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Category: General Happenings
“Job Training”
Yes, TIFs can be used for job training, according to the City of Chicago’s new movie. The “Chicago Reader’s” Ben Joravsky critiques the City of Chicago’s “movie” on YouTube, entitled “What’s a TIF?” Enjoy all the fun here: The mayor makes a TIF movie. The Oscar goes to the guy at 35 seconds, “nobody knows…
DeKalb Barbs Orange
Has anyone else seen the new street sign downtown in purple with the city’s three-leaf logo? The purple does not match anything else. If anyone is going to spend tax dollars on new street signs, then they should be in DeKalb Barbs orange, using the school’s logo. Here is the D logo. I bet a…
A Different Perspective on Dixon
While the media and citizens are pointing fingers at Dixon and throwing out accusations of folks being asleep at the switch while their comptroller allegedly helped herself to tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars, I have a different perspective to throw out there. How did Dixon get by on less for all these…
“Red Tails” Opens Friday, January 20th
When the movie “Malcolm X” came out a few years ago, movie theaters in DeKalb did not show it. Only after some complaints did a theater then show it, while the NIU students were on spring break. Pathetic. “Red Tails” opens this Friday. There should be *zero* controversy and I better not have to drive…
Statement of Non-Retraction of District 428 Utilities Post
A certain person has suggested I “correct” my posting called Sampling of Electric Bills, Old DHS and New, on the grounds that I got it wrong about why District 428 can’t pay its bills. On the contrary, no correction is needed. Due to the small sample size and obvious adjustments made to one of the…
Winnebago Forest Preserve a “Good Ol’ Boys’ Club”?
Chuck Sweeney of the Rockford Register Star is beginning to feel sorry he ever supported an elected Forest Preserve Board for Winnebago County. First thing out of the box, [county employee and Forest Preserve Board Chair Randy] Olson supported pouring tax money into fixing up golf courses to the tune of $1.4 million. They’d always…
Lewis Black is Coming to DeKalb
Rated PG-13 for language. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook He’ll appear at the Egyptian Theatre October 6.
Vindication
From the 1973 Assembly on Home Rule in Illinois (my emphasis): Municipal home rule referenda are dependent on implementing legislation as well as on constitutional authorization. Section 28-4 of the Election Code (“Referendums required by Constitution in respect to units of local government”)* sets forth the requirements for all referenda authorized by the local government…
Zombies Lurch Into Town Tomorrow
Daily Chronicle: Zombies are slated to meet at 5 p.m. at the Holmes Student Center at NIU, then walk along Lincoln Highway, Annie Glidden Road, Lucinda Avenue and along the DeKalb Nature Trail near the East Lagoon. Brown said Saturday’s walk is a test-run and he hopes to help organize another one closer to Halloween.…