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From NPR’s “Marketpace” A new kind of electric bus hits the road today in Southern California. It will carry a full load of passengers over 30 miles, stop for 10 minutes, and fully recharge its batteries. As the inventor points out — that’s a lot less time than it takes to charge [...] Find out more about what the war has cost the taxpayers of Illinois, Cook County and Chicago. You might want to be seated when you see how many billions Illinois taxpayers have spent on war over the past [...] Illinois is corrupt. HOW corrupt? Read Tom’s essay at Huffington [...] Like what you hear? I’m looking for 100 donors at $100.00. Small change for big change! Donate online via DonationPages. You can mail a check made out to “Friends of Tom Tresser” to 333 W. North Avenue #154, Chicago [...]
I had the good fortune to work with Doug in the early 1990′s when he led a state-wide coalition against Mayor Daley’s push to get land-based gambling in Chicago. We won that fight. Read his column “I’m With Whitney” from the Beachwood Reporter. I’m With WhitneyBy Doug Dobmeyer
I am sick of Illinois politics as we know it today! Blind abeyance to massive debt and unbalanced budgets are now the norm. This well entrenched corrupt political system has only expanded in the 39 years since my coming to Chicago in 1971. So, I’m going to do something to work for change. I’ve decided a third party is a viable option. I’m volunteering with the Green Party doing media for the Rich Whitney candidacy for governor. Whitley is a civil rights lawyer from Carbondale is the Green Party’s candidate for governor. In the latest poll he was at nine percent of the vote. In 2006 he received 10 percent of the statewide vote. As you know I have been a Democrat all my life. I have voted for a few Republicans along the way. The two usual party candidates for governor are dismal at best. One, Bill Brady, the Republican was born with the word NO on the tip of his tongue. Pat Quinn the Democratic incumbent and a friend for 25 years has become a disappointment since he took over from the disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich. Unfortunately Pat has moved away from previous positions that had formed our friendship. He’s just another Springfield politician now. So, I intend to do what I can for Whitney to make him more of a viable candidate that could result in his being Illinois’ next governor. 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 [...] 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 went before the IVI-IPO (Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization) on Saturday. Tom with IVI-IPO State Chair Alonzo Zaragoza. Tom’s first campaign against Da [...] Watch Tom on Fox News Sunday, August 1, 8:30am. Listen to veteran political reporter Mike Flannery’s assessment of the corruption in [...] Here’s what Southtown Star columnist Kristen McQueary had to say… As Illinois voters, we sit anxiously, curiously, awaiting a verdict in Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial. George Ryan counts the days toward his release from federal prison. They were our picks: A young politician with wavy hair who promised to end Illinois’ sleazy political culture; a gravelly-voiced old-timer with [...] 
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Doug Dobmeyer
