ICE chief of staff resigns amid misconduct claims - Yahoo! News

 

Barr is accused of telling a male subordinate he was "sexy" and asking a personal question about his anatomy during an office party. In a separate complaint, she is accused of offering to perform a sex act with a male subordinate during a business trip in Bogota, Colombia. She's also accused of calling a male subordinate from her hotel room and offering to perform a sex act. The names of two of Barr's accusers were censored in affidavits reviewed by AP.

Homeland Security's office of professional responsibility and inspector general have been investigating the allegations.

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Retired Illinois Rep. Dave Winters to earn $65K annual pension - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

By Kevin Haas

Retired state Rep. Dave Winters, R-Shirland, will earn a more than $65,000 annual pension for his 18 years of service in the Illinois House of Representatives.

Still, the retired state representative said he would have supported a bill legislators balked at earlier this month to eliminate state lawmakers pensions.

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Boone County compost business attempts to expand - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

By Jennifer Wheeler

The IEPA will review Garden Prairie Organics’ permit application by Sept. 13. The agency’s permit process is separate from the enforcement process, although both departments correspond with one another.

“They run on parallel tracks,” Carson added.

The Boone County Health Department is also keeping tabs on the stink to ensure it abides by the county’s code concerning odors, said Bill Hatfield, director of environmental health.

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Boone County Board candidate Marion Thornberry eligible to run - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

By Jennifer Wheeler

The Illinois State Board of Elections has determined that a Boone County Board candidate is eligible to run in the Nov. 6 election.

Boone County Democrats questioned whether District 3 candidate Marion Thornberry could remain on the ballot after helping move election supplies the day before the March primary. The group reached out to Illinois State Board of Elections, Democratic Party of Illinois and 16th Congressional District’s Democratic central committeeman John Nelson for answers.

Individuals who help run the polling places and process the votes are considered election judges, said Ken Menzel, deputy general counsel for the Illinois State Board of Elections. Those who help carry the sealed ballots prior to the election are not.

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Commission: Wind farm rules not compatible with comp plan | Belvidere Daily Republican

 

The 5-0 vote came Tuesday night and was based primarily on the belief that setbacks, recommended by the planning, zoning and building committee (PZB), would preclude a wind farm from being developed anywhere in the county.

Some commissioners also thought the proposed rules were too restrictive.

Assistant planner Gina DelRose will present that recommendation, and the commission’s comments, to the county zoning board of appeals at Tuesday night’s public hearing. It is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the county administration building, 1212 Logan Ave., Belvidere.

This is the meeting in which residents will be entitled to make comments concerning the proposed regulations.

 

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BCJ: Letter to Editor on Wind Farms

The following is taken from page 2, of the August 31, 2012 Boone County Journal, which is available free of cost at merchants across the county and on line at:  http://boonecountyjournal.com/news/2012/Boone-County-News-08-31-12.pdf#page=3

Editor,
What is the definition of renewable power? Is it the
construction of wind turbines?
Mainstream Renewable Energy, based in Ireland, intends
to build 100 wind turbines in northern Boone County. Many
landowners have been approached to lease their land .
And many have signed contracts. These contracts are
to be kept very secret. A landowner may not disclose any
information even if he wanted to. Therefore, the location of
possible turbines is not known. A developer can sell the lease
to a third party without the knowledge of the landowner. A
lease could possibly control your land for 50 years. Heirs
would have to abide, as the contract goes with the land.
These are just a few of the restrictions that a landowner will
agree to for payment of the lease.
There are many questions and concerns given by
surrounding property owners at county meetings, where the
developer is present, but no answers are given.
These turbines are not like the wind mills of years ago.
The wind does not power them. They must have electricity
to operate.
Of the many goals a wind developer will say is, they
want to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
But nothing is said about the amount of various fuels
needed to operate a single turbine transformer at the base
of each turbine, depending on the size, can contain up to
500 gallons of oil; hundreds of gallons of hydraulic and
lubricating oil; antifreeze (glycol) which is from gas and oil
reserves; greases and cleaning fluids.
A substation with one or two transformers may require
12,000 gallons , possibly more, of mineral oil which is a
byproduct of crude oil.
The manufacturers of large turbines do not include
electricity consumption in the specifications they produce.
Oil leaks do happen. On January 26, 2012 in Warsaw,
N.Y., 45 tons of soil had to be removed due to a transformer
leak of 400 gallons of oil at the base of a wind turbine.
Doris Nelson
Caledonia, Illinois