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Morning Shorts
Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 - Posted by Mike Murray * Vice provost: furloughs possible for faculty, staff * Some Caterpillar jobs to leave Illinois
* More firms plan layoffs than hires in early ‘10, study says
* Chicago’s hiring outlook bleak for early 2010 * Area gas down 14 cents from month ago, up $1 from year ago * Tax Rebate Available for Chicago Homeowners
* Chicago and the American Metropolis: Urban Policy and Our Region’s Future * Chicago to use honor system to dole out $35 million in property tax relief
* Mayor’s nephew: I’m out of city pension deals
* City reacts to South Loop parking confusion * Pay for year not served on board key for election
* City, county seem close to deal on high-speed rail * Busy week in store for Springfield city government * Davlin says he opposes property tax hike * Traffic cameras, guns on City Council’s wish list * Our View: Some city woes needed no crystal ball to see coming * District 150 ends fiscal year with $8.9 million deficit * Flossmoor to dip further into savings to cover costs * School District forecasts $30M shortfall * Lockport High School board eyeing referendum question * Dist. 186 broaches how to finance overhaul * Teachers too valuable to be allowed to strike * SD 144 negotiations resume today * Orland Park trustees OK 2010 budget; Dial-A-Ride fare lowered * Orland Park to unveil LaGrange Road Corridor plan tonight * Homer Glen Plan Commission wants village to drop plan for parkland purchase * Maywood crime down in 2009 * Former Elgin city councilman Powers dies * Swine flu: Homelessness, H1N1 flu a risky combination
* Will carp lock out industry? * Fishermen netting for Asian carp in Ill. channel * Decade of 2000s was warmest ever, scientists say * 55 to 65: Semi Speed Limit Increases After New Year
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- Capitol View - Tuesday, Dec 8, 09 @ 10:19 am:
the last decade was the hottest on record?
Let’s put the blame where it belongs — on the hot political rhetoric of the past ten years.
The latest blasts are coming from the minority party seeking term limitations - another fresh idea (sic). When the Republicans were in total charge of Illinois during 93-94, why didn’t they push for term limits then?
Oh, that’s right — the majority party never wants to go in this direction. But I wish that the minority party would have more to say about governing, not just politics and demanding more power.
And the Democrats in Washington are blasting each other, including whatever Joe Lieberman is this week, over the details of health care financing. And yes, the Republicans did not share all decision making with the Democrats when the Republicans were in control of Congress, but the Dems should have learned from that experience and been more open to dialogue with Republicans.
A former Congressman (Jim Leach of Iowa) mentioned today that we are becoming a country like England, where the opposition party simply opposes everything the party in power is doing rather than both sides choosing to work together to govern. There is truth in that observation, and it does not please me.
Let’s see if political civility in Illinois and around the nation might have an impact on American warming, if not global warming.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Dec 8, 09 @ 10:42 am:
===When the Republicans were in total charge of Illinois during 93-94, why didn’t they push for term limits then===
Well, they ran on the Contract with America which called for term limits. I also recall lots of Republican House members signing personal term limit pledges when they decided not to amend the constitution. Somebody ought to ask John Shimkus about term limits.
===but the Dems should have learned from that experience and been more open to dialogue with Republicans.===
I recall quite a few Democrats willing to vote with the majority when the GOP held Congress. Votes on the wars, budgets, tax cuts, etc. How many GOP members vote with the Democratic majority these days?
I don’t think most DC Republicans understand what bipartisanship means. The definition doesn’t change when the majority changes parties.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Dec 8, 09 @ 10:51 am:
Sorry CV, I misread your post. Please disregard mine.
- plutocrat03 - Tuesday, Dec 8, 09 @ 1:17 pm:
Where are the fact checkers on the climate change hysteria. The warmest recent years have been ‘98 and ‘99 with declines in each of the subsequent years. In fact, during the middle ages when there was much less CO2 in the air, the worldwide temperatures were significantly higher than what we see now.
Niether part has a hold on the truth but it is laughable to assert that the Democrats are more cooperative than Republicans. Remember the Bork and Thomas hearings? What is good for the goose is good for the gander.