* I knew there were a lot of social networking websites. I didn’t think there were this many, however. I don’t have to join them all, do I?
* I really hope they don’t fence off The Bean because of some moron. People love that thing.
* I’ve heard of yesterday’s papers, yesterday’s wine and yesterday’s news, but I’ve never heard of yesterday’s tomatoes. Thanks, Gov. Quinn, for enlightening me.
* Emphasis is in the original, which ironically highlights a very weird attitude over at a taxpayer funded institute…
The Illinois Report 2009 examines the performance of the State of Illinois on a set of crucial issues. This examination relies on evidence of the state’s performance and comparison of that performance to what is happening in neighboring or peer states. We believe the information contained in The Illinois Report 2009 is important to ongoing public policy discussions in Illinois.
The publication of this report annually emphasizes IGPA’s belief that solutions to the problems facing Illinois can be found with cooperation and collaboration among all relevant stakeholders. IGPA encourages these collaborative deliberations and is eager to help them succeed. […]
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Hilarious. I gotta obtain permission before downloading a single copy and swear on whatever is holy that I won’t pass it around? This is supposed to enhance “ongoing public policy discussions in Illinois”? And how can people collaborate if we can’t share the thing?
I think I’ll pass.
…Adding… Let’s turn on the not so wayback machine for the leader of the IGPA…
Robert Rich, director of the University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs, said he doubts Blagojevich would resign, partly because it might make him look guilty.
Rich also doubts the Legislature would remove Blagojevich from office. House Speaker Michael Madigan and incoming Senate President John Cullerton wouldn’t want to be seen as interfering with the federal court process, he argued.
He predicts Blagojevich will stay in office and have a seat at the table in Springfield but that Madigan and Cullerton will gain new influence over the shape of the budget and other top issues.
Prescient, no?
* I’d say something about this, but it’s probably been said before…
Members of a committee formed in response to plagiarism accusations levied against a former university administrator received word this week that they need to reconvene and examine documents they may have plagiarized.
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the 10-member committee of Southern Illinois University academics and administrators commissioned to develop a plagiarism policy may have borrowed from Indiana University’s definition—without citing IU.