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Thursday, Apr 23, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller
* From Evanston Now…
One amenity that the 835 Chicago Ave. development in Evanston won’t be able to boast of at its groundbreaking later this morning is gigabit speed internet service.
In January 2013 then Gov. Pat Quinn showed up at the library branch across the street to announce a $1 million state grant to provide ultra-high-speed internet service for what city officials hoped would become an “innovation corridor” along Chicago Avenue near the Main Street intersection.
Well, after various delays in getting the project launched, new Gov. Bruce Rauner cancelled the grant earlier this year and city officials — who’d already received the money — now will have to return it.
* The accompanying photograph…
Keep it clean, people. Thanks.
- How Ironic - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 10:58 am:
“Elections have consequences”, drops mic and walks out…
- Anon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 10:58 am:
“Retirement is nice. Yesterday I had a sub for lunch that was this big.”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 10:58 am:
F bomb coming your way people…
- Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:01 am:
Start the countdown to the road fund being swept to save super-mega-ultra-high-speed Internet in Evanston.
Oh the humanity.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:01 am:
“You didn’t want me… remember?”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:05 am:
“You got somethin’ to add…Bruce… didn’t think so!”
- siriusly - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:07 am:
He’s come undone.
- Team Sleep - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:07 am:
Sorry…”And then I was like derp!”
- Stones - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:08 am:
I’m sure Evanston will love dial up internet service.
- Anon. - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:10 am:
“Squeezy, I thought you were on my side!”
- Gabe - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:12 am:
Fffffffffifty-six K internet?
- Anon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:13 am:
Gosh, I guess you’ll have to pay for it yourself (gasp)
- Juice - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:15 am:
“I’m not the Governor?”
- zatoichi - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:16 am:
DSL is the future.
- A guy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:17 am:
As soon as you have two, I think it’s appropriate to call it a tie collection.
- OneMan - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:17 am:
Just because I said it was going to happen, doesn’t mean it would happen within 2 years…
- Namaste - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:17 am:
“Fffffffffffff…….”
- Broadband Enthusiast - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:17 am:
“He cancelled the grant? Well, maybe he thinks high speed internet is a non-essential service in Illinois. I guess he doesn’t understand that kind of investing benefits our economy.”
Oh Well.
Miss me yet?”
- siriusly - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:20 am:
Miss me ? Anyone want me to run for something?
- Amalia - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:21 am:
what, did Rauner think that Main Street was some historic preservation project and it didn’t need an internet boost? oh, wait, he doesn’t care about historic preservation either….
- James - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:22 am:
My loss, your gain as your new librarian
- A Vet - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:23 am:
“This is my book signing, anyone bring a pen?”
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:29 am:
===Miss me yet?===
No.
- ChrisB - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:31 am:
“How does ultra-super light speed internet work? Well, first of all, the tubes have gotta be at least THIS BIG!”
- BlameBruceRauner - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:32 am:
Blame Bruce Rauner he is a ffffffffffffffrigin idot.
- TwoFeetThick - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:34 am:
How Ironic takes it… and owes me a new, dry keyboard!
- dupage dan - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:37 am:
F…..ailed to get re-elected. Too bad.
Now, who’s next on the victim list?
- Liberty - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:41 am:
I told you so.
- John A Logan - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:41 am:
“What, Me Worry?”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:48 am:
How could he do this to such a needy community like Evanston?!
- Tsavo - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 11:56 am:
” Now that I am retired and collecting a pension, I would like to say that any pension reform for current employees and retirees is unconstitutional”
- Northside City Dweller - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:00 pm:
There’s a principle as old as the Bible that if you had voted for me, you’d have gotten your ultra-high-speed-internet.
- Wensicia - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:06 pm:
“Win some…Lose some. I should know…”
- howard - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:21 pm:
Can we start the pool now on what month and day the Supreme Court will come in on its decision to declare SB1 unconstitutional?
- Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:28 pm:
Pat Quinn does his uncanny impression of how his administration will be remembered… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:29 pm:
“With dialup Internet, everybody’s in, and nobody’s left out!”
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:47 pm:
“With me out, your innovation corridor will be this long!”
- MrJM - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:48 pm:
“And the Will of the People is the Law of the Land…”
– MrJM
- Tra la la - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:48 pm:
How many times do I have to say it, it’s not the friggin’ size of the bandwith that matters…
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:49 pm:
“I’ve been raising pigeons and training them to carry messages of hope throughout our state. So far, I’ve got one bird - Mr. Whipple - to fly this far with one of my yellow legal pads tied to his foot!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:51 pm:
“Under my administration, falafels THIS big. Now, now you got da budget cuts.”
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:52 pm:
“I’ve lost this much weight on a Slim-Fast program designed for Democrats who lost reelection since Obama got elected!”
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:53 pm:
“Using medical marijuana made me feel this thick!”
