Payroll problems - Freeport, IL - The Journal-Standard

 Freeport Mayor George Gaulrapp said Tuesday the city will attempt to pay its 220 employees by borrowing money, adding that the city is working to establish a line of credit in conjunction with upcoming work on Freeport landfills 2 and 3.

“We are going to borrow the money,” Gaulrapp acknowledged. “That is the only way we will make payroll, unless income tax revenues come in before (the end of the month).”

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DeKalb Mayor defends decision to withhold applicants' names

This is  apparently directly opposed to the Attorney General’s recent decision in the Richard Daley FOIA Case in Chicago.

the first reason is that … I lived by an ethics code of confidentiality.

second reason for my not turning the names over to the press is that the ordinance that regulates Aldermanic appointments does not require I do so

Click on the following for the rest of the Mayor’s letter to the editor:  NorthernStar Newspaper | Article

Give Obama time to fix country’s problems

Bloomington’s Pantagraph Editorial

When President Obama was elected, he inherited a record budget deficit, two wars and a recession with no end in sight.

Citizens can honestly disagree as to what can be done to solve these problems, but to state that President Obama could resolve these problems in one year is ridiculous.

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Rockford/Belvidere area unemployment near all-time high in January

 

Boone County’s rate was 22.1 percent in January, up from 17.5 percent in December; Winnebago County’s rate hit 19.3 percent, up from 16.1 percent in December.
Area cities also saw large increases. Rockford’s rate was 20.8 percent, up from 17.5 percent in December. Belvidere’s rate was 25 percent, up from 20 percent in December.

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Belvidere Police Department to have Citizen Police Academy

seven-session academy will begin 6 to 9 p.m. April 8 and continue each Thursday through May 20.

The sessions will be held at the Belvidere Police Department, 615 North Main St.

Seating is limited to 25 for this free program. If you are interested or need more information, call officer Jerry Leenheer at 815-547-8007.

Click on the following for more details:  The Belvidere Daily Republican. - Department to have Citizen Police Academy

Production up for Belvidere-built vehicles, sales not so much - - BusinessRockford.com

 

BELVIDERE — Workers at Chrysler Group LLC’s Belvidere assembly plant turned out 17,181 Dodge Calibers, Jeep Compasses and Jeep Patriots in February. 

For the month, dealers worldwide sold just 11,689 of the Belvidere-built models.

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