incumbent Bob Falkenstein congratulating his challenger, Diann Helnore, for her victory.
Recount confirms Boone assessor results - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
Monday, May 11, 2009
Chicago home sales fall 37% from 2008, prices 26.8% :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business
Can Winnebago-Boone County’s prices be much different?
Home sales in Chicago plunged 37 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, and prices fell 26.8 percent, the Illinois Association of Realtors said Friday.
Chicago home sales fall 37% from 2008, prices 26.8% :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business
Sunday, May 10, 2009
County workers’ contracts need changes to help budget - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
Sheriff’s deputies set to receive pay hikes that average 6 percent for last year and another 5.5 percent in each of the next two years.
Click on the following to read the rest of the editorial: County workers’ contracts need changes to help budget - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star
Friday, May 8, 2009
Journal’s Editors Questions Board of Health Using Wine and Dine Approach to Interviewing
The following is the editorial from page 3, May 8, 2009, Boone County Journal.
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Searching for open records -- chicagotribune.com
Here is good primer on Freedom of Information Requests—Remember they can charge you only $ .10 to $.25 per page. And if you only ask to inspect the records, there is no charge.
9. Do what you can to make it easy for public officials to comply. If you don't need copies of the records, don't ask them to go to that trouble. If possible, ask only to inspect the records and set up an appointment to view them. Unless they are specifically exempted from the law, such as the courts, public agencies can charge you only for the "actual costs" involved in photocopying - usually somewhere between $.10 and $.25 per page. It is against the law for them to charge you for staff time, or the time it takes to review records for redaction.
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Click on the following to read the rest of the Tribune article: INTERACTIVE: Searching for open records -- chicagotribune.com
Thursday, May 7, 2009
More States Start Pension Inquiries - NYTimes.com
DV Urban Realty Partners, which won $68 million from five public pension funds in Chicago. The firm was founded by a nephew of Mayor Richard M. Daley
G.M. Is Said to Seek a Stake in Fiat - NYTimes.com
Four years after paying $2 billion to extricate itself from a partnership with Fiat, General Motors is seeking a stake in the Italian automaker in exchange for its Latin American and European operations.
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