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ILLINOIS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR OCTOBER IS 11%
CHICAGO – The Illinois seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate for October is 11.0 percent, up 0.5
percent from the previous month and its highest level
since August 1983, according to figures released
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ASSESSOR RESPONDS TO LETTER BY TOM GREANIAS
This is my response to the Guest opinion letter written by Tom Greanias:
"Assessor's office actions raise lots of red flags"
I understand Tom Greanias has a bone to pick--he lobbied to be contracted
as the Decatur Township Assessor after the former Assessor resigned.
However, a board of 5 people unanimously appointed me to fulfill the duties.
I have been diligent in the work that needs to be done and the changes that
needed to be made in order to get this work done. I understand Greanias
wanted the office to stay status quo, so when he comes in, the same people
can keep
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WHAT REALLY GOES ON IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S CLOSED SESSIONS?
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Paul Osborne, Editor
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When the Decatur City Council moves from the public council chamber to the
closed meeting in the private conference room, that’s the end of the meeting
as far as the public and news media are concerned.
What goes on in the back room that is so private the public can’t see and
the council members and staff can’t publicly reveal (at least they’re not
suppose to reveal) when the meeting is over?
Since I was inside that room everytime the city council met in closed
session during the years I served as mayor, and chaired every closed session
meeting in
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EMPLOYEE CUTBACKS, INCREASE IN TAXES MAY BE COMING FOR DECATUR
The recent statements by administrative officials in Washington, D.C. that
the nation’s recession was over doesn’t seem to give much comfort to elected
officials and city staffs of municipalities across the country.
Tax revenues are down and municipalities like Decatur face potential
property tax increases, cuts in city services and possible increases in layoffs
of city employees.
These and other possible scenarios were discussed at Monday night’s
city council meeting after the council heard the latest financial review of the
city’s finance
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TOWNSHIP ASSESSOR-ELECT WEIGHS IN ON DEBATE
Dear Editor:
Several recent “Guest Opinion” columns and “Letters To The Editor” in
several newspapers have touched on a dispute between the Decatur
Township Board of Trustees and the Township Assessor’s Office. In that I was
elected to the position of Township Assessor, although I do not take office
until January 1st, I have followed the situation with great interest. Whatever
the outcome is, it will affect my future administration.
On one side of the issue is the board which feels the laws need to be
changed to give them more control over
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STUDY: TAX INCREASE ONLY SOLUTION TO STATE'S WIDENING BUDGET CRISIS
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget
crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation’s most
financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of
University of Illinois economists warns.
Illinois is
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SCHILLING CRITICIZES HARE'S SUPPORT FOR BRINGING GITMO PRISONERS TO THOMSON
Bobby Schilling, candidate for Congress in the Illinois 17th Congressional
District, criticized Congressman Hare's support of bringing Guantanamo Bay
detainees to the Thomson Correctional Center:
"It is quite sad, that the only way in which Congressman Hare can create jobs is
by
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REP. BOLAND WELCOMES FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THOMSON PRISON
State Representative Mike Boland, a Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor,
praised Governor Pat Quinn's efforts to get the federal government to use the
Thomson prison.
"The jobs created by a more full use of Thomson prison are welcome to the
communities surrounding Thomson," Boland
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