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September 12, 2005 News Clips
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GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Nalepa gives keynote address at Wheaton's 2005 Patriot Day picnic; Birkett, Brady, Fortner, Furstenau, Hultgren, Kathuria, Oberweis, Poe, Rauschenberger, Roskam, Rutherford, Wallace, Wegman, Zaruba, and many others attend - Dave Diersen
Wheaton's 2005 Patriot Day picnic in Memorial Park honored the individuals who lost their lives as a result of terrorist attacks against America and showed support for America, for its war on terrorism, and for its military and law enforcement personnel.
 
I had the honor of introducing the event's master of ceremonies -- nationally-know conservative activist, Fox News Channel contributor, and Culture Campaign President Sandy Rios.  Wheaton Second Baptist Church Pastor Andre Allen gave the invocation.  Korean War veteran Ron Smith led the pledge of allegiance.  Harry Newman sang the National Anthem.  Rios read President Bush's 2005 Patriot Day proclamation, introduced the elected officials and candidates, and thanked the event sponsors.  DuPage County Board Member Bob Heap spoke about DuPage's implementation of 9/11 recommendations.  9/11 Families for a Secure America founder Peter Gadiel gave an outstanding speech about lessons learned from September 11, 2001.  West Point graduate and USO board member Jim Nalepa gave an outstanding Patriot Day address.  Newman concluded the program by singing "We still have heroes."
 
Attendees enjoyed delicious Debbie Malek hot dogs and Polish sausages courtesy of State Farm Insurance Agent Mark Prutzman, delicious pork sandwiches courtesy of State Representative Ray Poe, delicious Dr. Bob Rauschenbergers courtesy of State Senator Steve Rauschenberger, delicious Jays Potato Chips courtesy of John Cox, delicious ice cream and flavored milk courtesy of Jim Oberweis, and delicious soft drinks and bottled water courtesy of Charinijeev Kathuria.  AllStar Printing provided event flyers and DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom and Kane County Recorder Sandy Wegman covered the $385 cost of event insurance.
 
The picnic provided attendees with a great opportunity to meet and speak with veterans, law enforcement officials, fire department officials, elected officials, and candidates.  
 
Many elected officials attended including State Senators Bill Brady, Carol Pankau, Rauschenberger, Peter Roskam, and Dan Rutherford; State Representatives Randy Hultgren, Roger Jenisch, and Poe; County officials Joe Birkett, Fred Bucholz, Heap, Gwen Henry, Gary King, Debra Olson, Jim Rasins, Darlene Ruscitti, Brien Sheahan, Pete Siekmann, Penny Wegman, Sandy Wegman, Tim Whelan, Jon Zahm, and John Zaruba; Township officials Sal Falbo, Moon Kahn, Gary Muehlfelt, and Leonard Sanchez; Municipal officials Alan Bolds, Jim Carr, Liz Corry, Mike Fortner, Dick Furstenau, and Howard Levine.
 
Many candidates attended including congressional candidate Roskam; gubernatorial candidates Birkett, Brady, Oberweis, and Rauschenberger; Lieutenant Governor candidates Kathuria, Poe, Eric Wallace, and Wegman; Secretary of State candidate Rutherford; State Senate candidates Furstenau and Hultgren; and State Representative candidate Fortner.  Former DuPage County Recorder Rick Carney and Mrs. Illinois Kaili Harding and her husband who graduated from West Point and served in both Afghanistan and Iraq also attended.
 
By tomorrow, when I know how many of each type of food and beverage was served, I'll have a better estimate of the number of the hundreds of people who attended.  The many attendees included David Carlin, Dennis Driscoll, Bob Grahm, Joyce Hundhausen, Mark Klage, Jim Leahy, Bruce Mitroff, Mark Stern, Rick Veenstra, and Winston Waller.
 
DuPage County is the second most populous county in Illinois and Wheaton is its county seat.  Why didn't the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Wheaton Leader, or the Wheaton Sun report on Wheaton's Patriot Day event?  Generally, the liberal media does not report on an event unless it can use that reporting to harm conservatives, that is, harm people who support the Republican platform.
 
The vast majority of the attendees at Wheaton's Patriot Day picnic were conservative Republicans -- why didn't more Democrats and RINOs attend?  A number of Democrats told me that they would not attend because they are Democrats and because their attendance might be misinterpreted as support for President Bush.  Attendance would have been even greater if fewer Democrats didn't argue that Republicans have highjacked Patriot Day to promote the Patriot Act and President Bush's policies in Iraq; if Blagojevich, Durbin, Hynes, Madigan, Obama, Quinn, or Topinka had helped sponsor event or confirmed that they would attend; if more Democrats and more RINOs shared the attitude toward patriotism and toward Patriot Day that Republicans have; if the Daily Herald had promoted the event like it promoted Naperville's event; if there were not so many other competing events; and if the temperature/humidity had been lower.
RENEW AMERICA
-- 9/11/2005 A message from Alan Keyes
http://www.renewamerica.us/news/050911keyes.htm
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Chicago Tribune reports on LaGrange's, Naperville's, and Pfleger's Patriot Day events, but not Wheaton's
-- Joliet in fight over complex  City officials push to condemn housing, block refinancing - Hal Dardick
-- Chicago Tribune wants more low income housing everywhere
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Chicago Sun-Times reports on a Patriot Day events elsewhere but not in the Chicago area
-- Obama blames problems on racism, again
DAILY HERALD
-- Daily Herald reports on Naperville's Patriot Day event, but not Wheaton's 
-- Daily Herald reports on Lombard's and Naperville's Patriot Day events, but not Wheaton's
-- Daily Herald wants more low income housing in DuPage County
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
-- Oberweis focuses on broken borders and vows to crack down on illegal immigration during a visit to Rockford - Chuck Sweeney
DAILY SOUTHTOWN
-- Radogno on Edgar's short list - Kristen McQueary
-- Gary Skoien: No letting up - Kristen McQueary 
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
-- GOP ethics rules, Rutherford announcement, Libri names Long - Bernard Schoenburg
ILLINOIS LEADER
-- Candidates in key races to officially launch campaigns this week
BEACON NEWS
-- Beacon News wants more low income housing in suburbs
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- Which Chicago area municipality will be the first pass a resolution banning millionaires?
NAPERVILLE SUN
-- Radio link puts agencies in closer touch  DuPage system to clear up communications during crises - Katie Foutz
KWQC
-- George Ryan's old-school approach took him to governor's office and courtroom
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- George Ryan's style took him to mansion, courtroom - Christopher Wills
COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
-- The lessons of the George Ryan trial - Editorial 
 
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
Nalepa gives keynote address at Wheaton's 2005 Patriot Day picnic; Birkett, Brady, Fortner, Furstenau, Hultgren, Kathuria, Oberweis, Poe, Rauschenberger, Roskam, Rutherford, Wallace, Wegman, Zaruba, and many others attend - Dave Diersen
Wheaton's 2005 Patriot Day picnic in Memorial Park honored the individuals who lost their lives as a result of terrorist attacks against America and showed support for America, for its war on terrorism, and for its military and law enforcement personnel.
 
I had the honor of introducing the event's master of ceremonies -- nationally-know conservative activist, Fox News Channel contributor, and Culture Campaign President Sandy Rios.  Wheaton Second Baptist Church Pastor Andre Allen gave the invocation.  Korean War veteran Ron Smith led the pledge of allegiance.  Harry Newman sang the National Anthem.  Rios read President Bush's 2005 Patriot Day proclamation, introduced the elected officials and candidates, and thanked the event sponsors.  DuPage County Board Member Bob Heap spoke about DuPage's implementation of 9/11 recommendations.  9/11 Families for a Secure America founder Peter Gadiel gave an outstanding speech about lessons learned from September 11, 2001.  West Point graduate and USO board member Jim Nalepa gave an outstanding Patriot Day address.  Newman concluded the program by singing "We still have heroes."
 
Attendees enjoyed delicious Debbie Malek hot dogs and Polish sausages courtesy of State Farm Insurance Agent Mark Prutzman, delicious pork sandwiches courtesy of State Representative Ray Poe, delicious Dr. Bob Rauschenbergers courtesy of State Senator Steve Rauschenberger, delicious Jays Potato Chips courtesy of John Cox, delicious ice cream and flavored milk courtesy of Jim Oberweis, and delicious soft drinks and bottled water courtesy of Charinijeev Kathuria.  AllStar Printing provided event flyers and DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom and Kane County Recorder Sandy Wegman covered the $385 cost of event insurance.
 
The picnic provided attendees with a great opportunity to meet and speak with veterans, law enforcement officials, fire department officials, elected officials, and candidates.  
 
Many elected officials attended including State Senators Bill Brady, Carol Pankau, Rauschenberger, Peter Roskam, and Dan Rutherford; State Representatives Randy Hultgren, Roger Jenisch, and Poe; County officials Joe Birkett, Fred Bucholz, Heap, Gwen Henry, Gary King, Debra Olson, Jim Rasins, Darlene Ruscitti, Brien Sheahan, Pete Siekmann, Penny Wegman, Sandy Wegman, Tim Whelan, Jon Zahm, and John Zaruba; Township officials Sal Falbo, Moon Kahn, Gary Muehlfelt, and Leonard Sanchez; Municipal officials Alan Bolds, Jim Carr, Liz Corry, Mike Fortner, Dick Furstenau, and Howard Levine.
 
