A Little Night Music: Coda, “ Sen. Roland Burris”

Reporter Dan Carden writes well. Refreshingly different. For one thing, he did not use the “Black, fair game” card. He stuck to his craft. Kudos!

*“No backdoor boot for Burris: Special election plans defeated, stalled”
By Dan Carden, Daily Herald Staff
Excerpt:
SPRINGFIELD -- A suburban lawmaker's proposal for an immediate special election that could replace beleaguered U.S. Sen. Roland Burris appears to be stopped for good after a Senate subcommittee rejected his plan Thursday.

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But the estimated cost of a special election factored strongly in Chicago Democratic state Sen. Ira Silverstein's decision to vote against the plan, Silverstein said. The three Democrats on the subcommittee voted to stop the plan while the two Republicans voted for it.
Republicans and Democrats went back and forth over the possible costs of a special election.

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Several county election officials told the subcommittee a special election would deplete their already strained budgets.

Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
* http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=276986