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Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez: A walking contradiction
2012-02-06 15:07:00 Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, in my opinion, is a walking contradiction. So much so that I seriously doubt she can be trusted when it comes to protecting the rights of “everyday citizens.” If, however, you are connected to say, the former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and his cluster of political cronies, well... Read more »
Cook County Morgue: Now I understand policeman's kindness so long ago
2012-01-28 17:49:00 It will be 29 years in April, but I still vividly remember the day my mother died. She hadn’t felt good for a week, but, on the day she died decided she was okay and even went out to run some errands and pick up a prescription nearby. After returning to her apartment she collapsed... Read more »
Peotone: Jesse Jackson Jr. needs to stay the hell out of Will County
2012-01-20 13:43:00 Will County Board Chairman Jim Moustis has had my vote before and will continue to get it so long as he stays tough on the “Peotone Problem.” Now, the reason I choose to call it a problem is quite simple – we don’t need that third airport in Peotone if airlines have repeatedly said they... Read more »
Maricopa County Sheriff?s deputy killed in shootout
2012-01-08 20:23:00 Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy killed in shootout A Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy was slain early Sunday after a burglary suspect opened fire at him at an Anthem medical plaza, sheriff’s deputies said. The burglary suspect, whose name was not released, … Continue reading →
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Orange County Truck Accident Lawyer
2011-12-18 12:46:00 One of the realities of living in Orange County is the 405. Millions of people use it to commute both ways and an unfortunate part of all that traffic will be accidents. Not surprisingly, many will need the services of an orange county truck accident lawyer, to help them sort any any legal mess as ...
Lake County's disease of Raise My Taxitis
2011-12-07 14:40:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Steve Balich tells the school board to stop raising taxes so much that we are driving people from their homes. Balich is a representative of the Homer/Lockport Tea Party and the Will County Tea Party Alliance. We need our local boards (Fire, Library, School, City, Township,etc.) to stop raising their levy... Read more »
?Real Housewives of Orange County? Star Alexis Bellino Gets Nose Job (PHOTO
2011-11-29 19:38:00 Real Housewives of Orange County star Alexis Bellino has admitted that she went under the knife for a new nose in October. RHOOC Alexis Bellino Lashes out at In Touch Weekly ”Most people don?t even know I had a nose job,” the 34-year-old mom told the OC Register. “They notice something [new] about me. It’s perked ...
Odds are you need to appeal your Cook County property taxes
2011-11-01 14:34:00 After seeing just how inaccurate Zillow’s home price estimates are it occurred to me thatĀ property taxes suffer from the same problem – i.e. wildly inaccurate home value estimates are resulting in thousands of people overpaying in property taxes and thousands of others paying far too little. If you want to get excited about financial... Read more »
Increasing Number of Foreclosures in Jefferson County
2011-10-31 12:26:00 Recently, in a news report it has been reported that maximum number of eviction cases are going on in Louisville, which has never happened before. The rate of foreclosure was up 21% in Jefferson County the previous year in comparison to 2009. There are nearly 5,300 foreclosed properties in Jefferson County.Looking Foreclosed Homes? ForeclosureWarehouse.com has the best online resources of foreclosures in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Texas and all US States - Increasing Number of Foreclosures in Jefferson County
Number of Issued Default Notices in Napa County Up Once Again
2011-10-26 13:35:00 In 2010, the number of households that were facing foreclosure in Napa County in the period of July to September was quite low, whereas in the same period this year the figure rose by 18.5%. After the third quarter, condos and households have got 263 foreclosure default notices in the county.Looking Foreclosed Homes? ForeclosureWarehouse.com has the best online resources of foreclosures in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Texas and all US States - Number of Issued Default Notices in Napa County Up Once Again
Foreclosure Auction Shows an 8% Increase in Foreclosures in Tarrant County
2011-10-21 13:27:00 Tarrant, Denton, Collin and Dallas counties made up the metropolitan area and the total foreclosure postings in all these counties summed up to 4,455 this November, which is 6.6% up from the number of postings in October. However, the number is lower by 4% than the same period last year.Looking Foreclosed Homes? ForeclosureWarehouse.com has the best online resources of foreclosures in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Texas and all US States - Foreclosure Auction Shows an 8% Increase in Foreclosures in Tarrant County
Cesar Malaga, Candidate for Suffolk County Legislature 14th LD
2011-10-09 17:52:00 Cesar Malaga Candidate for Suffolk County Legislature 14th District Tags: suffolk county legislature <BR/>
Zahra Baker?s Stepmom, Elisa Baker Moved to Mecklenburg County Jail
2011-09-21 21:17:00 Elisa Baker made headline news last week when she stood before a judge and pleaded guilty to second degree murder of her stepdaughter, Zahra Baker, the 10 year old Australian girl that was killed and then her body was dismembered and the parts were scattered in different areas. Elisa led police to where they could ...
