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*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker addresses approp *** Question of the day
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019 - Posted by Rich Miller * From the capital bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Martin Sandoval…
McCook, of course, was one of the towns visited by the feds last week two days after Sen. Sandoval’s offices and house were raided. * The Question: Your top ideas for how McCook should spend its municipal building upgrade money? *** UPDATE *** The governor was actually asked today about this appropriation. Pritzker said all projects will be reviewed, “so that any projects that are approved are approved with the utmost confidence that these are done in the best interest of taxpayers and nothing of the sort of corruption or self-dealing that has been alleged.”
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- SSL - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:57 am:
Escape tunnels.
- A Jack - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:58 am:
Bars on the windows, but not to keep people out….
- Unpopular - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:58 am:
Contribution to the next Senator’s campaign fund.
- Kippax Blue - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:58 am:
Buy a bug zapper?
- Cubs in '16 - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:58 am:
Fed-sensing equipment.
- Ann On A Moose - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:58 am:
Spend it on a consultant who can put a pitch togehter for LaGrange or Countryside to annex all of McCook
- Sayitaintso - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:59 am:
Shredders. DOH, too late.
- Just Me 2 - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:59 am:
A shrine to Marty Sandoval for people to visit when he is on an extended vacation at a federal resort.
- ChrisB - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 9:59 am:
A couple more cruisers to park along 47th. Can never have too many speed traps in McCook.
- Montrose - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:01 am:
The Senator Martin Sandoval Home for Wayward Elected Officials
- Back to the Future - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:01 am:
Hire a Lawyer
- Nagidam - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:02 am:
Red Light Cameras in all the offices that “sense” when an elected official is about to do something shady.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:03 am:
Free Groucho glasses for every citizen.
- A Jack - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:03 am:
A secret vault for the “cash.” Unless they already have one of those.
- LakeviewJ - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:04 am:
New paper shredder.
- A Jack - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:06 am:
Perhaps they should just donate the money to the Sandoval charity for wayward politicians.
- Al - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:08 am:
“As may be necessary” - hey, maybe the Fed’s could go through the appropriation bills searching on this vague and generous term. Might be a meaningful thread to identify and develop future investigations.
- A Jack - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:09 am:
Five cell phones for each employee since it would be tough for the Feds to cover that many taps.
- RNUG - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:11 am:
Signs to rename the town square after Marty.
- TheInvisibleMan - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:12 am:
Bail bonds
- Donnie Elgin - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:15 am:
legal defense fund
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:22 am:
===searching on this vague and generous term===
Oh, stop. The object of that boiler-plate language is to appropriate less if they need less.
- dying HDO - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:26 am:
hire marty’s kids for “community outreach.”
- Chicagonk - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:29 am:
A translation services room
- The Real Captain - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:34 am:
Stained glass for the mayors office! Oh, sorry that was in the parking garage in Aurora … Thank you former Senator Lauzen.
- JennaM - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:39 am:
A shrine to worship Martin Sandoval. Statue of him with glowing eyes.
- A Jack - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:39 am:
A big, beautiful wall between McCook and Justice, IL. Mostly symbolic really.
- A Jack - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:45 am:
A secret backdoor like at the Lyons town hall, because those sure are handy with pesky reporters around asking about raids and such.
- revvedup - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 10:51 am:
Lawyers, guns, and money…the *ahem* has hit the fan!
Seriously, forensic accountants to finish following the money.
- Amalia - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 11:02 am:
More chairs and tables for the FBI to use.
- Regular democrat - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 11:06 am:
A jc’s pub carry out window
- Groucho - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 11:06 am:
Three square meals a day and a pack of smokes.
- A guy - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 11:11 am:
One way mirrored glass and soundproofing.
- Jocko - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 11:57 am:
Turn the intersection of Joliet Rd. and East Ave. (where Route 66 ends) into a ‘Batcave style’ entrance/exit for McCook police.
- Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 12:09 pm:
I for one did not know that whitewash and stonewalling were so expensive.
- Drake Mallard - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 12:13 pm:
The whole Sodom and Gomorrah pillar of salt Bible thingy machine.
- Huh? - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 12:22 pm:
Rolls of brown paper to cover the windows when the feds raid the place.
- Huh? - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 12:51 pm:
Silver bracelets, the kind that are hooked together and take a key to get off.
- d. p. gumby - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 2:50 pm:
Relocation to a country w/o extradition.
- Boomerang - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 2:57 pm:
Campaign contributions to Trump.
(Pardons for everybody!)
- NorthsideNoMore - Wednesday, Oct 2, 19 @ 7:42 pm:
Slime protection device.