Capitol Fax

• Sometimes, the stories just write themselves

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  * Gov. Pat Quinn’s new TV ad accuses Comptroller Dan Hynes of going to a “spa” and taking a family vacation during July’s budget negotiations. Today, the shoe was on the other foot… Last week, Gov. Pat Quinn said he told Chicago-area public transit officials he’d meet with them this week [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:58pm EST
  by Rich Miller

• Flip-Flop of the day award: Jim Ryan

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  * As the old saying goes, the only truly honest politician is a retired politician. Case in point: Here’s former Attorney General Jim Ryan back when he was a retired politican, in June of 2007. HB 750, by the way, was the income tax hike in exchange for property tax [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:32pm EST
  by Rich Miller

• Question of the day

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  * As I’ve already told subscribers, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. has filed petitions to challenge former Senate President Emil Jones for Jones’ 2nd Democratic State Central Committeeman’s seat. Considering how the two men despise each other, this could be a fun campaign. In honor of this battle, let’s have a [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by Rich Miller

• Noontime political roundup

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  * Quote of the day goes to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, who said this after filing his petitions late yesterday afternoon… “I feel great,” Stroger said after filing. “I feel like 150 pounds of dynamite.” I think that dynamite might be going off in his face pretty soon - cartoon-style, [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:04pm EST
  by Rich Miller

• Quinn mums up

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  * Just like his two predecessors before him, Pat Quinn has mummed up about a reported investigation into his top staff… Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn won’t say why one of his top aides is stepping down. Quinn’s office confirmed Monday that Deputy Chief of Staff Carolyn Brown Hodge resigned late Friday. Monday [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:01am EST
  by Rich Miller

• On caps and Madigan

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  * The SJ-R says Gov. Pat Quinn ought to sign the campaign finance bill… While recognizing that the bill failed to sever the financial umbilical cord between members and their leaders, this page urges Gov. Pat Quinn to sign it. More… Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, has expended great effort trying to convince [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 11:00am EST
  by Rich Miller