Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
... be barred from making more contributions during the contract and possibly for a year afterward, Jay Stewart, executive director of the Better Government Association, based in Chicago, told the Rapid City Journal. Also, information on contracts and contractors should be easily available and searchable online for the public and other firms that might want to compete for state business, Stewart...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 19/12/2008
... and broadband deployment.Quinn, a Democrat, has never been one of the state's powerbrokers, says Jay Stewart, executive director of Illinois' Better Government Association, a watchdog group, and a former general counsel to Quinn. "A lot of the deep pockets, the entrenched interests, are on the wrong end of Pat's policy prescriptions," Stewart says, and Quinn isn't "out there raising...
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
... Pat Quinn an improvement over Rod Blagojevich? Of course he is. That's an understatement," said Jay Stewart, executive director of Illinois' Better Government Association. "But we're not talking about succeeding a superstar governor. We're talking about succeeding Rod Blagojevich. "Anyone who can demonstrate any leadership and govern in a competent fashion is a massive upgrade over what...
hopelessly partisan (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
... politics. ?We have a sick political culture, and that's the environment Barack Obama came from,? Jay Stewart, executive director of the Chicago Better Government Association, told ABC News months ago. Though Mr. Obama did support ethics reforms as a state senator, Mr. Stewart noted that he?s ?been noticeably silent on the issue of corruption here in his home state including, at this...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... Pat Quinn an improvement over Rod Blagojevich? Of course he is. That's an understatement," said Jay Stewart, executive director of Illinois' Better Government Association. "But we're not talking about succeeding a superstar governor. We're talking about succeeding Rod Blagojevich."Anyone who can demonstrate any leadership and govern in a competent fashion is a massive upgrade over what we...
Time (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... investigations into some of his activities. "It's as if it didn't register [to Blagojevich]," says Jay Stewart, executive director of the Illinois Better Government Association, in Chicago. "Even by our crass, low standards in Illinois, it's stunning." Most polls had the governor's approval rating in the low two-digits, from 16% to the mid-20s; but one recent survey had Blago (as the Illinois...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... Pat Quinn an improvement over Rod Blagojevich? Of course he is. That's an understatement," said Jay Stewart, executive director of Illinois' Better Government Association. "But we're not talking about succeeding a superstar governor. We're talking about succeeding Rod Blagojevich."Anyone who can demonstrate any leadership and govern in a competent fashion is a massive upgrade over what we...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... Pat Quinn an improvement over Rod Blagojevich? Of course he is. That's an understatement," said Jay Stewart, executive director of Illinois' Better Government Association. "But we're not talking about succeeding a superstar governor. We're talking about succeeding Rod Blagojevich."Anyone who can demonstrate any leadership and govern in a competent fashion is a massive upgrade over what we...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... Pat Quinn an improvement over Rod Blagojevich? Of course he is. That's an understatement," said Jay Stewart, executive director of Illinois' Better Government Association. "But we're not talking about succeeding a superstar governor. We're talking about succeeding Rod Blagojevich.
"Anyone who can demonstrate any leadership and govern in a competent fashion is a massive upgrade over...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... Pat Quinn an improvement over Rod Blagojevich? Of course he is. That's an understatement," said Jay Stewart, executive director of Illinois' Better Government Association. "But we're not talking about succeeding a superstar governor. We're talking about succeeding Rod Blagojevich."Anyone who can demonstrate any leadership and govern in a competent fashion is a massive upgrade over what we...
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
... first race, he made sure voters had just one choice.” Obama’s challenge was perfectly legal, said Jay Stewart of the Chicago’s Better Government Association. Although records of the challenges are no longer on file for review with the election board, Stewart said Obama is not the only politician to resort to petition challenges to eliminate the competition. “He came from Chicago politics,”...
CNN (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
... he faces -- could still move to nominate anyone he chooses for Obama's replacement.WGN: WLS: Jay Stewart, executive director of Chicago's Better Government Association, said Blagojevich retains the right to fill the Senate vacancy until he's out of office, which won't happen unless he quits or is removed by impeachment.The government had bugged the governor's campaign office, placed a tap...
News Beast (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
... still move to nominate anyone he chooses for Obama's replacement.Don't MissWGN: WLS: iReport.com: Jay Stewart, executive director of Chicago's Better Government Association, said Blagojevich retains the right to fill the Senate vacancy until he's out of office, which won't happen unless he quits or is removed by impeachment.The government had bugged the governor's campaign office, placed...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... smart enough to stay way away from Blagojevich and all the people around Blagojevich," he said.Jay Stewart, director of the Better Government Association, a Chicago watchdog group, agreed: "This is all about Rod, it's not about the president-elect," he said.REPUBLICAN VIEWPOINTStill, Republicans tried to make political hay from the scandal. The Republican National Committee issued a statement...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... or even under indictment? The answer is yes, according to Fitzgerald.CNN also reached out to Jay Stewart, executive director of Chicago's Better Government Association. Stewart agrees that Blagojevich retains the right to fill the senate vacancy until he's out of office, which wouldn't happen unless he quits or is removed from office by impeachment.Click below to see who is in the...