Many candidates attended including congressional candidate Roskam; gubernatorial candidates Birkett, Brady, Oberweis, and Rauschenberger; Lieutenant Governor candidates Kathuria, Poe, Eric Wallace, and Wegman; Secretary of State candidate Rutherford; State Senate candidates Furstenau and Hultgren; and State Representative candidate Fortner.  Former DuPage County Recorder Rick Carney and Mrs. Illinois Kaili Harding and her husband who graduated from West Point and served in both Afghanistan and Iraq also attended.
 
By tomorrow, when I know how many of each type of food and beverage was served, I'll have a better estimate of the number of the hundreds of people who attended.  The many attendees included David Carlin, Dennis Driscoll, Bob Grahm, Joyce Hundhausen, Mark Klage, Jim Leahy, Bruce Mitroff, Mark Stern, Rick Veenstra, and Winston Waller.
 
DuPage County is the second most populous county in Illinois and Wheaton is its county seat.  Why didn't the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Wheaton Leader, or the Wheaton Sun report on Wheaton's Patriot Day event?  Generally, the liberal media does not report on an event unless it can use that reporting to harm conservatives, that is, harm people who support the Republican platform.
 
The vast majority of the attendees at Wheaton's Patriot Day picnic were conservative Republicans -- why didn't more Democrats and RINOs attend?  A number of Democrats told me that they would not attend because they are Democrats and because their attendance might be misinterpreted as support for President Bush.  Attendance would have been even greater if fewer Democrats didn't argue that Republicans have highjacked Patriot Day to promote the Patriot Act and President Bush's policies in Iraq; if Blagojevich, Durbin, Hynes, Madigan, Obama, Quinn, or Topinka had helped sponsor event or confirmed that they would attend; if more Democrats and more RINOs shared the attitude toward patriotism and toward Patriot Day that Republicans have; if the Daily Herald had promoted the event like it promoted Naperville's event; if there were not so many other competing events; and if the temperature/humidity had been lower.
 
RENEW AMERICA
9/11/2005 A message from Alan Keyes
http://www.renewamerica.us/news/050911keyes.htm
Today, the fourth anniversary of the barbaric 9/11/2001 attack by Islamist terrorists upon America, memory is less vivid than before, and our sense of loss perhaps less acute. This is consonant with human nature and our ability to sustain terrible pain without despair and moral collapse — but we must remain clear that the terror of 9/11 was a declaration of war upon liberty, upon decency, upon civilization. This war continues unabated, not only in the awful casualties America has sustained in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other areas of conflict — but as the horrors perpetrated upon our allies Spain and Great Britain have bloodily confirmed.

Please make time today to hold in remembrance and in honor those who died on 9/11 — especially the heroic first responders and their families — and those warriors who have, since, died on the frontlines of the terror war in bold and decisive defense of our nation and its promise for all mankind.

Please remember also the innocents worldwide who have paid the dreadful cost of the West's defense of our civilized institutions. Their sacrifice stands in the breach against barbarism for all the free and decent world — and in defense of humanity's God-given, unalienable rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

Let us reflect also today that, with America, first among those nations and peoples most savagely targeted by our terrorist enemies stands not only our stalwart European allies like Great Britain, but Israel. At http://www.mesora.org/911, you can support Israel's right to defend herself, and the free world, against our mutual terrorist enemies.

It remains the disproportionate burden of our only democratic ally in the Middle East to bear daily the brunt of violent, relentless, intractable Islamist hatred of Judeo-Christian civilization. The loss of life by terrorist actions that America suffered on 9/11 is routinely borne by Israel. This state of war, in one degree or another, has been true for the entire half-century of Israel's modern existence — and remains true today.

So, as on this awful anniversary we mourn brutal loss, commemorate heroic selflessness, and reverently pray for those who have stood in our stead, let us be mindful of the costs of liberty paid with blood by our countrymen, and also by our true allies. Israel's sacrifice in the cause of democracy is particularly great, and yet she labors under constant political assault by those who should instead stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her. Exhaustion from sustaining her decades-long state of war against those who would annihilate her; harassment by our own U.S. Department of State — among others — tying the hands of Israel in her attempts to defend democracy and decency against terrorism; acts of political desperation in hopes of ending the unremitting tensions and carnage make this beloved nation vulnerable to catastrophe, and I ask you for your prayers that God will continue to cover her with the special protection He has promised.

Please go to http://www.mesora.org/911 today, and support Israel's right to prosecute the terror war on the same terms we claim for ourselves. Let us today be especially mindful of our obligations not only to our own countrymen, but also to our fellow man. We bear great responsibilities, as well as great blessings, in our privileged position as citizens of the freest nation in the history of the world. One such responsibility is to stand fast with all those "with us" who strive valiantly to hold the gates of civilization against the tides of relentless and unremitting violence, inhumanity, and barbarism.

And in memorial observance of 9/11, please ensure that flags at your home, and in every community, are flying at half-staff. Please attend a commemorative service or vigil in your neighborhood. Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Armed Forces and our allies standing in harm's way around the world in defense of liberty, and for the families and grateful nations awaiting their safe return. God bless America and all who love her.
 
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Chicago Tribune reports on LaGrange's, Naperville's, and Pfleger's Patriot Day events, but not Wheaton's
Fallen, fallout of 9/11 recalled  Parades, speeches, music mark the day - Noreen Ahmed-Ullah and Tonya Maxwell
 
The anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has come to mean different things for different people.

For some, it's a day to celebrate patriotism, fly flags and honor the heroism of fallen soldiers, police officers and firefighters. For others, the day and the resulting war on terrorism signify the eroding of civil liberties and what they see as increasing prejudice against Muslims.

Those polarized views were on display Sunday as people across the Chicago area rang bells, laid wreaths and said prayers for the victims of the terror attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania four years ago.

In La Grange, police officers, firefighters and paramedics from across the west and south suburbs gathered with their families for a short parade and service at St. Cletus Catholic Church. The annual service organized by the church for those who "serve, save and protect" drew about 700 people. Officials from each fire and police department rang a memorial bell at 11-second intervals to remember the dead.

Outside on the front lawn, church officials planted 2,126 American flags to represent the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the war on terror began. On July 4, 2003, the parish had only 204 such flags on its lawn, Rev. Raymond Klees said.

"Our interpretation is to focus not exclusively on the fallen and those who have been deceased but to honor the patriots amongst us," Klees said. "They're going into harm's way by virtue of their calling. We want to honor them, thank them and pray for them."

Houses of worship in Chicago were invited to ring their bells, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra played a free tribute concert in Millennium Park. A parade of sailboats and powerboats decorated with American flags and bunting was held along the south side of Navy Pier. Organizers said they wanted to keep the memory of the day and the death of the 2,973 people alive in people's minds.

On that day, 2,749 people died at the World Trade Center when terrorists flew two jetliners into the towers. At the Pentagon, another 184 people were killed. And 40 people died in a field in Pennsylvania, where one of the four hijacked planes crashed.

Naperville's commemoration gathered 300 people, including children in tie-dyed red, white and blue T-shirts, at the city's Sept. 11 memorial site. The parents of Navy Cmdr. Dan Shanower, a Naperville native for whom the memorial is named, laid a wreath for their son. Shanower was working at his Pentagon desk when a hijacked jet crashed into the building.

"He taught us about the importance of leading a committed life," his sister, Vicki Shanower Wike, said after the service, her voice cracking with emotion. "We remember not the horror of that day, but the ongoing support we've received since then."

Andrew Seaton, the British consul general of Chicago, spoke at the Naperville service and drew parallels between the U.S. attacks and the London train bombings of July 7. Neither country has been deterred or frightened, he said after the service.

"The underlying basis of our partnership is the belief in the same things," Seaton said. "When our values come under attack, we have to defend them."

The mood was different at St. Sabina Catholic Church on Chicago's South Side.

Rev. Michael Pfleger invited Kareem Irfan, former chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, to speak to his congregation about prejudice against Muslims and Arabs in the wake of Sept. 11.

"In the name of patriotism and the Patriot Act, there was a great rising of prejudice and bigotry against Muslims and Arabs," Pfleger said. "We cannot allow that under the guise of patriotism."

Irfan spoke about the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the denial of legal representation for those being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"We've seen a shameful erosion of civil rights and liberties," he said, referring to the Patriot Act's power to allow law enforcement to use such measures as secret arrests and unrestricted wiretaps to investigate people since Sept. 11. "There's been a distressing violation of the privacy of organizations and individuals."
 
Joliet in fight over complex  City officials push to condemn housing, block refinancing - Hal Dardick
About 18 months ago, Latoya Barnes was forced out of Altgeld Gardens on Chicago's Southeast Side, where her mid-rise apartment building was slated for rehabilitation.

The 20-year-old woman and her two children moved to Evergreen Terrace, a federally subsidized 356-unit apartment complex on Joliet's near west side where she is now raising three children and working nearby in retail sales.

