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2010-03-14 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2010-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Awwwwwww - my heart just bleeds....

No, wait - that's just the chili.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-03-14 00:22|| 2010-03-14 00:22|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Tarzan Ulutle8366 2010-03-14 08:55|| 2010-03-14 08:55|| Front Page Top

#3 I've been evicted. Bum a place off a friend for a while. If they have any friends. I suggest they move their offices to a less expensive place. They are spending ~~taxpayer~~ government money.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-03-14 13:50|| 2010-03-14 13:50|| Front Page Top

#4 I've driven past some of these places. They aren't much to look at, usually a storefront in some modestly decaying neighborhood. I don't know how much rent is required.

I also don't know why a legislator needs a 'home office' in the district. They have an office in Springfield and a second office in Chicago. They have their homes, a cell phone or Blackberry, and a laptop. Not clear to me what a home district office does for them that they can't do elsewhere. The constituents are going to find them no matter what.

Posted by Steve White 2010-03-14 18:01|| 2010-03-14 18:01|| Front Page Top

#5 "I also don't know why a legislator needs a 'home office' in the district."

I'm guessing it's someplace for their year-round staff to park themselves while handling "constituent services," Steve.

But, as you say, there are laptops and cell phones. I'm waiting for the first legislator to get smart and announce that his/her staff will work out of their homes as they answer constituents' phone calls, e-mails, and letters. If someone truly needs to meet with the staff, Starbucks and other such places have free wi-fi, as do many libraries. Actual paper letters can be directed to a Post Office box. (For safety, don't announce the addresses of the staff members.)

I often work from home, using the internet and my personal computer. I'd do it all the time, but my work is such that my employer usually needs me there physically (though we managed quite well during the winter snowstorms that shut down our area - just took a little planning ahead on my part). The Illinois legislators could certainly work something out that is cheaper for the state than a rented office ~~which they're not paying for anyway~~.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-03-14 18:20|| 2010-03-14 18:20|| Front Page Top

#6 More eviction notices coming in Washington in November.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-03-14 19:32|| 2010-03-14 19:32|| Front Page Top

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