Huntley School District Ice Melt Bidding Process Gets Even More Interesting

Interested in bidding on about $30,000 worth of Ice Melt so Huntley School District 158 can keep its sidewalks passable this winter? You can get the bid specs here. Want to know how much the original bidders said it would … Continue reading

Despite Meeting All Bid Specs, TruGreen Ice Melt Bid Rejected, Board Agrees to Re-Bidding

I spent way too much time on ice melt bidding for Huntley School District 158 this week. I entitled the article “Second Chances.” What I did not know when I wrote it is that TruGreen won the bid last year. … Continue reading

Second Chances

My son was five or six and had done something egregious in the car. I had admonished him. We were listening to Veggie Tale Christian songs and had just parked at Borders. He was teary-eyed, if not sobbing. The song … Continue reading