ESSEX COUNTY NOW AVAILABLE FROM iBooks!
2011-09-20 15:14:00 Essex County is now available for digital download from Apple ibooksAnd Sweet Tooth is also available via comixologyAnd the now sold out first issues of Animal Man and Frankenstein are available digitally through DC Comics!
Cook County challenges federal immigration policy
2011-09-08 22:04:00 Politicians in Illinois are again at the forefront of the immigration debate. On Wednesday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners said it won’t pay to detain suspected undocumented immigrants. In a 10 to 5 vote it approved a measure to deny “detainer” requests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the Chicago Tribune’s Antonio... Read more »
Wake county school board elections: Koch brothers exposed
2011-09-01 22:27:00 I will let the video do the talking. This film and investigation connects the dots and reveals why the Koch brothers are trying to end public education and how their wealth winds up in the hands of Jim Crow. Watch the video, then call David...
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Cook County's poor children have a corner on cavities
2011-07-05 17:00:00 There’s nothing worse than a toothache, many would say. But many of Cook County’s smallest residents may be suffering from rotting teeth, abscesses and mammoth cavities, especially those who are poor. A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office says that just 25 percent of the nation’s children suffer from 80 percent of the...
Chance to see Future White Sox Division Rivals in Action: Kane County Couga
2011-06-11 20:34:00 Baseball America ranks the Kansas City Royals minor league system as the best in all of baseball. All those consecutive years of losing have brought them some really high draft picks, and they've used those picks on some of the best blue chip prospects in Major League Baseball. There's been a change in the structure/hierarchy of the system last year; and as it stands the Low A affiliate is the KANE COUNTY COUGARS The Cougars are one of six minor league teams located in the Chicagoland area (the most of any metro area); they are the only one affiliated with a major league team. The other five: Joliet Slammers, Lake County Fielders, Gary Southshore Railcats, Schaumburg Flyers, and Windy...
ESSEX COUNTY TO BE ADAPTED TO FILM
2011-06-06 18:25:00 Visual effects supervisor John Dykstra has set up his first feature film directing gig called Super Zero, which is an adaptation of the comic book Essex Country: Tales from the Farm. Dykstra most recently worked on the film X-Men: First Class, which was a pretty incredible movie for those of you who haven't seen it yet.Tales of the Farm was created by Jeff Lemire, and was adapted into screenplay form by John Carr. The film will be shot live action, but will include heavy special effects sequences. The story is described as being edgy, but family-friendly. The story follows an orphaned 10-year-old who goes to live on a farm with his uncle. As their relationship grows strained, he befriends the town's gas station owner, a former pro hockey player, and the pair escape into a private fantasy world of superheroes and alien invaders.The comic book has won several awards and according to Variety "the producers' plan is to "make a big splash at ComicCon, where Lemire and the publisher, T...
Cook County Commissioner Summer Fun Update
2011-06-05 13:00:00 From the office of Cook County Commissioner Timothy O. Schneider... Fishing Fun Cook County Commissioner Timothy O. Schneider's Fishing Derby Sunday June 12, 2011 from 9am - Noon at Busse Woods Grove 25 Celebrate a summer day fishing at Busse Woods, a Cook County forest preserve, with some of your friends and family. Bring your fishing gear and fish for fantastic prizes! No fishing license needed during Illinois Free Fishing days! Children of all ages will be able to enjoy great fun! Click here to download the event flier....
'Real Housewives of Orange County' Episode 11 Recap: Riding the B
2011-05-16 21:29:00 Recap of last night's snoozefest.
Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider: Summer Fun
2011-05-15 16:22:00 From the office of Tim O. Schneider, Cook County Commissioner, 15th District... Forest Preserve Info Did you know that the Cook County Forest Preserve has launched a brand new website? Just in time for some great outdoor activities, take a look at their new website and let me know what you think. http://fpdcc.com/ Forest Preserve Golf offers something for every golfer. Beautifully well-maintained courses in a natural setting - no houses, no cars, no distractions - just golf. With ten courses, four driving ranges, and a miniature golf course, you are sure to find a place to call your home course. Click here to learn more about our golf courses....
