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The [Wednesday] Papers"State Rep. Monique Davis of Chicago has resigned from office, ending a nearly 30-year career in which she developed a reputation as an outspoken lawmaker unafraid of controversy," the Tribune reports. "Davis submitted a letter of resignation in late December, but it was not received by the Illinois House clerk until Tuesday." So . . . snail mail? [Davis] did not shy away from controversy, taking heat for remarks in which she said some community members thought police were responsible for killing children in Chicago and for railing against an atheist during a committee hearing. In her retirement letter, she also praised House Speaker Michael Madigan for his "ethical leadership." For real. * "Davis wasn't contested in her bid for re-election in November, leaving a spot open in the new Illinois General Assembly that's set to be sworn in next week. "Her replacement will be picked by local Democratic leaders. Her district included parts of Morgan Park, Beverly, Chatham and Roseland, as well as suburban Blue Island, Orland Park and Alsip." See, if she had retired before the election, voters would have had the chance to choose her successor. I'm sure Madigan's ethical leadership played a role in making sure that didn't happen. - Comment: A faithful reader writes . . . "Just wanted to point out that Davis would have had to resign quite a while ago to give voters an option. Like, October of 2015, to give anyone a shot at submitting petitions to run in the March 2016 primary, and August of 2015 to give most people time to figure out how to do that. And if she had resigned then, they'd have appointed someone new, who could then have run as an incumbent. So it's not all her doing; the calendar pretty much requires that anybody thinking of running should plan to face an incumbent." My reply: "Sure - the length of a campaign! But couldn't she have just announced back then that she wouldn't run for another term?" The reader's reply: "I can't know what's in her head. She may not have known then what she knows now. She could announce now (or six months from now) that she won't run again in 2018, but then she'd have to serve two more years, and apparently she's not up to it." - Yeah, I don't buy it. The burden of proof is on her - and her convenient successor; no pol in Illinois has earned the benefit of the doubt in these situations. - See also: Get Lost, Voters: Once Again An Illinois Lawmaker Steps Down, And Party Insiders Pick The Successor. - Assignment Desk: What did Justin Slaughter know, and when did he know it? - Previously in Monique Davis: Illinois schools now require students to observe a moment of silence every day. Today's Worst Person In Chicago . . . . . . is state Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago). Speaking of children, state Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) asked in a weekend account in the Sun-Times "How in the hell does a 400-pound statue leave a state facility and they don't know where it is?" "The state's controversial 'legislative scholarship' program carries a simple rule for Illinois lawmakers: They may award tuition waivers for state-sponsored schools only to students who reside in the lawmaker's respective districts," the Better Government Association reports in the pages of the Sun-Times. "We've tried to ask Democratic state Rep. Monique Davis questions about her ties to the Brainerd Community Development Corp., a nonprofit providing adult literacy, GED and computer classes at her district office on Chicago's South Side," the BGA writes in the Sun-Times today. - Editor's Note: All dead links in the above items are on the Sun-Times, not me. - See also: Slur By Davis Nothing New. "She has done it before. The benefit of doubt, therefore, cannot be extended to State Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago), who recently befouled a legislative hearing with an anti-Semitic slur." - The Racist Effect Of Budget Cuts Lil Bibby's Arrests Remembering Evanston's Father Mulcahy Meet Evanston's American Toby Jug Museum - BeachBook "They will be blaming poor people and immigrants. Even teachers." - TweetWood
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* Because it's news when the president(-elect) starts every day this way. Ignore the president's statements? No. But how you cover the statements - and the pattern - is the key.
* Wrong. Bad journalism can be corrected in the short term and improved in the long term. Fake News is forever, and those who create it have no interest in making it real - because it's made up.
* It's not a budget, that's for sure.
- The Beachwood Tronc Line: Art of fact. Posted on January 4, 2017 |
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