House Speaker Mike Madigan last week cancelled another General Assembly meeting for the third straight week, which didn't surprise Mike Strick, business owner and Republican candidate for House District 84.
People are leaving and that is trouble for Illinois, according to Mike Strick, business owner and candidate for House District 84.
Mike Strick is logging in the hours to speak to voters of his district, and he has been hitting the campaign hard and listening to their concerns. And they are disappointed with what is happening in Springfield.
Mike Strick, running for a 2016 seat in Illinois’ House of Representative for District 84, recently objected to significant increases in Cook County property taxes for the average residential or business property owner.
Mike Strick, Republican candidate for District 84 in the Illinois House of Representatives, said his NoMoreMadigan pledge has been garnering positive responses among voters and candidates these past few weeks.
Mike Strick, Republican candidate for House District 84 – Aurora, upped his game recently, speaking candidly about House Speaker Michael Madigan and referring to him as “the Emperor of Illinois” who was freely handed his power.
Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger set off a tornado of debate earlier this week when she proposed a “No Budget No Pay" bill targeted at lawmakers in Springfield.
Mike Strick, Republican candidate running for State Representative for District 84, said he is flabbergasted that the Illinois Supreme Court voted 4-3 to uphold Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen’s ruling that the Independent Maps amendment was unconstitutional.
As the school year starts for many students, they may be surprised to discover that their studies could be missing Common Core curriculums.
Moody’s Investors Service reported late last month that the backlog of bills in Illinois due to the stopgap budget may reach $14 billion by the end of the fiscal year.
Negotiations between the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and Illinois’ Gov. Bruce Rauner and his administration have resulted in a standstill in which neither side has agreed on a resolution, a situation that worries Mike Strick.
The Chicago Teachers Union, believing it has little recourse available, has set Oct. 11 as the date it will go on strike if progress is not made on contract negotiations.
Nearly half of Illinois residents want to leave the state, a poll of 1,000 registered voters recently taken by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University indicated.
James O’Keefe and his Project Veritas group set off a firestorm last week when they posted a video allegedly detailing some provocative tactics used by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign. The video accuses the DNC and its affiliates of using bird-dogging, intimidation, and scare tactics during Trump rallies and Republican meetings.
Mike Strick, Republican candidate for the District 84 state House seat, is excited about the election, which has been a long journey for him.