Bye Bye, Birdie!

Ex-Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase gets year and a day.

And another reversal of fortune.


Have a good weekend.

Like Nails On A Chalkboard!

The PRU Crew went through the usual exercise of reviewing and taking notes on each of the videos so graciously provided by the truly volunteer efforts of Charles Melidosian and George Kirkland.

Consideration was given to which lowlights should be noted in the index for each video and PRU.ADMIN was prepared to do the usual write up.

But sometimes we wonder why we bother. All of the lowlights are really just more of the same idiocy, pandering, ignorance and rank stupidity we've witnessed and reported to PRU readers for more than two years now.

These guys do not get it. They never have and they probably never will.

The first ward's Ald. Sweiner is too new and unfamiliar with Council history and procedure to make any real impact on any of the discussions.

The second ward's Lord of the Manor too often has to provide mini-courses on Council history and proper procedure to people who've occupied those chairs long enough they should already know. And his all too frequently mild-mannered approach comes off as equivocating.

The third ward's Constitutional UNscholar is such a moron we don't know where to begin to address all he lacks. The voters of the third ward should be ashamed this man represents them.

The fourth ward's Ald. Allspaghetti brains is nothing more than a greasy dealer for special interests and another embarrassment beyond words.

The fifth ward's Benedict Ald. Ryan is so vacuous we figure the wind whistling through his ears creates a breezy chill which must be the cause for Economic Development Dir. Kim Uhlig's persistently crossed arms during each meeting -- as if she's trying to warm herself while sitting for hours next to a human wind tunnel.

The sixth ward's Unfriendly Ghost leaves the impression that at any moment whatever unseen leash is holding him back will break and he'll maul the closest person he can get his jaws clenched upon. He is of a "breed" which should be banned! At least from ever warming a Council seat ever again!

The seventh ward's ultimate panderer, Ald. assWsol, is so fundamentally dishonest and unprincipled we aren't surprised his face seems plastered with a permanent smirk.

Finally Mayor Schmidtzkrieg, whose heart may be in the right place but whose head is too often half empty or preoccupied with a desire to have people like him, really like him!, functions at a level barely beyond the functionally illiterate on budgetary issues. We know and understand that learning the language of -- let alone becoming comfortable with -- municipal accounting and budgets can be intimidating, but after two years as an Alderman and approaching one year as the Mayor, our patience is threadbare.

And none of these guys get it. And they don't have to as long as the same small handful of residents are the only ones who consistently show up to meetings and ask questions and demand these morons do something which might resemble their representative jobs.

Below are the embedded videos. Go ahead and watch another installment of the same stupid bullshit, if your stomach can hack it. Because until the taxpayers, residents and voters in this town start paying some serious attention to the city budget and demanding these guys stop behaving like morons, nothing is going to change.


Flood Control Task Force Workshop



1 -- PRCOW 1/25/2010



2 -- PRCOW 1/25/2010



3 -- PRCOW 1/25/2010

In The Meantime --

While the Crew waits for Cecil B. deMelidosian's videos to fully load, we urge our faithful PRU readers to click on over to the Pub-dog's post today. We think it's well worth your time and consideration.

A Pot Luck Of Pursuits!

#1 -- Point and Counter-point?

Not exactly.

For our faithful PRU readers interested in the budget issues facing District 207, we strongly encourage you to read this (.pdf) -- it is titled 'Cost Reduction Recommendation Jan. 11, 2010' and is a report to the District 207 Board on the financial review undertaken by the district's administration.

To those espousing the opinion the District 207 Board should draw down the current fund balance, instead of making cuts, we will be more than pleased to provide a link or publish an equally analytical and considered report -- because this isn't cutting it.

And to those educators encouraging the participation of students in the public discourse on this topic, and we know you are -- while individual efforts vary, so far we would give your charges a collective grade of "C." Somewhat disorganized marching, chanting, sign-carrying and petitioning may garner media attention and be exciting to view on the local news, but those efforts do little to add any measure of real excellence and substance to the debate. Such activities, while intrinsically of value in the process of exercising rights in a democracy, are really pretty run-of-the-mill efforts.

