State employees may want legislation enacted that will prevent them from striking, but that’s the case with those at the Belvidere Chrysler Plant. That’s what Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting. Crain’s source is the Detroit Free Press. … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Pat Quinn: Governor Quinn Announces $223 Million to Restore Chicago to Rockford Amtrak Service Route Through Elgin, Huntley and Belvidere Will Begin in 2015 and Create Hundreds of Jobs ROCKFORD – Governor Pat Quinn today … Continue reading
According to the Chicago Tribune, Woodstock North High School teacher James B. Guttridge has been arrested at his home in Rockford for one count of Sexual Assault and three counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse. The arrest was made by … Continue reading
May 3, 2011, the Chicago Tribune had a short story about metropolitan area gasoline prices being higher than ever before. $4.35 during last week. It was $4.30 a gallon during July 7, 2006. As things would have it, I again … Continue reading
I wouldn’t have filled up my tank in Crystal Lake yesterday had I known I was driving to Belvidere today. Look at the price per gallon. Less that $4.00. $3.949. Of course, Belvidere does not have the RTA Sales Tax … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald’s Brett Rowland wrote a thought-provoking article published Sunday about how Crystal Lake Grade School District 47 has had fewer and fewer students after 2007. Down from 9,124 to 8,359. Down 765 students. So, there seems to be … Continue reading
Today we have a variation on a “Buy America” theme in the form of a window sticker. My Truck Is Built With Wrenches Not Chopsticks is the message. Presumably, the truck being driven was built in an American auto plant. … Continue reading
While Chrysler was shutting down its plant in Kenosha, it is adding over 1,000 jobs in Belvidere in Congressman Don Manzullo’s district. His press release follows: Rep. Manzullo Hails Chrysler’s $600 Million Investment in its Belvidere Assembly Plant Decision to … Continue reading
A Daily Herald article by Marni Pyke Sunday about the failure of the re-modeled Tollway Oases, prompts me to share some evidence I gathered on the way to the Old Capitol Art Fair in Springfield a couple of weeks ago. … Continue reading
Yesterday I drove a friend to Belvidere for medical treatment. I had about an hour to wait, so I went exploring in the city I represented in the Illinois House of Representatives for eight years in the 1970’s. Since I … Continue reading
The Rockford Register-Star reported Emerald Ash Borers in Boone County, just to the west of Marengo and Harvard. The paper points out that the little green bugs leave a D-shaped hole when it bores out of the tree. Infected trees … Continue reading
I had this great idea for a follow-up story to my Saturday article about Amtrak’s coming to southern McHenry County. What if the Illinois Railroad Museum offered its station to serve Amtrak passengers on the line that Governor Pat Quinn … Continue reading
A press release from Don Manzullo: Manzullo Seeks Federal Funds for Major Road, Rail Projects in McHenry County [WASHINGTON] Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) today requested significant federal funding for priority road and rail projects in McHenry County as part of … Continue reading
16th District Congressman Don Manzullo has introduced legislation that will provide a $5,000 Federal subsidy for new cars purchased during the first six months after its passage. You may remember that the Chrysler auto plant is in his district in … Continue reading
At the Belvidere rest stop on the Illinois Tollway, I found this urinal. The urinal wasn’t of interest, except its being closed did cause longer waits on the 4th of July. The place was packed. What caught my attention was … Continue reading
At the Belvidere rest stop on the Illinois Tollway, I found this urinal. The urinal wasn’t of interest, except its being closed did cause longer waits on the 4th of July. The place was packed. What caught my attention was … Continue reading
As reported Monday, the Belvidere School Board has figured out a way to save sports and extracurricular activities after pledging to kill them, if their spring referendum failed. As reporter Jeff Kolkey put it, If this were a game of … Continue reading
As reported Monday, the Belvidere School Board has figured out a way to save sports and extracurricular activities after pledging to kill them, if their spring referendum failed. As reporter Jeff Kolkey put it, If this were a game of … Continue reading
It is no surprised when school boards threaten to kill sports and extracurricular activities if their voters don’t pass tax rate hikes. If it less common for school officials to be proven to have enough money to avoid doing that … Continue reading
It is no surprised when school boards threaten to kill sports and extracurricular activities if their voters don’t pass tax rate hikes. If it less common for school officials to be proven to have enough money to avoid doing that … Continue reading
