Thursday, March 29, 2012

Who paid for the ad in the SHOPPER?

This nearly $1,000 AD was “prepared and  offered on behalf of the elected and employed persons at Belvidere Township” but who paid for it?  Was it the taxpayers of Belvidere Township?  And why?  Is it because of the ad paid by Mr. Mattison on page 5?

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Monday, March 26, 2012

Daily Chronicle | Death costs becoming an 
increasing DeKalb County’s burden

Death costs becoming an increasing county burden

By JEFF ENGELHARDT - jengelhardt@shawmedia.com

Created: Saturday, March 24, 2012 5:30 a.m. CDT

approved an additional $18,000 on top of the coroner’s $199,070 budget to cover the higher-than-expected costs for autopsies in 2011.

County Coroner Dennis Miller said he handled a record 566 cases in 2011, including 56 autopsies, some of which included toxicology tests. And at $850 per autopsy, not including the travel and scene work, the costs add up quickly

Click on the following to read the entire article:  Daily Chronicle | Death costs becoming an increasing county burden

Rick Santorum: top 5 unorthodox views - No corporate taxes for manufacturers - CSMonitor.com

 

1. English-only in Puerto Rico

2. College is for snobs

3. John F. Kennedy’s religion speech was wrong

4. Birth control is morally wrong

5. No corporate taxes for manufacturers

Click on the following and read the entire CS Monitor story:  Rick Santorum: top 5 unorthodox views - No corporate taxes for manufacturers - CSMonitor.com

BCJ: Sheriff to get 8 new patrol cars

The article below  is from the Boone County Journal which is available free of cost at merchants across the county and on the internet at: http://www.boonecountyjournal.com/news/2012/Boone-County-News-03-23-12.pdf#page=1

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Belvidere Chrysler Plant Featured on 60 Minutes

 

Featured on 60 Minutes

It was big news when we found out the Belvidere Chrysler Plant was adding 1,800 jobs this summer and when Chrysler's CEO came to the plant for the announcement in February, 60 Minutes Reporter Steve Kroft was also there. Tonight his in-depth report aired on 23 WIFR.


Belvidere Chrysler Plant Featured on 60 Minutes

Click on the following to view the video: Belvidere Chrysler Plant Featured on 60 Minutes

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recall sharpens fight over money in politics - The Washington Post

 

Millions of dollars are pouring into Wisconsin from wealthy conservatives nationwide, and labor unions are preparing to pump resources into the campaign of whichever Democrat faces off against Walker. (An early May primary will determine that.)

Thirteen of Walker’s top 20 donors are from places such as Texas, New York and Wyoming, home of No. 10 on the list, Foster Friess, the wealthy investor who has repeatedly stepped in to keep Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign solvent

Freeman says the signatures of a million Wisconsinites prove the recall can win without the kind of money Walker will have. “The rules have changed and Walker and his PACs can raise unlimited money, but we’ll be okay because people’s views of Walker are already set,” she says.

Scott Walker’s recall sharpens fight over money in politics - The Washington Post

Some voters reject prospect of having lower electric bills | Belvidere Daily Republican

Also the primary winners’  comments on e election.

Voters in unincorporated Boone County and the village of Poplar Grove surprised officials Tuesday by refusing to give those governments authority to negotiate their kilowatt use rates.

With that decision went the possibility that they would save upwards of 25 percent on their monthly electric bills.

Click on the following for more details:  Some voters reject prospect of having lower electric bills | Belvidere Daily Republican