"From the moment I moved in, I wanted to move right out," Barnes said one recent afternoon. "There's drugs. There's nastiness. My kids can't come outside because of the nastiness. They're [urinating] in the hallways. ... There's kids out here who want to sell weed--little kids."

Those woes, say politicians from the City Council to the U.S. Senate, are the reason Joliet should be given a chance to buy Evergreen Terrace--through a judicially forced sale, if necessary--to remake the complex.

But Evergreen Terrace owners and operators and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials are offering a different solution: refinance the complex to pay for improvements that would cut crime and upgrade living conditions.

Which proposal will win remains to be seen. Both advanced in recent weeks, as two lawsuits involving the complex wended their way through state and federal courts.

What is clear is that residents, politicians, bureaucrats, owners and managers all agree that something must be done, that the 36-year-old complex doesn't live up to HUD's responsibility to provide "decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing."

Police average five trips per day to the complex, on occasion for major violent crimes, including a 2003 killing possibly linked to drugs, and frequently for drug dealing, including the arrest of a complex manager this year.

None of the elevators work. The one remaining playground, everyone agrees, is inadequate. The parking lot is full of holes. The stairways have a foul odor. Residents complain of bug infestations. Appliances are aging.

Barnes blames fellow tenants, visitors and Burnham Management Co., which runs the complex.

"The best idea is to give everyone a Section 8 and give them a time limit to get out of here," she said, contending the complex is beyond redemption.

That view is shared by local politicians, who have called Evergreen "a blight on the community" and "a hellhole."

They tried to stop HUD from authorizing the plan to refinance the complex, which has been owned by New West for 24 years. HUD approved the deal Tuesday, however, and now has 60 days to close on it.

Officials from New West, which along with Burnham Management is controlled by the family of Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron Gidwitz, argue that refinancing would allow them to fix up the complex and preserve affordable housing for tenants.

A majority of the tenants are poor, African-American single mothers and their children.

"We believe that the housing is sorely needed in the neighborhood, and we are going to make it better," Burnham Management President Herb Halperin said.

"The solution that we are offering is one that does not abandon the interests of the residents who live there," he said.

Burnham's view is shared by high-level HUD bureaucrats. They say a city purchase of the property, most likely to raze its seven buildings to make way for a mixed-use development with fewer subsidized units, could leave a significant number of residents without a home.

Also backing the refinancing effort is the Chicago Rehab Network. Director of operations Rachel Johnston noted that the complex, on 7 1/2 acres along the Des Plaines River, is near downtown jobs and trains.

Joliet politicians say that affordable homes are available and that refinancing is not the answer.

They argue that a decade of prodding New West and Burnham Management has failed to improve conditions.

"Clearly, the management team has failed on its part and does not deserve another opportunity," said U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.). "Time and time again, the management team has promised to make changes and has failed to follow through."

Backed by Weller, the City Council last month took the unusual step of launching condemnation proceedings, a lengthy and potentially expensive process that could end with a judicially forced sale of the complex to Joliet.

"It's filthy and unsafe, and people shouldn't have to live in those conditions," Deputy City Manager Jim Shapard said. "If they wanted to fix that up, they could do it. ... They don't want to spend their money. They want to spend yours and mine."

Three years ago, New West sought refinancing through HUD's Mark-to-Market program, said Charles Williams, who oversees the initiative as deputy assistant secretary of HUD's Office of Affordable Housing Preservation.

Under that program, HUD could approve higher rents for the complex, where rents are subsidized under the Section 8 program. The approval of higher rents and mortgage insurance provided by HUD would allow New West to borrow funds to improve the complex.

If the deal is closed, New West would spend $3.5 million on upgrades in the first year and $1.83 million in the next four years. After that, about $2 million would be spent over 15 years. That money would be spent on the 241-unit Phase I of the complex. A Phase II refinancing plan is in the works.

In the first year, Phase I work could include "a state-of-the-art security system" with fencing, a gatehouse manned around the clock, an extensive video-surveillance system and electronic key cards and visitor passes.

Other initial upgrades would include repairing elevators, rebuilding the parking lot, adding playgrounds, extensive landscaping and moving often-vandalized lobby mailboxes to the guardhouse. All new kitchens and bathrooms would come in the first five years.

After HUD approved a similar plan in 2003, Weller, then-U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, Councilman Tim Brophy and other Joliet officials flew to Washington, where they met with then-HUD Secretary Mel Martinez. As a result, that deal never closed.

If it had, residents already would have seen improvements, Halperin said. "The real victims here are the residents," he added.

Since then, the dispute has spilled into the courts. New West filed a federal suit against the city, accusing it of waging "a campaign of harassment, political influence and deception to force Evergreen Terrace and its low-income residents out of Joliet."

The city, in turn, filed suit in Will County Circuit Court seeking nearly $300,000 from New West for providing off-duty police to patrol the complex.

While the battle raged, HUD, now led by Secretary Alphonso Jackson, continued to evaluate the refinancing, signing off on it less than a week after Weller and U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Barack Obama asked him to hold off to give Joliet a chance to move on condemnation.

"Our major concern is that we improve the affordable housing, that we improve the conditions for the residents there," said HUD's Williams, who called the council's move to condemn the property "unfortunate."

Barnes and several other residents interviewed at the complex this summer said the refinancing plan would not help. But others interviewed last week said they were glad HUD approved the refinancing.

Debra Pickering, 47, who works in food service at a school, said she likes living at the complex, particularly because she doesn't have a car.

"Everything is in walking distance for me," she said.
 
Chicago Tribune wants more low income housing everywhere
Housing woes set to worsen  High costs could hit 20% of residents by 2030, study says - Antonio Olivo

As the Chicago area continues to grow, the problem of overcrowded homes and families struggling to make their mortgage payments is likely to become widespread, according to a report scheduled to be released Monday.

By 2030, roughly 870,000 families in the six-county area--or a fifth of the population--will be paying more than they can afford for housing if current zoning policies, escalating land costs and construction trends continue, the joint study by Chicago Metropolis 2020 and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus concludes.

That figure would be 19 percent more than the number of area families currently overwhelmed by excessive housing costs and could have dire effects on the area, ranging from increased traffic congestion and air pollution to an inability to attract new jobs, the study's authors warn.

That would particularly affect Kane, Will, Lake and McHenry Counties, where most of the area's growth is projected to occur in the next two decades, especially among Latinos and elderly residents, according to the study, called "Homes for a Changing Region."

In the next 25 years, the Latino population in the area is expected to reach roughly 3.3 million, or a third of the entire population, while one in every six area residents is expected to be older than 65, the study reports.

Those two groups, which have historically earned less than the area's median household income, will need less expensive town homes and multifamily dwellings that are in short supply in suburban communities currently dominated by large single-family homes that cost at least $300,000, the study says.

"If we don't address the problem now, we're going to pay a big price for it 20 to 25 years from now," said King Harris, senior executive of Chicago Metropolis 2020, a business-sponsored regional planning group.

"In the 2000 census we already had 85,000 families living in severely overcrowded housing. If it's business as usual in the next 25 years, that number could double."

The report calls for new zoning policies and building codes that would make it possible to build cheaper, more densely populated residential developments in areas that have so far resisted such building.

It is scheduled to be discussed by a panel of business and political leaders at 4 p.m. Monday in the Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago.
 
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Chicago Sun-Times reports on a Patriot Day events elsewhere but not in the Chicago area
Tearful ceremonies mark 9/11 anniversary - Amy Westfeldt
NEW YORK - Weeping relatives marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Sunday with prayers, solemn remembrances and heartfelt messages to their dead brothers and sisters at the site where the World Trade Center collapsed in a nightmarish cloud of dust and debris four years ago.

In a ceremony lasting longer than four hours, more than 600 relatives read the names of the 2,749 victims who died at the trade center. Several blew kisses to the sky after reading a loved one's name, while others left the microphone sobbing. Several held up photos of their loved ones.

''We miss you, Charlie, and we love you; your boys will always remember,'' Peggy Garbarini told her brother, Fire Lt. Charles William Garbarini, who was 44 when he died at the trade center.

The ceremony came as Hurricane Katrina left Americans once again struggling with a catastrophe that caught the nation unprepared and left citizens dead and grieving. Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened the ceremony with words of condolence for those devastated by the hurricane.

'Now we can relate'

In New Orleans, New York firefighters helping with the relief effort gathered around a makeshift memorial for their fallen comrades, accepting the gift of a bell from a nearby church whose steeple was destroyed in the storm. Rescue workers in Biloxi, Miss., took a break from searching for the storm's missing to remember those who died on Sept. 11.

For the local emergency workers, honoring their New York comrades while dealing with their own destruction was particularly important. ''Now we can relate,'' said Biloxi Deputy Fire Chief Kirk Noffsinger.

At Ground Zero, the names of the dead echoed across the site one by one.

''You're taking care of us from heaven, but someday we'll be together,'' Iliani Flores said, choking up and raising her face to the sky in memory of her younger brother, a fire department paramedic.

