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posted by Isabel Miller
Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 7:50 am

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The vandalism of legislator vehicles in the Capitol complex employee parking lots over the weekend, including that of Rep. Sanalitro, is all the more reason that in the fall HB4567 needs to be further amended to not just cover library employees, but also public employees of all kinds–state, local, and federal–and their property.

Also SOS Police needs to work with Springfield Police to permanently install several of those 24/7 portable security cameras or whatever they are, similar to what they frequently have downtown and outside the mall. If it means that it turns the Capitol Complex into the Vatican of Springfield, then so be it.

Comment by NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 8:07 am
Still no cicadas in McLean County as far as I can tell. That being said, I’ve seen a video from a cousin in their neighborhood in the west suburbs of those critters in their yard that was admittedly revolting due to how many hundreds of them that there were, so I’m happy with that absence as a result for now.

Comment by TJ Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 8:27 am
Sunny w Cicadas in full force in Will Co.

Comment by NorthsideNoMore Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 9:07 am
The holiday weekend deer carcass on the Stanford Ave median has been removed.

Comment by Friday Addams Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 9:17 am
No Cicadas here in my part of West Central IL, but I did see a lot in Decatur this weekend, while visiting family. My relatives were going on and on about them, as if Armageddon had begun. I thought they were pretty interesting, and harmless.

Comment by H-W Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 9:45 am
Clearing fallen tree branches and limbs following storms and high winds that sheered the tree tops.

Comment by Gravitas Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 10:01 am
Perennial candidate Andre Smith is now running for a seat on the Chicago school board.

Comment by DS Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 10:16 am
==The vandalism of legislator vehicles in the Capitol complex employee parking lots over the weekend, including that of Rep. Sanalitro, is all the more reason that in the fall HB4567 needs to be further amended to not just cover library employees, but also public employees of all kinds–state, local, and federal–and their property.==

What on earth are you talking about? Breaking into cars is already a crime. Also that bill concerns threats of violence, it has absolutely zero to do with car burglaries.

Comment by charles in charge Tuesday, May 28, 24 @ 10:22 am

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