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Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 777

Recipients of Corn Subsidies** from farms in Boone County, Illinois totaled $87,803,000 in from 1995-2012.

Rank
Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location
Corn Subsidies**
1995-2012

1
Roger & Connie Osterberg ∗
Belvidere, IL 61008
$831,969

2
Larry R Anderson
Belvidere, IL 61008
$731,406

3
Larry D Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$716,351

4
Mark D Priest
Capron, IL 61012
$712,930

5
Britton Farms Inc ∗
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$692,612

6
John W Brockmann
Belvidere, IL 61008
$662,042

7
Karlson Farms ∗
Belvidere, IL 61008
$657,265

8
Donald Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$633,105

9
Doetch Farms ∗
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$603,352

10
Raymond N Morse
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$598,423

11
Roger H Miller
Belvidere, IL 61008
$587,122

12
Stanley Hullah
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$564,928

13
Richard A Britton
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$551,873

14
Lisa L Priest
Capron, IL 61012
$539,986

15
Richard Judson Daniels
Belvidere, IL 61008
$534,488

16
Dennis P Rehn
Kirkland, IL 60146
$522,108

17
Gallano Farms Ltd ∗
Belvidere, IL 61008
$513,771

18
Michael A Frank
Cherry Valley, IL 61016
$504,397

19
Prairie View Farms ∗
Belvidere, IL 61008
$503,519

20
Donald Lindberg
Caledonia, IL 61011
$482,077

Soybean Subsidies** in Boone County, Illinois, 1995-2012

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 605

Recipients of Soybean Subsidies** from farms in Boone County, Illinois totaled $20,270,000 in from 1995-2012.

Rank
Recipient
(* ownership information available)
Location
Soybean Subsidies**
1995-2012

1
Roger & Connie Osterberg ∗
Belvidere, IL 61008
$254,651

2
Richard A Britton
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$206,044

3
Larry D Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$167,991

4
Doetch Farms ∗
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$151,232

5
Mark D Priest
Capron, IL 61012
$147,609

6
Britton Farms Inc ∗
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$146,123

7
John W Brockmann
Belvidere, IL 61008
$138,481

8
Stanley Ronald Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$137,755

9
Prairie View Farms ∗
Belvidere, IL 61008
$136,846

10
Raymond N Morse
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$134,269

11
Karlson Farms ∗
Belvidere, IL 61008
$128,260

12
Roger H Miller
Belvidere, IL 61008
$127,870

13
Richard Judson Daniels
Belvidere, IL 61008
$121,361

14
Andrew S Hall
Rockford, IL 61102
$119,699

15
Donald Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$119,347

16
Frank Bullard
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$118,502

17
John A Mulholland
Capron, IL 61012
$117,908

18
Lisa L Priest
Capron, IL 61012
$115,444

19
Harris Farm Oaklawn Ltd ∗
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$111,302

20
Kay F Bullard
Poplar Grove, IL 61065
$110,231

 

 

EWG Farm Subsidy Database

Subsidy Recipients 1 to 30 of 437 in zipcode 61008
Recipients in this zipcode received $31,294,358 from 1995-2012

Rank
Name
Location
Subsidy Total
1995-2012

1
Larry D Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 1,363,538.22

2
Roger H Miller
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 1,131,807.46

3
Roger & Connie Osterberg
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 1,129,273.78

4
John W Brockmann
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 1,073,882.38

5
Larry R Anderson
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 1,043,167.10

6
Donald Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 1,041,864.90

7
Karlson Farms
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 931,845.05

8
Stanley Ronald Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 883,383.94

9
Gallano Farms Ltd
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 800,485.23

10
Richard Judson Daniels
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 739,945.32

11
Paul Buzzell
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 738,834.54

12
Craig L Fowler
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 672,116.57

13
Gary Marrs
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 662,949.68

14
Prairie View Farms
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 640,367.29

15
Funderburg Farms Inc
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 617,881.89

16
Robert Walberg
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 576,812.64

17
Richard E Meyers
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 549,743.38

18
Gerald Hulstedt
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 548,199.17

19
John M Ratcliffe
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 506,310.64

20
Marvin Johnson
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 504,301.01

21
Robert Petersen
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 498,338.68

22
K B Farms Inc
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 431,028.18

23
Greg Hulstedt
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 413,803.53

24
Steve Gallano
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 393,667.99

25
Dale Thomas Fitzgerald
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 374,367.45

26
Allen Sisson
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 374,120.93

27
Maxwell H Newport
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 360,070.34

28
Jayson Buse
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 357,843.05

29
Grant Hulstedt
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 351,139.50

30
J K Funderburg Trst 41744
Belvidere, IL 61008
$ 350,301.66

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Enbridge oil facility in North Dakota catches fire; damage unclear - News - 1450 WHTC Holland's News Leader

Enbridge has a pipeline and pumping station in Boone County.