We don't have any excellent ideas for you as to what your "A" game may look like in the debate, but then again, the Crew isn't being paid while attempting to provide information and education -- we use the term loosely -- to anyone in our community. And we guaranty everyone, there is no guaranteed pension plan for curmudgeonly bloggers, much to the Crews' disappointment.


#2 -- Preliminary Points to Ponder!

For those of you interested in the flooding issue, you may want to attend the 6:30 p.m. joint City Council Workshop/Flood Control Task Force meeting this evening at City Hall. And if you're truly an ambitious citizen, you can prepare for the meeting by reading the Flood Control Task Force Memo & Summary (.pdf) in advance! The Council will be dedicating a whole half hour to this workshop!


#3 -- Putting Their Pointy Heads Together!

Also scheduled for this evening, a whole half hour after the joint workshop, is another exciting COW meeting with emphasis on Finance & Budget and Procedures & Regulations. The agenda (.pdf) may appear to be light, but some of the subject matter is fairly weighty, given the City's current financial condition.


#4 -- Point of No Return?

Forwarded from a PRU reader --

"From Crain's:

Foreclosure suit hits Park Ridge building

Chicago-based New Century Bank has filed a foreclosure suit seeking to recover $1.57 million on a 63,000-square-foot office building at 444 N. Northwest Parkway in northwest suburban Park Ridge. The property, known as Colonial Plaza Office Center, is owned by a venture controlled by John M. Heinz, whose real estate firm Heinz Group Inc. is located in the building. The Heinz venture defaulted on the loan in December 2008 when it failed to make a payment, according to the complaint filed Dec. 2 in Cook County Circuit Court. Mr. Heinz did not return a call. The three-story building is fully leased, and the largest tenant is Rainbow Hospice, according to data provider CoStar Group Inc. The court-appointed receiver, Daniel J. Hyman of Millennium Properties R/E Inc., declines to comment. The bank’s lawyer in the case, Thomas J. Dillon of law firm McFadden & Dillon, also declines to comment."

Ouch!

The Politician's Anthem!

Enjoy a great weekend!

Who Will Get Left Out In The Rain?

The information listed at the bottom of this post is from Championnews.net. The PRU Crew was very surprised, though we probably should not have been, to see these 2008 numbers -- we chose to sort the salary list according to salary level. However, if you visit the ChampionNews site, you can sort the results by name.

We've been told the salary numbers represent total compensation. Still, the compensation levels are somewhat startling, and we note these compensation levels come with guaranteed pension benefits for the rest of these people's natural lives. That's a pretty good deal and probably the reason why teachers such as Ms. Sandra Deines can retire well before the age of 65 and have time to plan theatrical demonstrations at public meetings, according to what we read in today's Herald-Advocate.

According to the Advocate article, "Sandra Deines, a former District 207 teacher and current Park Ridge resident, urged the board to tap the reserve fund, which she said was meant for a rainy day. "The people who that money belongs to are the people in this auditorium," she said."It's raining."

Surely Ms. Deines was talking about all the regular non-teacher taxpayers in attendance, right?
The PRU Crew must say it does appear to be raining, because it also appears Ms. Deines is all wet.

We also read that one teacher, "Mike Bender, a special-education teacher and softball coach whose job is scheduled to be cut, was a noted exception. Instead of asking the board to tap the reserves, Bender asked his union to return to the bargaining table. "I ask our union leadership to work this out with the board," he said. Union members in the crowd scoffed."..."Bender, who has been only teaching for three years, said tenured teachers who voted "no" the first time should take a good long look at what their colleagues who are preparing to lose jobs are going through."

Jeeze, it sure sounds as if a fellow non-tenured teacher is asking his fellow tenured teachers to share the protection offered by the "protective umbrella" of tenure!

