Lawsuit against Winnebago County.
damages of at least $500,000 be awarded for “depreciation of use and value” of her property as a result of the wind farm text amendment’s approval as a permitted use, which requires no public hearings prior to the siting of wind turbines throughout the county.
Click on the following for more details: Lawsuit ensures wind farm won’t be a breeze | The Rock River Times
Republicans will easily portray him [Alexi Giannoulias] as part of the "Chicago machine". (In fact, they already have, with an ad seemingly narrated by a "Jersey Shore" cast member.) His family's bank made loans to Tony Rezko, a convicted developer, and is now so troubled that it is under federal oversight. His brother served on the Illinois Finance Authority during the reign of Rod Blagojevich
Mark Kirk, has more experience (five terms in Congress) and more cash (as of January 13th Mr Kirk had $4.9m, compared with Mr Giannoulias’s $3m). Mr Kirk is well-respected, a social moderate and fiscal conservative. A commander in the Navy reserve, he has served in Afghanistan twice. He coasted through the primary…. Mr Kirk tried to win Sarah Palin's endorsement, but failed. He was for the House cap-and-trade plan before he was against it. He does not have tea-party support
Click on the following for more details: The Senate race in Illinois: Who will take Obama's old seat? | The Economist
that 4,423 residents, or 72.83 percent, voted against the tax increase, while only 1,650 residents, or 27.17 percent, voted in favor of the proposal….Supporters of the increase had hoped to use the estimated $1.2 to $1.5 million in additional annual revenue to provide much-needed funding for public safety and, specifically, the sheriff’s office, which was recently hit hard by staff cuts.
Click on the following: Gaulrapp seeks town-hall debates in upcoming campaign - Freeport, IL - The Journal-Standard
The project is not working..
An ambitious, $6.7 billion government project to secure nearly the entire Mexican border with a "virtual fence" of cameras, ground sensors and radar is in jeopardy after a string of technical glitches and delays.
Having spent $672 million so far with little to show for
The worst that happens is that we have a system which gives us some value but we conclude that it's not worth buying any more of it," said Mark Borkowski, the government's director of the project at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Click on the following for more details: Daily Herald | Border fence plagued by glitches, long delays
Or did it—what did the primary loss mean?
Stroger had $500,000 on hand at the end of the year in two bank certificates of deposit, yet he never spent money on TV ads the way his opponents Preckwinkle and O'Brien did. His campaign explained that he was keeping funds on hand for the general election, but it seemed more likely he was keeping it on hand for a later run for a different office.
Read the story and see if you think Mr. Stroger will still be a power to reckon with: Daily Herald | Stroger dynasty ends as Cook president
