Tag Archives: Pat Quinn
CN June 28 2018
Pat Quinn has a lot of work to do. He needs more than 50,000 iron-clad, valid signatures from certified Chicagoans before August 6, which he says will allow him to invoke the law which puts his petition question … Continue reading
CN June 7 2018
Dr. Willie Wilson wants an elected school board for Chicago. But his vision for management of the police department is so unconventional that it doesn’t adhere to any of the four current proposals before the City Council. If elected … Continue reading
CN March 22 2018
Not that many people voted in Tuesday’s Illinois primary – about a couple of million statewide – but they made some very important decisions, including throwing out Joe Berrios, the powerful, connected Cook County Assessor, and unseating two of Toni … Continue reading
CN Jan. 15, 2015
(note: we’ve included time markers, so you can go directly to that point in the video). Fox 32 Chicago’s Mike Flannery is Fired Up. He was in Springfield for Bruce Rauner’s inauguration on Monday. He tells us that he spent some time combing … Continue reading
CN Sep.18, 2014
Just how much do you know about Bruce Rauner? Can you imagine him busily “fixing Illinois”? Does he have the skill-set to manage a sprawling state government and get its staggering budget shortfalls under control? Carol Felsenthal spent months … Continue reading
CN Sep 4, 2014
Our panel on this, our fourth anniversary broadcast, spent some time kicking around the upcoming big elections – U.S. Senator and Governor. But there’s a sense that the 2014 mid-terms, so critical for the country, are little more than a warm-up … Continue reading
CN August 28, 2014
Should the news media cover each and every murder that happens in our city? Can five or six murders that might happen in one weekend be reduced to a kind of box-score? Our guests this week answer that question … Continue reading
CN March 6, 2014
Bruce Rauner is just nine months away from his inauguration as Governor of Illinois. Want to know how that happens? WLS-AM’s John Dempsey pulls out his scratch pad and runs the numbers. (For discussion purposes here, the panel essentially … Continue reading
CN Feb. 13, 2014
Dan Rutherford has some explainin’ to do. He’s obviously correct in stating that he hasn’t been found guilty of any wrongdoing, and the charges of sexual and business misconduct brought forth by a subordinate remain only charges. But the … Continue reading
CN Feb 6, 2014
According to Chris Fusco of the Sun-Times, the current Republican race for Governor is “one of the goofier political races we’ve ever observed. “ And WBEZ’s Tony Arnold had a front-row seat for one of the more bizarre chapters this week at … Continue reading