By Ernest Scheyder

WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) - An Enbridge Inc crude oil storage and pipeline facility just south of Williston, N.D., has caught fire, eyewitnesses said.

The facility serves as a key gathering and distribution hub for crude oil produced in North Dakota, the second-largest crude oil producer in the United States.

It was not immediately clear if the blaze had been contained. It was also not clear if the fire was affecting crude oil storage tanks or other parts of the complex.

An Enbridge spokeswoman was not available to comment. A representative from the Williston Fire Department said no information was available to distribute.

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AP source: Chicago bids for Obama library at risk - KXNet.com - Bismarck/Minot/Williston/Dickinson-KXNEWS,ND

 

By JOSH LEDERMAN and SARA BURNETT
Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago universities competing to host President Barack Obama's presidential library are scrambling to address major concerns raised by the foundation picking the future site, with Chicago's mayor stepping in to ensure his city stays competitive.

The Barack Obama Foundation, formed by longtime Obama associates, is currently screening two proposals from Chicago and one each from Honolulu and New York. But Chicago's two bids, submitted earlier this month, set off red flags for the foundation's board over land control and university leadership, according to a person close to the foundation.

The University of Chicago, a private school near Obama's South Side home, has long been perceived as a front-runner due to its close ties to the Obamas. But the three sites the university has proposed are on Chicago Park District land, and the university can't prove it could secure the land if it was selected, the person said.

Chicago's other proposal, from the public University of Illinois at Chicago, raised questions about how changes in leadership will affect the school's future, the person said. The campus and University of Illinois system are expected to have a new president, chancellor and board chairman within the next year. The person wasn't authorized to comment publicly and demanded anonymity.

It was unclear whether either school's bid was in serious jeopardy or whether, by drawing attention to the issues now, the foundation hoped to spur the universities to act quickly to improve their proposals.

The city of Chicago confirmed that the foundation has raised concerns about the University of Chicago bid. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama's former chief of staff, has been a vocal proponent for the city's bids, but putting it on park land would require the park district's sign-off.

"The mayor is committed to bringing the library home to Chicago, and we continue to work with the foundation to ensure all Chicago bids remain competitive," said David Spielfogel, the mayor's senior adviser.

Although the park district's board president, Bryan Traubert, is married to Obama's longtime friend and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Traubert has recused himself. Other attempts to build on park land have drawn consternation from groups like Friends of the Parks. The group sued to block "Star Wars" creator George Lucas from building a museum on park acreage.

One potential option could be for city to acquire the land from the park district if Chicago is picked for the library. The city could return the property to the park system if another bid is selected. Spielfogel said all options were being considered but that Emanuel will "only consider potential sites that ensure park land remains under public control and that the surrounding communities have a say in the process."

Obama's foundation, in a statement, said it would consider many criteria before choosing the school that offers the best complete package. The University of Illinois said that Obama's foundation "should feel confident in the university leadership's ongoing support," adding that the incoming Illinois governor will fill vacant trustee slots in January. The University of Chicago had no immediate reaction.

The University of Hawaii and Columbia University, the other two schools in contention, both have secured attractive real estate that could house the library.

AP source: Chicago bids for Obama library at risk - KXNet.com - Bismarck/Minot/Williston/Dickinson-KXNEWS,ND

Column: A call to service in Boone County(OHIO)

 

Forty boards in the county require 200 appointees to function effectively

Gary Moore, Judge-executive of Boone County (Photo: Provided)

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As the Boone County judge-executive, one of the important responsibilities I have is to appoint citizens to serve on boards and commissions that assist the county and the region in policy formation, oversight and administration.

As you may or may not know there are more than 40 boards in Boone County that require over 200 appointees to function effectively. These opportunities exist to engage the public, utilize the vast resources and talents of our citizens and to ensure oversight of public entities. From fire protection districts to historic preservation to the Arboretum to planning and zoning (to name just a few) there are countless opportunities for citizens to be directly involved in important issues that impact us all.

Serving on a board or commission can be a rewarding experience for community service minded residents. It is an excellent way to participate in the functioning of local government and to make a personal contribution to the improvement of Boone County.

I challenge our citizens to consider serving because it is more than an opportunity to be engaged; it is also a critical responsibility that we have in a democracy to be active in decision-making bodies that make our government work. Boards and commissions make important judgments each and every day that have an enormous impact on the people and the future of Boone County. Without the participation of our citizens, we fail to serve our community.

I urge you to consider whether your talents and experience might bring value to a board or commission. The first step is to visit the county's website and learn about the many groups that utilize board members. The website address is bit.ly/BooneBoards. If you believe that one of the groups would be a good fit for you, I welcome your application!

