tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227964942011-04-22T01:01:48.020-04:00random reflections and observations on politics, sports and what some would call my lifeChiTownWingsFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17021693753030967331noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22796494.post-55557509130758885092009-02-02T23:54:00.003-05:002009-02-03T00:04:00.701-05:00Today, ESPN wrote about the 4th highest paid person in Major League Baseball. Like most of you, I thought this would be a Yankees. But no, its not. Maybe Manny? Clemens? Soriano? Nope, nope and ha! It's Bud Selig. <br /><br />Yeah, that Bud Selig. He makes $18.35 million dollars a year. How crazy is that? For what? He spends most of his time trying not to die and the rest of the time wondering if having the All-Star game on ice will make it more interesting. It UNREAL that any commish should make that much money. Commissioners are essentially sports lawyers with season tickets. But Roger Godell of the NFL, who is actually a good* commissioner only makes 11.2 million and there is no way you can argue that Selig does a better job than Goddell. <br /><br />Unreal.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22796494-5555750913075888509?l=contrarybelief.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ChiTownWingsFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17021693753030967331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22796494.post-1727054551862887732009-01-30T22:07:00.004-05:002009-01-30T22:28:41.723-05:00One day. Blags has been out of office for one day. The party here in Chicago is still popping, yet something isn't quite right here in the Land of Lincoln. What could it be? Well, its our new Governor is pushing reform (great, right?) but what reform is it? Two of the worst ideas I've ever heard - 1) <a href="http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/01/quinn-wants-primary-pushed-back-to-september.html">pushing Illinois' primary back to September</a> and 2) <a href="http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/37091784.html">pushing for recall elections to be added to the Constitution</a>.<br /><br />Governor Quinn, I think you will be an infinitely better governor than Blags but those are two really bad ideas. First, moving the primaries back to September in hopes to stop campaign contribution efforts?! Just because the primary would be 7 months later then normal, doesn't mean that candidates won't be campaigning over the spring and summer and it certainly doesn't mean that they won't be raising money. This is Illinois, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">after all</span>. This plan MIGHT work during a local or state election but what about national elections? I'm not entirely sure what Quinn's plans are here but it has disaster written all over it.<br /><br />Finally, recall elections? Is this California? I think it sets a really bad precedent to allow something like this. This is a republic, which means we elect people to make decisions . . . like what the Illinois Senate did on Thursday with the impeachment. The people shouldn't be allowed to vote in or out a governor or elected official on a whim. Elections have consequences, as us in Illinois know now, and recall elections shouldn't be on the table.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22796494-172705455186288773?l=contrarybelief.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ChiTownWingsFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17021693753030967331noreply@blogger.com0