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Monday, May 21, 2012

Park District To Honor Director's 15 Years

The Niles Park District board is honoring Joe LoVerde on his 15th anniversary with the district.

  Last Tuesday, the illness of three Niles Park District commissioners caused the district to cancel its board meeting. They'll regroup Wednesday evening for the meeting, and plan to honor Joe LoVerde, executive director, on his 15th anniversary with the district, said Ray Czarnik, a commissioner. Czarnik has written a speech marking the event, which includes, "Joe, with your vast knowledge and experience in planning and construction you have allowed this district to grow to levels faster than any one of us could have imagined. You personally dedicate yourself to every project that we take on." Earlier: Ice rink opens He also gave LoVerde, who is also a Village of Niles trustee, credit for taking over a park district with a low credit …

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Poll: Should Chicago Have a Casino?

Illinois lawmakers are again looking to expand gambling options in Illinois.

  Illinois lawmakers are considering plans to add more casinos as the state continues to grapple with budget woes. The latest proposals would place casinos in Danville, Rockford and Waukegan. Another proposal would allow for slot machines to be operated at race tracks like Arlington Park, the Alton Daily News reported. The bills are sponsored by Terry Link (D-Waukegan) in the Senate and Lou Lang (D-Skokie) in the House. Gov. Pat Quinn has called the legislation to, once again, expand gambling in Illinois "a distraction." Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been pushing for a Chicago casino. A Chicago casino is something that officials in the city long have sought. As far back at 1993, Mayor Daley proposed an $800 …

Craig Apelbaum

10:25 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012

Yes. Chicago, Illinois should have casinos because it brings money into ytheir economy.   more ›

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Library May Get More Parking Soon

The NIles Library is working to see if employees could park at Culver School, thus freeing up more spaces for library patrons.

Will Schools, Towns Lose State Funding?

The state legislature is considering a bill that would divert money from suburban governments and school districts in order to pay teachers' pensions, municipalities say.

  The village of Morton Grove stands to lose $1.3 million under a bill the Illinois House could vote on soon. The Northwest Municipal Conference, a coalition of many north and northwest suburban governments, warned its members yesterday that a bill that would cut state funding to municipalities, school districts, library districts and park districts could be considered as early as Wednesday. By midafternoon, however, it sent out notice the bill would not be considered Wednesday, but it could be called soon. Earlier: School District 67 makes cuts due to funding shortage State legislators need money to cover funding shortages for teachers' pensions in the Teachers Retirement System, according to the NMC, and they're looking to see if they …

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Dold, Schakowsky Spar on Women's Health

Evanston Congresswoman calls Dold’s recent proposal on women’s health a political ploy. He accuses her of partisanship.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) accused Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) Tuesday of introducing legislation merely to cast himself as a political moderate, while Dold replied Schakowsky is unwilling to act in a bipartisan fashion. Schakowsky made her remarks during a telephone news conference Tuesday with Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider, Dold’s Democratic opponent in the Nov. 6 general election, to explain why Dold’s record on women’s issues is unsatisfactory. Earlier: Dold Proposal Would Help Women’s Health Schakowsky was particularly critical of a bill Dold introduced last week prohibiting discrimination against health care providers participating in certain government programs from excluding services like contraception …

Richard Schulte

6:09 am on Monday, May 21, 2012

Mt2: "Ms. Sims, I couldn't agree more, with regard to the 'takeover' at times (not only Mr. Schulte, but he tends to stand out with his 'unusual' point-of-views)!" Hmmm. . . I understand how a group of people takes over parts of Chicago in a demonstration for some cause-we see video of that on the news, but I don't really understand how one can "take over" this blog. Government is spending …   more ›

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Poll: Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?

President Barack Obama said that he supported gay marriage this week, while Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman.

