Ray Hanania

Photos of Evita Griskenas performing at Grand Prix Brno held in the Czech Republic earlier in May 2016. Photos courtesy of Ulrich Fassbender. 

EditorsPicks, Features, News, Ray Hanania, Sports May 17, 2016

Olympic hopeful Griskenas wins All-Around Senior National Qualifier

Olympic hopeful Griskenas wins All-Around Senior National Qualifier. Orland Park high school freshman will compete in Nationals for Olympic gymnast spot Orland Park, IL — Sandburg High school freshman and honors student Evita Griskenas, 15, won All-Around Senior National Qualifier Sunday (May 15, 2016) at the Olympic Training Center at Lake Placid, New York. Griskenas, a freshman student at Sandburg High school in Orland Park in…

Chicago River at night

Baby Boomers, Citizen Bloggers, Commentary, Community, Crime, Municipalities, Politics, Ray Hanania May 16, 2016

In Suburbs vs Chicago, the city needs to improve

When it comes to Cook County and even the six county region around Lake Michigan, the City of Chicago has been so poorly run and mismanaged that most people who could flee chose to leave and build their lives in the suburbs. And over the years, instead of becoming better, the city has worsened not just for those who remained in the city but also for suburban…

Business, Citizen Bloggers, Commentary, Ray Hanania, State May 9, 2016

Rauner chooses businesses over people

 Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner administration chooses businesses over people in battle to find sales taxes collected by businesses but not turned over to local communities By Ray Hanania Did you know that if the mayor of your municipality shares information with other members of his (or her) administration about a big local retailer who has failed to turn in all of its sales tax revenue collections,…

State Rep. Lou Lang

Citizen Bloggers, Commentary, Community, EditorsPicks, News, Politics, Ray Hanania, State April 28, 2016

Graduated state income tax for Illinois makes sense

State Rep. Lou Lang has proposed a brilliant and fair plan to help the state of Illinois dig itself out of its multi-billion dollar debt. Change the state’s fixed income tax rate for everyone and replace it with a scaled tax that actually reduces the state tax for most taxpayers, those earning under $200,000, and slightly raising it for everyone else. Lang says the plan…

Citizen Bloggers, Commentary, Ray Hanania, Technology, Technology April 20, 2016

D-Link remote cameras are an utter failure

Consumers are being pushed to spend hundreds of dollars to purchase computer equipment that just simply doesn’t work, and local stores like Fry’s Electronics in Downer’s Grove, Illinois sell the faulty technology without any concern for consumers. Viruses are an issue, but the real threat to consumers is the garbage produced by incompetent computer technology creators and the retail establishments who sell it without warranty or even knowledge…

Citizen Bloggers, Commentary, Federal, Politics, Ray Hanania April 10, 2016

Does Hastert troubles trace back to Foley scandal?

Long before Dennis Hastert was tied to a sexual abuse coverup, he was the primary champion defending sexual accusations made against disgraced Congressman Mark Foley. Foley was accused of making inappropriate comments to male teenagers who worked at congress as pages. But it was Hastert who defended him and stood by him until the evidence was so overwhelming that Foley was forced to resign. By Ray Hanania The…

Sergio Rodriguez, Acting Village President of Summit, Illinois

Citizen Bloggers, Commentary, Community, Politics, Ray Hanania April 3, 2016

Home Rule makes Summit equal to other communities

Most communities are automatically given Home Rule powers. But some communities have to fight for it, and overcome the ignorance of some politically active whiners who complain about everything because they are not in power By Ray Hanania The last election shows that newly appointed Mayor Sergio Rodriguez is very popular in the Village of Summit. Rodriguez was a close ally of the late Mayor…

New Hampshire

Citizen Bloggers, Commentary, Ray Hanania March 9, 2016

Analysis: Sanders and Trump offer real change

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are not perfect. They have both made mistakes. The “insider establishment” wants you to think it is about socialism, racism and hate. But it is not. They are tearing down the insider establishment in government and politics that has destroyed this country and they want to bring real change to America. Sanders will probably be blocked, but Trump offers hope to this…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures at a news conference near the U.S.- Mexico border outside of Laredo, Texas July 23, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Citizen Bloggers, Commentary, Elections, News, Politics, Ray Hanania March 3, 2016

Election Analysis: Trump taps public’s desire for change

The Republican Party is desperate to prevent outsider Donald Trump from representing them in the November 8 elections for president and Trumps rhetoric has fueled attacks from concerned Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton whose popularity remains in neutral in the face of a strong challenge from outsider Bernie Sanders. By Ray Hanania Real estate mogul and celebrity TV personality Donald Trump fended off attacks from all…