Jeeze, does anybody else feel maybe the teacher's union membership should "take a good long look" at who will get left out in the rain? How about if just the top 265 educators making $100,000 or more in compensation "take a good long look" in the mirror?



Maine Township HSD 207 2008
NAME
SALARY

Morris, Joel W
$193,267
Dietz, Gregory E
$190,790
Wallace, Kenneth E
$180,062
Haugan, Audrey J
$177,083
Claypool, David L
$174,077
Schau, Pamela S
$167,763
Isoye, Steven T
$159,283
Lee, Donald E
$153,779
Pressler, Michael W
$153,156
Kelly, Maryanne
$150,835
Garlasco, Rosemarie A
$150,613
DiPrizio, Victor A
$148,811
Godlewski, Michael R
$148,252
Rutschke, Linda L
$146,161
Di Legge, Dino F
$145,895
Guilfoil, Jon S
$144,544
Eubank, Edward J
$144,461
Chovanec, Scott A
$144,004
Berendt, David J
$143,678
Adams, Steven R
$142,383
Lombardi, Rick M
$141,669
Botthof, Peter E
$141,463
Marino, Patricia A
$139,621
Matkovic, David J
$138,368
Dagres, George A
$136,784
Smith, Michael A
$136,734
Pettenuzzo, Raymond A
$136,307
Lloyd, Scott C
$135,600
Matan, Alan F
$135,380
Wood, John C
$135,154
Sweetwood, Jill T
$135,150
Trotter, Andrew J
$133,636
Parlette, Jeffrey D
$133,511
Scott, David F
$132,895
Thetard, Louis E
$132,705
Smith, Mark T
$132,567
Inserra, David G
$132,395
Murin, Michael F
$132,083
Bondi, Jo Ann
$131,795
Egan, Mark J
$131,783
Kendrick, Kara E
$131,602
Glunz, Cathy S
$131,423
Lonergan, James V
$131,307
Amidei, Juli A
$130,824
Thiele, Henry C
$130,688
Muszynski, John P
$130,473
Nelson, Jerrold S
$130,362
Scott, Frances R
$130,295
Clifford, David J
$129,387
Whitaker, Nancy L
$129,326
Mc Cann, Dennis J
$129,179
Regalado, Gregory R
$129,013
Visee, Emma H
$128,988
Connell, Harold W
$128,987
Addante, Christopher T
$128,973
Ryan, Patrick M
$128,189
Duggan, Patricia L
$127,156
MacDonald, Gail L
$127,054
Hall, Karen M
$127,022
Brewer, Ann M
$126,932
Wachowski, Jodie B
$126,068
Huber, Joann K
$125,666
Andrews, Lauren J
$125,458
Pope, Richard L
$125,450
Corey, Gabriel D
$125,051
Awad, Aida A
$124,877
Bohlman, Carolyn B
$124,698
Milano, William L
$124,679
Castronova, Thomas I
$124,615
Manning, Patrick M
$124,037
Miller, Jean M
$123,993
Taylor, Karen S
$123,980
Apgar, Eric J
$122,788
Tyler, John E
$122,609
Jones, Richard C
$122,597
Dernick, Ronald D
$121,971
Shook-Orr, Ruth L
$121,768
Haan, Geralyn B
$121,616
Browne, Isaac N
$121,385
Bragiel, Terrance R
$121,207
Barnett, Patrick S
$120,991
Deger, Christopher L
$120,696
Smail, David E
$120,382
Eckhardt, Melinda J
$120,033
Payne, Jay A
$119,842
Doescher, James A
$119,820
Wunderlich, James A
$119,787
Brownell, Carl M
$119,686
Gallagher, Helen C
$119,648
Diaz, Nelly L
$119,529
Retrum, Roseann W
$119,499
Thieme, William R
$119,446
Downing, Jeffrey D
$119,404
Groeling, Richard J
$119,136
Smith, Victoria T
$118,926
Lampert, Joan B
$118,874
Kohls-Ziering, Christine
$118,846
Morrison, Jayne K
$118,736
McKenzie, Gail S
$118,633
Gahagan-Mueller, Susan C
$118,496
Crawford, James J
$118,459
Leech, Heidi A
$118,179
Salefski, Douglas A
$118,044
Tortorelli, Robert G
$117,875
Benz, Carol B
$117,828
Gelz, Kenneth F
$117,725
Rodriguez, Victor M
$117,700
Mann, Helaine S
$117,686
Lloyd, Elizabeth J
$117,526
Spallato, Anthony F
$117,519
Kramer, Susan M
$117,303
Parrilli, Matthew C
$117,094
Tobin, Barbara L
$116,819
Murdy, Ralph D
$116,755
Koss, Debra J
$116,674
Clarke, Krista L
$116,655
Maurer, Susan A
