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Quinn breaks with Democrats on redistricting plan

April 29, 2010

Posted by Monique Garcia

As lawmakers in Springfield prepare to vote on a proposal to change the way state House and Senate districts are drawn, Gov. Pat Quinn today said he's not a fan of the plan his fellow Democrats drafted.

The governor said that he doesn't see the proposed changes "as moving the ball forward all that much" and worries districts will be crafted to protect sitting lawmakers instead of reflecting a particular geographic area.

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GOP governor candidate won't release tax returns

April 15, 2010

By CHRISTOPHER WILLS

Republican candidate for governor Bill Brady said Thursday that he won't let voters see his income tax returns because there's nothing to be gained by releasing them.

Brady said making the documents public when he ran for governor four years ago hurt his business interests, which include real estate development in the Bloomington area.

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Quinn aide given new $85K job as kayaking czar

April 14, 2010

By Kurt Erickson

SPRINGFIELD -- A longtime advisor to Gov. Pat Quinn has been hired to be the state's first canoe czar.

Claude Walker, who has served as an aide to Quinn dating back two decades, will coordinate kayaking and canoeing for the cash-strapped state Department of Natural Resources.

He will earn $85,000 annually.

The new job for the 57-year-old self-described kayaking enthusiast raised eyebrows among some lawmakers, who are in the midst of debating how to keep the state afloat during though budget times.
 

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Patrick Quinn's political action committee, Taxpayers for Quinn, was formed in the Fall of 1985.



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Remember that vow to revisit Illinois campaign reform? Never mind.

February 23, 2010

By Kevin McDermott
Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When Illinois last year passed its first-ever campaign contribution limits, it left a handful of top political leaders unlimited in the money they could transfer to their fellow politicians in general elections. Supporters of the measure assured everyone that that loophole (as critics called it) would get closed with follow-up legislation.

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Reformer Emil Jones Quinn's latest backer? . . . and other regular Dems he once battled

February 22, 2010

BY CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporter
Gov. Quinn and former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones often butted heads.

Once, not even two years ago, Jones blew up at Quinn, accusing the then-lieutenant governor of committing "slander" against the Senate.

But now all is forgiven.

Last month, as Quinn battled Dan Hynes down to the wire in a tight Democratic primary race for governor, he turned to Jones. And the South Side Democrat came through.

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Quinn's oft-touted hotel discount card discontinued 6 years ago

February 21, 2010

By Timothy Magaw and Joseph Ryan | Daily Herald Staff

With Illinois in a financial crisis, Gov. Pat Quinn repeatedly touts his membership in Super 8 hotel's VIP club as testament to his frugality.

But Quinn didn't like being asked by the Daily Herald for a copy of his membership card.

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State official had 'decadent' behavior, report says

February 10, 2010

By BRUCE RUSHTON

A former top-ranking official in the state Department of Healthcare and Family Services engaged in “decadent” behavior, didn’t show up for work and used her state computer for viewing pornography and other personal activity, according to a report released by the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission.

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