Dick Ogilvie https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:09:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Dick Ogilvie https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Squabbling, Jockeying for Topinka’s Job https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2015/01/squabbling-jockeying-for-topinkas-job/ Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:30:26 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=3029 capitol

Written by Russ Stewart

Death can be extraordinarily beneficial to an ambitious politician. Death creates openings, and openings are opportunities.

The death of Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka creates a tantalizing opening. The question in political circles is, who gets her job, a caretaker or a keeper?

Having been re-elected to her second term on Nov. 4, Topinka’s death on Dec. 10 creates two thorny legal issues — who appoints her successor, and for what duration?… Continue Reading

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