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The [Tuesday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

“Rep. Luis Gutierrez’s office said Monday that a Chicago Sun-Times report that the Illinois Democrat got free upgrades on a Chicago townhome from convicted political fixer Tony Rezko was ‘false’ and ‘inaccurate,'” Politico reports.
“‘The Chicago Sun-Times ran with a story that is false,’ Gutierrez spokesman Doug Rivlin said in a statement. ‘As we made clear to the Sun-Times, Congressman Gutierrez never asked for nor received any free upgrades to his home and certainly never told anyone he did. It is unfortunate the Sun-Times chose to run a story that is entirely inaccurate.”

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Posted on November 9, 2010

The [Thursday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Pat Quinn’s lead is growing, not shrinking. Four more years of Governor Gumby.
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In other odds and ends, check out our ElectionNotes 2010. Exclusively in the Beachwood.
Judge Fudge
“Cook County voters Tuesday narrowly retained four Circuit Court judges who had been deemed unqualified to continue on the bench by several legal groups,” the Tribune reports.
“Jim Ryan and Susan McDunn each garnered about 63 percent of the vote, just above the required 60 percent to be retained; Dorothy Jones pulled in 64 percent; and William O’Neal recorded 66 percent.
“‘The bar groups who spend many hours interviewing and vetting these judges are disappointed,’ said Jeannine Cordero, chair of the Chicago Bar Association judicial evaluation committee.”
Yes, every election we’re disappointed that bad judges get retained; certainly the media could be louder about who to vote against. But isn’t the real story how these judges got on the bench in the first place and who keeps them there, rather than who fails to remove them? After all, aren’t they the beneficiaries of political organizations that for some reason are rewarding them or want them to be judges?

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Posted on November 4, 2010

The [Wednesday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Here’s the thing that really killed me this week: As I sat in the waiting room for potential jurors called to duty at the Daley Center on Monday, the TVs were all set to Channel 7. That meant that for five hours until my group was finally cut and sent home, we had to listen to all those campaign commercials over and over yet again.
So last night I watched Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel instead of the returns, and then went to bed early.
Did I miss anything?

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Posted on November 3, 2010

The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Of all the days to get called to jury duty, I get called today.
I hear they have wi-fi down there so we’ll see if I can update the site while I wait to see if I get picked or cut.
And I’ll get everything pending posted before the polls close tomorrow at the latest but hopefully before they open.
Our Beachwood 2010 Election Guide is almost ready to go, I just don’t think it’s quite funny enough yet so I want to shine it up.
I have posted Mystery Senate Debate Theater and updated our Political Odds.
(I was unable to find a transcript of a Pat Quinn – Bill Brady debate for a Mystery Debate installment; if you have one, send it along.)

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Posted on November 1, 2010

The [Friday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Our countdown coverage to Election Day has begun with A Beachwood Candidate Questionnaire. More to come between now and Tuesday.
On to the news.
Disturbed Disturbed
“Two members of the Chicago rock band Disturbed have asked a Kentucky attorney to quit distributing a political flier that implies they are guilty of child pornography and other crimes,” the Tribune reports.
“Campbell County Attorney James A. Daley has been using the flier in a political race, according to band members David Draiman and Dan Donegan.”

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Posted on October 29, 2010

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