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Illinois Is Bankrupt – Had Enough?

Hire Rich Whitney, Green Party candidate for Governor, to fix this mess!

From the Northbrook based Institute for Truth on Accounting. From their press release:

The Institute’s reports the state has only $20 billion of assets to cover $140.6 billion in bills —- a $120.6 billion shortfall.  Each Illinois taxpayer’s share is $29,200. This precarious financial position [...]

Had Enough? Vote for Rich Whitney

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Read & Comment – “The Cost of Corruption” @ Huffington Post

Illinois is corrupt. HOW corrupt? Read Tom’s essay at Huffington [...]

Watch Tom on ABC News Chicago’s “NewsViews”

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Take Back Our Meters – The Mayor Bailed Out Morgan Stanley!

If you weren’t already furious with the parking meter rip-off, check out this article from Bloomberg Financial News:

Chicago drivers will pay a Morgan Stanley-led partnership at least $11.6 billion to park at city meters over the next 75 years, 10 times what Mayor Richard Daley got when he leased the system to investors in [...]

The More Things (Don’t) Change…

I thought this political cartoon from The Chicago Tribune pretty much sums up the political situation in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois. Are YOU going to change your civic behavior this November on Election Day?

Tom Declares Independence – IVI-IPO Not So Sure

Tom went before the IVI-IPO (Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization) on Saturday.
He declared, “Let’s take a look at the word ‘independent’ – it’s so important it’s in your name TWICE.” He explained why he is the most independent and anti-Machine candidate in his race.

Tom with IVI-IPO State Chair Alonzo Zaragoza.

Tom’s first campaign against Da [...]

Angry Tax Payers Meet, Want Answers

Small business owner Carey Matson got mad as hell about the rising taxes, ongoing corruption and declining services in Cook County. He has organized a new citizen’s group, The Cook County Coalition for Tax Relief. On July 14 they held their first event – a candidate’s forum for the Cook County Assessor’s race and the race [...]

Illinois Politics On Trial

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Profiles in Failure – Opportunity for Reform

The Chicago Tribune is very frustrated with our state leaders. We in the Illinois Green party share their point of view. We offer the voters of Illinois a simple remedy for the giant piece of hardware that the state leaders have stuck us with. Vote for Rich Whitney and other Green Party candidates in November. Read [...]