tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72138418132868144612011-11-27T19:01:10.576-06:00To help educate local citizens and to discuss matters of importance to Morris, Illinois and Grundy County in a mature and open-minded manner. If you have other public documents that may help educate the community, please email us. Thank you. grundyville@live.comVerity Questnoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213841813286814461.post-34597254824007834682010-04-10T21:47:00.004-05:002010-04-11T00:28:53.818-05:00

Our Illinois lawmakers recently passed a bill in less than 12 hours reducing Illinois teachers' pensions (by the way, teachers in Illinois don't get social security in addition to their Teachers' Retirement Pension) and extending the age of retirement. Our Illinois lawmakers on the other hand can retire at age 55 with as little as eight years of service. They contribute 11.5 percent of their

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Our jobs will continue to be exported until the workers of the U.S. lower their standard-of-living (wages) to a point that is equivalent to that of the rising standards-of-living in India, China, Bangladesh, Taiwan, etc. Some call it "Globalization" while others call it "Unpatriotic" and others call it "Exploitation." No matter the name, it is here...are we prepared for it? Though the most

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Thoughts on this year's elections and ideas for next?

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GC Assessor explains tax/assessment policies in MDH ArticleChicago Magazine explainsProperty Taxes? I ProtestMDH - "County (Grundy) Will Decide on Taxes This Tuesday (Nov 11)" Grundy County Assessor's Office

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"I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me, and the financial institutions in the rear. Of the two, the one in my rear is my greatest foe." -Abraham Lincoln"You are a den of thieves and vipers, and I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out." -President Andrew Jackson to the bankers in 1835 By 1836 Andrew Jackson had successfully killed the Second Bank

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100 million Reasons to Vote "No" to Illinois Constitutional Convention. Read Dahl's explanation in the MDH.http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/332amordahlonconvention.txt

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"If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions." --Thomas JeffersonYou must register by October 7 to vote in November's Elections.

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Past unscientifically-administered poll results will be listed here.

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General Comments, opinions, and questions on the upcoming November 2008 election. Are you registered to vote? (11th Congressional, 38th State Senate, 75th State Representative, 13th Judicial)"There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false. I believe

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Post questions, complaints, and compliments here about anything not dealing with other posts (no personal attacks please). If a particular rant/rave becomes large, we will make it a posting.

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Should the Dresden Station area be the home of the Dept. of Energy's nuclear fuel recycling facility?MDH Article 8/14/08MDH 8/11/08 Article - DOE punts GNEP to next president.MDH 8/8/08 Article - "GNEP to Morris: Not now"From arming warheads to lighting lightbulbs- 8/7/08 EditorialMDH 8/5/08 article on Nuclear WasteA step back on GNEP- 7/26/08 ChiTrib ArticleBush's GNEP under fireA decent blog

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Should the Morris schools (Saratoga, District #54, Nettle Creek, and MCHS) consolidate?Must Read - paper on the benefits of consolidating Morris schools.NREA Consolidation ReportMackinac Center Report on School ConsolidationIllinois Assoc. of School Boards"The Illinois Association of School Boards shall seek, encourage, and support efforts for school district reorganization — in all forms — to

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Be sure to educate yourself before you vote by reading:Main Street TIF Article - Braidwood JournalWhy TIFs are a good economic toolMDH Article on the Seneca Intermodal TIFTIF Info by WikipediaMorris Ordinance 2657 - First ordinance creating the TIFMorris 1986 Ordiance 2659Morris 1999 Ordinance 3176Illinois Tax Increment Association

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