San Diego to sue Mayor Filner for costs of sexual harassment suit - latimes.com

 

The San Diego City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to file a lawsuit against Mayor Bob Filner to recover any money the city has to pay due to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former top aide to the mayor.

The suit will seek to recover any damages ordered by the court, or agreed to as part of a pretrial settlement, arising from the lawsuit filed against the city and Filner by the mayor's former director of communications, Irene McCormack Jackson.

The vote was taken in closed session.

"This is part of due process," City Atty. Jan Goldsmith said. "If Bob Filner engaged in unlawful conduct and the city is held liable, he will have to reimburse us every penny the city pays and its attorney fees."

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Belvidere/Boone County BLOG: Is The Boone County Board Broken?

The problem of appointments and Chairman Walberg is a very old one.   Take a look at this posting from 2009

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Is The Boone County Board Broken?

Is the Boone County Board Broken?
Twice the Boone County Board Chairman has nominated persons to positions, once for the Board of Review and once for the District Two seat, only to fail in having the persons he nominated approved by the County Board. Now there has been a formal request to reconsider another appointee to the Board of Review with claims that the person appointed is not a Democrat, which is a requirement of the position he was appointed to. What do you think is going on?
How do you feel about what you've personally seen, read or heard about this situation?
Please keep it clean, and do NOT slander or insult anyone - just express your opinion in a polite and respectful manner.

Posted by Belvidere.Net Moderator at 10:13 PM

6 comments:

RyanDenk said...

There were six other individuals that applied to be a rep. of County Board District 2. The talk is that these other individuals names were not released to any of the other board members. I think the board voted Mace down because they wanted to see who else was wanting the spot. I think that it should go by how the people who voted in the past election, and that individual would be Mace b/c he was behind Dini. But who knows whats going on, probably just some Boone County politics.

June 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM

Anonymous said...

Why doesn't the Chairman want the input of the other boards members? If he doesn't respect their opinions, how can he expect them to respect his? And he doesn't seem to care about the legal advice from the State's Attorney either. I just don't get it, but it smells.

June 21, 2009 at 9:02 AM

taxpayer said...

Bob Walberg said "if you don't like how I'm doing I'll resign" but when he though the board was going to remove him he hired Prorok the former states attorney to defend him at the board meeting.This just shows duplicity in his behavior.It shouldn't surprise us since his caused the same animosity while he was on the school board remember the NO CONFIDENCE IN BOB WALBERG VOTE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.He also voted not to reopen the budget so adjustments could be made for that alone he should be removed from the board along with all who mvoted with him JOHNSON, NEWHOUSE
ANDERSON,and DINI WE need people who do the work of the people not who have their own agenda. Walberg said he would resign SO DO IT !!! and let the county get back to buisness

July 17, 2009 at 11:17 AM

Anonymous said...

This county board Chairman, Mr. Walberg seems to be in way over his head. He can't seem to build any kind of consensus among the board, and can't even get anyone he nominates appointed. He should step down as chair and let someone with more leadership abilities take the reins.

July 25, 2009 at 5:25 AM

Anonymous said...

Greetings from the smallest coutry in all america El Salvador where the sun is always up and the waves wash the shores. nice blog it has a lot of information and interesting topics though the news are differents from where i live but it's allways good to hear from a far place once in a while...well time's run out and i gotta go see you and have a nice day y'all

June 1, 2010 at 10:04 PM

Anonymous said...

I am sick and tired of Walberg! The county shoud oust him like the school board did. Let the county do work and get rid Walberg. You have to wonder what hes hiding...

November 30, 2012 at 7:15 PM

The above is taken from:  Belvidere/Boone County BLOG: Is The Boone County Board Broken?

Belvidere Township tables decision on hosting mobile food pantry | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

Helnore suggested the township give the sponsoring Boone County Homeless Project task force a check for $750, to bring the mobile food pantry to the county in August, and the task force will find a place for it to park….

Homeless task force Chairwoman Danice Loveridge, who came into the township meeting room moments after the vote to table, said she would contact the Salvation Army lieutenant to see if they would be able to host the food pantry again, in August.

The mobile pantry was there June 24, with food being distributed to 174 families.

Click on the following to read all of the story:  Belvidere Township tables decision on hosting mobile food pantry | Belvidere Daily Republican

Hearings on wind farm rules likely to run through autumn | Belvidere Daily Republican

 

Next up is the board’s Aug. 27 meeting, which will deal with other cases.

The next wind farm hearing will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 23, with about 12 more speakers yet to be heard. The process calls for each one to have a maximum of five minutes, with questions from the board and audience to follow.

If all of those speakers aren’t heard, the balance will be held over to the Oct. 22 hearing. At some point a recommendation will go to the county board for a final decision.

The hearing held July 23 lasted more than three hours, with two speakers being heard…..

 

Mainstream is proposing a setback of 3.1 times the tip height of the tower, now estimated at 529 feet, from the property line, with a possible waiver to 1,200 feet.

A non-participating property would have a setback of 1.1 times the tip height of the tower, with a waiver possible to 1.1 times the blade length.

The setback would be 1.1 times the tip height from roads and utilities, including pipelines, measured from the utility, not the easement.

