| T-shirts, TV adds, travel and plenty of rent and personnel. Through the first 17 months of his campaign, more than $45 million in expenses have been paid to companies and individuals with Illinois addresses, according to a Chicago Tribune analysis of campaign finance records. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.