| Q: | Has anyone seen Joe Walsh lately? |
| A: | Haha, trick question. |
Walsh is on the right.
2nd Amendment Dinner – October 13, 2017
For the record, Talk Like a Pirate Day is on September 19.
Mike Rioux of Red Dawn Arms, a gun store in Lake Villa, said he sold 22 of the 24 firearms to the organizers for the raffle.And to be in compliance with Federal and State law, raffle winners weren't just permitted to drive away with gun prizes in hand:
Lake County GOP gun raffle draws about 100 protesters
Rioux said the people who win the raffles have to pick the weapons up at his store and must pass a background check.Your LakeCountyEye salutes the professionalism of the Lake County GOP. Readers are invited to see the photos of the 2nd Amendment Gun Raffle at the Lake County GOP website:
Lake County GOP gun raffle draws about 100 protesters
Note to Ops: Were there any members of law enforcement at the Lake County Republican 2nd Amendment Dinner & Gun Raffle?
2nd Amendment Dinner – October 13, 2017
2nd Amendment Dinner – October 13, 2017
2nd Amendment Dinner – October 13, 2017
Curran not only attended the GOP Gun Raffle last week, but he bought a $1000 table:
2nd Amendment Dinner
October 13, 2017
Twenty-four firearms were raffled off at the $75-per-person fundraising dinner, including at least two safes filled with guns.Curran is Sheriff of the third largest County in Illinois. There are now at least 24 new guns in circulation -- made possible, in part, by Sheriff Mark Curran's contribution.
Lake County GOP gun raffle draws about 100 protesters
| Q: | What did one table sponsor say to the other table sponsor at the Lake County Republican Gun Raffle & Dinner? |
| A: | Mine's bigger than yours. |
As readers of this blog are aware ...
Mortality TablesA $2,000 contribution -- like one made by Howard Cooper, the Lake County Coroner -- would have brought home this take-no-prisoners assault weapon:
Note to Ops: If it's the zombie apocalypse that keeps you up at night, you need the bigger gun.
And all for only $2000!
Lake County Republican 2nd Amendment Dinner & Gun Raffle
If you don't recognize the name, Howard Cooper is the Lake County Coroner:
Lake County Republican Central Committee A-1 List
Coroner's Office, Lake County, ILReaders are asked to make up their own joke here.
the federal government will cease crucial federal payments to health insurers that provide coverage to low-income Americans. Illinois on Friday joined more than a dozen states that have filed a lawsuit to block the payment cuts. Trump's order is the latest salvo in Republicans' effort to topple the law commonly known as ObamacareThe move did not escape the attention of Peter Roskam, Lake County's vestigial Congressman. Roskam, a personal-injury attorney, issued a carefully worded statement:
Suburban Chicago Republican congressmen back Trump health care move as Democrats go on attack
"The Administration's actions today reinforces our system of government as laid out in the Constitution that gives Congress the ultimate authority to determine how these funds are used," Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton said in a statement.Translation:
Suburban Chicago Republican congressmen back Trump health care move as Democrats go on attack
It's All LegalIn related news, the Lake County 911 Emergency Dispatch Task Force says a consolidation of 911 centers would realize nearly $3 million in cost reductions. A Task Force report proposes a two-step process where ...
The first phase would result in about $400,000 in annual savings and the second phase would result in savings of about $2.3 million, according to the report.One 911 dispatcher told your LakeCountyEye: "When all those uninsured people start calling 911, we're going to need that $3 million!"
'Turf wars' challenge effort to consolidate Lake County's 911 dispatch services
Count-i-Con 2017Informed sources have informed your LakeCountyEye that no firearms will be raffled off at the event.
October 20-22, 2017
Friday: 6pm-10pm
Saturday: Noon-7pm
Sunday: Noon-5pm
Lake County Fairgrounds
1060 East Peterson Road
Grayslake, IL 60030
Your LakeCountyEye will keep you apprised when further developments warrant.
Weapon/prop policy
for Count-i-Con 2017
Enjoy!
