Saturday, February 6, 2010

Ex-girlfriend: Cohen no good for public office

We represent Amanda J. Eneman. She was Scott Lee Cohen's girlfriend and lived with him for about a year, some four or five years ago," Allred said Saturday. "Based on her personal observations during the course of their relationship and his behavior, Ms. Eneman does not believe that he is fit to hold any public office, including that of lieutenant governor."

Allred, who has represented the alleged girlfriends of golfer Tiger Woods and other well-known clients like Paula Jones and Amber Frey declined to answer further questions, including whether the 29-year-old Eneman has been contacted recently by any high-ranking Illinois Democrats

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Overhaul of iconic Belvidere Community building cloaked in secrecy

What was  the intent of the community building referendum?  Were county consumers to pay  forever 1 percent food and beverage tax  for this building?

Renovations on the Community Building Complex of Boone County are being kept from the public eye as the upper level gets an $815,000 face-lift.

supposed to be done with the project the first of April, and we’ll have an open house that week.”

Click on the following for more details and don’t forget to read the comments:  Overhaul of iconic Belvidere building cloaked in secrecy - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Voters say 'yes' to school sales tax,

State of Illinois One of the first Illinois communities to pass a sales tax for schools is Lawrence County in Southern Illinois on the Wabash River.

Proceeds from this new tax will be distributed to all public schools that have students residing in Lawrence County on a per-pupil basis and will be used for school capital purposes only.

Click on the following for more details:  Voters say 'yes' to tax, 'no' to liquor sales

Source: Lt. Gov. Candidate Cohen seeking 'honorable way' to drop out --SunTimes

Facing intense and mounting pressure to step aside, embattled Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen is seeking an "honorable way" out, a Cohen campaign source said Friday night

scandal surrounding Cohen includes divorce records in which Cohen's ex-wife, Debra York-Cohen, alleged in May 2005 that he tried to force her to have sex with him, and that as recently as two months ago, he owed her $54,000 in back child-support payments.His ex-wife appeared with Cohen on Thursday to say the Scott Lee Cohen of 2005 "is not that person today and hasn't been for quite some time." They declined to discuss the child-support issue in detail, other than Cohen saying it was a "misunderstanding"

Click on the following for more details:  Source: Cohen seeking 'honorable way' to drop out :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Election 2010

American Veterans see grim legacy of Vietnam War

more than 100,000 Vietnamese people have been killed or injured by landmines or unexploded ordinance, more than 7,000 of them in Quang Tri

more than 350,000 tons of landmines and explosives remain scattered across the country, much of them in Quang Tri, near the former Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, which once divided North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The province was the most heavily bombed and shelled during the war, and 92 percent of it remains contaminated with explosives.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which built the Washington, D.C., monument that commemorates the lives of the 58,000 Americans who died in Vietnam….VVMF sponsors Project RENEW…RENEW focuses on three districts in the province, where it educates people about the dangers of landmines and clears the land of explosives. It also assists the injured, providing them with artificial limbs, small loans and job training.

Daily Herald | Veterans see grim legacy of Vietnam War