''My big sister, my better half, life will never be the same without you,'' Rolando Moreno said to Yvette Moreno, who worked for a brokerage in the north tower.

As the names were read, weeping mourners filed down a ramp to a reflecting memorial pool at the floor of the site, which remains virtually empty four years after the attack. Families filled the water with red, orange and yellow roses, some shaking as they inscribed dedications on the wooden edge of the pool.

The ceremony paused for moments of silence at 8:46 a.m., the time at which a hijacked jetliner crashed into the north tower; at 9:03 a.m., the moment a second plane struck the south tower; at 9:59 a.m., when the south tower fell, and at 10:29 a.m., when the second tower collapsed.

'First heroes of 9/11 were here'

''Mom and Dad ache for you every minute,'' Linda Giammona-Julian said to her brother Vincent Giammona, one of 343 firefighters killed. ''We love you, and we miss you; till we meet again.''

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice read a poem by Christina Rossetti after the second moment of silence. Gov. George E. Pataki, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and New Jersey Acting Gov. Richard Codey also addressed the crowd.

''We all stand together to help each other and to help those who need our help in the future,'' Giuliani said. ''We remember forever all the brothers and sisters that we lost on that day.''

In Washington, President Bush marked the anniversary with his wife on the South Lawn, and thousands of people marched in remembrance of the attacks and in tribute to troops fighting overseas.

And in southwestern Pennsylvania, about 1,000 people attended a memorial service in the field where Flight 93 crashed after it was hijacked by terrorists.

''The first heroes of 9/11 were here,'' said Brian Rohrbaugh, who brought his wife and young children to remember the 40 passengers and crew who died as they struggled with hijackers for control of the plane.

Parents and grandparents read the victims' names at Ground Zero last year, while children's voices were heard in 2003. A selection of politicians, relatives and others read the names on the first anniversary.

Two light beams inspired by the twin towers were to shoot skyward Sunday night in an echo of the towers' silhouette. The ''Tribute in Light'' will fade away at dawn today.

Obama blames problems on racism, again

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Obama: Ignorance of inner city life partly at fault - AP 

WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) linked the hot-button issue of race to the hurricane relief efforts in remarks over the weekend.

Obama was asked on ABC's ''This Week'' whether there was racism in the lack of evacuation planning for poor, black residents of New Orleans.

He said he would not refer to the government response in that way, but went on to touch on the topic.

''Whoever was in charge of planning was so detached from the realities of inner city life in New Orleans ... that they couldn't conceive of the notion that they couldn't load up their SUVs, put $100 worth of gas in there, put some sparkling water and drive off to a hotel and check in with a credit card,'' Obama said.

''There seemed to be a sense that this other America was somehow not on people's radar screen. And that, I think, does have to do with historic indifference on the part of government to the plight of those who are disproportionately African-American.''

He added that ''passive indifference is as bad as active malice.''

Obama's comments came as Louisiana's senior senator escalated the Democrats' rhetoric against the Bush administration's hurricane response, accusing the White House of a ''full court press'' to blame state and local officials for the initial sluggish rescue effort.

The White House sought to deflect criticism ahead of President Bush's third trip to the stricken Gulf Coast, saying blame could be assessed later.

''It's not the time for blame. It's the time for helping the people on the ground that have been severely impacted by Hurricane Katrina,'' White House spokesman Ken Lisaius said.

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said officials at all levels eventually would share blame for an inadequate response, but she cited only the administration for the finger-pointing that followed the killer storm.

''While the president is saying that he wants to work together as a team, I think the White House operatives have a full court press on to blame state and local officials whether they're Republicans or Democrats. It's very unfortunate,'' she said.

DAILY HERALD
Daily Herald reports on Naperville's Patriot Day event, but not Wheaton's 
Far from New York, close to Naperville’s heart  More than 300 observe Sept. 11 anniversary - 
 
JoAnne Edwards was one of about 300 people who observed the anniversary of Sept. 11 along the Riverwalk in Naperville Sunday.

Four years after the terrorist attacks, Edwards’ memory is still crystal clear.

She was working on the 74th floor of the World Trade Center’s south tower and started running down the stairs after hearing that a plane had hit the north tower. By the time she ran down about 30 flights of stairs, her building was hit and it started to sway.

Edwards, who moved to Naperville about three months ago, was touched by the ceremony. She participated to remember and support people who lost their loved ones to the tragedy.

“We’re far away from the actual big ceremony (in New York),” Edwards said, “but it still has its affect all the way out here.”

This year at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Sept. 11 Memorial behind city hall, community members remembered victims of Sept. 11, the London bombings and Katrina.

“With all the chaos we’re having in Louisiana … it just is so fitting that we have this service here today,” Mayor George Pradel said.

Residents of Naperville and surrounding communities gathered at noon and stood silently with American flags in their hands. School students led the Pledge of Allegiance and all speakers, including Vicki Shanower Wike, sister of Cmdr. Dan Shanower, were given full attention while they shared some words. Shanower is a Naperville native who was killed at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks.

British Counsel General in Chicago Andrew Seaton said the attacks in America and Britain made the friendship between the two countries stronger.

“We are great friends and partners, and we will continue to be,” he said. “I am very grateful for that.”

Seaton also said the riverside setting allowed him to contemplate during the ceremony. He appreciated the nationwide services.

“To see this it’s very touching,” Seaton said.

Joe Cantafio, a Barrington singer and founder of the “Let Freedom Sing” tour, sang “In My Life,” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Certain lyrics like, “Places I remember, though some have changed,” struck Cantafio the most as he sang with soul.

“You think about what happened. A thousand images go through my mind from that day,” Cantafio said.

Naperville police Sgt. Betsy Smith said the ceremony is the first thing that made her feel better since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.

“I appreciate that in this time — we’ve had a bad couple weeks — we praise public servants,” Smith said.

Daily Herald reports on Lombard's and Naperville's Patriot Day events, but not Wheaton's

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4 years later, responders still grieve Sept. 11  DuPage events bring community together to reflect - 

Annette Cail brought her children, Jennifer and Aaron, to Lombard Fire Station One’s Sept. 11 commemoration Sunday morning to support her husband, Doug, a firefighter who attended the ceremony in full uniform.

“I thought it was nice and emotional,” Annette Cail said. “It makes you realize the risks that the firefighters take every day and how vulnerable they are.”

Throughout DuPage County, bells were rung and wreaths were laid to remember Sept. 11 victims and public servants for the fourth time. Firefighters went through minute by minute timelines of the terror attacks, and members of the younger generation led the Pledge of Allegiance.

“(The ceremony) continued to hit home …” said Mike Torrence, batallion chief of the Lombard Fire Department. “You realize the dangers that are always around us.”

Emily Vanco attended a ceremony in Winfield at the Sept. 11 memorial at Creekside Memorial Park. Vanco was one of many Brownie Troop members who led the pledge.

“I just thought it was a good way to honor America,” Vanco said.

Harriett Kunesh of Winfield was among about 50 community members who attended the ceremony.

“It was very moving,” Kunesh said. “It gave you a pause to think about the way the country was at the time and how it changed so many lives.”

Eileen Reedy of Winfield was saddened when firefighters read the names of people who passed away. Like many, Reedy believes the events of Sept. 11 should not be forgotten.

“I think it’s touching because I know so many firefighters that could have lost their lives,” she said.

Kate Lippencott of Naperville observed Sept. 11 with her seven children at the city’s ceremony along the Riverwalk, along with about 300 others. Lippencott’s husband, Grif, who’s a detective with the Naperville Police Department, came back from Iraq in April. Lippencott wanted to make sure her kids don’t forget about the attacks that took place. She said Ian, who was 13 months old at the time of the 2001 attacks, barely remembers anything and asks many questions.

“When they’re so young they just don’t realize the magnitude of what happened,” Lippencott said.

Some communities remembered Katrina victims, too.

“During tough times people come together,” said Lombard police Lt. Ronald Rakosnik. “It’s nice to see teamwork.”

Doug Cail said it’s always difficult to express his feelings on Sept. 11.

“It’s an emotional aspect…” Doug Cail said. “The occurrence, whether it happens in New Orleans or anywhere in the nation, it affects all of us.”

Prayers were said for American victims throughout the county at ceremonies and churches.

Daily Herald wants more low income housing in DuPage County

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Variety in housing needed, report says  Report says housing should be varied - 

We’re building too many of the wrong kind of homes to meet population growth during the next 25 years, largely thanks to restrictive zoning and growing reliance on development impact fees.

Too many big, single-family homes are going up on large lots in the six-county region, and not enough condominiums, townhouses, apartments or houses on smaller lots, says a new report, “Homes for a Changing Region,” being released today.

Left unchanged, that mismatch will eventually derail the region’s economic growth because a lack of housing options will drive businesses and their jobs elsewhere, warns the report issued by Chicago Metropolis 2020 and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus.

That forecast includes a prediction 23 percent of the area’s projected population in 2030, or 2.3 million people, will have to cut back on other expenses to pay for housing.

“The cities in the Chicago region are too small to take care of this,” said John Fregonese, co-owner of the planning firm Fregonese Calthorpe Associates, which helped prepare the report.