An AR-15 with a loaded 30 round magazine was seized in a warrant search Friday in Round Lake Beach that also uncovered a large cache of marijuana, authorities say. (Round Lake Park Police)
Drug cartel linked to 600-pound marijuana bust in Round Lake Park, police say
Suit UpLast Friday, the Lake County Republican Party held a gun raffle. As a result, County statisticians now track at least twenty-four more firearms:
Twenty-four firearms were raffled off at the $75-per-person fundraising dinner, including at least two safes filled with guns.In related news, the Lake County 911 Emergency Dispatch Task Force estimates that a consolidation of 911 centers would realize nearly $3 million in cost reductions. A Task Force report proposes a two-step process where ...
Lake County GOP gun raffle draws about 100 protesters
The first phase would result in about $400,000 in annual savings and the second phase would result in savings of about $2.3 million, according to the report.One 911 dispatcher told your LakeCountyEye: "With all those new guns on the street, we're going to need that $3 million!"
'Turf wars' challenge effort to consolidate Lake County's 911 dispatch services
Bruce Cumings, Swift Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, will discuss the current conditions in North Korea and the historical factors that led up to them.
Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy
McHenry County Chairman Jack Franks won't run for attorney generalNo surprise, your LakeCountyEye predicted the same all the way back on September 21, three weeks ago.
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks says he won't run for Illinois attorney general
It is not known if the news has made it to McHenry County yet.
Same Name Different Race
Please Pass the Guns and ButterThe Lake County Republicans are hosting a 2nd Amendment Dinner and Gun Raffle fundraiser in Kildeer on Friday. The controversial event has resulted in a media firestorm and at least one high-profile no-show:
Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor, a Republican, said Thursday evening he would not attend, sponsor or contribute toward the 2nd Amendment Dinner.Will anyone from the Lake County GOP be in attendance? Your LakeCountyEye notes at least one willing participant:
Protest organized ahead of GOP gun raffle in Kildeer
Larry Falbe, president of the Lake County Republican Federation, an independent group that raises money for Republicans including the local party organization, supported moving forward with the fundraiser. "I would think that canceling the event would suggest there's something wrong or something to be ashamed of for having this kind of dinner that is supporting people who believe very strongly in the 2nd Amendment," said Falbe, whose group bought a sponsorship.This is the same Larry Falbe who created Lake County's #1 political blog ...
Suburban Chicago Republicans moving ahead with gun giveaway fundraiser 2 weeks after Las Vegas massacre
TeamAmerica10thSharpeyed operatives will observe there is a $75 ticket price to get in the 2nd Amendment Dinner and Gun Raffle. Which may be beyond the means of anyone who draws a blogger's salary. Particularly a blog that hasn't published anything since 2013.
Lake County Republicans are moving ahead with a fundraiser where at least a dozen firearms will be given out to donors Friday night, less than two weeks after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in Las Vegas. The "Lake County Republican 2nd Amendment Dinner & Gun Raffle" in northwest suburban Kildeer features an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle for those who pay $2,000 to sponsor the event, raffles for a 12-gauge shotgun and a 9 mm handgun, and other gun-related packages.The Lake County Republican Party bought a domain to publicize the event:
Suburban Chicago Republicans moving ahead with gun giveaway fundraiser 2 weeks after Las Vegas massacre
www.lcrgundinner.comIf you're bad at remembering web URLs, here is a helpful mnemonic that is easy to learn:
Lake County Republican GUN DINNER Dot ComThe GOP website provides a nice color catalog of the guns that will be available:
One military analyst observed: "That's enough firepower to launch a ground assault on Pyongyang!"
House Arrest?the Lake County Sheriff has been buying residential homes throughout Lake County. News of these purchases was first broken by the Lake County Gazette ...