$116,629
Lecastro, Joseph M
$116,538
Farrell-Pielin, Linda M
$116,526
Genis, Jennifer S
$116,514
Tyler, Judith A
$116,331
Rosseland, Susan D
$116,071
Nordahl, John G
$115,887
Hauenstein, John A
$115,875
Sieg, Michael A
$115,760
Lewis, Bernerd H
$115,674
Biewenga, Daun C
$115,600
Fallico, Craig R
$115,600
Hayes, Susan L
$115,567
Piha, Steven J
$115,339
Howley, David A
$115,339
Kwielford, Merrilee A
$115,298
Valko, Patricia R
$114,954
Gutekanst, Carol T
$114,924
Brower, Allen G
$114,868
Isoe, Liliana V
$114,815
Pollacci, Rebecca E
$114,709
Rueda-Alvarez, Claudia C
$114,633
Mastrolonardo, Michael A
$114,620
Geiger, Margaret R
$114,451
Byrne, Shannon M
$114,400
Granell, Gary S
$114,290
Dandridge, deborah
$114,239
Skiba, Carla M
$114,152
Bourn, Natalie M
$114,021
Guccione, Michael P
$113,952
Gallagher-Smythe, Margar
$113,730
Shankman, Karen G
$113,516
Rolla, Mary M
$113,457
McClure, Matthew K
$113,379
Serrano, Gregory M
$113,349
Creagh, Cathy F
$113,257
Hankins, Mark
$113,224
Bletzinger, Constance J
$112,972
Abramowitz, Jan
$112,953
Marino, Jack A
$112,848
Kuta, Katherine M
$112,752
Scholl, Steven L
$112,752
Fraker, Daniel M
$112,659
Bianco, Barry S
$112,641
Fabianski, Mary F
$112,588
Nicholus, Gay K
$112,497
Garvy, Maria E
$112,361
Deering, Susan E
$112,235
Bartholomae, Paul E
$112,201
Protess, Marianne
$112,091
Fallon, Joanne D
$112,065
Dvorak, James G
$112,016
Dollaske, Katherine F
$111,769
Francois, James R
$111,329
Kirley, Jannon D
$111,311
Baima, Sharon M
$110,944
Perrone, Robin J
$110,900
Possemato, Jeanie M
$110,820
Muir-Wilson, Eve M
$110,463
Kay, Brian D
$110,420
Kirshner, Jarett C
$110,322
Gallichio, Jeffrey J
$110,154
Hunter, Jonathan
$109,734
Tsagalis, James
$109,694
Sullivan, James J
$109,692
Vaznelis, Jone V
$109,646
Mendez, Thomas K
$109,593
Davis-Soil, Ruth D
$109,282
Crossin, Nanette J
$109,185
Hare, Christopher M
$109,146
Begovich, Mark B
$108,966
McNeill, Erik R
$108,903
Clark, Ronald W
$108,888
Shaphren, Charles B
$108,792
Moeller, Maureen M
$108,460
Lipka, Alicja K
$108,110
Wulbert, Penny F
$108,006
Pichinos, Sophia
$107,844
Hayhurst, Sharon A
$107,452
Atkinson, Bruce G
$107,221
Nagorzanski, Brian J
$107,215
Foley, Thomas M
$107,051
Majcen, Dawn K
$106,790
Stettner, Thomas R
$106,732
Markus, Laura A
$106,598
Hassman, Nathan A
$106,503
Harper, Randall A
$106,495
Reber, Brian R
$106,246
Voitik, Patrick L
$105,981
Hamrin, Julie B
$105,957
Allen, Amy J
$105,952
Kickham, Diane L
$105,870
Williams, Toni M
$105,769
Tomasiewicz, Paul E
$105,663
Kime, Marabeth D
$105,593
Gonzalez, Marianne
$105,593
Braverman, Jill S
$105,282
Vaughn, Leslie S
$104,919
Brinckerhoff, Katherine
$104,885
Sumida, Philip J
$104,783
Harper, Michael J
$104,752
Hanusiak, Karol S
$104,418
Ferdman, Corri J
$104,399
Langridge, Tobin G
$104,355
Langdon, Monika K
$104,299
Knodle, Howard A
$104,275
Butterfield, John R
$104,270
McBride, Peter W
$104,268
Kulesza, Jon T
$104,222
Vainowski, Beth A
$104,156
Englebert, Barbara
$103,473
Labbe, Karen S
$103,141
States, Daniel P
$103,126
Karlov Jr., Robert E
$103,063
Brown, Robert D
$103,049
Warner, Robert W
$103,022
Rosenberg, Richard W
$102,962
Spiegel, Timothy A
$102,932
Wasielewski, Roy J
$102,744
Ramirez, Cristina E
$102,651
Sharkey, Brett R
$102,333
Maksymiu, Stephanie W
$102,250
Karl, Janice C
$102,104
Zielinski, Gary R
$102,087
Marsicano, Jason A
$101,975
Nilsen, Peter G