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:53 pm:
“When I was young, I had dark curly hair that was this long!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 12:54 pm:
“So I says to my haberdasher, ‘Haven’t you got anything besides purple ties?’ And he says to me, ‘Dis governor now. He doesn’t even wear the ties. It’s killing me.’”
- DuPage - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:07 pm:
Where am I? What happened? It was election night, that’s all I can remember, after that it’s all blank.
- nixit71 - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:09 pm:
“My new push reel mower cuts a swath THIS wide!”
- Christopher - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:15 pm:
Governor Quinn’s voice: “Fiddle sticks and folderol! I AM YOUR GOVERNOR!” (Then the woman to his left helps move him away from the microphone as he weeps uncontrollably) Honestly, I liked Governor Quinn and voted for him. Even if he wasn’t the best Governor ever, he seemed like a decent guy.
- Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:36 pm:
14.4 works for me. What’s the problem?
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:38 pm:
“So, you have a bake sale, maybe sell some soy smoothies and you can afford the high speed Internet. Did I ever tell you how great soy smoothies are?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:42 pm:
“Sure I’m enjoying all my free time. I caught an Asian carp THIS big the other day. Delicious! Tasted just like, well, carp.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:45 pm:
“You library types will enjoy this. Since the election I’ve been writing this new novel: Fifty Shades of Purple!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:46 pm:
“Yoiks! Those walls! I thought I was in Aaron Schock’s office!”
- Reformed Public Servant - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:47 pm:
Ppfff…Squeezy took your money!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:48 pm:
“You got Squeezy on the one hand and Carhartt Guy on the other hand. And the taxpayer gets squished in the middle.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:50 pm:
“Me? I’m doing fine. I just came back from Nashville and saw a great show with Dolly Parton.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 1:52 pm:
“Well, the upside is you won’t have so many winos in the library ’cause now it takes too long to download the porno.”
- Hawkeye in Illinois - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 2:06 pm:
Wouldst thou not have me as thine kinder liege now the black hearted King Bruce hast taken from thee the bounty I giveth to thee in charity from the realm? (Pat Quinn observes Talk Like Shakespeare Day)
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 2:21 pm:
(Former Governor Quinn is dismayed that somebody Photoshopped a smiling Rod Blagojevich into the back row of his photo.)
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 3:48 pm:
The positive side is I now have this much food in my refrigerator!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 4:06 pm:
“Since I retired, I think it would be great if Illinois put in right-to-nap zones.”
- Responsa - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 4:42 pm:
Well, if it’d get warmer the grass would grow in my yard and then I could mow it. I love mowing my lawn. And before anyone asks, no, I do not wear my lavender tie when I mow.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:15 pm:
Any advice to Governor Rauner in gettibg a budget?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:16 pm:
If you could talk to Speaker Madigan, today, what would you say?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:16 pm:
Explain why your lawn has so many dandelions…
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:17 pm:
How helpful was Paul Vallas in the Campaign?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:18 pm:
Describe how you felt when you lost, and only one Democratic legislative seat flipped too…
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:19 pm:
Governor Rauner still blames you from everything to a dishonest Fiscal Year 2015 to the Mansion’s leaky roof, thoughts?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:20 pm:
You have a pizza party for campaign staff 6 months after election night, are you ungrateful?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:22 pm:
The Sox, Samardzija, and cold weather baseball…thoughts?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:22 pm:
Pat Quinn, Tom Cross, who is back in politics first?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:24 pm:
Your old Lt. Governor’s Office now has hand rails, rubber floors, no sharp end furniture, and all tripping hazards have been removed. Worth the money?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:25 pm:
Where IS Betsy, and does she has the alleged 4 pensions as reported by the Tribune?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:26 pm:
Who keeps their word best, you or Governor Rauner?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:27 pm:
If we told you, today, you are still the subject of Capitol Fax “caption contests”, honored or horrified?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:28 pm:
Here’s your chance to speak to Unions since you lost, any thoughts about you bring a “hard sell” for them to their members?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:30 pm:
Rod Blagojevich, better or worse with the gray hair?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:31 pm:
How do you respond to Red Roof Inn pulling out of Illinois, citing “Club members have abandoned our franchises”…
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:44 pm:
Did you really get ticketed for not shoveling?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:45 pm:
Who was less help for you, Mayor Daley or Mayor Emanuel?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:47 pm:
We know, Mr. Quinn, normally the “big check” would be here, but the money was taken back. So, that’s that…
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 5:52 pm:
How would you describe the Cubs Jumbotron?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 6:04 pm:
Governor Rauner showed us the three envelopes you left. He used them to light cigars. How does that make you feel?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 6:13 pm:
Governor, Mr. Quinn, excuse me… but… your car is being towed.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 6:34 pm:
This is not Obama’s library?
- Greta - Thursday, Apr 23, 15 @ 10:50 pm:
I hear if you do not pass Rauner’s Turnaround Agenda, you will never see your money.
- Dawn S - Friday, Apr 24, 15 @ 11:08 am:
“You snooze, you lose.”