Bird’s-Eye View

Welcome to “Evening Coffee,” which unfortunately has not come out with an instant brew version.
 
But our friends at Starbucks have (you may have heard), and in Chicago they gave away free samples of their VIA instant brew. The on-the-street reviews … not entirely overwhelming, according to the Chicago Sun-Times:
While no one spat it out, reviews […]

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Just a thought or two about the election of Rep. Bill DeWeese as the House Majority party’s Whip.
Taking the Whip position means DeWeese will intimately be involved in negotiations and rallying Democrats on legislative votes, and if you think the new Majority Leader Todd Eachus won’t be listening to DeWeese’s counsel, think again. DeWeese for […]

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Just received word current Minority Republican Leader Sam Smith beat back a challenge by colleague and former House Speaker John Perzel to retain his leadership post. I’m not surprised especially given the allegations that Perzel may have hired an outside consultant to do opposition research against members of his own caucus; Perzel has denied this. Smith […]

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