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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
Over 40 years ago while bicycling through eastern France, I took a break and walked into a small grove of trees that grew in the middle of a wheat field. There, sitting in a small clearing was a simple stone, inscribed with the phrase “mort de la guerre.”
There was no name, no date, and no means of identification, just a simple stone marking the final resting place of someone who had fallen in defense of Liberty.
Since then, the men and women of the United States armed forces have been sent to the far corners of the world to defend the Liberty that we so often take for granted. It’s only appropriate that we dedicate at least one day a year in remembrance of those who didn’t come back.
I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
The Chicago Tribune has published the story of a family trying to obtain services for their autistic son. He “aged out” of Illinois’ special education system when he turned 22 and was put on the State’s “Prioritization for Urgency of Need for Services” (PUNS) list, a waitlist for disabilities services administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). From the story:
“Nick is among nearly 20,000 people with developmental disabilities in Illinois who are on a waiting list to get into adult programs. Many of them come from families who don’t have a way to pay for home care, job coaches or other services.
I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:
I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
Back in the early ‘90s, a client of mine bought an old lodge up on Crane Lake in Minnesota and spent a small fortune fixing it up. It became a go-to destination for my dad, my brothers, and me to spend a week together doing things we never did when we were growing up. Dad lived for those trips, and I’m convinced that they kept him alive for years.
When dad passed in 1997, I told my brothers that we should still go up North, but so long as I could portage a canoe, I wanted to go into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, which is a national wilderness area of several million acres of lakes, islands, and forests where motorized craft are prohibited, and all you get in the way of campsite amenities is a fire grate and a box latrine. Whatever you pack in, you have to pack out.
For over 20 years (with periodic interruptions) we would take a shuttle boat across Lac LaCroix and be dropped off on a rock just over the Canadian border and paddle our way into some of the most spectacular scenery in the country and which is listed on National Geographic’s 50 Places of a Lifetime “Paradise Found” list.
I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
“Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, and Rep. Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, are urging the IRS to address what they call the disproportionate tax burden on Illinois taxpayers because of the changes in the law, which limit the state and local tax deduction.”
I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
We passed a “Firearms Restraining Order” bill in the Illinois House Wednesday. I spent a lot of time on this bill, and have written about it on my blog. I believe it strikes a balance between preserving civil liberties and Second Amendment rights with the responsibility we have to protect public safety. Here are my initial floor comments on the bill:
I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
Cpl. Bert Whitehurst (1895-1918)In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:
I've lived my life backwards, having spent a lot of my earlier years doing those things I knew I'd never do as an old guy, including riding a bicycle from Snowdonia to Zermatt to Matala and points between. I spent 35 years as a tax attorney and who, like most attorneys, would rather be doing something else. So at age 63 I jumped from the frying pan into the fire and got myself elected to the Illinois General Assembly. I'm also the author of a blog that concentrates on issues facing the State of… [more]
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Over 40 years ago while bicycling through eastern France, I took a break and walked into a small grove of trees that grew in the middle of a wheat field. There, sitting in a small clearing was a simple stone, inscribed with the phrase “mort de la guerre.”
Back in the early ‘90s, a client of mine bought an old lodge up on Crane Lake in Minnesota and spent a small fortune fixing it up. It became a go-to destination for my dad, my brothers, and me to spend a week together doing things we never did when we were growing up. Dad lived for those trips, and I’m convinced that they kept him alive for years.
Today’s lesson is about what the newly-elected members of Congress from the 6th and 14th Districts of Illinois don’t know about their jobs.