Take a look at the Cook County GOP homepage...

Now this was even better than what I blogged about back in March of this year. I thought that the Cook County GOP was grandstanding back in March when they decided to go after Chicago Democrats over the political use of their alderman's ward service offices. This time they catch Ald. Todd Stroger's campaign snatching signs for his opponent Tony Peraica.

For right now it appears there isn't a direct link (check the homepage now) and hopefully there will be because this is actually a good story and this has caused me to do an about face on the Cook County GOP as far as their methods. There will be a few that may raise a few questions but this is probably needed to put some fight in an increasingly endangered species in Cook County, a Republican.

So who knows if this will work for the Cook County GOP or not. Here's a little excerpt...

CHICAGO - The Cook County Republican Party is making unannounced weekly visits to aldermanic service centers to determine if campaign activity is being conducted from taxpayer funded ward offices. During the rounds this week, the Cook GOP caught Todd Stroger's campaign red-handed stealing Tony Peraica signs.

With the dissolution of the patronage armies, the Stroger campaign has had to rent vans and hire staff to place political signs. These official campaign workers are apparently also told to remove Tony Peraica signs.

Pictures were taken of one of these rented white Ryder vans in front of Stroger's official campaign headquarters. A photo was also taken of the interior of the van with Peraica signs scattered on the floor.

Clearly the Cook County GOP is the upstart here. They've got plenty of work to do and they're on the right track on the issues of corruption. And we'll see how Peraica and the Cook County GOP ticket will fare on Tuesday.