Tag: Edgar

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Can the #ILGOP old guys be trusted?

by:  Diane Benjamin Both Jim Edgar and Jim Thompson openly support Kirk Dillard for governor. According to http://www.openthebooks.com/ MONTHLY pension received: Jim Edgar:  $11,574.84 received since 2001 11, 575 X 12 mths = $138,900 per year x 12 yrs (so far) = $1,666,800 of which he contributed a total of $164,657 Jim Thompson: $11,246.86 received since […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

The #IL GOP usurped the Constitution: Edgar, Dillard

In 2008 Republicans joined Democrats to void the electoral college in Illinois.  Kirk Dillard was front and center in the destruction.  Jim Edgar thinks he knows what the Founding Fathers meant, so he supported re-writing the Constitution. Illinois electoral college votes will now go to whatever candidate wins the popular nationwide vote.  A Republican could […]