Column: Candidates’ noxious tactics ignore our real issues – Champaign News-Gazette*

Jim Dey: "There’s a kernel of truth in both candidates’ attacks. But what do they have to do with anything — pension debts, deep-seated corruption, taxes and spending — involving the future of our dysfunctional state? Nothing, and that’s by design. That’s how modern campaigns are run and won, and nothing will change until voters demand a change..."