The insurgent — and surging, at least in newspaper coverage — Tony Peraica makes a good point in his latest (12:42 p.m.) release about his defeated resolution calling not only for “public hearings and the subpoenas for medial [sic] records and testimony from medial [sic] experts” but also a “clause establishing a process for the temporary replacement of the County Board President, to be modeled after the U.S. Constitution’s 25th Amendment.”
“[S]hould the evidence adduced at such meeting suggest that the President and 4th District Commissioner [the ailing Stroger] has a present temporary disability which is likely to cease prior to December 4, 2006 [when the new president will be sworn in], this Board’s presiding officer (or acting presiding officer) shall request that the State’s Attorney of Cook County draft an ordinance for this Board’s consideration modeled after the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article V., Section 6 (b) of the Illinois Constitution providing for a process for the temporary replacement of a Cook County Board President or Cook County Commissioner during such time as that officer is temporarily unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
This “would not only have put the Board on track to ending this current crisis, but it would have ensured that the voters and tax payers of Cook County would never again have to wonder, ‘Who’s in charge of Cook County government?’”
As matters stand, they don’t.
Categories: Chicago Newspapers
The insurgent — and surging, at least in newspaper coverage — Tony Peraica makes a good point in his latest (12:42 p.m.) release about his defeated resolution calling not only for “public hearings and the subpoenas for medial [sic] records and testimony from medial [sic] experts” but also a “clause establishing a process for the temporary replacement of the County Board President, to be modeled after the U.S. Constitution’s 25th Amendment.”
“[S]hould the evidence adduced at such meeting suggest that the President and 4th District Commissioner [the ailing Stroger] has a present temporary disability which is likely to cease prior to December 4, 2006 [when the new president will be sworn in], this Board’s presiding officer (or acting presiding officer) shall request that the State’s Attorney of Cook County draft an ordinance for this Board’s consideration modeled after the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article V., Section 6 (b) of the Illinois Constitution providing for a process for the temporary replacement of a Cook County Board President or Cook County Commissioner during such time as that officer is temporarily unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
This “would not only have put the Board on track to ending this current crisis, but it would have ensured that the voters and tax payers of Cook County would never again have to wonder, ‘Who’s in charge of Cook County government?’”
As matters stand, they don’t.
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Daily Kos, a left-leaning blog, commenting on the Zarqawi hit:
“Where is Osama? Where are the batillions [sic] of trained Iraqis? Doesn’t matter, we got this guy, right? We wrote a 25 million check as a reward, and get a new headline to bump off Haditha.”
Wow. For him the big news is Haditha. U.S. perfidy trumps victory, which he defines as “making a peaceful nation in a land fractured by ethnicity and then war.”
Don’t get me wrong Zarqawi is a great catch. And I hope beyond my cynicism that this symbolic victory will do something on the street in Iraq. But let’s make sure we have a plan for when it turns out, this guy wasn’t the be all and end all of our Iraq problems.
Let’s have a well-laid plan, even if the best-laid ones gang aft agley. (We don’t care!) Another trademark of the fussbudget left: The plan’s the thing.
Categories: Chicago Newspapers
Chi alderman Ed Burke, the city’s “most powerful,” has his gimlet eye fixed now on what? FATTY FOODS! This be the never-far-from-irritated Burke who on leaving a Loop building was irritated by smoke from smokers on SIDEWALK near its doorway and immediately proposed a ban on smoking near doorways! Foie gras has bitten the dust, as we know, banned in Chicago, that important foie gras profit center. Now for “fatty, fried fast food,” which Alderman Mother wants to limit as preliminary gesture:
Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th) has an ordinance pending that would ban Chicago grocers from selling meat treated with carbon monoxide to make it look pink and more appetizing.
Burke said it “might be a good jumping off point” to target french fries and other fast food that’s cooked in artery-clogging oil and food that’s processed or loaded with additives and preservatives.
Fact is, Burke, “who pumps out more consumer-oriented ordinances than any other alderman,” is a regular Carrie Nation in this fat-saturated and otherwise self-endangering city, Thanks much to his leadership, the city council has delivered or proposed delivery on these ”big ideas,” says Sun-Times:
Ban the sale of foie gras (passed) Ban cell phone use while driving (passed) Force Chicago cabdrivers to wear uniforms (proposed) Establish a 10-minute limit on outdoor dog barking (proposed) [Ed.: Make it one minute] Set a two-hour time limit on dog tethering (proposed) Impound ice cream trucks that play music after 7 p.m. (proposed) Ban parasailing and restrict skateboarding and in-line skating (proposed) Require horses pulling carriages to wear diapers (proposed)
Who says this city ain’t ready for reform?
Categories: Chicago Newspapers
Daily Kos, a left-leaning blog, commenting on the Zarqawi hit:
“Where is Osama? Where are the batillions [sic] of trained Iraqis? Doesn’t matter, we got this guy, right? We wrote a 25 million check as a reward, and get a new headline to bump off Haditha.”
Wow. For him the big news is Haditha. U.S. perfidy trumps victory, which he defines as “making a peaceful nation in a land fractured by ethnicity and then war.”
Don’t get me wrong Zarqawi is a great catch. And I hope beyond my cynicism that this symbolic victory will do something on the street in Iraq. But let’s make sure we have a plan for when it turns out, this guy wasn’t the be all and end all of our Iraq problems.
Let’s have a well-laid plan, even if the best-laid ones gang aft agley. (We don’t care!) Another trademark of the fussbudget left: The plan’s the thing.
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Chi alderman Ed Burke, the city’s “most powerful,” has his gimlet eye fixed now on what? FATTY FOODS! This be the never-far-from-irritated Burke who on leaving a Loop building was irritated by smoke from smokers on SIDEWALK near its doorway and immediately proposed a ban on smoking near doorways! Foie gras has bitten the dust, as we know, banned in Chicago, that important foie gras profit center. Now for “fatty, fried fast food,” which Alderman Mother wants to limit as preliminary gesture:
Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke (14th) has an ordinance pending that would ban Chicago grocers from selling meat treated with carbon monoxide to make it look pink and more appetizing.
Burke said it “might be a good jumping off point” to target french fries and other fast food that’s cooked in artery-clogging oil and food that’s processed or loaded with additives and preservatives.
Fact is, Burke, “who pumps out more consumer-oriented ordinances than any other alderman,” is a regular Carrie Nation in this fat-saturated and otherwise self-endangering city, Thanks much to his leadership, the city council has delivered or proposed delivery on these ”big ideas,” says Sun-Times:
Ban the sale of foie gras (passed) Ban cell phone use while driving (passed) Force Chicago cabdrivers to wear uniforms (proposed) Establish a 10-minute limit on outdoor dog barking (proposed) [Ed.: Make it one minute] Set a two-hour time limit on dog tethering (proposed) Impound ice cream trucks that play music after 7 p.m. (proposed) Ban parasailing and restrict skateboarding and in-line skating (proposed) Require horses pulling carriages to wear diapers (proposed)
Who says this city ain’t ready for reform?
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