Cook County Board: Where a Politician Refuses to Say Something Like a Norma
2011-04-27 19:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston You gotta hand it to new Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Not only has she risen above her goofy name and won a highly important political position, but she's achieved the art of almost saying something that she means. Of course there's another thing you have to hand to her. For a Democrat she's been doing a fair bit of cutting of the Cook County budget. She could do far more, of course, but at least she's doing something. Anyway, back to the "almost saying something she means" thingie......
Cook County Forest Preserve Fisheries' Walleye Program
2011-04-23 22:11:00 As many of you know, I do the outdoor column for the Chicago Tribune. Just recently, the the Forest Preserve District of Cook County fisheries division conducted their annual walleye propagation program.
DuPage County property values down, taxes up
2011-04-20 17:55:00 You might be thinking that you'll be able to lower the property tax bill on a home you're planning to buy in, say, Naperville based on the fact that you're buying the home for 30% less than it sold for 4 years ago. Think again. According to this Daily Herald article, the average tax rate for DuPage County's 372 taxing bodies (schools, municipalities, park districts, etc.) increased by 11.6% as a result of increased spending. The increased spending will translate to a 5.7% increase on the average real estate tax bill, despite the fact that the total value of DuPage properties decreased by 5.9% - the first drop in 40 years. If you're buying a home in DuPage, budget an...
Is Winnetka Cook County's teardown capital?
2011-04-04 22:52:00 View Winnetka teardowns & new construction in a larger map The current issue of Crain's Chicago Business (subscription required) reports a moderate resurgence of the teardown phenomenon in suburban Cook County. According to the Crain's article, which was based on a recent study published by Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, Winnetka earned the "teardown capital" moniker by seeing nearly 8% of its residential parcels redeveloped from 2000 to 2010. Several years ago we linked to another study (no longer online) finding that nearly 10% of Winnetka's housing stock had been torn down and rebuilt between 1996 and 2003. We also suggested that, despite the to-be-expected preservationist lamentations cited in the Crain's article, most of the redevelopment had been relatively...
Grey Bruce County Film, Web, Marketing to Education
2011-04-04 13:00:00 Some of you know GEMINI Films originated in Grey & Bruce County offering both Melissa’s and my film, internet and teaching skills background. We met working on a Disney kids Tv show called Jo-Jo’s Circus (which is supposedly a modern follow up to Micky Mouse). When we left the fold of Cuppa Coffee Animation studios ...
Web Hosting Solutions for Grey & Bruce County
2011-03-30 00:17:00 As of April 1st, 2011 GEMINI Films is no longer offering Website Hosting services to the Grey and Bruce County area. And sorry to say this isn’t an April fools joke which is early. We have decided to close down this offering as website hosting deserves a full time investment to protect you and your ...
'Real Housewives of Orange County' Recap: Somewhere Over Tequila.
2011-03-28 20:44:00 Sooooo....last night we had our crispy vixens from SoCal on the screen and it was all very odd. Leasing wieners and talking to your dad about it, renewing your friendship vows, starting dress lines for anorexics with big tits, taking children to the hospital for papercuts...you know...STUFF. I guess we should start with Gretchen and her face o' fillers. Remember when we liked Gretchen? Remember? Remember when she was sorta pretty and fun? Then she was dickmatized by Slurpy Shellingly and she became this angry, evil, frozen faced weirdo? Yeah...I'm not really into Gretchen anymore. She's kinda nutso. Like her pretend businesses of makeup and handbags are really sitting in the corner of her house with a steno pad with Slade...
Sex, booze, sleep and overtime at Cook County waterparks
2011-03-28 17:00:00 At risk of getting thrown out of my house: Where do I apply??!? Last summer, the Cook County Park District was the place to work. Particularly the Cermak Aquatics Center in Lyons, Illinois, according to a Cook County Inspector General report issued last Friday. Apparently this particular pool more resembled the movie Caddyshack, where employees drank alcohol, slept alone or slept with others while on the job.
Toni Preckwinkle takes on county workers-- gently
2011-03-17 15:30:00 The dirty little secret that many of our government agencies have- that would not work in the private sector- is that the union contracts allow for tenure or seniority to supercede merit or qualifications for job positions. Take Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services, where most positions are employed by AFSCME (American Federation of State County and Municipal employees) members. Most, if not all, union positions at DCFS are filled according to length of service and not merit. Many positions are staffed by people with over 30 years experience who simply are not qualified to do the work they are doing as they lack the practical experience to fulfil the job requirements. Preckwinkle said she has a problem with pay raises based upon length of employment rather than based upon employee merit and performance. Amen Toni.
