#1 --
Once again this evening, our lack-lustrious City Council will hold a COW meeting. The Finance & Budget, Public Works and Public Safety fun is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber.
On the agenda (.pdf) are interesting little gems such as discussion of the water fund and sewer rehabilitation program, and an update on the red light camera from Chiefski.
The PRU Crew can hardly wait to watch the verbal contortions and distortions from some of the Aldermopes as to why water usage should continue to be subsidized.
#2 --
Below is the video from last Wednesday's City Council meeting. Can you spot the opening salvo for another bite at the rotten billboard apple?
video #00000.MTS PRCC 2/3/10
We knew that you could.
February 8, 2010
A Monday Two-fer!
February 5, 2010
Ready To Rock!
Enjoy the weekend! And if you're planning on watching the Super Bowl, enjoy the commercials -- especially the one that is costing you, the taxpayers, $2.5million!
February 4, 2010
Mayor Schmidt State of the City Address 2010
State of The City Address 02/03/2010
An advance copy of the text of the address is here, if you choose not to spend the 22 minutes it would take to view the video.
February 3, 2010
One Hour From Now --
Mayor Schmidt's State of the City Address
from: Media Relations
to: presscontacts
date: Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:00 PM
subject: Press Release from Park Ridge Mayor Dave Schmidt - State of the City Address
(43 minutes ago)
News ReleasePark Ridge Mayor Dave Schmidt
700 Hansen, Park Ridge, IL 60068
http://www.parkridgemayor.com/
For Immediate Release
Contact: Dave Schmidt
February 3, 2010
Phone: 847-430-3165
Park Ridge Mayor Dave Schmidt Delivers State of the City Address 2010
Park Ridge—Mayor Dave Schmidt will deliver the State of the City Address 2010 this evening at 7pm CST at the Park Ridge City Hall, located at 505 Butler Place, Park Ridge, IL 60068. A regular City Council meeting will follow. An online video recording of this address will be available on http://www.parkridgemayor.com/ by the following afternoon. An advance courtesy copy containing the text of this address is attached.
State of the City-2010
February 2, 2010
District 207 Board Meeting
For PRU readers interested in a recap of last night's District 207 School Board meeting, the Daily Herald has the following report -- District 207 approves $15 million in cuts, lays off 137 employees
Primary Election Day!
Every election season, the pols get busy kissing voters' backsides. Give them a reason to keep having to do that -- if you haven't voted yet, today's your last chance to go to the polls for this primary election campaign.
We don't care which party ballot you pull -- we don't care which candidates you vote for.
We only care that you don't waste the opportunity!
VOTE!
February 1, 2010
Guest Essay And Report!
Submitted for your review and published by permission of the author.
Open Letter
To the
Maine Township School District #207
To the
Maine Township School District #207
Saturday, January 30, 2010
I have just received my "Maine East - Call to Action" flyer*. Being the good citizen that I am, I decided to take the teachers union up on its call.
Attached is a copy of a four-year teacher and administrator study for our district. The data was sourced at Champion News.net. They received the data from the Illinois Board of Education. Over the years I’ve found the Illinois State Board of Education to be an accurate source, as their data is originally sourced from the district itself.
On Monday night this board will feel pressured to give in to union demands for full funding, including higher pay. As you will see, the attached report clearly shows an outrageously high growth rate for teacher and administrator payments since 2005.
I recognize from experience that most teachers and administrators are not business people and that most have never held a long-term full-time job outside of the school system. I also recognize that since coming to District 207, the majority of teachers or administrators have seldom had to worry about where their next paycheck was coming from or whether or not they would have a job tomorrow. District 207 teachers and administrators have good high paying jobs including three months off for vacation.
Unfortunately, this is not the case for most of the people paying their bill. One need only read the paper to see how the present economic realities have affected taxpayers within this district. Further, there are many District 207 taxpayers who rely on Social Security for their income. They cannot afford to pay more.
We cannot afford to pay more!
The Teachers Union is demanding that our representatives on the board dip into the district’s “rainy day fund” to achieve their goal. The district is already doing so! One can only imagine, how in just a few additional years of “dipping”, there might eventually be no “rainy day fund” dollars for future boards to “dip” into. Of course, the teachers union will tell us that the district can always count on taxpayers to fork up the additional money via a referendum, as neighbor districts have in the past few years.
I urge you to look at the report in its entirety. It is, as one of your own members put it, devastating.
Best regards,
Kenneth Butterly, Taxpayer
* Maine South flyer and Maine West flyer -- and no "union bug" anywhere! Tsk! Tsk!
I have just received my "Maine East - Call to Action" flyer*. Being the good citizen that I am, I decided to take the teachers union up on its call.
Attached is a copy of a four-year teacher and administrator study for our district. The data was sourced at Champion News.net. They received the data from the Illinois Board of Education. Over the years I’ve found the Illinois State Board of Education to be an accurate source, as their data is originally sourced from the district itself.
On Monday night this board will feel pressured to give in to union demands for full funding, including higher pay. As you will see, the attached report clearly shows an outrageously high growth rate for teacher and administrator payments since 2005.
I recognize from experience that most teachers and administrators are not business people and that most have never held a long-term full-time job outside of the school system. I also recognize that since coming to District 207, the majority of teachers or administrators have seldom had to worry about where their next paycheck was coming from or whether or not they would have a job tomorrow. District 207 teachers and administrators have good high paying jobs including three months off for vacation.
Unfortunately, this is not the case for most of the people paying their bill. One need only read the paper to see how the present economic realities have affected taxpayers within this district. Further, there are many District 207 taxpayers who rely on Social Security for their income. They cannot afford to pay more.
We cannot afford to pay more!
The Teachers Union is demanding that our representatives on the board dip into the district’s “rainy day fund” to achieve their goal. The district is already doing so! One can only imagine, how in just a few additional years of “dipping”, there might eventually be no “rainy day fund” dollars for future boards to “dip” into. Of course, the teachers union will tell us that the district can always count on taxpayers to fork up the additional money via a referendum, as neighbor districts have in the past few years.
I urge you to look at the report in its entirety. It is, as one of your own members put it, devastating.
Best regards,
Kenneth Butterly, Taxpayer
* Maine South flyer and Maine West flyer -- and no "union bug" anywhere! Tsk! Tsk!
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