Goodbye Illinois
To all my friends in Illinois, good-bye. I have accepted an offer of employment from a company in Texas, and will shortly be leaving the state behind.
When he left Illinois for Washington, D.C. in 1860, President-elect Abraham Lincoln had these words to say: “Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, [...]
The Grayslake D46 Email Scandal
The Cost of Corruption – This is not something you will read for fun. But it’s something you must read, as a parent or taxpaying citizen. It’s a sordid story about crime and corruption where anyone would least expect to find it: In a suburban elementary [...]
Atlas Shrugged: Four Stars
I always know, when I read the reviews panning a movie I’ve been looking forward to, that I’m going to enjoy it. This rule proved true for me again in seeing Atlas Shrugged Part I.
Taylor Schilling as Dagny Taggart
Directed by Paul Johanssonn (who also plays the mysterious John Galt), working from a screenplay by [...]
Sandy Cole: Eat French Fries, Go To Jail
13 Republicans Help Pass Trans Fat Ban
My erstwhile opponent, Republican Sandy Cole, she of the “proven conservative leadership”, joined Illinois Democrats and 12 other Republicans to pass a ban on trans fats in Illinois. Other Republicans voting for the ban include Cole’s fellow Planned Parenthood beneficiaries Sid Mathias, Skip Saviano, and Tom Cross. [...]
Dems: If We Can’t Fund Abortion, We Won’t Fund Anything
I never doubted it would come to this. If they can’t fund the nation’s largest abortion provider, they’ll shut down the government. Isn’t 53 million innocents lost enough? Do they have to involve you and I in it as well? Jake Tapper has the story:
His meeting with House Speaker John [...]
Pay to Play
Gov. Quinn Nominates Supporter to Key Post
Illinois’ premier pro-abortion activist, Terry Cosgrove, Executive Director of Personal PAC, claims credit for electing Democrat Pat Quinn as Illinois Governor last November, and well he might. His organization’s vile, lying, misleading and mean-spirited ads, mailings and calls slandered Republican Bill Brady — and many other candidates besides.
Is [...]
Lavish trips, Nepotism, Firings, Litigation- Grayslake “Public Service”
For close to two years, Michael Carbone has been the lone voice of reason on the Grayslake Elementary school board. Despite his best efforts, the board has operated like a runaway freight train with taxpayer money. From lavish trips to resort locations, to the hiring of an ex-board member and personal friend of the superintendent [...]
Atlas Shrugging
Caterpillar may leave Illinois
I’m currently reading Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged for the first time, in which the producers in an unspecified future America go “on strike”, disappear, and refuse to produce because of government over-regulation making it impossible to run their businesses efficiently or effectively. Written over 50 years ago, Atlas Shrugged seems remarkably [...]
Nepotism — It’s All About The Benjamins
Follow the money.
Michael Carbone
When my friend, fellow parishioner and fellow Knight of Columbus Michael Carbone, a member of the Grayslake School District #46 School Board was censured by the unanimous vote of his fellow board members this past Wednesday, what was the real reason?
Follow the money.
D46 board president, Mary Garcia, who is also the president [...]
Help Stop An Injustice; Support Michael Carbone
In the course of my political activism, I’ve come across one fellow in particular who has earned my profoundest respect.
He’s far from rich, and not making any money to speak of in the office he was elected to.
He’s not self-aggrandizing, doesn’t seek the limelight, and he’s not confrontational.
But neither will he back down [...]
