Saturday, March 12, 2011

Thousands gather to protest Wisconsin union law - Yahoo! News

. A parade of about 50 tractors driven by Wisconsin farmers, some carrying fellow demonstrators, slowly made its way around the Capitol building

Madison Police predicted the 27th consecutive day of demonstrations against the law to severely restrict the power of public sector unions in the state would approach the 70,000 to 100,000 a week ago,

Several of the Democratic state Senators who left Wisconsin for three weeks to block the measure's path to approval, are expected to attend the afternoon rally.

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Video of Japanese Nuclear Plant Explosion - NYTimes.com

Click on the following for this and other video clips from Japan:  Video of Japanese Nuclear Plant Explosion - NYTimes.com

Northern Illinois Tourism Council< Belvidere, Illinois

Although no longer operating—the Northern Illinois Tourism’s financials for FY 2009 were filed in July 2010 and are available.

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The audited financial statements as of 6-30-2009  are available at: 

http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/charities/search/index.jsp

The proper name of the organization for search purposes is:

NORTHERN ILLINOIS TOURISM COUNCIL

Reg. Number:
01055769

EIN:
363133417

As shown by the balance sheet below, the net worth of the Council was $38K.

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The Council’s Income was basically grants from the State (shown below) apparently with the state’s financial crisis those sources stopped.

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Executive Director Salary—$56,400

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2006 Hyundai Sonata

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