“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.” Self-audit by Irish soccer genius the late George Best “When you waste Homeland Security money you are less safe,” Congressman Mike Quigley (D) IL. and Former Cook …

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These men were trained to take a bullet for Todd Stroger.
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Now we have the heroics of lame duck Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, who just lost his Dem primary (having won election for his prior term to a seat being vacated by his dying dad, backed by our President BarackObama, then Senator) because of his corruption and huge tax and spend incompetence–to the rescue of Art Turner.

Kind of a consolation prize I guess, akin to the Goracle getting a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar after losing to GW Bush. But I digress.
Stroger gives Turner, currently a state legislator, a …

Steele Withdraws Sole Support for Kirk.

Republican National Chairman Michael Steele has withdrawn his sole endorsement for Mark Kirk for the U. S. Senate, recognizing that the candidacy of Patrick Hughes has drawn major support from Illinois Republicans: thus Steele’s RNC is neutral…a distinct victory for Hughes.
Andrzejewski & Mullins.

I call my WLS radio show “Political Shootout” for a reason. It’s not a meandering, everybody-agree-with-everyone-else variant of the WTTW’s deadly boring “Chicago Week in Review” but is immediate and spontaneous with two participants who feel strongly about issues and tactics. Last night …

The Dems challenging Todd Stroger for the Cook county board presidency don’t ring a bell with me…starting with the unctuous Danny Davis who has problems showing up at meetings, due to an apparent chaotic lifestyle and non-organizable work habits that defies anyone or anything to get him where he’s supposed to me-and on time. For the latest episode, I’m indebted to the excellent blog “Blithe Spirit” written by Jim Bowman for the latest Davis snafu. Davis was due last Saturday morning at 2nd Baptist Church in Maywood. His office in …

Join the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Chicago Daily Observer this evening as he welcomes Gene Mullins, spokesman for Cook County Board Chairman Todd Roeser and veteran poltical analyst and Chicago Daily Observer columnist, Russ Stewart as they discuss issues critical to the future of Cook County.  AM 890 WLS 8PM this evening Sunday August 30, 2009
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If you missed Political Shootout last night, you missed a classic in political analysis and punditry. Unlike our Senators, Representatives, and Governor who have shied away from meeting with constituents in this contentious political environment, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger faced his opponents head on, appearing for a spin-free hour on conservative talk-radio giant WLS AM890 with CDOBs Chairman Tom Roeser and Jeff Berkowitz.
Todd Stroger more than adequately represented himself to the listeners and callers of the Worlds Largest Radio Station to prove that he has the political heft …

While the other publications speculate about Todd Stroger, the Chicago Daily Observer chairman Tom Roeser has him on the air tonight.  Join Tom Roeser with Chicago Daily Observer political analyst Jeff Berkowitz as they quiz Cook County Board President Todd Stroger this evening at 8PM on the Big 89, AM-890 WLS Chicago.
Why bother speculating, just talk to him yourself.  Call in’s are welcome at 1-312-591-8900

On Wednesday’s “Don Wade & Roma Morning Show” Cook County Board President Todd Stroger said he may or may not veto Tuesday’s vote to repeal a 1 percent Cook County sales tax increase imposed last year. He is said to have the votes to do it.
“Why do an exercise in fertility?” he asked Don and Roma. “If they don’t really care about what happens? If they don’t think they need the money, then say nothing and we’ll just let it happen. But somebody’s gotta do something.”
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Instead of burying my predictions at the end of this column, here’s two prognostications which are metaphysical certainties:
First, the sun will rise tomorrow morning.
Second, Todd Stroger will not be Cook county board president after December 2010, when his term expires.
Stroger, a black Democrat, personifies the “Peter Principle,” which avers that people rise to their level of incompetence, and no further. Adjectives like clueless, hopeless, abysmal and horrendous usually describe Stroger’s two-year reign of error. “He’s an embarrassment,” said county Commissioner Tony Peraica. “He doesn’t tell the truth. He hires political …