“They need to cooperate to take care of this problem,” he said. “There’s no regional look at housing. No one wants rental housing, no one wants low-cost housing.”

The problem exists because local zoning codes lock in place yesterday’s housing patterns, as do developers who must conform to those codes to make money, said Fregonese, a former planning director for the city of Portland, Ore.

The report predicts the region’s population will grow 24 percent, from 8.1 million to 10 million, driven by increases among Latinos and seniors. Most of those new residents will not seek to buy, or will not be able to afford the large, single-family homes on large lots that are today’s suburban mainstay.

The report’s most striking imbalances are predicted in Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties: current trends project 191,580 single-family homes will be built on large lots, where just 24,094 might be needed, if more varieties of housing types are encouraged.

“Right now we see local governments just interested in producing the most tax revenue for their coffers,” said Juanita Irizarry, executive director of Latinos United, which advocates fair and equitable housing opportunities for Hispanic residents in Chicago and the suburbs.

“We don’t really see a lot of thought processes going into the link between peoples’ cost of living and where their jobs are,” Irizarry said.

The report recommends suburbs:

•Create multiyear housing plans that provide a broad range of housing and prices, and modify zoning laws to allow a wider variety of housing.

•Include residents in development decisions and create housing commissions to look at housing options.

•Find money to support preservation and construction of affordable housing; and join with nearby suburbs to create mini-regional housing plans so no one suburb ends up with concentrations of rental apartments.

Only once municipal leaders and residents understand the problems can they start re-examining zoning codes, said King Harris, Chicago Metropolis 2020’s senior executive for housing matters. They also should look at fees charged to developers for the impact of new residents on local libraries, parks and schools — fees that can add up to $35,000 or $40,000 per unit before the first surveyor’s stake is driven, Harris said.

“It is a slow, gradual process, and we recognize that,” said Harris, a former president and CEO of Pittway Corp. “It’s a gradual change. It’s not a revolution.”

Christine Kutt Zolt, marketing and sales director for Norwood Builders, agreed, but said suburbs are just being prudent by not rushing to change their zoning laws.

Kutt Zolt said today’s housing mismatch is similar to the situation many suburbs faced 50 years ago, as the post-World War II housing boom began. Then, she said, residents worried about the fates of farms and farmers, and wondered where all the new children would go to school.

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR

Oberweis focuses on broken borders and vows to crack down on illegal immigration during a visit to Rockford - Chuck Sweeney
ROCKFORD - Republican governor hopeful Jim Oberweis, resurrecting the anti-illegal alien theme he used in an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in 2004, has condemned the increasing use of matricula cards issued by the Mexican and other governments to people who are in the U.S. illegally.

Illinois lawmakers have passed and Gov. Rod Blagojevich has signed a law that recognizes matricula cards as valid IDs in the state.

Oberweis, an Aurora businessman, said Sunday at a Greater Rockford Airport news conference that if he's elected governor, he will strictly enforce the new federal REAL ID Act, which would render the matricula cards useless.

Under the terms of the REAL ID Act, the state of Illinois has until May 8, 2008, to become fully compliant with the law's provisions, Oberweis said.

"Some governments have complained. Others have stated they will disobey the new law. Let me assure you this: In an Oberweis administration, the state of Illinois will move as quickly as possible to adopt the mandates of the REAL ID Act. The safety of our people demands that we do this," he said.

The law requires states to comply with certain security guidelines for issuing driver's licenses and other state ID cards, said Peter Gadiel, director of 9/11 Families For A Secure America, who appeared with Oberweis on the fourth anniversary of the al-Qaida attack on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va.

Gadiel, a Connecticut man whose 23-year-old son was among the 3,000 killed in the collapse of the twin towers, said the open borders policy of the U.S. makes the country a sitting duck for terrorists. He condemned matricula cards as being easy to fake and showed one to a reporter. It had a picture of a popular U.S. senator from Connecticut and the name Joseph Lieberman.

Oberweis said the U.S. must act quickly to tighten its borders. He said the FBI is concerned about street gangs like M-13, which, he said, is "interested in funding its criminal activities through large payments from terrorists interested in M-13’s ability to smuggle human assets across our broken borders."

Oberweis is one of a growing number of Republicans who want to be governor. Other candidates are cosmetics heir Ron Gidwitz, businessman and state Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, and state Sen. Steve Rauschenberger, R-Elgin. The "thinking about running" list includes State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett and former Gov. Jim Edgar.

Blagojevich, a Democrat, is expected to seek a second term in 2006, although he has not announced his candidacy.

DAILY SOUTHTOWN

Radogno on Edgar's short list - Kristen McQueary

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She fits the profile: suburban woman, fiscally conservative, socially moderate and brainy.

State Sen. Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) has discussed openly her interest in the 2006 statewide Republican ticket and been mentioned as a potential lieutenant governor candidate.

It would be hard to find a better running mate for Jim Edgar, should he get in the race.

While Edgar sews up the downstate vote, Radogno courts swing voters and moderate Republicans in the suburbs.

She has been a leading critic of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's handling of the state budget, which makes her a sturdy complement to Edgar's interest in all-things-policy.

Radogno was elected in 1996 and served two years under Edgar before his retirement.

Though they don't know each other well, running with him "would certainly be something I would consider," she said last week from Springfield where she attended a state chamber event. Radogno has been making the rounds lately, including attending a farm show in Decatur with top GOP leaders.

Last week, she hosted a news conference with state Sen. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) — who is running for U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde's 6th District congressional seat. They called on Blagojevich to embrace GOP-led reforms to the state's contract-letting process, which they say has been abused under his administration.

When asked if she had been contacted about a possible pairing-up with Edgar, Radogno said, "I have not talked to Edgar."

But it was clear through her hedging that she has been contacted by top Edgar people.

"If I can be helpful to the ticket, and I'm the right profile, then it's something I would consider," she said.

She's also in mid-term in her Senate seat. She's got nothing to lose.

Naturally, state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka is a top choice as well, but she carries more baggage in the "old way" of doing business, merely due to the amount of time she has spent in state government. Still, either ticket would pack a powerful punch.

Meanwhile, Radogno's House-mate, state Rep. Eileen Lyons (R-Western Springs), continues to interview candidates interested in her seat. Lyons is retiring and hoped to find a female replacement.

No such luck.

So far, the leading contenders are Indian Head Park Mayor Richard Pellegrino, who recently won the backing of former Attorney General Jim Ryan, and former state Rep. Jim Durkin of Westchester who could make a comeback to the General Assembly.

Durkin gave up his House seat to run against U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in 2002.

Gary Skoien: No letting up - Kristen McQueary 

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/columns/Acurrent/mcqueary.htm

Gary Skoien, Cook County GOP chairman, got blistered by some members of his own party for offering reward money for information leading to Mayor Richard Daley's indictment.

But the criticism seems only to have invigorated him. He filed complaints with the Illinois State Board of Elections against one-third of the Chicago City Council whose aldermanic offices also serve as political headquarters. Then he called on Daley to pay a $33,000 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration for tearing up Meigs Field. The money, Skoien said, should come from Daley's campaign fund, of course, not city tax dollars.

He also tossed his resume into the mix for a seat on Metra's board of directors.

What's next? Stay tuned.

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER

GOP ethics rules, Rutherford announcement, Libri names Long - Bernard Schoenburg

http://www.sj-r.com/sections/opinion/stories/65924.asp 

The Republican State Central Committee now has a code of ethics for its members and some other people, including top staffers.

The committee met on Republican Day at the state fair, but didn’t give final approval to the plan because some members wanted more time to look over its provisions.

The draft was made public and was open to comments, and a revised version was passed last week in a closed conference-call meeting.

The draft version covered only members of the state central committee. But the final version specifies that it applies to all elected and appointed members (which includes one person from each congressional district), the deputy members from each of those 19 districts, the state chairman, vice chairman and co-chairmen (if any), the executive director and the Republican national committeeman (also known as Springfield’s BOB KJELLANDER) and the Republican national committeewoman (MARY JO ARNDT).

Kjellander and Arndt had both said they would voluntarily comply with the rules, even before they were formally included.

Each of the covered people will have to submit an annual statement listing sources of income over $1,200 per year. There’s also a whole section on “avoidance of actual or apparent conflicts of interest, including disclosure in writing in advance if a member or immediate family members have an interest in property to be acquired with public funds.”

Oh, and for anybody who’s been around state government for a while, this is pertinent: “A member employed by federal, state or local government shall scrupulously adhere to the legal prohibitions against engaging in political activity during compensated time, other than time off.”

The disclosure statements would not be public documents, but if the board’s ethics committee reaches a point of voting to ask a member to resign, that action would become public.

“Since I became chairman, there has been nothing more important than earning back the trust of Illinois voters,” said state party Chairman ANDY McKENNA, who has pushed for the policy. “This code of ethics is an area where Republicans will take the lead. … Transparency and disclosure will be a benefit to the party.”

Rutherford announcement

State Sen. DAN RUTHERFORD, R-Chenoa, makes his run for secretary of state official Monday in announcements in Chicago, Springfield and Pontiac, and Tuesday in Rockford.