Sheriff LK Cty and Kaplan acquires 188 Woodstone Drive, Buffalo GroveEven so, Sharpeyed operatives will point out that the Lake County Gazette is not only Lake County's #1 fake news source, but that both stories are erroneous. These were not purchases made by the Lake County Sheriff, but in fact were tax sales. This can be verified by the very sources cited in the same Lake County Gazette stories:
Sheriff LK Cty and Ross acquires 3832 Harwick Lane, Park City
BlockShopper: 188 Woodstone Drive Buffalo GroveNote to Ops at the Lake County Gazette: Your web-bot is scraping up inaccurate reader content. Please notify your minimum-wage botmaster that a home purchaser and a home seller are totally different. At least within the State of Illinois.
BlockShopper: 3832 Harwick Lane Park City
Sharpeyed operatives will observe a pattern of acquisitions being made by one buyer ...Lake County Gazette: Real Estate
Sheriff LK CtyWhile the Lake County Gazette no doubt has scored a big financial scoop, the identity of this buyer remains a mystery:
The salaries of employees at some 35 Lake County villages are disclosed. For instance, do you know who is the highest-paid employee in the Lake County Village of Warren?Highest Paid Municipal Employees in Lake County
Who are the Village of Warren's highest-paid employees?If you do not know the answer, that may be because there is no Village of Warren in Lake County. Wikipedia does say there is one in Jo Davies County:
Warren, IllinoisNote to Ops at the Lake County Gazette: Cable Russia immediately and tell your minimum-wage content providers there that the Village of Warren and Warren Township are totally different. At least within the State of Illinois.
Warren is a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,428 at the 2010 census, down from 1,496 at the 2000 census.
Warren, Illinois
"Siri, tell Mr Bezos to build his new Amazon headquarters in Waukegan."Haha, everyone is in a bidding war to get the new amazon.com world headquarters. And by everyone, your LakeCountyEye means the City of Waukegan:
Waukegan has joined the legions of communities vying to be the home for online retail giant Amazon's proposed second headquarters, hoping that its proximity to Chicago and the interstate system will give it an edge. The city's planning and zoning department is in the process of reviewing potential sites, which will then be submitted to Lake County PartnersNaysayers will say that they are more likely to see a $5 minimum casino built in Waukegan than a $5 billion dot.com corporate megaplex. But the smart money says Waukegan not only has an edge, it has the inside track.
Waukegan, Lake County Partners plan bid for Amazon's second headquarters
Amazon Route 53Those who click the link will as surprised as your LakeCountyEye to learn that amazon.com has purchased the naming rights to the Route 53 Extension:
Note to Ops: If you haven't invested in any northeast Lake County bottomland yet, what are you waiting for?Amazon Route 53
Sources tell your LakeCountyEye that the video is a followup to a successful GOTV campaign by the previous Lake County Clerk. That one was called Vote Like a Goldfish:
Lake County honored for 'Vote Like a Couch Potato' campaign
In related news, a Fish & Chips dinner announced that he will be a candidate for Illinois Attorney General:
Note to Ops: Petition period began only a week ago and already the slates are filling up!
In related news, Lake County favorite son Scott Drury says he is running for Illinois Attorney General:
Yes We Have a 2nd Banana
Drury says he’s in the AG raceDrury, it is widely believed, is a former federal prosecutor. You can now add to that: Former Gubernatorial Candidate.
Your LakeCountyEye: Uncannily predicting the future since 2008!
Yes We Have a 2nd Banana
Lyric Hughes Hale, editor in chief of EconVue, a website which publishes independent economic news and analysis, will speak on:
Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy
The United States and the World Economy:
Why Things are Really Different this Time
Q the Eye/06.09.17Anyone twenty-five years old (and/or worth a billion dollars) is qualified to be Governor in Illinois. But election law stipulates that anyone who wants to appear on the Illinois ballot must also meet an inflexible requirement: Find a Lieutenant Governor candidate to be your running-mate.
