Comments on: Corrupt Illinois Politicians vs. the Sicilian Mafia http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899 Growing Pains in DeKalb, Illinois, USA Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:07:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: yinn http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899&cpage=1#comment-114177 yinn Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:15:29 +0000 http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899#comment-114177 Yes, Ivan, I have been keeping up on the Cortland story at DeKalb County Online. Yes, Ivan, I have been keeping up on the Cortland story at DeKalb County Online.

]]> By: Ivan Krpan http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899&cpage=1#comment-114176 Ivan Krpan Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:24:59 +0000 http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899#comment-114176 That link for the Cortland sewage problem which is going to become DeKalb School District's nightmare real soon is. http://www.dekalbcounty-il.com/?p=916 I'll tell you what. If you really wish to get the real news in this town, Mac and Gracie got a good thing going over at DeKalb County Online. That link for the Cortland sewage problem which is going to become DeKalb School District’s nightmare real soon is.

http://www.dekalbcounty-il.com/?p=916

I’ll tell you what. If you really wish to get the real news in this town, Mac and Gracie got a good thing going over at DeKalb County Online.

]]> By: Ivan Krpan http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899&cpage=1#comment-114175 Ivan Krpan Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:21:49 +0000 http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899#comment-114175 YINN, Not sure where to post this but we are getting all caught up in the FF contracts and layoffs and other things are going to heck. DeKalb School District could have a serious problem in Cortland with the new grade school. Cortland can't handle the waste headed towards the new Shaefer system that was Cortland's answer to their sewage problem. Also...."I truly believe that many of the problems we are currently seeing in DeKalb is because our local government officials and paid staff cannot think outside the box. If they could, revenue may actually be on the upswing or steady instead of decreasing. Our city officials have completely under utilized TIF and the monies that TIF has to do good amongst many in this community. Upstarting new businesses, job retraining, and even putting many dollars into many local stores and local contractors doing home and business repairs. Genoa is showing the way.... http://www.dekalbcounty-il.com/?p=916 Another story that the Chronicle is missing." There is much more that DeKalb can be doing downtown, I guess Genoa has really figured it out and did it first. Maybe DeKalb will catch on and follow the lead. YINN,

Not sure where to post this but we are getting all caught up in the FF contracts and layoffs and other things are going to heck.

DeKalb School District could have a serious problem in Cortland with the new grade school. Cortland can’t handle the waste headed towards the new Shaefer system that was Cortland’s answer to their sewage problem.

Also….”I truly believe that many of the problems we are currently seeing in DeKalb is because our local government officials and paid staff cannot think outside the box. If they could, revenue may actually be on the upswing or steady instead of decreasing. Our city officials have completely under utilized TIF and the monies that TIF has to do good amongst many in this community. Upstarting new businesses, job retraining, and even putting many dollars into many local stores and local contractors doing home and business repairs. Genoa is showing the way…. http://www.dekalbcounty-il.com/?p=916 Another story that the Chronicle is missing.”

There is much more that DeKalb can be doing downtown, I guess Genoa has really figured it out and did it first. Maybe DeKalb will catch on and follow the lead.

]]> By: Kay Shelton http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899&cpage=1#comment-114174 Kay Shelton Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:36:15 +0000 http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899#comment-114174 Many of the bloggers posting comments on the Trib started out thinking it was a constituent service but as more information continued to roll out, the mood changed toward more disgust. The local media cannot find the letter to the editor I sent them, the delivery person does not always find my sidewalk, and the Chronicle dumped reporters capable of investigation (especially Benji). Do not hold your breath for some good stuff out of the local media. :-( Many of the bloggers posting comments on the Trib started out thinking it was a constituent service but as more information continued to roll out, the mood changed toward more disgust.

The local media cannot find the letter to the editor I sent them, the delivery person does not always find my sidewalk, and the Chronicle dumped reporters capable of investigation (especially Benji). Do not hold your breath for some good stuff out of the local media. :-(

]]> By: yinn http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899&cpage=1#comment-114173 yinn Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:31:35 +0000 http://www.citybarbs.com/?p=899#comment-114173 After the first article in the series came out, I was reading the CapFax blog and a Question of the Day was whether pols' phoning about admissions was "clout" or just "constituent services." I felt really out of sync with the crowd over there. A lot of people thought the Trib was really reaching or overreacting. There's a lot of animosity toward the Trib itself, no doubt for good reason but it made people want to discount the fact that the paper had actually expended some resources into investigating this potential abuse of the system (not to mention sparking an official investigation as well). We should be so lucky to have local media put a few bucks into investigative series every once in awhile. It would be a real public service. After the first article in the series came out, I was reading the CapFax blog and a Question of the Day was whether pols’ phoning about admissions was “clout” or just “constituent services.” I felt really out of sync with the crowd over there. A lot of people thought the Trib was really reaching or overreacting. There’s a lot of animosity toward the Trib itself, no doubt for good reason but it made people want to discount the fact that the paper had actually expended some resources into investigating this potential abuse of the system (not to mention sparking an official investigation as well). We should be so lucky to have local media put a few bucks into investigative series every once in awhile. It would be a real public service.

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