Forrest Claypool

Ted Matlak, Deposed North Side Alderman, Running For Cook County Board

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago


The race to succeed Democratic Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool, a self-styled reformer from the city's North Side, could be the highest-prof...

Who Should Claypool Voters Choose? Probably Preckwinkle

Paras Bhayani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago


Paras Bhayani

The voters who would have backed Claypool, many of whom live on the North Side and in suburban Cook County, might well be the swing votes in this election.

Emanuel Wanted Claypool As Congressional Placeholder: Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago


It has long been claimed that Rahm Emanuel wanted to find someone to keep his congressional seat warm while he served as President Obama's chief of st...

John Fritchey Plans Run For Claypool's Cook County Board Seat

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago


State Rep. John Fritchey announced Tuesday he intends to give up his seat in the state legislature to run to replace retiring Commissioner Forrest Cla...

Cook County Board Passes Partial Sales Tax Rollback, Can They Override Stroger Veto?

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 08.21.2009 | Chicago


A deal to partially roll back Cook County's highest-in-the-nation sales tax overwhelmingly passed Tuesday, the third time the County Board has voted t...

Dorothy Brown Enters Race For Cook County Board President

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago


The race for the Cook County Board Presidency just got a little more crowded. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown announced Friday that she...

Forrest Claypool Not Running For County Board President

Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago


In a major political surprise, Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool has decided not to run for County Board president in next year's election....

Claypool: Stroger And Blagojevich 'Very Similar'

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 06.07.2009 | Chicago


One of Stroger's likely challengers is Commissioner Forrest Claypool, who's taking his criticism of Stroger up a notch....

Oh, My Todd [Stroger]: 'An Exercise in Fertility'

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.06.2009 | Chicago


Carol Felsenthal

On the radio, Stroger sounded like a kid in third grade who hadn't quite mastered phonics.

Claypool Endorses Quigley In Emanuel Replacement Race

Politico | Josh Kraushaar | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago


Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, running to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Congress, received a key endorsement from one of the leading reform-minded f...

Ald. Toni Preckwinkle To Run For Cook County Board President

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 02.13.2009 | Chicago


While the media pack has been overwhelmed covering Messrs. Blagojevich, Burris and Obama, a big local political story has been quietly developing in r...

Forrest Claypool Floated For Obama Senate Vacancy

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago


A thoughtful veteran of Illinois politics offers an interesting name for Illinois Senate, one that I hadn't heard before: Forrest Claypool. Claypool ...

Stroger, Claypool Take Feud To Mancow Radio Show

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark J. Konkol | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago


Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool was all over WLS-AM (890) -- first on "Don and Roma" and later on "The Erich 'Mancow' Muller Show" -- critic...

Stroger Slammed For County Borrowing Plan

Chicago Sun-Times | Rummana Hussain | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago


Just minutes after Cook County Board President Todd Stroger boasted his $2.94 billion proposed budget for 2009 was free of additional taxes, several c...

Claypool Won't Seek Rahm Emanuel's Congressional Seat

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark J. Konkol | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago


Mr. Claypool is not going to Washington. Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool told the Sun-Times today he has decided not to run for Congress to...

Battle For Rahm Emanuel's Congressional Seat Underway

The Hill | Aaron Blake | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago


It didn't take long for Chicago Democrats to start jumping at the impending open seat in Rep. Rahm Emanuel's (D-Ill.) district. State Rep.-elect Debo...

County Commissioners Want Fund For Low-Income Homeowners

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark J. Konkol | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago


A band of Cook County Commissioners plan to introduce a proposal to create a so-called "circuit-breaker" fund that would give relief to low-income hom...

Obama Success Rooted In Late Senator Paul Simon

Chicago Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 11.29.2008 | Chicago


t was Rahm Emanuel's suggestion, actually. "Why," asked the Chicago congressman, "don't you look at this presidential election through a different len...

Cook County Sales Down 12 Percent In First Month Of New Sales Tax

Daily Herald | Rob Olmstead | Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago


Cook County sales dropped 11.94% in one month after the county instituted its new tax, new data released Tuesday shows, but just how much of that drop...

What Tax Hike? County Borrowing $740 Million To Pay Bills

Chicago Sun-Times | Mark J. Konkol | Posted 10.19.2008 | Chicago


It took some backroom negotiations for Cook County President Todd Stroger to score enough votes to give his cousin, chief financial officer Donna Dunn...