A coalition of Edgewater citizen groups sponsored a forum on the Illinois Constitutional Convention vote. “Yes for Illinois” and Illinois Citizens Coalition was there to advocate strongly for a “Yes” vote.
Should Illinois hold ‘Con-Con’ in 2010?
Others saw holding a convention as being less dangerous than doing nothing.
Raila, co-author of “Taxation without Explanation: The Illinois [...]

It looks like Obama’s rhetoric is getting more empty by the day, as his high-powered strategists take $2-3 million from entrenched interests to fight against Illinois citizens’ chance to fix their state.

If not now, when?
I’m talking about one of the state’s best-kept secrets. On Nov. 4, we’ll decide in a referendum whether to hold a state Constitutional Convention. The Con Con, as it’s informally known, is on the ballot every 20 years, thanks to the foresight of the people who drafted our state constitution in [...]

One of the chief arguments against a constitutional convention is that “they” will take
away the pensions.  In fact, there are some proponents (chiefly business groups) that
advocate scrapping the pension system because it is a large part of the state’s debt.  To be
fair, in about 10 years, the state’s pension obligations threaten the solvency of the [...]

The video below is my recent (Saturday, April 19th, 2008) debate with Dan Proft. I am arguing for a convention vote, and Dan is arguing against. Dan is about as good as an opponent as we will get, given the strength of our case.
I apologize for the poor quality of the video and the fact [...]

This video is our latest appearance on Frank Avila’s CAN-TV show. It will air in Chicago and and a few other suburbs.