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"There's a difference between your family inspiring you to take a path (to public service) and your family building that path for you," he says. Martwick, who was good enough to sneak in a call the day after his wife gave birth, says he earned his way in life, having to beat strong Democratic and GOP foes to get to Springfield. But I still have to ask: Is this really how things should be? I've dealt with most of those people over the past couple of decades, and some were fine public officials. It runs from mayors and would-be mayors named Daley, though African American clans like the Jacksons (a national civil rights leader, a former congressman and an ex-alderwoman) over to sundry Zalewskis (alderman and state rep), Madigans (absolute ruler of Illinois and attorney general), Strogers (county board bosses), Hyneses (county assessor and state comptroller), Gutierrezes (an alderman and congressman and an almost alderman) and Erwins (alderman and city treasurer), and then to the suburbs with folks like the Republican Fawell family (congresswoman and top gubernatorial aide). The Daleys and Rostenkowskis and plenty of others are Democrats.īut, man, does the phenomenon seem widespread here. The McAuliffes and Stephenses are Republicans. Nor is this tradition limited to one political party or another. Cuomos and Massachusetts its congressional Kennedys. Illinois by no means is unique in turning government into a family vocation. What was especially interesting was that we've known those names before, because three of the four merely were moving up or on in the family business-Brad Stephens having succeeded his father, Don Stephens, as mayor Mike McAuliffe vacating the seat his father, Roger McAuliffe, long held and Martwick learning politics at the knee of longtime Cook County Schools Superintendent Richard Martwick.ĭoes anything ever change here? I wonder. Like it or not, that's SOP in Illinois politics, circa 2019. What caught my eye, though, wasn't that it all pretty much had been worked out beforehand with no real public input. John Mulroe, who resigned to take a Cook County judgeship. Mike McAuliffe and committeemen tapping state Rep. The successful feat in rhino conservation in Nepal has been hailed at the global level with various recognitions.The recent changing of the legislative guard on the Northwest Side of the city and adjacent suburbs went down as smoothly as a precinct captain's palm card, with Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens appointed to fill the term of resigned state Rep. Nepal has celebrated zero-poaching years in 20 when not a single rhino was killed by poachers. The rhino count in BNP and SWR will be performed from April 15 and April 18 respectively. It helps the government and concerned partners to come up with relevant interventions in their conservation from poaching, illegal trade and habitat disturbances,” said Forest Minister Mahesh Acharya at the inauguration of the count in Chitwan on Saturday. “A regular monitoring of rhino population, their status and the state of potential habitats is important for the long-term rhino conservation. The CNP alone recorded 503 rhinos during the period. The last census conducted in 2011 put the total rhino population in the country at 534, up from 435 in 2008. The census is estimated to cost around Rs 7-8 million. Besides CNP and PWR, the counting will also take palce in other major rhino habitats including Bardiya National Park and Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve, according to the officials.

The potential rhino habitat was divided into 19 blocks for the purpose, using equipment such as camera, Global Positioning System, binoculars and mobile phones.

As part of the nation-wide count conducted in every four years, the month-long census kicked off from CNP, PWR and adjoining forests where a total of 34 elephants and 40 technical staffers were mobilised.