  Gay marriage came to the forefront of the 2012 presidential campaign this week. President Barack Obama said on ABC's Good Morning America that he personally supported gay marriage. "You know, Malia and Sasha, they have friends whose parents are same-sex couples. There have been times where Michelle and I have been sitting around the dinner table and we’re talking about their friends and their parents and Malia and Sasha, it wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated differently," Obama said in the interview with ABC. Obama's support for gay marriage came one day after North Carolina passed an amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, the Huffington Post Reported. Republican …

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RB

7:59 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012

Marie: I hope you get some clear answers, that was a good question. My experience is that the religious right feels that the Government should support them in their effort to implement laws based upon religion. I guess it's similar to the Taliban and Islamic law. Of course the Taliban may take it further with the whippings, beheadings and bulldozing of centuries old relics but, it's a slippery …   more ›

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Dold Proposal Would Help Women’s Health

Schneider likes the policy behind the legislation but questions the Congressman’s motivation.

Federal legislation to protect women’s health was introduced Wednesday by Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) prohibiting discrimination against health care providers participating in certain government programs from excluding services like contraception from coverage. Specifically, Dold wants to prevent institutions like hospitals and clinics participating in Title X from allowing some services and denying others. Title X was passed in 1970 providing preventive care to low income women. “This legislation is needed and timely,” Dold said. “We have seen in Congress and several states attempts to block funds to Title X participants. For over 40 years, Title X has provided access to contraception and health education to women.” He added that more…

Sully

6:44 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012

I agree, Local. Start by getting rid of all the moneyed interest involved, beginning with repealing Citizen's United.   more ›

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Kirk Speaks, Walks on Video

Senator releases video thanking citizens and showing his rehab effort.

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) released a video Tuesday thanking the citizens of Illinois in his own voice for their support during his rehabilitation from a stroke suffered Jan. 21 and three resulting surgeries. Kirk left the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Friday to continue his recovery from the stroke at the home of family members. Earlier: Kirk Heads Home From Rehab Center “I want to thank everyone especially for the patience they have given me to recover from a big stroke," said Kirk. "(And also) to the people of Illinois for granting me the honor to represent them in the United States Senate. I cannot wait to get back to work to vote to spend less, borrow less and tax less to fix our economy." Kirk made it clear in the video …

McCloud

10:20 am on Friday, May 11, 2012

Your point is made every day, record unemployment, record foreclosures, record debt, record bankrupcies, no need to post for you anymore.   more ›

Monday, May 7, 2012

Dempster-Waukegan Plan Clears A Hurdle

Schools had feared they would lose money, but village will likely raise sales tax in that area and funnel the revenue to them.

  A plan to redevelop the Dempster Street and Waukegan Road area surmounted a key hurdle Thursday. Some had feared local school districts would lose income under the proposal for a TIF district. However, local taxing bodies, including District 67, District 70, District 219 and the Morton Grove Library voted 4-1 to approve the plan after a way was found to provide them some revenue. The Morton Grove Park District voted against it. Basically, those taxing bodies entered into a revenue-sharing agreement to receive a portion of revenues from a sales tax hike. "It's a TIF District, and now we're going to layer over it a business district," said Ryan Horne, Morton Grove's village administrator.  Earlier: Dempster-Waukegan plan moves forward Both…

sherwin dubren

4:50 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012

Surprisingly, the school districts agreed to this new plan. They have received subsidies from MG in the past, but why would they agree to a partial reimbursement when they are entiteld to full tax benefits? The village approving this TIF without a referendum is like taxation without representation. TIF's do not create more taxation, but they have the potential to create debt for the residents. …   more ›

Schakowsky Power Lunch Draws 1,500

Congresswoman stresses the power of women voters in the 2012 elections at political event.

More than 1,500 women and a long list of elected officials attended U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's Ultimate Women's Power Lunch Friday at the Hilton Chicago. The 9th District Democrat, whose district includes much of the northern suburbs, held the event to mobiize women for the upcoming fall election. The elected officials attending included Governor Pat Quinn, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle and Democratic Congressional candidates Tammy Duckworth, Brad Schneider, Cheri Bustos, Bill Foster, David Gill, Dennis Anderson and Leslie Coolidge. In introducing the seven Democratic candidates for Congress in Illinois, Schakowsky said, "Illinois is ground-zero for putting the Speaker's gavel back in the hand of Nancy Pelosi. We have many great …

JD

7:24 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012

schneider rails on moderate Bob Dold and then says he likes occupy wall street and hangs out with hyper partisan schakowsky   more ›

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