Restricted landing areas would have a 3,000-foot setback from the end of the runway, with Poplar Grove Airport having a five-mile buffer. There would be a 1½-mile setback from all municipalities, including nearby Sharon, Wis.

Click on the following to read all of the story:  Hearings on wind farm rules likely to run through autumn | Belvidere Daily Republican

First-time, non-violent felony offenders may get a second chance in Boone - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

 

The offender will then appear before a panel of community members. After the group interviews the offender, the panel will recommend conditions that must be met to complete the program. These conditions may include completing community service, obtaining a G.E.D., agreeing to random drug screens, becoming employed and paying restitution to the victim.

Once the conditions are met, the case will be dismissed. If they aren’t, the felony charge will be prosecuted in court.

Read the entire blog posting by clicking on the following:  First-time, non-violent felony offenders may get a second chance in Boone - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Public Hearing on renewal of Byron Nuclear will be scheduled soon.

 

NRC Announces Hearing Opportunity for License Renewal of Exelon's Byron and Braidwood Nuclear Stations
LCG, July 25, 2013--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced yesterday the opportunity to request an adjudicatory hearing on Exelon Generation Company's application to renew the operating licenses of the Byron and Braidwood nuclear power plants, which are located in Illinois. If the licenses are extended, nearly 2,700 MW of non-carbon emitting generating capacity will survive for another 20 years.
Exelon filed the application on May 29, and the NRC staff has determined the application is sufficiently complete to allow the staff to formally docket the application and commence its technical and environmental reviews.
Exelon filed the application to renew and extend the operating licenses for an additional 20 years of operation. The current operating licenses for Braidwood expire on October 17, 2026, for Unit 1 and December 18, 2027, for Unit 2; the licenses for Byron expire October 31, 2024, for Unit 1 and November 6, 2026, for Unit 2.
The Braidwood Nuclear Station, with a capacity of 2,360 MW, is Exelon's newest nuclear power plant and is located about 60 miles southwest of Chicago. The Byron Nuclear Station is located about 110 miles west of Chicago and has a net generating capacity of 2,336 MW.
Both stations include two pressurized-water reactors.
Exelon submitted a single application to cover both plants due to the similarities in the systems, structures and components of each that are analyzed in a license renewal review.
The NRC stated that requests for a hearing on the application must be filed by September 23.

LCG Consulting - EnergyOnline / NRC Announces Hearing Opportunity for License Renewal of Exelon's Byron and Braidwood Nuclear Stations

Is the current web posting for Appointments at Boone County completely out of date?

Current Appointment Openings:

The following are volunteer Boards of the County that have vacancies:

Interested parties are asked to send a letter and resume expressing your interest and qualifications to Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg, 1212 Logan Ave., Suite 102, Belvidere, IL 61008.  Please respond by April 26, 2013 to assure being considered.

Boone County Board of Review

2 vacancies for a 2-year term that will expire June 1, 2015

(Note:- Per statute, one person must be of the Republican Party and one person must be of the Democratic Party.  If selected, Board members must attain the credentials established by the Illinois Property Tax Code within (1) year of taking office.)

Boone County Zoning Board of Appeals

1 vacancy for a 5-year term that will expire June 1, 2018

(Note:- Per statute, only one person from a township can serve on this Board; therefore, anyone interested in serving on this Board must be from Flora, Belvidere, LeRoy, Spring, or Poplar Grove Township.)

Boone County Agricultural Conservation Easement & Farmland Protection Commission

1 vacancy for a 3-year term that will expire June 1, 2016

Boone County Ethics Commission

3 vacancies for a 1-year term that will expire June 30, 2014

(Note:- Per statute, two persons must be of the Republican Party and one person must be of the Democratic Party.)

Boone County Historical Museum District Board of Trustees

1 vacancy for a 5-year term that will expire June 30, 2018

Boone County Conservation District

1 vacancy for a 5-year term that will expire June 30, 2018

Boone County Board of Health

4 vacancies for a 3-year term that will expire July 1, 2016

Community Building Complex Committee

2 vacancies for a 3-year term that will expire July 1, 2016

(Note: 1 person must be a representative of the Boone County Board and 1 person must be a representative of a community organization)

Interested parties are asked to send a letter and resume expressing your interest and qualifications to Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg, 1212 Logan Ave., Suite 102, Belvidere, IL 61008.  Please respond by May 24, 2013 to assure being considered

The above is taken today from:  http://www.boonecountyil.org/page/employment-opportunities

Obama to propose 'grand bargain' on corporate tax rate, infrastructure | Reuters

Check out the details after the speech but hear is preview.

Obama wants to cut the corporate tax rate of 35 percent down to 28 percent and give manufacturers a preferred rate of 25 percent. He also wants a minimum tax on foreign earnings as a tool against corporate tax evasion and increased use of tax havens.

The new twist is that in exchange for his support for a corporate tax reduction, he wants money generated by the tax overhaul to be used on a mix of proposals such as funding infrastructure projects like repairing roads and bridges, improving education at community colleges, and promoting manufacturing, senior administration officials said.

Obama's proposal would generate a one-time source of revenue, for example, by reforming depreciation or putting a fee on accumulated foreign earnings.

Click on the following for more details:  Obama to propose 'grand bargain' on corporate tax rate, infrastructure | Reuters