'Real Housewives of Orange County' Season 6 Premiere Preview: The
2011-03-05 20:23:00 Preview of tomorrow night's premiere.
DuPage County Local Election Guide
2011-03-05 18:20:00 It's that time again. April 5, 2011, is election day for towns, school districts, library boards, and other extremely critical and largely ignored local positions. This year's election will be more important than most. In an average year the main issues are basic administration. But the financial collapse is beginning to hit local governments hard.The unlucky winners of this election will get the loveless job of deciding what cuts to make. They will have to navigate a shoal of miserable options in an effort to lead our communities through this crisis with our basic quality of life intact. We should select these representatives with care.Early voting starts Monday, March 14th and continues through March 31st. A complete list of early...
Cook County President Preckwinkle's Smooth Move Saves 40% Pay Raise Fo
2011-02-24 12:21:00 Cook County President Preckwinkle's Smooth Move Saves 40% Pay Raise For Hire Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ran her campaign slamming Todd Stroger's penchant for rewarding his political cronies, but it appears that she is no different than her predecessor....As it stands, Mary Laraia will have a salary boost from $111,908 to $155,172. A 40% raise at a time when Toni Preckwinkle wants across-the-board cuts in areas that affect public safety and/or the prosecution of criminals.
Great Fishing Prosepects in Williamson County
2011-02-18 00:48:00 Three of the larger bodies of water in Williamson County are found in the Crab orchard National Wildlife Refuge about 4 miles west of Marion. Owned by the US Fish & Wildlife Service the fishery is managed by D-22 Fisheries Manager Chris Bickers of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Tennessee County School Board Fires Teachers Union
2011-02-05 17:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Now this is more like it. Back in October of 2010 the Summer County, Tennessee School Board decertified the Sumner County Education Association (SCEA), the union for county teachers, because it no longer satisfied the law by counting as members fifty percent plus one of the total number of employees requiring a teaching certificate. This, school board officials said, means that the SCEA can no longer engage in collective bargaining for teachers. The school board has used this opportunity to immediately begin rewriting the relationship between teachers and schools. Naturally, the union is running straight to what is usually the last bastion of mindless obeisance to union obstructionism, the courts, and is suing to force the...
"Real Housewives of Orange County" Season 6 Preview: No Country f
2011-01-26 22:02:00 Preview of the 6th season of RHOOC premiering March 6th.
Yank the Dipstick... Sheriff Dupnik Recall Effort Begins in Pima County
2011-01-21 23:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston I was wondering how long this would take, but apparently my wait is over. A recall petition to oust Clarence Dupnik, the partisan, leaky-mouthed Sherif of Pima County, Arizona, is finally underway. Dipstick... er, I mean Dupnik, is now infamous for instantly blaming Fox News, Sarah Palin, the Tea Party and all conservatives for the actions of deranged killer Jared Loughner in Tucson. Even before the first facts were known, Dipstick was speculating along his hateful, partisan line that it was the right that was responsible for the crime. Now his big fat mouth has finally gotten him in trouble. The Pima County Tea Party is planning a Dump Dupnik rally for Jan. 28th....
An 'Open Letter to the DuPage County GOP' Protesting Sen. Scott B
2011-01-21 17:13:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Here is an interesting note from Frank Napolitano of the DuPage Conservatives. Apparently, the DuPage Conservatives are none too happy that a mushy-middleman like Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown is coming to speak to the conservative heart of collar counties. I'd certainly agree with Mr. Napolitano that Scott Brown is in no way a conservative. I can't imagine anyone mistaking him as one, either. He's no more conservative than, say, oh, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney happens to be. I guess the main difference between Brown and Romney is that Brown admits to being a mushy-middleman whereas Romney is one, but won't admit it. But... well... back to the subject... Mr. Napolitano is wondering why Brown is...
Crook County Illinois: Fake State Rep Casts Deciding Vote to Raise Our Taxe
2011-01-14 19:28:00 -By Warner Todd Huston She didn't know anything about the bill. She never read it. She hadn't been given any cheat sheets, facts sheets, talking points, or mass emails on the bill. But in true, corrupt Chicago fashion, she voted "yes" on it just as she was told to do by her corrupt party bosses. Even worse, she was only a "state rep" because someone told her to drive to the state capitol for a week to "be" one. As Andy Shaw joked, Williams became the "somebody that somebody sent."* It is business as usual for Illinois, the most corrupt state in the Union....