The Springfield event Monday is at 2:30 p.m. at Saputo’s restaurant downtown. The reason?

“If it’s not the state Capitol, I prefer to be where I’m comfortable, and that’s Saputo’s.”

When he’s in Springfield, Rutherford said, he eats at the Italian restaurant once or twice a week.

Libri names Long

Sangamon County Republican Chairman TONY LIBRI last week named Sangamon County Board member ROSEMARIE LONG as county Republican chairwoman.

He made the announcement at a meeting of the North End Republican Club, which is led by Long.

Libri said he considers Long’s new post a serious job. It is designed “to get more women involved in our local Republican Party,” he said.

Long is among local party members considering a run for the 99th House District seat in the legislature. The incumbent, state Rep. RAYMOND POE, R-Springfield, is seeking his party’s nomination for lieutenant governor.

Long, who represents District 10 on the County Board, is also the board’s vice chair.

ILLINOIS LEADER
Candidates in key races to officially launch campaigns this week
CHICAGO - Now that Labor Day has come and gone signaling the conventional start of the political campaign season, candidates for key state, federal and local offices are preparing to make their candidacies official.

Statewide offices

State Senator Dan Rutherford (R-Pontiac) will become the first Republican candidate to announce for a statewide office other than Governor when he launches his campaign for Secretary of State Monday, September 12, at the W Chicago Lake Shore hotel in the morning and at Saputo’s restaurant in Springfield later in the day.

Barring GOP primary competition, Rutherford will face popular two-term Democrat incumbent Secretary of State Jesse White who won all 102 Illinois counties in winning re-election against GOP challenger Kris Kohn in 2002.

Rutherford, 50, was first elected to the General Assembly in 1992. He served for 10 years in the state House before successfully winning election to the Senate in 2002.

Rutherford has long been mulling a statewide run before deciding to take on the Secretary of State’s race. Rutherford is in the middle of his term as a state senator so he will no have to relinquish his legislative seat to seek statewide office.

Rutherford will hit the Rockford area on Tuesday, September 13, and is making plans for a forthcoming statewide tour in the next two weeks.

8th Congressional District

The race for the GOP nomination in what is widely viewed as the number one Congressional race in the country adds a second participant on Tuesday, September 13, when pro-family activist Kathy Salvi launches her campaign against freshman incumbent Rep. Melissa Bean (D-8).

Salvi’s announcement will take place at the Lake County Discovery Museum (Lakewood Forest Preserve) in Wauconda at 11:30am on Tuesday.

Salvi is the wife of 1996 GOP Senate nominee and 1998 GOP Secretary of State nominee Al Salvi. She and her husband Al are the parents of six children and live in Mundelein. This will be Kathy Salvi’s first run for elective office.

Kathy Salvi, 46, is an attorney and former public defender who says she has the “fire in the belly” to do this. She appeared on Thursday on the “Scott Thomas Show” on WYLL-AM 1160 on Thursday to discuss her imminent candidacy as did investment banker David McSweeney of Barrington Hills, the only other announced GOP candidate in the race.

Both McSweeney and Salvi have said they would put at least $1 million of their own money into their respective campaigns.

The race is a top target of Republicans who hope to regain a seat they held for 35 years with Rep. Phil Crane who Bean defeated in an upset victory in 2004.

Other candidates considering a run for GOP nomination include Mundelein businesswoman Teresa Bartels, State Rep. Bob Churchill (R-Lake Villa), and Lake County conservative activist Ken Arnold.

The district includes portions of northwest suburban Cook County, Lake County and McHenry County.

Local races

Cook

On Thursday evening, September 15, the Cook County Republican Party will be interviewing candidates for the following countywide offices: County Board President, Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, and Assessor. They will also interview candidates interested in running for the Cook County Board of Tax Review, Water Reclamation districts, and the Regional Office of Education-Superintendent.

Republicans have not won a countywide race in Cook since Jack O’Malley was re-elected Cook County States Attorney in 1992. O’Malley lost his re-election bid in 1996 to Dick Devine, who currently serves as the county’s state’s attorney.

Republicans have not won the race for the county board presidency since 1966 when future Governor Richard Ogilvie was elected. Seeking to break the drought is first-term Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica (R-Riverside) who announced his candidacy for Board President in April.

DuPage

The big GOP primary in DuPage, the state’s second largest county, and its most GOP-dominated, was expected to be over Henry Hyde’s congressional seat. However, with State Senator Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) appearing to have cleared the GOP field in the 6th Congressional of all serious competition, focus has turned to local and legislative races.

On Tuesday, two-term incumbent County Sheriff John Zaruba will officially have a primary challenge from longtime Deputy Sheriff Tim Connell. Connell will be announcing his candidacy at his mother’s home in Lisle Tuesday morning.

In addition to the county sheriff’s race, there are three serious GOP legislative primaries already in the offing.

There is the race to replace Roskam in the State Senate between State Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Wheaton) and Naperville Village Trustee Dick Fursteneau. Add to that the stiff challenge freshman State Rep. Roger Jenisch (R-Bloomingdale) looks to be facing from Bloomingdale attorney Franco Coladipietro. Coladipietro is being supported by several local GOP leaders including Bloomingdale Township GOP Chairman Hank Gianvecchio.

Finally, perhaps the most raucous primary will be the race to replace State Rep. John Millner (R-Elmhurst) who was appointed to retiring State Senator Kay Wojcik’s seat this summer. Candidates to replace Millner include Wayne Township GOP Chairman Randy Ramey, the nephew of former Senate President and DuPage County Chairman James “Pate” Philip, and Carol Stream Village Trustee Pam Fenner among others considering the race.

Campaigns may begin circulating nominating petitions on September 20. The primary election is March 21, 2006.

BEACON NEWS

Beacon News wants more low income housing in suburbs

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/top/AU12_DEVELOP_S1.htm

Regional study decries housing 'disconnect'  Growing changes: Affordable housing is counter to larger homes being built by developers - Steve Lord

When Adam and Sarah Mock wanted to move up, they didn't have to move far.

With the addition of two children since they moved from Oak Park to Aurora's Hometown subdivision in 2002, they needed a bigger house. They found it just a few blocks away.

"We just bought a second house here," Adam Mock said. "You don't see a lot of this."

What you don't see is the ability to move up and buy a bigger house in the same place. Home Town is an example of a development that has a mix of smaller, more affordable single-family houses, townhomes and condos, with larger single-family houses.

It is seen by regional officials as an example of the kind of development needed throughout the Chicago region in the future, but it is unusual today. The norm throughout the region is just the opposite — developers are building more and more large-lot, single-family houses.
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And a study released today by Metropolis 2020 and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus shows that the gap between different housing styles and costs will only get wider by 2030.

The study forecasts what Metropolis officials call "a serious mismatch" between the single-family homes on large lots being planned by developers, and the growing need for smaller, more affordable houses for the growing population.

"Projections indicate that there is likely to be a serious future mismatch between housing supply and demand in the six-county Chicago metropolitan region," the report concludes. "Current market financing programs are not likely to make up for it, and government subsidy programs are too small to solve it."

The report says the housing mismatch is more likely to affect Kane, Will, Lake and McHenry counties more than Cook and DuPage counties because the four counties currently have a higher percentage of households residing in detached single-family housing, and they are expecting the largest percentage of population growth.

"Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties are each forecasted to significantly oversupply large-lot, single-family housing and to significantly undersupply moderately priced apartments or condos as well as townhouses and duplexes and small-lot detached housing," the report says.

The problem lies in a combination of market conditions, public perceptions about affordable housing and municipal policies that encourage, through zoning and building codes, larger-lot houses, the report says.

It starts with Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission figures that show the Chicago region will grow by 24 percent, from 8.1 million people to 10 million people, in the next 30 years. The growth will come from 4.3 million births combined with 2.1 million deaths, as well as the emigration of 300,000 people.

The most significant growth will be in the suburbs. Will County's population is expected to double, and Kane and McHenry are expected to grow by more than 70 percent.

The ethnic and age composition of the growth will be different in 2030 than in 2000. The largest ethnic growth is expected to be Latinos, Asian Americans and African Americans. The increased growth will be older, too. The number of people over age 65 is expected to almost double, the report says.

All of these groups have had traditionally different housing demands than single-family, large-lot development, the study says.

"In general, the pattern will shift toward denser housing with higher demand for rental units, entry-level, single-family housing and apartments and condos in large complexes," the report says.

The Mayor Caucus and Metropolis 2020 included a number of recommendations in the report, including: forming multi-year housing plans that provide for a broad range of housing sizes and prices; reviewing zoning and building codes to permit construction of a variety of housing; including residents in housing and development decisions, possibly through local housing commissions; creating sub-regional housing plans that would involve groups of municipalities; creating new revenue streams to support the preservation and construction of affordable housing.

Regional officials know some of these steps are controversial within municipalities. But Nancy Firfer, Metropolis 2020 senior adviser and former mayor of Glenview, said it is encouraging the recommendations come from the mayor's caucus, which includes mayors of all 272 municipalities in the Chicago region.

"At least this report will get the mayors thinking about what's coming," she said. "This will start a discussion."

