doing a good job.
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6/30/2008
A slippery slope indeed.
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6/27/2008
Transparency in government isn't always free, but it is worth the cost.
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6/26/2008
The latest from City Hall...
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6/26/2008
Once an advocate for accountable, transparent
government, Palatine Township trustee Bill
Huley needs to return to his roots.
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6/25/2008
The Illinois Policy Institute, with the great help of its Liberty Leaders, has a goal of achieving financial transparency throughout all school districts in Illinois.
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6/25/2008
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6/25/2008
Misguided faith in Medicare could cause serious repercussions, and very soon.
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6/25/2008
One would think they have
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6/25/2008
If history and London's current issues with their Olympics in 2012 can tell us anything...
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6/24/2008
Charter Schools Work!
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6/24/2008
'Get Fuzzy' always gets it so right.
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6/23/2008
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6/23/2008
But I thought that the "Chicago School of
Economics" was free market...
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6/23/2008
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6/20/2008
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6/20/2008
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6/19/2008
Let's see what the free market has cooked up
today!
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6/19/2008
The Champaign County Nursing Home needs serious budget repair. One tool to help mend its financial wounds? Transparency.
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6/19/2008
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6/18/2008
A superintendent is fired for falsifying reports
that criticize his administration. What next? A
$100K gig as a consultant to another school
district...of course.
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6/17/2008
Another reason why transparency is a good idea if not an absolutely necessity in Illinois, not just with regards to school districts.
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6/17/2008
He is against it. He is for it. Well, he is for it -- now that he makes some money off the deal?? We don't know.
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6/16/2008
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6/16/2008
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6/16/2008
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6/13/2008
The Chicago Teachers Union's food fight has provided us with another example of why transparency is such a good idea.
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6/13/2008
Have your school boards been naughty or nice
to citizens?
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6/12/2008
Transparency needed: Read yet another telling example of how it pays, literally, to have friendly or familial connections with Chicago's politicians.
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6/12/2008
Governor Blagojevich insists that he did nothing
wrong when a board of his appointees approved
a loan for his kids' private school in Chicago.
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6/12/2008
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6/11/2008
Oneless economically crippling measure to worry about...
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6/11/2008
First it was the Senate's restaurant, but today it
looks like Congressional Dems want to cut the
successful D.C. voucher program, and with it
the aspirations of 2000 low-income kids.
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6/10/2008
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6/10/2008
The Better Government Association has compiled a database listing the salary information of city employees in Chicago.
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6/10/2008
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6/9/2008
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6/6/2008
Why free school laptops might not be the best idea.
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6/5/2008
Would your school district pass the open book test?
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6/4/2008
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6/4/2008
John Kass provides a colorful commentary on
how beneficial life can be if you're related to a
politician in Chicago.
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6/3/2008
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6/3/2008
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6/3/2008
The free market of course!
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6/2/2008
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5/30/2008
From the Blog: Illinois schools, now more than $12,000 per student.
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5/29/2008
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5/27/2008
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5/27/2008
Some think complete government takeover will
solve all our problems. Health care? Nationalize!
Education? Nationalize! Now, oil companies too?
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5/14/2008
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5/12/2008
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5/8/2008
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5/2/2008
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4/29/2008
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4/29/2008
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4/23/2008
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4/21/2008
Proving once again man's unlimited potential can go both ways...
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4/21/2008
Speaker Michael Madigan is allowing single payer to proceed in the House.
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2/21/2008
Patients left in ambulances for up to FIVE hours 'so trusts can meet government targets', is the headline in the Daily Mail.
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2/21/2008
Here is my interview this morning on WTAX's Morning News Watch with Bob Murray.
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2/20/2008
I think this clip speaks for itself.
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