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* Foreclosure activity up 32% last year in Illinois
* Schools Supt. Flowers charged with theft
Flowers turned himself in about 1 p.m. to sheriff’s police in Maywood. He was accompanied by his attorney, Tim Grace.
* Flowers faces felony charges
* Flowers delivered … in handcuffs
Orl and School District 135 Supt. Dennis Soustek said he wasn’t surprised when he heard of Suburban Cook County Regional Schools Supt. Charles Flowers’ arrest Thursday.
“I’m amazed it took so long, but I’m not shocked,” he said.
At a breakfast meeting with superintendents in South Cook County four years ago, Flowers said he was going to clean up “corruption that must be rampant in all our schools,” Soustek recalled.
* A history of Flowers’ alleged spending practices
The regional office was $413,000 in debt when Flowers took power. It is now around $1 million in the red.
* Suburban School Official Charged With Theft
* Board member questions Edison contract
* Schools file for federal funds
* Carp may be headed to court
* Daley urges Chicagoans to contribute to Haiti relief effort
* Rio won 2016 Olympics on merit, not locale: IOC president
* Housing investors to be ready to build if market improves
The investors include William Pacella and George Bonomo of Bridgeport. Pacella owns a trucking firm that won contracts under the city’s scandal-scarred Hired Truck program exposed by the Chicago Sun-Times. Bonomo owns a supplier of paper and cleaning supplies.
* Chicago Gets $98 Million to Stabilize Neighborhoods
* DuPage Water Commission: Blame game continues in finance controversy
Now, a recent snafu threatens to undermine the increasingly fragile level of cooperation in overseeing the operations of the commission, which is more or less jointly controlled by DuPage’s towns — whose mayors select six of the 13 commissioners — and DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom, who has appointed the other six commissioners and the agency’s chairman. Some $19 million in reserves have been spent, leaving the commission with little cash on hand, and no one has taken responsibility for the situation. Replenishing the reserves will require borrowing money and imposing a rate increase.
* DuPage tightens ethics rules; some say not enough
* Cash denied for Old Copley, Kane projects
* HUD awards $18.5M for Quad-City area housing projects
* Rt. 38/Kautz overpass work to start this year
* State’s attorney seeks more cash from Will Co. Board
* Our Opinion: Sacrifice a must to balance city budget
* City police officers receive notice of potential layoffs
The police union contract requires the city to provide 60 days notice of potential layoffs, but the union this week agreed to require only 45 days notice. That change saved money, and potentially three jobs, said Don Edwards, president of the police union.
* Flooding still a concern along Rock, Wapsi
National Weather Service flood warnings continue for those rivers near Joslin, Ill., Moline and DeWitt, Iowa.
* Pekin pursues sports complex
* Lawmakers give Keystone break
Keystone had long enjoyed a utility tax exemption because of its location in an enterprise zone and employment of more than 1,000 full-time employees. But with the decline in the economy and accompanying loss of jobs and reduced hours at Keystone, the company no longer qualifies.
* Bill could save hundreds of local jobs
* Wind farm research permit approved
* Livingston Co. government, businesses can now tap into stimulus
* Rednour Sr. says he won’t run for mayor again
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 8:56 am
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Who was Flowers’ clout? That’s obviously a plum job for someone inclined as he.
Comment by wordslinger Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 9:08 am
Gee, DuPage County’s GOP-run governments are facing tough financial times?
I’m sure we’ll see a flurry of op-eds from the Daily Herald and Chicago Tribune castigating them for over-spending, mismanagement, and calling for DuPage County voters to elect Democrats.
I’m sure the Tribune is posting a Schillerstrom Clock on its website at this very moment.
Right.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 9:11 am
Carpe carp
Comment by Angry Republican Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 9:30 am
The media always ignores DuPage…thats how jimRYAN and BrickheadJoe almost got away with offing Cruz and why Mikey V. still runs wild.
Meanwhile a Hat Tip to Burton for gettting the morning shorts out before noon. Dan did a fine job Thurs too. Make sure Capt Fax treats you to fat steaks or weekend cash.
Comment by CircularFiringSquad Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 9:34 am
Think those folks in Pekin will look at the Libertyville Sports Complex to avoid the 1,000,000 per year operating deficit?
Comment by Plutocrat03 Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 10:14 am
Thank you Barton Lorimor.
Comment by P. Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 10:45 am
I wonder if the IOC President will be bragging about the merits of Rio Olympics in 2016 if the US TV rights bid is half of what they had expected for a Chicago games?
Comment by fedup dem Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 11:16 am
Flowers Clout was originally Yarbrough, but he broke away from Yarbrough and went with Peraica, just this past April, Peraica and Flowers put together a township ticket and a High School Ticket which included Flowers’s Girlfriend…..
This one may hurt Periaca……..
Comment by The Truth Shall Set you Free..... Friday, Jan 15, 10 @ 11:22 am
Is Flowers related to State Rep Mary Flowers?
Comment by Fed up Saturday, Jan 16, 10 @ 2:39 am