$101,893
LaBonar, Leonard M
$101,831
Klein, Anna M
$101,812
Pappageorge, Timothy C
$101,756
Flores, Francine M
$101,721
Higgins-Spoleti, Linda L
$101,667
Borchew, Linda B
$101,589
Bihn, Joseph L
$101,334
Clifford, Susan J
$101,198
Calhoun, Lynne A
$100,923
Littrell, Jill N
$100,877
Lavorato, Anthony W
$100,827
Hamann, Jeffrey J
$100,793
Koshgarian, Laurie J
$100,724
Schmidt, Charles H
$100,701
Michalak, Betty A
$100,603
Lirette, Nancy A
$100,524
Hernandez, Emiliano
$100,066
Rieger, Barbara J
$100,047
MacLowry, Seth A
$99,960
Peters, Christopher B
$99,941
Ruder, Todd J
$99,884
Langmyer, Mary B
$99,711
Hoover, Elizabeth A
$99,563
Scott, Warren C
$99,430
Dobner, Mark R
$99,119
Claus, Ryan D
$99,049
Mellendorf, Naomi R
$98,979
Goldman, Laura L
$98,957
Olsen, Karen S
$98,939
Walsh, Joel A
$98,863
Fouts, Daniel M
$98,716
Harrier, James L
$98,662
Litwin, Lesley J
$98,642
Sanchez, Marybeth A
$98,539
Jonikas, Joanne H
$98,536
Dohr, Timothy A
$98,477
Young, Gregory J
$98,464
Godwin, Elizabeth A
$98,219
Serena III, Peter C
$98,099
Bruzan, Dorothy
$98,088
Grichnik, Dana C
$97,970
Dziedzic, Stacey L
$97,898
Grant-Angioletti, Mary
$97,890
Sinclair, Jacqueline A
$97,830
Lundberg, Gregory D
$97,379
Barbas, Francisco J
$97,077
Dolney, Daniel R
$97,021
Abraham, Gilit
$96,837
Espel, Ann M
$96,688
Fleming, Aaron
$96,681
Sabatello, Maria C
$96,656
Gray, Charles N
$96,619
Lee, SunAh G
$95,984
Samlan, Rachel A
$95,935
Wolcott, Bradley J
$95,785
McCleneghan, Lauri B
$95,374
Getz, Brian J
$95,308
Depies, James E
$94,873
Russell, Christine D
$94,846
Tumilty, Scott S
$94,806
Kupitz, Sharon P
$94,637
Doak, Owen C
$94,397
Pardun, Julie A
$94,344
Lasky, Dale R
$93,867
Cook, Timothy J
$93,813
Thallemer, Mary K
$93,633
Zelikoff, Patricia M
$93,479
Barbas, Jazmin
$93,454
Pederson, Joseph P
$93,341
Lloyd, Melissa P
$93,159
Lee-Chin, Catherine D
$93,074
Ryken, Kristi M
$93,073
Rausch, Terry L
$93,016
Tieman, Jeffrey A
$92,916
Srutwa, Krystyna W
$92,902
Roddick-Small, Jennifer
$92,773
Mc Arthur-Self, Donald L
$92,701
Etzwiler, Angie L
$92,621
Hessert, David M
$92,561
Clark, Monique M
$92,383
Headley, Christine B
$92,100
Flint, Tracey E
$91,986
Joyce, Christiana B
$91,416
Ladendorf, Jill A
$91,377
Kawalek, Cyndee G
$91,130
Llavona, Angel R
$90,995
Ellberg, Jennifer M
$90,850
Krasinski, Steven P
$90,801
Salamon-Massengill, Snje
$90,799
Haig, Anthony S
$90,719
Miller, Matthew F
$90,551
Schwan, John
$90,220
McMillin, Chad K
$90,195
Montesano, Anthony N
$90,016
Klatt, Peter R
$89,953
Scorza, Jonathan R
$89,904
Wolf, Margaret W
$89,798
Knight, Teri K
$89,748
Thomas, Ronald B
$89,704
Edsey, Angeleki E
$89,690
Swistak, Derrick A
$89,682
Parlette, Caroline M
$89,668
Berkowitz, Terri
$89,377
Egan, Thomas D
$89,298
Ward, Sean P
$89,161
Bellisario, Paul P
$89,002
Greenwald, William M
$88,689
McElligott, Mark A
$88,503
Bezek, Anne K
$88,484
Michaels, Donna E
$88,464
Miller, Donald W
$88,379
O'Malley, Victoria E
$88,221
Lanham, Diane M
$88,171
Kura Jr., Donald M
$88,154
Burda, Edward R
$88,038
York, Adam J
$87,888
Hatch, Colleen C
$87,758
Galanes, Santiago
$87,629
McGowan, Laurie M
$87,326
Beer, Johannes
$87,313
Resser, Joanna B
$87,269
Bogue, Christine M
$87,033
Spillman, Diane M
$86,987
Kulak, Kara L
$86,717
Filipowski, Susan L
$86,642
Kumiega, Jamie M
$86,525
Villalobos, Maria C
$86,521
Mitckess, Donald
$85,770
McGowan, James P
$85,429
Pajor, Carolyn K
