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Who will judge the judges?
This Friday, Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Esteban Sanchez will hold a hearing to consider the cynical arguments proffered by three colleagues from a neighboring county hoping to justify their attempt to circumvent state law and evade election standards established for retention. -
Judges seek to make things easy on themselves while undermining spirit of law, Dallas Cook argues; Hearing set Feb. 19
SPRINGFIELD - Arguments over whether St. Clair County judges John Baricevic, Robert LeChien and Robert Haida can remain as candidates in next month's primary election will be heard in Sangamon Circuit Court on Feb. 19. -
State rep calls for investigation into Mautino's campaign finances
Following reports of questionable campaign expenditures of newly appointed Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, one state representative is calling for an investigation. State Rep. Dwight Kay (R-Glen Carbon) said "there is no question" that campaign finances of the former state representative need to be examined. -
Meier sponsors legislation to ensure retention is only option for judges seeking to stay on bench
State Rep. Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) filed legislation today to establish that retention is the only option for sitting judges who want successive terms. The proposal comes in response to decisions made by Twentieth Judicial Circuit Judges John Baricevic, Robert LeChien and Robert Haida to run for election rather than retention. -
Public deserves full hearing in neutral courts
Ah, the good old days! When a mediocre lawyer or some political hack could get elected judge and stay on the bench for the rest of his life. -
Newly appointed Illinois Auditor General leaves behind questionable campaign disclosure reports
SPRINGFIELD – As former state representative Frank Mautino advances to Illinois Auditor General, he leaves behind campaign disclosure reports likely to raise questions for any auditor. -
Analysis: Metro East taxpayers fund Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling on Illinois’ downstate and suburban taxpayers to bail out its financially beleaguered public school district. Yet an analysis of Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) data shows Metro East property taxpayers are already subsidizing a Chicago school system that spends considerably more than their own. -
Democrats at Elections Board adopt position that every Illinois judge can choose between retention and election
CHICAGO – Democrats on the Illinois State Board of Elections preserved spots on the March 15 Democrat primary ballot for St. Clair County judges who plan to run for election rather than stand for retention. -
Elections board deadlocked in judicial ballot challenge; Judicial review may be sought in Cook or Sangamon County
CHICAGO - A tie vote following a hearing today at the Illinois State Board of Elections means no action will be taken by the board on a St. Clair County judicial ballot challenge. -
Three judges want to bend state law rather than face voter retention
Could Barack Obama, for instance, complete his second term and then run for the presidency again, as if for the first time, under a new persona? -
Hearing officer recommends objections to judges' candidacies be overruled
Hearing officer David Herman is recommending that the State Board of Elections overrule objections to the candidacies of St. Clair County circuit judges John Baricevic, Robert LeChien and Robert Haida. -
Only one in seven local judicial candidates raised funds in fourth quarter
Only one of seven circuit court candidates in Madison and St. Clair counties raised funds in the fourth quarter of 2015. Madison County Circuit Court Judge William Mudge received $35,150 in individual campaign contributions, half of which were not itemized. In the itemized contributions, Mudge's campaign committee received $17,425 through 62 donations, none of which exceeded $500. -
State Board of Elections set to hear objections to St. Clair County judges' candidacies Jan. 20
The Illinois State Board of Elections will meet next week to hear challenges to the candidacies of three sitting circuit judges who have chosen unusual paths toward keeping their positions. Twentieth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge John Baricevic and Circuit Judges Robert LeChien and Robert Haida submitted letters of resignation to Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Rita Garman both on Aug. 3 and Aug. 14, 2015, writing that they intended to seek election to their seats rather than to seek retenti -
Lawyers in Hale v. State Farm reduce status of key investigator; Sides attack each others' experts
Investigator Doug Wojcieszak, whose reports form the basis of corruption claims against Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier, might not take the stand at trial on that subject. Lawyers who paid him for evidence that State Farm secretly financed Karmeier’s campaign in 2004 have abruptly reduced his status to potential witness. -
Fund-raising reports for Democratic Fifth District contenders show a favorite among some Metro-East attorneys
Fund-raising efforts for two Democratic contenders seeking seats at the Fifth District Appellate Court tell different stories. According to financial disclosure statements filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections, Metro-East personal injury firms or attorneys contributed approximately one-fourth of the total $30,200 in itemized individual contributions received by the campaign committee of Jo Beth Weber of Mount Vernon. -
Subpoenas sought in challenge to St. Clair County judges' nominations; Dallas Cook seeks emails discussing 'motives and methods'
Subpoenas have been requested of St. Clair County Circuit Judges John Baricevic, Robert LeChien and Robert Haida in a case before the State Board of Elections challenging their nominations as Democratic candidates for seats they vacated. Dallas Cook, Belleville's city clerk, seeks to have the judges' names removed from the March primary ballot, arguing their candidacies are not valid because they are required by statute to run for retention, not re-election as they seek to do. -
St. Clair County judges hire election law specialist to defend nomination objections; Kasper has represented Obama, Clinton and Emanuel
A Chicago election law attorney who has represented President Obama and former President Clinton in election litigation will be helping three St. Clair County judges whose nomination papers face challenge at the Illinois State Board of Elections. -
New St. Clair County GOP leader welcomes 'political refugees'; Objecting to judges' candidacies one of several battle fronts
"Define objectives and organize for victory" is a strategy that retired Army intelligence officer Doug Jameson is applying in his new role as chairman of the St. Clair County Republican Party. And rebuilding the party's foundation by filling vacant precinct committee positions has been a top priority. -
Objections to Baricevic, LeChien and Haida candidacies raised; Judges should have to run for retention, not re-election, petitions say
Election paperwork of three sitting circuit judges running for election in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit is being challenged with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Dallas Cook, Belleville city clerk and a Republican candidate for St. Clair County circuit clerk, objected to the nomination papers of Circuit Judges John Baricevic, Robert Haida and Robert LeChien, who are running on the Democratic ticket. -
Andy Economy resigns from Board of Commissioners amid scandal
Hours before the Nov. 18 meeting in which the Madison County Board was to vote on Andy Economy’s removal as president of the Board of Commissioners of the Metro East Sanitary District, Economy resigned.