REMINDER: Vote Tuesday April 7--Municipal election and school board election.

 

Vote April 7: Municipal election and school board election.

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In Person Absentee

For the April 7, 2015, Consolidated Election, In Person Absentee Voting will begin March 16, 2015 and end April 6, 2015.  In Person Absentee voting will be conducted at the Boone County Clerk's Office, 1212 Logan Ave, Suite 103, Belvidere, Illinois from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday and Saturday morning April 4, 2015 from 9:00 am until Noon.  Please note that the office will be closed Friday, April 3, 2015, in observance of Good Friday.  For more information about In Person Absentee Voting please contact the Boone County Clerk's Office at (815) 544-3103.

Absentee by Mail

For the April 7, 2015, Consolidated Primary Election, the Boone County Clerk's Office is now accepting applications to vote by mail.  If you wish to vote by mail, click on the attachment below, fill it out, and return to the Boone County Clerk's Office at 1212 Logan Ave, Suite 103, Belvidere, IL 61008.  The last day applications are being accepted is Thursday, April 2, 2015.  If you have any questions please call the County Clerk's Office at (815) 544-3103.

Application for Absentee Ballot 2015_04_07.pdf
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Above is from:  http://www.boonecountyil.org/news/early-and-absentee-voting-information-april-7-2015-consolidated-election

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Municipal election and school board election.

Based upon past experience less than 300 votes will be cast for some of the alderman races in Belvidere and less than 1500 for District 100 school board candidates.  Please vote.  Remind your neighbors and friends—if they vote it certainly will count a great deal.

For the District 100 election Bill P. is supporting Allison Reid-Niemiec and Holly Houk.

Every voter has three votes:  One for one of the three Belvidere Township candidates.  Two votes for two of the four candidates from the other townships.

The following advertising literature was handed out at the District 100 Candidates Forum on Monday, March 9, 2015.

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Click on the photocopy to enlarge:

VOTE FOR ONE OF THESE THREE:

Current School Board President, Michael Rathbun had no literature.  A statement regarding his candidacy  and the other candidates’ statements are available at: http://district100watchdog.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2015-02-21T15:07:00-06:00&max-results=7

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VOTE FOR TWO OF THESE FOUR

Boone County Watchdog: Vote April 7: Municipal election and school board election.

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The above article is from the April 3, 2015 , Boone County Journal page 8 which is available without charge at merchants across the county and on line at:  http://www.boonecountyjournal.com/news/2015/Boone-County-News-04-03-15.pdf#page=1

Scott Walker's economic problem - Business Insider

 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Scott Walker has transformed Wisconsin politics, winning three elections in four years and signing laws that weaken unions, crippling a key ally of the Democratic Party.

But the likely Republican presidential contender has had less success changing Wisconsin's economy and budget. The state lags in job growth and its budget faces a shortfall. It's a record that complicates Walker's path in early primary states as he sells himself as a reformer.

"Most of his activity was more politically focused than economically, job-creation focused," said John Torinus, a Milwaukee businessman and venture capitalist who nevertheless praises some of Walker's moves. "He was going to concentrate on job creation with a laser-like focus and he got distracted."

Wisconsin has added private-sector jobs at a lower rate than the national average since July 2011 — six months after Walker took office. Walker promised in the 2010 campaign that if elected his policies would create 250,000 private sector jobs. But only about 145,000 such jobs were created over his first four years.

Wisconsin ranked 40th in private sector job growth for the 12 months ending in September, said the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Walker has called hiring in his state the "gold standard" for measuring his performance.

Still, there are positive economic signs Walker relies on to defend his record. Wisconsin's unemployment rate has dropped from 8.1 percent to 5 percent over his time in office. The state has seen a higher rate of new businesses starting than the rest of the country and income growth for Wisconsin residents has exceeded the national average.

Per capita income growth in Wisconsin exceeded per capita American income growth.

Walker "wasn't afraid to set big, bold goals to get Wisconsin back on track," said AshLee Strong, spokeswoman for Walker's political group, Our American Revival. "The governor is now taking his reform ideas that led to this economic success in Wisconsin and sharing them nationally."

Heavily reliant on manufacturing, Wisconsin has perennially lagged the nation in job creation and often used fiscal tricks to paper over budget deficits. Walker vowed to change that when he ran in 2010. His most renowned move, just six weeks into his first term in 2011, was to curtail public unions' collective bargaining power while also forcing them to pay more for pension and health care benefits. ..

Read the entire article:  Scott Walker's economic problem - Business Insider