Whenever domestic violence cases reach the newspapers, some people end up making really ignorant statements about them. Here are a few doozies I’ve heard over the past several months. They’ve happened to be referring to adult female survivors of violence by male perpetrators, so my pronouns will be consistent with that scenario. And when I…
Hopkins Pool Referendum Group
According to the Daily Chronicle, Jeff Main is chair and treasurer of the Hopkins Pool Referendum Committee. The political action committee’s website is at hopkinspool.org. It also lists itself as a non-profit group on Facebook. Neither the website nor the Facebook group contains names of any of its officers or members, nor contact information for…
Guest Post in Sunlight Foundation Blog
Transparency Growing Pains in DeKalb, Illinois More about the Sunlight Foundation, which CB has linked to for a couple years under the “Good Government” blogroll heading.
Canada
I posted pictures from Toronto in Facebook that should be accessible by anyone, even if they do not have a Facebook account.
Huskies-in-Toronto Open Thread
More Huskies here
Pool Poll 1
QuestionsView Results Hopkins Park Pool Replacement Plan Fact Sheet (short PDF) Hopkins Park Pool Condition Report & Recommendations (41-page PDF)
All Wet
Rockford Park District & reality: Spending cuts of $1.4 million are planned for the 2010 budget year, including administrative wage freezes and changes to health insurance that would total $955,000 in savings. DeKalb Park District & reality:
Awesome Street Signs in Indiana
I could not get this site to upload images but I posted them elsewhere and I will provide links. ********** I have relatives in Indiana, and I noticed street signs that have the high school colors and mascots. I took a couple of pictures. The first one is from Brownsburg, Indiana. The school color is…
Got Marigolds?
A couple of years ago I suggested that S. 4th would look better if the community could borrow an idea from Dixon and plant flowers in those narrow parkways. Dixon’s community becomes involved in planting the petunias in the parkways, they have a Petunia Festival with a parade, and there is now a petunia wine.…
Straight No Chaser: 12 Days of Christmas
I posted the original version two years ago. Here’s the version from last year’s reunion show. They’re as fun (and sound as good) as ever. Merry Christmas!