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Shining Light On County Lobbyists

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lobbyist Sunshine Initiative, David Orr, Bridget Gainer, Cook County Politics, Cook County Lobbyists, Todd Stroger, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Cook County Board, Chicago News

UPDATE: The Lobbyist Sunshine Initiative passed the finance committee unanimously on Thursday. It goes to a full vote at the Board's Oct. 6 meeting. ...

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Sunlight Proposed For County Lobbyists And Politicians

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 11.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Board, David Orr, Chicago Lobbyists, Bridget Gainer, Cook County Lobbyists, Cook County Politics, Chicago News

Cook County lobbyists would have to disclose new clients within two days of landing them under new ethics rules proposed Monday by county Clerk David ...

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Orr Warns Of Political Machines, Quid Pro Quo As Election Season Begins

Chicago Public Radio | Ammad Omar | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Elections, David Orr, Political Machines, Chicago Machine, Patronage, Chicago Elections, Election Petitions, Chicago News

Cook County Clerk David Orr says residents shouldn't be fooled into collecting signatures for candidates promising them a job down the line....

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Daniel Fore: Homeless Man Appeals His Removal From Oak Park Ballot

Associated Press | Posted 03.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Daniel Fore Oak Park, Oak Park Homeless Candidate, Daniel Fore, David Orr, Chicago News

A suburban Chicago man barred from running for elective office because he's homeless has filed an appeal of the decision to keep him off the ballot. ...

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Washington Post, Tribune, Local Democrats Call For Burris Resignation

The Huffington Post | Ben Goldberger | Posted 03.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Quigley Burris, David Orr Burris, Roland Burris Perjury, Rod Blagojevich, David Orr, Roland Burris, Burris Tribune Resign, Mike Quigley, Burris Investigation, Roland Burris Senate Ethics Inquiry, Video, Washington Post Burris, Susana Mendoza, Phil Hare, Dan Hynes, Chicago News

SCROLL DOWN FOR THE LATEST UPDATES Barely a month after being sworn in as a U.S. Senator, Roland Burris is being called on to resign by the Chicago T...

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Special Election For Emanuel's Seat Hits Snag

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Illinois Special Election, Il-5, Rahm Emanuel, David Orr, Chicago News

A planned special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama's new chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has hit a sn...

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Chicago May Consolidate Election Offices

Chicago Public Radio | Mike Rhee | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Board of Elections, Chicago Elections Offices Consolidation, Richard Daley, David Orr, Chicago Elections Offices, Chicago News

The city of Chicago could save money by transferring its election board's responsibilties to Cook County. Mayor Richard Daley says he's open to the id...

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Dreaming the Future Can Create the Future

Kenny Ausubel | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Tom Linzey, Bioneers, Renewable Energy, Globalization, Clean Energy, Ecoliteracy, Collapse, Energy Policy, Indigenous People, Ecuador, Ecology, Climate Change, David Orr, Environment, James Hansen, Green-Collar Jobs, Globalocal, Global Warming, Google, Biomimicry, Green News
Kenny Ausubel

We stand at the threshold of a singular opportunity in the human experiment: To re-imagine how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations.

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Huge Early Voting Crowds Draw Fire Marshals

Associated Press | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Early Voting, Early Voting, David Orr, Early Voting Turnout, Illinois Early Voting, Cook County Voting, Early Voting Records, Chicago News

Election officials counting ballots throughout Illinois say the state has set a new record of more than 821,000 early votes cast. Authorities say th...

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Early Voting Closes After Record Turnout

CBS 2 | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Early Voting, David Orr, Early Voting Turnout, Cook County Early Voting, Chicago Early Voting, Eary Voting Records, Chicago Voters, Chicago News

On the last day of early voting, officials are reporting that more than 400,000 people in the city and suburban Cook County have already turned out to...

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Final Day To Vote Early

CBS 2 | Joanie Lum and Mike Flannery | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Early Voting Chicago, Early Voting Illinois, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Election 2008, Early Voting, David Orr, Election Day, Chicago News

Illinois voters who don't make it to the polls for early voting on Thursday will have to wait until Election Day to cast their ballots. As CBS 2's J...

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TIF Districts Costing City Over $550M: Study

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Taxes, TIF, Chicago Budget Shortfall, Richard Daley, Chicago Budget, Chicago Property Taxes, David Orr, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Cook County Clerk David Orr's annual TIF report is due out tomorrow, and the news is all bleak. On the one hand, the city's tax increment financing d...

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Early Voting Turnout Shatters Records

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Early Voting, Early Voter Turnout, Early Voting, David Orr, Early Voting Records, Chicago Voter Turnout, Chicago Voting, Chicago Voters, Chicago News

More than 544,000 people have voted early in the Chicago area, the Tribune reports: By the time early voting is over Thursday, 697,000 people are e...

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Early Voting Records Set

STNG | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Early Voting, Cook County Board of Elections, Early Voting Records, Election 2008, Cook County Early Voting, David Orr, Early Voting, Chicago News

CHICAGO (STNG) -- Chicago and suburban Cook County broke their respective single-day Early Voting records Monday, according to the Cook County Board ...

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Some Schools Canceling Classes On Election Day

The New York Times | Karen Ann Cullotta | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Election Day Holiday, Cps, Chicago Public Schools Closings, School Closings Election Day, Election 2008, Election Day 2008, David Orr, Chicago News

School officials and parents across the nation are turning an increasingly critical eye on the time-honored tradition of voters' casting ballots in th...

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GOP Warns Of ACORN Problems In Illinois

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Acorn Voter Fraud, John McCain, Election Fraud, Brien Sheahan, Acorn, David Orr, ACORN Illinois, Barack Obama, Obama Acorn, Chicago News

It appears that the GOP believe so strongly in their false claims that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is out to com...

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Voter Registration Drive Targeting Cook County Homeless

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Registering Voters, Cook County Voters, Cook County Homeless, Voter Registration, David Orr, Homeless Voters, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Chicago News

Political parties and interest groups across the country are working overtime to register voters for November's election. That goes even for Illinois,...

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Cook County Floats Recall Trial Balloon

Posted 10.04.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County November Ballot, Illinois Recall, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Recall Referendum, David Orr, Pat Quinn Recall, Cook County Recall Vote, Illinois Governor Recall, Cook County Election, Cook County Recall Referendum, Blagojevich Recall, Cook County Recall, Chicago Recall Vote, Chicago News

Cook County residents will be able to vote on whether the governor and other statewide elected officials can be recalled, thanks to an advisory refere...

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