$85,367
Gerstmayr, Bernie
$85,153
Wisdom, Jane M
$84,862
Kladis, Amy M
$84,852
Sarlas, Johanna B
$84,851
Meier, Roberta
$84,643
Torosian, Sona
$84,490
Foster, Angela Y
$84,470
Cohn, Howard D
$84,291
Dutmers, Jason A
$84,123
Oakley-Propst, Ann A
$83,938
Buhay, Lawrence B
$83,938
Spanos, Donna K
$83,855
Nichols, Angie M
$83,782
Ellefson, Matthew J
$83,755
Ryan, Linda C
$83,608
Lappe, Rachel H
$83,453
Horn, Debra B
$83,428
Simon, Glenn E
$83,417
Mihalopoulos, Stylianos
$83,391
Leathem, Leslie E
$83,316
Depcik, Paul P
$83,054
Sebastian, Tracy L
$82,932
Coval, Eric D
$82,828
Chlebek, Krystyna M
$82,716
Gonzalez, Daniel M
$82,649
karrow, Rebecca J
$82,463
Hanes, Matthew J
$82,125
Kaiser, Thomas W
$82,056
Wadhwa, Sara P
$82,037
Weber, Lance C
$81,793
Hegadorn, Tami L
$81,697
Ciss, Kathleen M
$81,661
Disrude, Kirk A
$81,661
Ruttkay, Nicole E
$81,502
Driscoll, Brian T
$81,390
Olson, Glenn R
$81,312
Panzilius, Stefan G
$81,236
Hurley, Kevin P
$81,098
McCluskey, Stacy L
$81,000
Broska, Christopher S
$80,932
Casanova, Tom A
$80,886
Garrity, Tim M
$80,212
Stock, Kevin J
$80,103
Anderson, Antoine L
$79,985
Sarashinsky, Jennifer A
$79,674
Papanastasopoulos, Eliza
$79,387
Baysingar, David D
$79,190
Tavano, Anthony
$79,177
Olson, Glenn W
$78,995
Briody, Erin E
$78,539
Pauly, Jacquelyn L
$78,494
Roubitchek, Adam J
$78,350
Magnusson, Catherine E
$78,313
Smith, Gerald D
$78,169
Arguello, Jose V
$78,088
Archer, Samantha R
$78,044
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Kamai, Karrie S
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Palm, Megan E
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Curcuro, James N
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Carder, Jennifer D
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Bader, Carla T
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Walter, Douglas M
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Hernandez, Eliades B
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Kirshner, Laura C
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Buzeta, Marisabel
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Quidayan, Christopher V
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Riley, Melissa M
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Ball, Elizabeth R
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Matzen, Laura A
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Hoogenboom, Lisa A
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Terretta, Kimberly M
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DeMarigny, Kimberly M
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Kinnas, Pauline E
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Marshall, Kristen M
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Schultes, Scott M
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Baker, Susan A
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Hoerning, Jennifer V
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Salmansohn, Adina T
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Muscia, Brian J
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Tomassi, Kathryn L
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Cintado, Tomas G
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Alden, Aileen
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Freewheeling PRU Briefs!