Firfer said Metropolis officials are encouraged in particular by the "forward thinking" in Kane County, both at the county level and among some municipal leaders, toward smart growth initiatives and the need for a variety of housing.

Mayors Jeff Schielke of Batavia, Jim Willey of Elburn and Ed Shock of Elgin all have positions in Metropolis 2020. County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay, R-St. Charles, was just sworn in as a member of Metropolis' Executive Committee.

"We have met with a number of mayors of Kane County, and they are all beginning to see the issues in their own communities," Firfer said.

One of those communities is St. Charles. Earlier this month, a St. Charles City Council committee considered a number of possible housing ideas for the future, and proposed establishing a housing commission to look at them.

"We thought maybe a commission or a committee was needed just to look at the issue of affordable housing," said Shubhra Govind, senior planner for St. Charles. "This is an issue that needs a lot of discussion."

The Metropolis report points out that many people in recent years in the region have bought housing that might be beyond their means. They did this because of the lack of quality affordable housing available. Homeowners were able to do this because of low interest rates, and a subsequent higher flexibility in lending habits.

But if rates go up, this could cause an economic problem, when people have gone beyond the traditional 30 percent of income spent on housing.

"The thing we are trying to say is this is not just low-income housing," Govind said. "This is affordable to everybody. You should not be spending more than 30 percent."

That is what made Hometown so attractive to the Mocks. Adam Mock said with the range of housing available in Home Town, his family was able to buy a house similar to those in nearby Oswego, but much more affordable.

"We know our neighbors here; we can walk down the street and people just say hi," he said. "From a family standpoint, it's friendly, and there is a range of housing available."

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS

Which Chicago area municipality will be the first pass a resolution banning millionaires?

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Merc millionaires are spreading the wealth  Flush with IPO cash, they indulge in toys, downtime

When Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. went public in December 2002, what followed was a jaw-dropping stock run-up that gave many seat owners a Vegas-style payday: Shares priced at $35 for the initial public offering soared to a high of $308.39 on Aug. 2, 2005. They closed Friday at $304.20.

Now those Merc millionaires are turning some of their shares into cash and spreading it around. Their spending is fueling the teardown trend in tony suburbs, revving up the area's luxury auto dealers and lifting local boat merchants.

"In the last year, since the launch of the Continental GT coupe, we've definitely had a lot of traders as clients," says Susan Campbell, sales associate at Bentley Northbrook. Most of her trading customers are 35 to 55 years old, and prefer the interior and exterior stylings to be "black on black" because it's "masculine — it says 'I'm successful.' " It ought to, considering the GT's priced around $175,000.

At Brush Hill Realtors in Hinsdale, broker Sharon McCauley says flush traders are "buying new construction. The big wave here is teardowns. They want everything new." Their typical price range, Ms. McCauley says, starts at $1 million.

Attendants in the Merc garage have noticed more new Cadillac Escalades and "young guys with lots of money." There are condos in Naples, Fla., and newly purchased pads in top-dollar neighborhoods. "I just sold a single-family home in Lincoln Park to a trader," says sales associate Natasha Motev in the Lincoln Park office of Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate. Ms. Motev and her husband, who owns two seats at the Merc, are also building a house on a North Side teardown site.

"We're certainly seeing activity from traders in the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park," says Michael Pierson, general manager of Koenig & Strey's Gold Coast office. "They go for the high-end, 5,000-to-6,000-square-foot single-family houses with limestone facades and beautiful amenities." They're also buying up new condos "with great views," he says.

Traders have also been tapping their new money to bankroll the high life on the lake. Bob Godek, a broker at yacht dealer Skipper Bud's on State Street, says he's seen an uptick in traders buying boats since 2002. "And they're cash buyers, that's the nice part," he says. "When they see something they like, they go for it. They've got the money, and they'll strike while it's hot. They just enjoy tangible items." Mr. Godek says they tend to want the "biggest, fastest, shiniest and glitziest" models, favoring those priced between $150,000 and $350,000.

Not surprisingly, the Merc stock has created a leisure class of people who don't quite know what to do with themselves.

"I made millions off my stock," says Mark Carriere, 34, who sold a chunk of his 5,999 shares through the run-up. Now, though, he's reached an impasse. "I take vacations," he says. "But I've sometimes wondered what I'm going to do with all this money. Once you buy your house, what the (expletive) do you do?"

He still occasionally trades from home, and will once in a while "go on the floor and hang," yet he finds himself in the mode of "The Big Lebowski," whose title character epitomized the slacker lifestyle. "I don't have any ambition," he says. "If you've got money, what's the motivation?"

'WINDFALL THEY NEVER EXPECTED'

It's a nice problem to have, and he's not alone: Many at the Merc have multiple seats; many others are thanking their stars for the seat they had.

"The success of the stock bailed people out. It provided a windfall they never expected and made some marginal people whole again," says floor trader Steve Gersten. "It created wealth for them that they didn't have. They had struggled for years making a living, then they get this windfall that allows them to move into retirement."

How flush people are, of course, depends on how much stock they had, when they sold it and how scarred they are by years on a turbulent trading floor.

To the high-net-worth types, the shares meant some pocket change, simply an extra few million to add to an already brimming personal bottom line. Others who were eking out a living on the trading floor now have a new cash cushion and new lease on life.

'ICING ON THE CAKE'

And some traders, bolstered by the influx, are simply shopping for new hobbies if not careers, especially as their old way of life — open outcry trading — continues to go the way of the dinosaur.

For Andrew Katznelson, a Merc member since 1979 who still trades actively in the pits, "the shares have added to my wealth considerably." Instead of buying toys, though, he's freeing himself from debt.

Mr. Katznelson, 55, who lives in the north suburbs, says he's "pretty much divested," and has seen friends who've sold off their shares to purchase "the occasional Bentley." But he's still pretty happy with the "junk" he's driving. "If you buy a Bentley, then you have to buy your wife one," he says, half-joking. "You think she'll want to buy (something lesser) after that?"

Dan O'Neil Sr., 70, could have bought a Bentley dealership. A retired ex-floor broker and multiple seat holder, he got almost 100,000 shares. "It's been a bonanza," he says. He's since sold two-thirds of his shares. For Mr. O'Neil, who was already wealthy, the payout was the "icing on the cake." He says he's put his money in stocks and Treasury bills.

SEVERANCE OF SORTS

His friend, Francis Wolfe, whom he compelled to buy an International Monetary Market membership back in the early 1970s for $100, has also hit the jackpot with his shares.

"I sold some off for $169-per last year. I just sold some more for a million and a half," says Mr. Wolfe, 73, who spent only two years on the floor actually trading and who now works as an assistant Cook County public defender. "I just wrote a check to the IRS for $250,000 for the taxes on some of the stock I sold." No new cars were added to Mr. Wolfe's garage, but he did take 15 family members on a vacation to Colorado.

But the great Merc stock sell-off has another side to it. The shares were seen as a severance package of sorts for some pit traders, a financial farewell for those who are losing their way of life on the floor. The move to electronic trading will mean that many traders who excelled at open outcry trading are either having to learn how to trade from a computer screen or finding another way to spend their time.

"I know some people who are building homes in places like Hinsdale and Burr Ridge," says Andrew Burns, a 20-year trading vet who started in currencies and migrated to S&Ps in the early '80s before finally buying a seat in 1987. "Some have gone into real estate. Some people owned four or five seats and have $15 million. And now they're waiting for something to do."

Mr. Burns, a west suburban resident, started seeing his income dwindle several years in a row by 25%, and finally left the floor three months ago to trade electronically. An Index and Option Market member, he says that as shares climbed over $100 he got more aggressive about selling them off. He says his stock bounty is the equivalent of having a "rich daddy," and he's working hard at getting back to the time when he can start "spending stupidly" once again.

NAPERVILLE SUN

Radio link puts agencies in closer touch  DuPage system to clear up communications during crises - Katie Foutz

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WHEATON - A radio system introduced Friday allows one city's police to directly call another city's police for backup without wasting time going through two dispatchers.

The DuPage Interoperable Radio System links radio frequencies from the three bands used countywide by police, firefighters, sheriff's deputies and other emergency workers. It will save time at emergencies.

"Every single day, the sheriff's office can't talk to Downers," DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba said. "Downers can't talk to Lombard. Naperville is basically an island unto themselves."

The presentation's backdrop served as a reminder of why the county unveiled the system.
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Behind public safety officials from around the county stood a new mural in tribute to those who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center, which a Wheaton boy had painted on a hallway wall in the sheriff's office as his Eagle Scout project.

One of the 9/11 Commission's top priorities was to set up interoperable radio systems nationwide. Because agencies responding to the attacks communicated on different radio frequencies, hundreds of police, firefighters and port authority workers didn't hear orders to evacuate the towers as they were about to collapse.

Similar communication problems have happened in DuPage County. A recent car chase from Downers Grove ended in Lombard, when the Downers Grove police officer called for help in arresting the suspect. That call went to the Downers Grove dispatcher to the Lombard dispatcher to the Lombard police officer, "who was standing 20 feet away from him but couldn't hear his cries because of traffic," Zaruba said.