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. The appointment process stays active year-round with expiring terms turning over at various times throughout the year. Once candidates are identified as good matches for open positions and interviewed, I make my final recommendation to the Fiscal Court. This process is important to identify quality board members.

Service on a board is important for so many reasons. It helps familiarize you with your community, develops potential community leaders and it gives you the chance to have input about which community needs should be addressed and how they should be met.

I urge every Boone Countian to give serious consideration to serving as a board member. If you have questions or need more information, please contact our Government and Community Relations Coordinator, Matthew Webster, at mwebster@boonecountyky.org. I look forward to working with you to continue make Boone County a great place to live, work and raise a family.

Gary W. Moore is the judge-executive of Boone County.

Column: A call to service in Boone County

McHenry County questions jail-rental program - News - Journal Star - Peoria, IL

Note to readers:  Boone County earlier this year signed a $85 per day agreement with the Federal Marshall Program-- that contact was negotiated with the help of an expensive consultant.  See that story at:  http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2013/12/boone-county-risks-20k-to-generate.htmlBy the Associated Press

Journal Star

By the Associated Press

Posted Dec. 28, 2014 @ 5:00 pm

By the Associated Press
Posted Dec. 28, 2014 @ 5:00 pm

WOODSTOCK, Ill. — A jail-rental program with the federal government that has produced more than $73 million in the past decade has some McHenry County officials nonetheless wondering if it is worth it.

The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1Aco4SX) that county taxpayers have subsidized the initiative to temporarily house detainees of the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

They question whether the agreement should be renewed when it expires at the end of 2015.

At issue is the $85-a-day per-bed rate, which hasn't changed since 2008. A lobbyist hired by the county in 2013 found the county's cost is $131 daily. But that report has been criticized as oversimplified.

County Administrator Peter Austin claims the cost varies. He contends that while there are fixed costs to providing the jail, which the county must do by state law, the population varies, changing the daily inmate cost.

"We have to turn the oven on whether we're making 200 biscuits or 400 biscuits," Austin said.

The county has asked for an increase from its federal partners. The Marshals Service agreed to a $10-a-day increase — and then pulled its detainees the next day. Federal authorities note that other facilities in the Chicago area charge less — Dodge County, Wisconsin, has a $60-a-day rate.

ICE uses the McHenry County lockup to a greater degree than the Marshals Service did. In 2012, for example, the average daily ICE population was 241 compared to 45 in the Marshals' custody. But the county has felt additional financial pressure as the overall population has dropped from an average of 350 a day in 2011 to 180 daily this year, not counting December.

A consultant the county hired in the spring of 2013 plugged the county's costs into a federal reimbursement formula and determined the county was paying $131 per day to house the inmates.

That outraged some officeholders.

"We're talking between $40 and $50 million over a seven-year period," county board member Donna Kurtz said. "This never should have happened."

Information from: The Northwest Herald, http://www.nwherald.com

Above is from:  McHenry County questions jail-rental program - News - Journal Star - Peoria, IL

 

This problem has been a concern of some McHenry County board members for months.  SEE the First Electric Newspaper article of March 5, 2014 (http://www.firstelectricnewspaper.com/2014/03/county-board-members-ask-for-real-costs.html)

 

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

County Board Members Ask For Real Costs At McHenry County Jail

 

Controversy building behind the scenes for the past month about the cost of housing federal inmates at the McHenry County Jail finally broke out in public complaints at Tuesday's McHenry County Board meeting.  Administrator Peter Austin announced hopes the County will get more money per prisoner, at least for some prisoners, "within 30 days" but members complained bitterly that they're being kept in the dark about what it really costs to house one.
Finance Committee Vice Chairman Donna Kurtz charged that, using the only numbers available, McHenry County's lost $30 milllion keeping federal prisoners in McHenry County Jail since 2008.  "This isn't beanbag," she said.  "We're talking real money."
The problem, as Austin laid it out, is that the County houses a lot of federal prisoners for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshall's Service but the rate of payment hasn't gone up in six years.  The County's been trying to boost it since July of 2012 but without success, even after hiring a $60,000 expert who said he'd have a new contract in the bag by last July 31.  Austin, returned Monday from a trip to Washington,  said ICE still wasn't talking but that he'd secured an "oral agreement" with the Marshall's office, yet to be confirmed,  that he estimated would bring in another $1 million.
Former head of the Board's Justice Committee, Nick Provenzano, complained that was all very well but not much help if Members didn't know how much it cost the County to house prisoners in the first place.  Referring to an $85 per-day figure provided by consultant Joseph Summerill last year,  Provenzano asked, "Are they accurate or are they not accurate?"
"They're not accurate," replied Austin who hastened to say that the way federal officials figure prisoner costs isn't the same as the way the County figures them.  Austin said Summerill's Jail costs were more suggestive than definitive when he was trying to convince the Board to hire him..
"It was not presented to us as an illustration in a sales brochure," complained Member John Hammerand.  "It's infuriating to me."
Kurtz charged Summerill's numbers were sold to the Board as authoritative.  "Sheriff Nygren, Undersheriff Zinke and [Sheriff's Business Manager] Angela [Wood-Zuzevich] all nodded their heads," she said.  "I trust Sheriff Nygren when he said he was behind the numbers."
But if the Summerill numbers are no good, what are the real ones, inquired Member Paula Yensen?  "Many of us have been asking for that information," she complained.
FEN's been trying to find out, too., filing a Freedom of Information Act request last month for the federally-required Jail Operating Expense Information report McHenry County had to submit for the latest round of negotiations.  It lists 43 different kinds of Jail expenditures that the U.S. Department of Justice considers at least theoretically allowable in setting bed-rental rates.  In fact, FEN filed two requests since it wasn't clear who had the report and Summerill didn't reply to inquiries.  The one to McHenry County Administration was turned down on the premise the report was among "proposals and bids for any contract" and "preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations and memoranda",  both of which are exempt from disclosure.  The one to the Sheriff's Office was answered, eventually, with what appeared to be a standard printout of how close last year's Jail budget came to actual expenditures.  (Answer: pretty close.)
Austin told the County Board other newspapers have been inquiring about Jail costs, too, but said, "I'm not going to negotiate in public."

Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015 - Yahoo News

 

HONOLULU (AP) — Warning from President Barack Obama to congressional Republicans: I have a veto pen and, come January, I won't be afraid to use it.

Since taking office in 2009, Obama has only vetoed legislation twice, both in fairly minor circumstances. But with Republicans set to take full control of Congress next year, Obama is losing his last bulwark against a barrage of bills he doesn't like: the Senate.

"I haven't used the veto pen very often since I've been in office," Obama said in an NPR interview airing Monday. "Now, I suspect, there are going to be some times where I've got to pull that pen out."

He added: "I'm going to defend gains that we've made in health care. I'm going to defend gains that we've made on environment and clean air and clean water."

Obama's notice to the GOP came as he sought to set the tone for a year in which Congress and the president are on a near-certain collision course. Buoyed by decisive gains in last month's midterm elections, Republicans are itching to use their newfound Senate majority to derail Obama's plans on immigration, climate change and health care, to name a few.

To overturn Obama's veto, Republicans would need the votes of two-thirds of the House and Senate. Their majorities in both chambers are not that large, so they would still need to persuade some Democrats to defy the president.

But Obama said he was hopeful that at least on some issues, that won't be necessary, because there's overlap between his interests and those of congressional Republicans. On that point, at least, he's in agreement with incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

"Bipartisan jobs bills will see the light of day and will make it to the President's desk, and he'll have to make decisions about ideology versus creating jobs for the middle class," McConnell said in response to Obama's comments. "There's a lot we can get done together if the president puts his famous pen to use signing bills rather than vetoing legislation his liberal allies don't like."

Potential areas for cooperation include tax reform and global trade deals — both issues where Obama and Republicans see at least partially eye to eye. Conversely, the likeliest points of friction surround Environmental Protection Agency regulations, the Keystone XL pipeline and Obama's unilateral steps on immigration, which let millions of people in the U.S. illegally avoid deportation and get work permits.

In the interview, recorded before Obama left Washington earlier this month for his annual Hawaii vacation, Obama also offered his most specific diagnosis to date of why Democrats fared so poorly in the midterms. He said he was "obviously frustrated" with the results.

"I think we had a great record for members of Congress to run on and I don't think we — myself and the Democratic Party — made as good of a case as we should have," Obama said. "And you know, as a consequence, we had really low voter turnout, and the results were bad."

Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015 - Yahoo News

US farmers brace for labor shortage under new policy - Yahoo News

Once Obama's executive action starts going into effect next year, it will protect the parents of legal U.S. residents from deportation and expand a 2012 program that shields from deportation people brought into the U.S. illegally as children

This action  isn't going to bring new workers to agriculture," said Jason Resnick, vice president and general counsel of the powerful trade association Western Growers. "It's possible that because of this action, agriculture will lose workers without any mechanism to bring in new workers."

Although details of the president's immigration policy have yet to be worked out, Resnick said the agricultural workforce has been declining for a decade. Today, the association estimates there is a 15 to 20 percent shortage of farmworkers, which is driving the industry to call for substantial immigration reform from Congress, such as a sound guest worker program.

"Hopefully there will be the opportunity for comprehensive immigration reform," said Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. "That's the right thing to do for this country."

California's 330,000 farmworkers account for the largest share of the 2.1 million nationwide, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Texas comes in a distant second with less than half of California's farmworkers.

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