Romney Faces Mounting Attacks on Bain and Taxes - NYTimes.com

 

Mr. Emanuel suggested that the undisclosed returns could hold only bad news about Mr. Romney’s finances, and might even have played a role in Senator John McCain’s decision to reject Mr. Romney as a running mate in 2008 and turn instead to Sarah Palin. Mr. Romney gave Mr. McCain’s team 23 years of returns.

“The Romney campaign isn’t stupid,” Mr. Emanuel said. “They have decided that it’s better to get attacked on a lack of transparency, lack of accountability to the American people, versus telling you what’s in those taxes.”

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County panel rejects industrial zoning in agricultural area | Belvidere Daily Republican

BelRock Services LLC was seeking the rezoning to allow parking of its blacktopping trucks and equipment.

It wasn’t the use that drew the concern but allowing industrial zoning in a primarily agricultural area.

Interim Planning Director Kathy Miller said the comprehensive plan called for mixed use – commercial and residential – on the 4.4-acre parcel in question. “I-2 is not consistent with the comprehensive plan,” she said.

She added that the kind of development recommended in the comp plan was better for the I-90, Irene Road area. “We’re working very hard to complete that interchange,” she said.

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