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On Thursday night (7/15), the City of Peoria hosted an open house for the Orange Prairie Road Extension project. They distributed a handout which you can see by clicking here (PDF). The first question to ask is: Why are we building a new road in the middle of a cornfield on the northwest end [...] Illinois is so bad that even the New York Times is taking notice. For the last few years, California stood more or less unchallenged as a symbol of the fiscal collapse of states during the recession. Now Illinois has shouldered to the fore, as its dysfunctional political class refuses to pay the state’s bills and refuses to [...] Following up my last post, I ran across this press release from Governor Quinn’s office explaining his support for HB 3785: Governor Quinn Signs Legislation Protecting Free Speech in Illinois CHICAGO – June 3, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today signed a bill into law that prevents municipalities throughout Illinois from restricting [...] Roof-top signs, “floppy-man” signs, and temporary banners were just some of the signs discussed at Tuesday’s Sign Review Committee meeting. But one thing the committee can do little about is political signs. A new Illinois law set to take effect January 1, 2011, limits the city’s home rule authority to limit how long political signs [...] There were a couple of hotel-related news items over the weekend: Gov. Quinn approved tax credits for the Wonderful Development. Incidentally, the Journal Star reported the bill number as SB2535, but it’s actually SB2534. The gist of Quinn’s comments was that these tax credits will help provide jobs for union workers, and that will spur economic [...] From my inbox, this notification from the City Clerk’s office: WE HAVE JUST BEEN ADVISED AND YOU ARE HEREBY NOTICED THAT A MAJORITY OF A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, HAVE BEEN INVITED AND MAY ATTEND TO WITNESS ILLINOIS [GOVERNOR] PAT QUINN SIGN THE HISTORIC TAX CREDIT FOR THE PROPOSED HOTEL PROJECT ON MAIN [...] I never thought I’d see the day that I’d read this in the paper: “…the crowd turned to face the Capitol and shouted ‘Raise my taxes.’” A rally of 15,000 people from throughout the state roared in anger and frustration outside the state Capitol on Wednesday, protesting budget cuts affecting education and social services…. Sen. Dave Koehler, [...] Another potential scandal at District 150 was revealed last week by the WEEK-TV news team: Sources tell us district 150 security this week was notified of employees possibly selling District 150 computers illegally over the Internet. Those sources say there was a raid at the district’s Ricketts Center and several shredders and computer hard drives were confiscated. Meanwhile, the [...] State Sen. Dave Koehler has applied for the job of Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois has no significant purpose or duties, and lawmakers are considering eliminating the position completely. At least one Lieutenant Governor has resigned due to boredom. So… I’m not sure what Koehler sees in the position, [...] |
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