Foreclosures in Monroe County Make a Record
2011-01-11 18:29:00 Monroe County goes on creating a record in the number of foreclosures that have taken place there. However, the rate of foreclosure growth was lower in 2010 than previous years. The market experts are of the opinion that they are yet to see the peak.Looking Foreclosed Homes? ForeclosureWarehouse.com has the best online resources of foreclosures in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Texas and all US States - Foreclosures in Monroe County Make a Record
Calhoun County Experiences a Slowdown in Home Foreclosures
2011-01-07 13:26:00 There has been a decrease in the number of foreclosures in Calhoun County in the last few months. Market analysts are looking at this trend with a positive outlook and they wish to believe that it is a sign of recovery of the real estate market. Looking Foreclosed Homes? ForeclosureWarehouse.com has the best online resources of foreclosures in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Texas and all US States - Calhoun County Experiences a Slowdown in Home Foreclosures
Flu season begins in Denton County
2011-01-03 04:55:00 Flu season begins in Denton County The holidays are upon us, and so is flu season as the Denton County Health Department?s hospital surveillance systems have noted a substantial increase in influenza activity. Read more on The Colony Courier-Leader No Tags---Related Articles at Ideas, Thoughts and Implications:No Related PostsSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Flu season begins in Denton County", url: "http://www.a2zeducation.com/bl-og/flu-season-begins-in-denton--county.html" });
Cook County Disaster Grant Program's $10 Million Question
2010-12-31 08:23:00 Cook County Disaster Grant Program's $10 Million Question Johnny Cash's "Five Feet High & Rising" could very well become the theme song for all the 2008 flood victims, who have all but been abandoned by Cook County government...$10 million in federal disaster relief funds was given to the Todd Stroger Administration for the express purpose of...
Indiana County Throwing Man off His Own Property For Living in Camper
2010-12-23 19:05:00 -By Warner Todd Huston A county government in Indiana has decided that a man that is bothering no one, a man living a very simple lifestyle, a man living on his own property must be evicted from it. Why have these jackbooted government thugs decided that this must be done? Because the man has the gall to live so simply that he has no plumbing or electricity in the camper he is living in. WISH TV news in Indiana told the tale of Dick Thompson, a 72-year-old man living on his own 38-acre property in Madison County. Thompson lives on the property with several horses, a dog, and a bird. He resides in an old camper that has no sewer...
Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios Hires Family Immediately
2010-12-09 09:24:00 Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios Hires Family Immediately Cook County Assessor Joseph "Big Joe" Berrios, just mere days into his tenure, brought his son and sister on-board to work for him...I suppose that is a damn good way to ensure that any questionable dealings would continue without interruptions or investigations...Alphonso "Scarface" Capone had nothing over our crop of politicians. I guess it ain't just corn or wheat growing in the fields of Illinois.
Freshwater pulp mill ? in a different light: Humboldt County photographer c
2010-11-30 09:34:00 A Look at Black Friday Hours and Deals Stores across the country are trying to lure holiday shoppers earlier, some on Thanksgiving morning. And they’re planning plenty of deals over the next several days, especially Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year known as “Black Friday.” Read more on Fox News Major ...
ESSEX COUNTY AND CANADA READS 2011!
2010-11-25 19:38:00 Some pics from the Canada Reads reception at CBC yesterday! Also a link to an interview in The Windsor Star, my hometown paper.
ESSEX COUNTY NAMED ONE OF THE TOP FIVE ESSENTIAL CANADIAN BOOKS OF THE DECA
2010-11-24 22:12:00 Meet the Canada Reads 2011 contendersNovember 24, 2010 11:00 AMCanada Reads unveils 2011 panel, booksLast Updated: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 | 2:59 PM ET Comments12Recommend46CBC NewsSinger Sara Quin will defend graphic novel Essex County by Jeff Lemire. (CBC)CBC's 2011 Canada Reads book panel will for the first time consider a graphic novel, after panellist Sara Quin chose Essex County by Jeff Lemire.Quin, who is part of the music duo Tegan and Sara, is defending the graphic novel about the trials of a Canadian rural community.Quin said she knows the graphic novel genre well and believes Essex County can be considered literature because of its "incredible characters and wonderful stories.""The illustrations are so beautiful and so profound and tell a story all on their own," she said, speaking via video link at a press conference Wednesday.Canada Reads announced its panellists and their choice of books for 2011 at the press conference.The other panellists are:Actor Lorne Cardin... |
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