tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836245.post116357060151921432..comments2023-11-02T07:44:14.413-05:00Comments on Progressive Advocacy: A new day in Illinois and a new chance for children in poor schoolsDan Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07467295534995212259noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836245.post-1165351442384302652006-12-05T14:44:00.000-06:002006-12-05T14:44:00.000-06:00respectful, how do you know what voters knew or di...respectful, how do you know what voters knew or did not know when the voted for Whitney? Are you privvy to some special electorate knowledge? You'd be better off saying, 'I think voters only voted for Whitney for X reason.' If you have some exit polling or other data to support what you said, I'm all ears!dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08284768741610154852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836245.post-1164048904076055272006-11-20T12:55:00.000-06:002006-11-20T12:55:00.000-06:00As far as any Republicans supporting the tax hike,...As far as any Republicans supporting the tax hike, Madigan proved two years ago that he'd use that position against a Republican (remember Kay Pangle) in a general election.FightforJusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12047239957724028210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836245.post-1164048790589847972006-11-20T12:53:00.000-06:002006-11-20T12:53:00.000-06:00I see no reason to expect one-party rule to work a...I see no reason to expect one-party rule to work any better in the next four years than it did in the last. <BR/><BR/>As far as the math goes on a 60% vote for a tax increase, while it's true Whitney wants one, few voters knew much about him, only that he wasn't A-Rod or Judy. Besides, Rod is on record opposing a tax hike, so you can hardly add his vote with Whitney's to get a 60% majority for a tax hike.FightforJusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12047239957724028210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836245.post-1163806945057541252006-11-17T17:42:00.000-06:002006-11-17T17:42:00.000-06:00Jeff, that's not an Illinois law as far as I can s...Jeff, that's not an Illinois law as far as I can see.Dan Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467295534995212259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836245.post-1163697264236429922006-11-16T11:14:00.000-06:002006-11-16T11:14:00.000-06:00Off Topic Question about IRVA commenter at SbC sai...<B>Off Topic Question about IRV</B><BR/><BR/>A commenter at SbC said this (emphasis mine) about special elections to fill a CD representative spot, say if Hastert resigned his seat:<BR/><BR/><I>if a vacancy occurs more than 180 days before the next gen'l election, the governor issues a writ of election within 5 days to the county clerks in the district and appoints a day within 115 days to hold a special election. They use an <B>"instant runoff"</B> method for deciding the winner where you select your 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice. If no candidate gets a majority of first choice votes the first time around then they keep eliminating folks using the 2nd and 3rd choices yadda yadda until a winner is nominated. This is according to 10ILCS 5/25-7 & 10 ILCS 5/7-58.5 new. If you google Illinois run off elections you can find it. As best I can tell this will be the way a new Congressman will be selected. If I'm wrong, just jump in. I hope this helps.</I><BR/><BR/>So is that correct, the part about IRV? If so what's the history of that change? Who got it done and who assisted?<BR/><BR/>Here's why I ask. At SbC we often get comments, especially from Greens, about Democrats doing nothing or even hindering attempts at IRV legislation. I would love to be able to point to some Democratic support of IRV.Jeff Wegersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14189849564942186511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5836245.post-1163624514985498902006-11-15T15:01:00.000-06:002006-11-15T15:01:00.000-06:00Dan:You wrote" And keep in mind: 10% of voters las...Dan:<BR/><BR/>You wrote" And keep in mind: 10% of voters last week cast their votes for a candidate who explicitly called for a 5% income tax. That's extraordinary." A mandate? With Illinois having the most underfunded public pension system, don't you think government spending is a problem? Wait until many Illinois voters find out the generous government pensions they are paying for through their taxes.Steve Bartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03036825274751774537noreply@blogger.com