Take a look at this article at: http://totalbuzz.ocregister.com/2011/12/27/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-coming-to-o-c/81254/
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Scott Walker: Regrets
Take a look at this interesting news article by clicking on the following: http://www.rivertowns.net/event/article/id/234115/group/State%20News/
Friday, December 23, 2011
BCJ: County approves New Tenant at Maple Crest Center
The following is from page 3, of the 12-23-2011 Boone County Journal which is available free of cost at merchants across the county. Il is also available online at: http://www.boonecountyjournal.com/news/2011/Boone-County-News-12-23-11.pdf#page=3
Click on the following photocopy to enlarge:
Thursday, December 22, 2011
EDITORIAL Beloit Daily News: Let sun shine on payback
from: http://www.beloitdailynews.com/opinion/editorial-let-sun-shine-on-payback/article_779b6bb4-2beb-11e1-b1de-001871e3ce6c.html
Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 
4:00 pm
EDITORIAL: Let sun shine on payback
Another example of why alternative energy can be tough sell.
THOSE SOLAR PANELS on top of (Beloit) City Hall look all cool and high-tech, and presumably will win Beloit a few plaudits for going green and demonstrating environmental sensitivity.
But what about the math?
According to numbers provided to the Daily News by City Hall, the project carried a price tag of about $180,000. The 125 solar panels will produce a trickle of electricity — about 30 kilowatts at peak performance. Projections call for the panels to reduce the City Hall utility costs 8-9 percent, somewhere in the range of maybe $3,500 a year.
CRUNCH THOSE NUMBERS and this is what you get: Return on investment, or payback, will take more than 50 years.
And, by the way, the system is designed to last around 40 years.
In a nutshell, this is why alternative energy has such a tough time catching on in America. This is a bottom-line country, where hard-nosed business types crunch numbers with ferocity. Investments are made because the numbers add up and there’s a reasonable plan for a solid return. Sentimentality and wishful thinking don’t make the cut.
So solar panels with weak payback or electric cars that conk out every 40 miles have a tough time finding a market in the private sector.
Instead, panels wind up on government roofs.
What’s next? Electric fire engines?
Where is Gov. Walker’s money opposing the recall coming from?
About half is from out of state.
Some of the largest donations include:
• $250,000 by Bob Perry of Houston, famous for the "Swift Boat" ads against John Kerry during the 2004 presidential campaign.
• $205,500 by Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein of Illinois, who run Uline Shipping Supply Specialists. Walker is scheduled to deliver a jobs announcement Friday from a Uline plant in Hudson, Wis.
• $100,000 by Foster Friess of Wyoming, a philanthropist and Wisconsin native.
• $50,000 by Roger Hertog, co-founder of The New York Sun and current chairman of the Manhattan Institute.
• $20,000 by H.R. Perot of Plano, Texas, chairman of Perot Systems and son of the two-time third-party candidate for president, Ross Perot.
"In all our years of analysis, we have never seen a politician try to win a Wisconsin race with so much non-Wisconsin money," said Scot Ross, One Wisconsin Now executive director.
Some of the bigger in-state contributors were the Schuettes, the family that runs Wausau Homes Inc. They gave $150,000 in total.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Sparland, Il faces state investigations over FOIA issues as village officials resignation
This story has been printed in the Chicago Tribune however the original story is for the Peoria Star: http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1481469243/Another-resignation-cuts-Sparland-board-down-to-three
The resignations come in the wake of a third investigation by the Illinois Attorney General's Office into village practices. That involves alleged failure to comply with the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, while two earlier probes focus on possible violations of the state's Open Meetings Act.
In addition, the board had to revote on some major ordinance amendments that had been passed with illegal "proxy" voting by absent members, including a water rate increase. The village also faces enforcement action from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency over a sewer problem. And Fluffers, which opened last spring, has continued to generate divisions on the board
Here is earlier article on the story:
Resident Margaret Murry, who has been a vocal critic of village government in recent months, submitted the FOIA request on Nov. 17 to village clerk and then-FOIA officer Susan Persinger. Murry asked for records that included meeting minutes, copies of some ordinances and amendments, certain financial records and the oaths of office taken by elected officials.
State law requires a response to FOIA requests within five working days. Murry asked the AG's Office to review the matter after two weeks had passed.
"The public body has failed to respond to my request," she wrote.
The investigation comes at a time when the village has no one filling the legally required position of FOIA officer
Attention: Citizens of Belvidere Township—The Food Pantry Donation is still on the Agenda
This maybe the opportunity for which the Board of Trustees is waiting. A meeting in which there will be few members of the public so the board can dispose of this matter they way they wish. Remember that our community’s current hunger problems are not going away soon.
Please come on Tuesday at 5:00 and be heard. Or call your township official shown below:
AGENDA
BELVIDERE TOWNSHIP
MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD
8200 Fairgrounds Road
December 27, 2011 – 5:00 P.M.
I. Call to Order / Roll Call
II. Pledge of Allegiance
III. Approval of Prior Meeting’s Minutes
IV. Transfers
V. Reports
a. Supervisor’s Report
b. Highway Commissioner’s Report
c. Assessor’s Report
d. Clerk’s Report
e. Trustee’s Report
VI. Unfinished Business
a. Disposal of Equipment
b. Financial Request Forms
c. Belvidere/Boone Co. Food Pantry Request
VII. Legal
VIII.New Business
IX. Treasurer’s Report and Approval of Bills
X. Public Input
XI. Closed Session
a.
XII. Adjournment
* Please note in order to take final action on an item it must be specified on the posted agenda 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
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