Congressman Mike Quigley: Roving Reporter for WGN?

In this story up on the Sun-Times, it appears that Congressman Mike Quigley is holding the WGN TV microphone up to ensure that it captures all the audio.  New side gig for him?

Politicians: Be Careful What You Tweet... The Truth Team Is Watching

The Washington Examiner picked up on our story from last week where we highlighted how State Senator Mike Frerichs and Congressional Candidate Ann Callis tweeted photos of an event they called "Great" but had just four people show up.

We're excited to see other folks glom onto the Frerichs Twitter story:

An Illinois watchdog group is hammering two Democrats, state Sen. Mike Frerichs and congressional hopeful Ann Callis, over what it says appears to be a low attendance fundraiser in DeWitt County.

The senator posted a photo with the tweet showing four people in attendance, prompting a response from the Illinois Truth Team – a group of residents who believe the state is heading in the wrong direction.

“Perhaps Big Mike Frerichs and his team should be thinking twice about what they’re posting to their social networks. This isn’t exactly sending the right signals,” a post on the organization’s website says.

IL Dems Banning Media from 2012 Convention Activities

The Chicago Democrats are down in Charlotte partying this week for the Democrat National Convention, but Speaker Mike Madigan, the head of the Illinois Delegation has banned the media from covering their events.  Here's a Tweet from ABC7's Charles Thomas:

Now IL Dems ban reporters from delegate reception.@ilgop is party of transparency? #Madigan #DNC2012 twitter.com/CharlesThomas7…
— Charles Thomas (@CharlesThomas7) September 2, 2012

And, there's plenty more here.  What are they hiding?