Drury's apparent running mate ran his last campaignTo be sure, nothing says the wheels have flopped off the campaign wagon than when you have to ask an old campaign manager to be your running-mate. Well, short of asking a pro-Palestinian socialist -- but who's counting?
| Q: | How many candidates in the Sixth Congressional District does it take to screw in a lightbulb? |
| A: | Who's counting? |
The already packed field of Democrats seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam in the 6th Congressional District got a little more crowded Thursday when Sean Casten, a scientist and clean energy entrepreneur from Downers Grove, announced he's joining the race for the Democratic nomination.While the Pioneer Press recognizes nine:
Seventh Democrat announces plans to challenge Roskam
Downers Grove resident and scientist, Sean Casten announced Thursday plans to run in the 2018 Democratic primary for U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's 6th District seat. So far, nine Democrats are planning to seek the nod to appear on the ballotAt the rate things are going, there will be more Democratic candidates for the Sixth Congressional District than there are voters. Statistics like those hardly bode well for incumbent Republican Congressman Peter Roskam.
Downers Grove scientist is ninth Democrat to announce run for Roskam's seat
Informed sources tell your LakeCountyEye that Sheri Jesiel is not a member of the US Congress. For the record, Jesiel (R-Ill) is the Illinois State Representative in the 61st District.
A move to raise the minimum age to purchase cigarettes to 21 in unincorporated Lake County has cleared two hurdles. Two different Lake County Board committees — financial and administrative, and health and community services — unanimously recommended adoption of the proposed ordinance, which means it will next be sent to the full board for a final yes or no.The move may be too little too late:
Lake County committees back raising minimum age for purchasing cigarettes to 21
Smoke from forest fires in Canada created quite a stir Thursday when it settled across northern Illinois. Whether the smoky haze lingers Friday in McHenry County depends on the extent of the fires and how long they persistTransportation authorities have issued a travel advisory: Expect heavy traffic from Cook County into Lake County, where beverage drinkers can obtain tax free soda. And into McHenry County where they are going to smoke.
Wildfires in Canada bring haziness throughout McHenry County
Roskam pays $200 a month to Barrington for his small satellite office that's considered market value, according to his village lease that runs to Jan. 2, 2019.Informed sources say $200/mo is quite reasonable, even for antebellum Barrington. (Your LakeCountyEye discovered the hard way that Barrington is not an inexpensive town. A night out there can set you back $200 -- in soda tax alone!) Zillow says in Barrington $200 covers the rent for maybe a mail-drop and nothing more. And anyone who has ever lived out of a mail-drop knows that both parking and the washroom are down the street.
Roskam protest in Barrington centered on Medicaid, Medicare
And as readers of this blog are aware, no story is a good Bruce Rauner story without a borrowed dinner jacket. In this case, your LakeCountyEye stole an image from the Ty‑D‑Bol Man:
Flight from Liquidity
Simply mashup these old LakeCountyEye stories, and presto‑change‑o, you have this Creepy Tribune Cartoonist™ cartoon:
Missed the Boat
Note to Ops: When you steal from your LakeCountyEye you know you steal from the best!
Captain Rauner of the Titanic
would have required a 2018 referendum in which voters would decide whether to make the chairman a publicly elected post or leave it for other county board members to decide.Predictably, the Daily Herald was none too pleased. Haha, j/k -- they were pleased as punch. In a followup editorial, the Herald said the Bill ...
Rauner vetoes bill allowing public to elect Lake County chairman
To be sure, requiring Lake County voters to elect their County Board Chair is one thing. And requiring a referendum to ask those same voters to decide the matter, is another thing entirely.would require voters to elect the Lake County Board chairman rather than let the 21 board members themselves determine who will lead them. Wisely, Gov. Bruce Rauner recognized the legislation for the presumptuous overreach that it is and vetoed it last week. Lawmakers could consider whether to override him, but there don't seem to be enough votes in the House for such an effort to succeed. Good.
Editorial: Rauner veto reinforces local control in Lake County
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OPIOIDS... good guess! But the correct answer is:
SODA POPHaha, were it not a multi-billion dollar industry, your carbonated beverage would be classified as a Schedule I Controlled Substance. But as things stand, millions of soda pop addicts are held hostage daily to the carbonated beverage cartels -- and woe unto anyone who deems it wise to impede the flow of sugary (and artificially sweetened) beverages:
It's been just over a week but Cook County's new tax on sweetened beverages is on the fast track toward becoming one of the more vilified public policies in recent memory.What do the candidates have to say about the universally reviled soda tax? Ammie Kessem is a candidate for State Rep in District 19, on Chicago's Northwest side:
It's been 9 days. It's time to repeal Cook County's soda pop tax
Ammie Kessem for State RepAnd as far as your LakeCountyEye can tell, Kessem has nothing whatsoever to say about the soda tax in Cook County:
Ammie Kessem for State Rep: IssuesNote to Ammie Kessem Ops: Your candidate is missing a bet.