Tom Janaes, DuPage Emergency Telephone System Board secretary and retired sheriff's office bureau chief, said $700,000 from surcharges on 911 customers' phone bills paid for the radio system. With that money, new transmitters and receivers were installed in 14 towers throughout DuPage County so emergency agencies can communicate on existing radios.

It would have cost $25 million to replace every agency's mobile radios, Janaes said.

KWQC

George Ryan's old-school approach took him to governor's office and courtroom

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SPRINGFIELD - Despite having his name linked to government corruption, former Governor George Ryan remains a popular figure at the state Capitol.

People describe him as trustworthy -- a politician who knew how to cut deals and get things done.

That approach helped the Kankakee Republican rise from a local pharmacist to Illinois House Speaker to governor.

But it also allowed corruption to flourish around him. Dozens of people have gone to jail, including some of his top aides.

Ryan won't talk about that or his upcoming trial. The charges include taking improper gifts while letting lobbyist friends benefit from state contracts.

Defenders say Ryan did nothing wrong. They say his mistake was to trust some crooked people.

Others think Ryan took an old-fashioned view of mixing government and politics. They argue he was oblivious to the fact that prosecutors and the public would no longer put up with that.

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH

George Ryan's style took him to mansion, courtroom - Christopher Wills

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SPRINGFIELD - Out of office for more than two years, about to go on trial for government corruption, his name indelibly linked to scandal, former Gov. George Ryan still remains a popular figure at the Statehouse.

Ryan's fans describe him as a pragmatist, more interested in getting things done than following some rigid ideology. He knew how to make deals with people -- through pressure, promises or some combination -- and could be trusted both to keep his end of the bargain and to share the credit.

"His reputation is that he's an honest guy," said Sen. John Cullerton, D-Chicago. "When he says something, he sticks with it, even if it's hard."

It was a recipe that allowed Ryan to climb from Kankakee pharmacist to Illinois House speaker to governor.

It also allowed corruption to flourish around him, producing a bribery scandal that sent dozens of people to prison, including some of his close friends and aides.

Some people consider Ryan a victim of crooked aides that he trusted too much. Others think he was oblivious to changing attitudes -- of both the public and prosecutors -- about using government offices for political goals.

The charges against him paint a more sinister portrait. He is accused of accepting free vacations and other perks while letting lobbyist friends manipulate state business for their own benefit, and then lying about it to federal investigators.

Ryan, 71, won't discuss his racketeering trial scheduled to begin later this month or how the scandal has marred his reputation.

"It's one of those things that's happened. We'll see how it all comes together," he said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Ryan prefers to focus on the positives: promoting literacy and organ donation, passing tougher drunken driving laws, spending billions to improve roads and bridges and fighting to end the death penalty.

"People don't give you credit for the good things you do," he said. "I have some fond memories of the things we accomplished."

Ryan, a pharmacist and Kankakee County Board member, won an Illinois House seat in 1972. After just two terms, he was elected leader of the chamber's Republican minority, and three terms later he was House speaker.

People who knew him at the time say he was a downstater who was able to work with Chicago Democrats and the unruly bloc of Chicago Republicans the party had back then. He developed a reputation as someone who could be trusted to keep the deals he made and not let past disputes get in the way.

"He was the consummate politician in that it was never 'his way or the highway,'" said longtime friend and former aide Tony Leone. "George always tried to compromise and move people forward."

When it became clear that Democrats would seize control of the House in 1983 after political redistricting, Ryan ran for lieutenant governor rather than remain in the chamber as an ex-speaker.

"When you go from speaker to lieutenant governor, it's kind of a letdown, frankly," Ryan said. "But I worked with (then-Gov.) Jim Thompson and learned a lot from him."

He served two terms and then was elected secretary of state, where he promoted organ donation and successfully fought to lower the state's drunken-driving standard to .08.

That's also where a trucker apparently obtained a drivers license through bribery and then got into a fiery traffic accident that killed six children. Ryan's inspector general, old friend Dean Bauer, squelched an investigation into that and other allegations that might have embarrassed Ryan.

By 1998, federal prosecutors were charging Ryan employees with taking bribes and donating some of the money to his campaign. State workers described being pressured by their bosses to buy fund-raising tickets to help Ryan. Still, he was elected governor. And then the full force of the scandal hit.

More secretary of state employees admitted to bribery and racketeering. Bauer was indicted. A memo shows Ryan disbanded a unit investigating corruption within his office. Other friends and aides were indicted.

Ryan repeatedly denied any personal wrongdoing but still decided not to run for re-election.

Although his single term was dominated by scandal, it was still productive.

Ryan became the first governor to visit Cuba since Fidel Castro seized power there. He passed a $12 billion infrastructure plan. He settled a long-running dispute over regulating factory-scale hog farms. He pushed for an overhaul of the death penalty system and commuted the sentences of everyone on death row.

He also oversaw a stunning collapse of revenues that pushed the state into deficit.

On Dec. 17, 2003, Ryan himself was indicted.

Federal prosecutors said lobbyists and state landlords gave him Caribbean vacations, cash for his brother's business and other goodies. They said he let a lobbyist friend steer state contracts to clients, and that he told a Cook County prosecutor not to investigate his employees because "Those are my guys."

Leone insists Ryan did nothing wrong and would never have condoned improper behavior. He believes any problems stem from Ryan putting too much trust in corrupt aides.

Others who have watched Ryan's career say they don't see him as personally corrupt.

Instead, they argue he mixed politics and government in a way that might have been acceptable 30 years ago but not today. They believe he saw nothing wrong with using state employees for political work or helping a friend land a contract.

"He knew that was part of the process," said the recently retired Sen. Denny Jacobs, D-East Moline. "At the time, it just wasn't looked at as being the wrong way to run government."

Former reporter Charles Wheeler covered Ryan for years and believes he failed to control his aides and was caught off guard by changing views of what conduct was acceptable for government officials.

"He is the last of a dying breed. You're not going to have someone who comes out of the same kind of political tradition anymore because those traditions have pretty much withered away," said Wheeler, now head of the Public Affairs Reporting program at the University of Illinois-Springfield.

"He's a guy who will go down as hated by a lot of people and loved by a lot of people."

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE

The lessons of the George Ryan trial - Editorial 

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As Mayor Richard M. Daley continues to deny his involvement in the corruption at Chicago’s City Hall, he may want to pay close attention when a former Illinois politician, who also denied similar knowledge of mismanaging our tax money, heads to court this week.

After a six-and-a-half month delay, the trial of former one-term, Republican Gov. George H. Ryan and lobbyist friend Larry Warner begins this week, marking a climactic moment in the eight-year-old Operation Safe Road investigation.

Ryan, 71, faces charges of corruption dating to when he was Illinois secretary of state from 1991 to 1999, making him the sixth of 40 Illinois governors to face criminal charges.

While the Land of Lincoln has a national reputation for such political scandals, Ryan’s case will be both a definitive test of his legacy and another reminder of our public trust being abused.

After declaring a moratorium on executions in 2000 as well as commuting the death sentences of all 156 inmates on death row in January 2003, Ryan earned strong supporters in the capital punishment debate who called for his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

But Ryan’s time in office was constantly shadowed by the fiery 1994 crash that killed the six children of the Rev. Scott and Janet Willis. The trucker who caused the crash had paid a bribe to get a license from Ryan’s office, leading to a sweeping federal investigation.

As a result, the U.S. attorney’s office charged Ryan with racketeering, mail fraud, false statements, income tax fraud and filing false federal tax returns.

Additionally, Ryan is accused of using secretary of state workers to do campaign work on state time and accepting annual vacation benefits for trips to Jamaica and California.

However, Ryan was able to get the trial delayed so he could be represented by former U.S. attorney Daniel Webb, the defense lawyer of national prominence, who has represented such giants as Microsoft, General Electric and the New York Stock Exchange.

Webb is emphasizing three themes for his defense: The prosecution has no witnesses to direct bribery; Ryan owns a “modest” Kankakee home; and the former governor has a staunch stance on the death penalty.

Ryan’s capital punishment decision hardly seems to relate to this case, which is why it was encouraging when U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer ruled, “The court sees no meaningful relationship between Ryan’s decisions regarding the death penalty and the offense conduct with which he is charged here.”

The timing of Ryan’s capital punishment decision certainly makes it appear that he was hoping to dodge scandal. Prosecutors have stated they plan to inform the jury of Ryan’s earnings from lectures following the death row deal, especially since that money could have gone a long way toward his defense.

Ryan’s defense team gained a major advantage by originally getting Pallmeyer to set a March date for the trial before pleading for a new date when a Webb case for Phillip Morris ran longer than expected.

With the planning of the original date, however, prosecutors turned over defense witness lists and laid out the government’s case. Ryan’s defense has now had nine months to prepare its own.

In December 2003, after Ryan became the 66th person charged in the investigation, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois said, “Basically, the state of Illinois was for sale.”

That attorney was Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who now finds himself working his way through scandals in Chicago. If his federal case against Ryan sends a corrupt politician to prison, we can hardly wait to see what he turns up next.

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