Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Guess what? Since political contribution limits are indexed to inflation, you can expect to see 10-15% increases in caps across the board.
Illinois needs major cap reform, especially on the political action committee front. For example, CTU, IFT, and AFT PAC’s can each give the max contribution of $59,900 to a single candidate even though they are technically the same entity. In fact, all these labor unions also have regional councils through which they contribute as well. It’s all far too redundant and is not in true spirit of what caps are supposed to represent. And it’s not only unions. I remember seeing some guy who owned a dozen senior living facilities making max contribution to Madigan under each old folks home.… Read more »
Republicans can’t raise money in IL. Compared to what, JB Pritzker’s hundreds of millions? The massive donations of various unions to candidates? My local state rep is stilling on tall cash yet his disclosures show it’s all unions making the donations, no locals in her district. The reality is that $$$ isn’t bringing out 700,000 more voters in the midterms, more than any candidate in the history of Illinois. Funny business is how JB’s Dem party has managed to bring out 700,000 more voters for the midterms than any other candidate in the history of IL. Is this the new… Read more »
My goodness, what is Mr Miller to do w/ o any ‘Republicans’ in IL!?
Staying at the Hilton this past weekend I was able to observe some of the thuggery WP reports on. Also, the drag racing out front Friday night was very hard to miss. Hilton is spending a pretty penny on security.
IL is lost. The great sorting continues.