Sent this in last week and was told Monday it would be published in the Chronicle “in a couple days.” DeKalb City Council passed a resolution June 22 authorizing the city manager to reduce the number of firefighters for Fiscal Year 2010 as a means to present a balanced budget to the community. Let me…
Happy 4th of July
VAC Offering Community Meals
In response to community need, Voluntary Action Center (VAC) will be serving meals three evenings per week at the Senior Services Center, 330 Grove Street. Dinner is served Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. This is not just for seniors. Anyone who needs a meal is welcome. Federal stimulus money will keep the program…
Latest Bailout News
see more Political Pictures Whew! Is that all. I was afraid I’d missed Talk Like a Pirate Day again, mateys. Aarrrgh!
Shaw Suing McHenry County Blogger
During the whole water authority referendum hoo-ha I visited the McHenry County Blog a few times for its coverage of the issue. Now the publisher, Cal Skinner, is being sued by the same people who own DeKalb’s Daily Chronicle. According to the Northwest Herald: The civil lawsuit challenges Cal Skinner Jr.’s June 3 post on…
Why We Need All Our Firefighters
I think this video says it all: Living Room Fire on YouTube
SE Side Would Bear Brunt of Firefighter Layoffs
Somewhere in the pile of creative thinking known as “the blogs” it was suggested that, if three firefighters should really be laid off, perhaps the fire station closest to campus (#3) could be closed during the summer session when most of NIU is gone. Though I don’t think I wrote this down anywhere, it’s been…
Cortland’s Waste Treatment Lagoons are Near Full
I raised my concerns last year about Cortland’s ability to povide sanitary service to the new school. Here’s an update from attending DeKalb Sanitary Board Meetings. Cortland’s sewage treatment lagoons are nearly topping over. They haven’t been able to spray irrigate yet because of wet conditions. You might be able to see it on google…
Corrupt Illinois Politicians vs. the Sicilian Mafia
The Chicago Tribune continues to follow the admissions scandal at the University of Illinois. Columnist John Kass wrote a piece and in the comments section was this gem: “Voice of reason Hammond, IN 7 hrs ago John, I have read your articles comparing the corrupt “pols” to the Outfit. I googled Mafia and found an…
City of DeKalb to Honor Contracts When It Feels Like It
Last night I once again spent four hours in Bizzaro World. It was very hot inside and about the same hot outside, yet the exit from the city council meeting felt like a breath of fresh air. Well, it did until a certain city official tracked me down as we stood outside in little groups…