We could not find anybody to finance a hospital in the Tri-county area, and that's where it died,

Even small pieces of campaign finance reform are difficult. There's a lot of different interests in Springfield, and there's not a huge appetite from any corner for real campaign finance reform. We certainly saw that when the bill was introduced last session.

We have seen a recklessness in the management of state government and finance that has been unprecedented.

Learn to pause... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.

When I went to school there was no doubt that there are nine planets. Now, maybe there are eight or 10 and we've found a whole bunch around other stars.

If you look around, our community has become more diverse in a lot of ways. There's something new happening here and we ought to pay attention.