The movement to grow backyard chickens has caused controversy in many suburbs, so it should be no surprise that a proposal to house thousands of them just outside North Barrington's village limits is drawing resistance from the birds' prospective neighbors. If approved, a plan calls for the cluckers to be used for egg production on a large-scale poultry farm at the southwest corner of Scott Road and Route 59.Basic market forces dictate that whenever your supply of chickens go up, your catering costs necessarily go down. It doesn't necessarily mean it will cost your pocketbook less to attend that next rubber chicken dinner. But analysts do agree you can look forward to a lot more rubber chicken dinners.
Thousands of chickens on suburban farm? Plan has neighbors upset
"a plan calls for the cluckers to be used"After looking up clucker in the dictionary your LakeCountyEye has some ideas. No fewer than ten:
Look for your LakeCountyEye winning the Pullets-er Prize near you.
10 Words that Rhyme with Clucker
- Pucker
- Sucker
- Chukkar
- Muckraker
- Smucker's
- Scupper
- Bugger
- Fluffernutter
- Clunker
- Clusterbump
Rep. Randy Hultgren: Campaign Finance/Money - Industries - Representative Career | OpenSecretsPerhaps not coincidentally, Hultgren, Lake County's boreal Congressman, voted recently to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act:
A bill that repeals it has made its way through one level of Congress. The Financial Choice Act, passed by the House of Representatives last week, repeals many of the financial rules and regulations in what's called the Dodd-Frank Act that was passed in 2010.The new Republican Bill would ...
Illinois Reps weigh in on House vote to repeal Dodd-Frank regulations
tie the hands of bank regulators and make it easier for banks to again take risks that endanger our economy. The bill would repeal the Volcker Rule, which prohibits banks from gambling with customer money;Perhaps not coincidentally, Randy Hultgren was seen this week at the Waukegan Casino:
What is the Financial CHOICE Act (HR 10)?
Note to Ops: Your odds are better at the craps table.
Keep calm and Carey on. This is merely another hilarious LakeCountyEye Double Vision™!
The Lump Sum Grant is intended to help the County strike fraudulent voters from the rolls. To be sure, at 130K it would seem that Lake County has more ghost voters that it has graves. But one veteran observer says don't be fooled by the numbers, look at the figures instead: "I don't think there are 130,000 ghost voters registered in Lake County. That works out to only one dollar per vote!"
State cuts 2017 funds for voter registration integrity
Local election authorities will lose more than $4.4 million in grant funds this year that pay for, among other things, purging ineligible names from voter registration rolls.Princess Nudelman did not return your LakeCountyEye's calls.
State cuts 2017 funds for voter registration integrity
In fall 2015, what turned out to be the largest road-improvement project in Lake County history provided a Canadian National Railway overpass at Rollins Road, along with additional lanes and a modified intersections at Rollins and Route 83, which eased flow to an estimated 41,500 vehicles per day.Haha, to build the overpass for the Canadian National Railway, Lake County had to seize property. The owner sued:
Lake County, IDOT hit with $7.1 million judgment in Rollins Gateway lawsuit
Lake County and the Illinois Department of Transportation must pay $7.1 million to the owner of a Round Lake Beach shopping center as compensation for land taken and other damages as part of the Rollins Road Gateway Project.A knowledgeable insider explained how the Lake County Treasury operates: "One $7 million wrongful eviction lawsuit here, one $7 million wrongful eviction lawsuit there, and pretty soon you're talking real money."
Lake County, IDOT ordered to pay $7.1 million to Round Lake Beach business owner
