Name-change law used to target women running for judge – Injustice Watch

Illinois legislators enacted the law in 2007 after a Cook County candidate changed his last name from “Rhine” to “O’Brien” to gain an advantage in a county once dominated by Irish American political figures.  Laws are created and changed “in response to specific situations,” former Illinois state Rep. John Fritchey said. “The reality is that we don’t presently know just how many times this law has effectively prevented somebody from gaming the system. Unfortunately, the real issue is that names oftentimes on the ballot drive voters more than qualifications do."

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Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades

Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.

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