item #1 -- "The only thing experience teaches us is that experience teaches us nothing." -- André Maurois

You don't have to have a kid in one of Maine Township District 207's high schools to have a legitimate interest in the budget cuts being considered by the District 207 School Board. So we strongly urge everyone who's got the time to show up to the public meeting set to take place tonight in the Maine East school auditorium, beginning at 7 p.m.

And to the teacher's union we offer the frequently used, WTF???


item #2 -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer

The PRU Crew still hates red light cameras. We feel they're a fraudulent public offering on the issue of traffic safety -- nothing more than revenue-generating ventures for cash-sucking municipal governments. And as soon as Commonwealth Edison gets around to turning on the power for the new red light camera at Oakton and Northwest Hwy., we'll all begin to hear that old familiar sucking sound, but we're sure the ball-less will feel perfectly safe.


item #3 -- "The treatment process does reduce the liklihood of recidivism." -- Dr. Jesus Padilla

In today's Journal & Topics on page 3A we had the displeasure of reading a small article titled, "Ald. Allegretti Refutes Story, Will Run Again"

In the article 4th ward Ald. Jim Allspaghetti denies being unhappy in his role as an alderdunce and claims he will seek re-election in 2011.

In other words, Ald. Allspaghetti promises to be a repeat offender. The PRU Crew feels the appropriate treatment process is for voters to have the opportunity to elect somebody else and send Allspaghetti back under the rock from which he crawled.


item #4 -- "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." -- Naguib Mahfouz

The Pub-dogs post today asks "the following question for Messrs. Ryan and Wsol: Why did you vote to make the City the appllicant for the zoning ordinance amendments to permit billboards, especially where doing so allowed GGI to avoid the disclosure requirements of the City’s ethics ordinance that are designed to combat kinky deals?"

If the Pub-dogs get any answers at all, we expect they will be very clever answers.