Posted on 07/18/2013 1:41:50 PM PDT by KeyLargo
WEEK News 25 Peoria Illinois
President Obama to visit central Illinois on Wednesday
By WEEK Reporter July 18, 2013
GALESBURG, Ill. -- President Obama will make a stop in Galesburg next Wednesday.
A White House officials says the visit is part of a 3-day bus trip and that the President will talk about the economy.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
He needs to deliver some completed Illinois 2014 election ballots.
Going to boast about Rahm Emanuel’s low crime rate! /s
If he’s smart he’ll stay the he!! out of the southeastern part of the state.
WHERE’S ‘ THE BEAST?’. :-)
Boom or Bussed!
A White House officials says the visit is part of a 3-day bus trip and that the President will talk about the economy.
Wow. He doesn't just have cash delivered?
Thanks for the heads up, I live about 45 miles east of Galesburg.
I’ll be smelling him from here.
Going back to Caterpillar?
Will he catch a Beyoncé concert like the Mooch and the princesses did. Their security escort was truly obnoxious in it’s size. I’ve never seen a first lady go anywhere with that many escorts.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Bankrupt Illinois to spend $750K on new government shrubbery program
RasmussenBy Kristina Rasmussen, EVP, Illinois Policy Institute -
Illinois may be broke and its credit rating may be in the tank, but that isn’t stopping state legislators from creating a new “Forever Green Illinois Program” that would provide for the “maintenance and beautification of greenery” on state or local government property.
Just in case you were wondering, “greenery” includes grass, weeds, trees, shrubs, bushes, plants and other plant material.
The House has appropriated $750,000 from general funds for grants related to the Forever Green Illinois Program.
Illinois’ fiscal house is on fire, and politicians are planting flowerbeds in the front yard. This is what happens when you bail out bad spending habits with a 67 percent income tax increase – the irresponsible behavior only gets worse.
Stay classy, Springfield.
Chicago’s triple-notch credit downgrade
7/18/2013
Ted Dabrowski
Vice President of Policy
The city’s out-of-control pension liabilities and “accelerating budget pressures associated with those liabilities” has resulted in another credit downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service.
The national credit rating agency downgraded the city’s nearly $8 billion in general obligation bonds to A3 from Aa3. This is a triple-notch downgrade.
Chicago is now just four notches above junk-bond status – any further downgrades mean the city is likely to face problems borrowing money.
The agency made good on its April 2013 promise to evaluate state and local pension plans on more realistic assumptions. At that time, Moody’s placed 29 local governments under review – including Chicago.
The rating agency has long critiqued pension funds’ use of overly ambitious investment return targets that allow funds to understate their true pension shortfalls.
Based on the new Moody’s methodology, which uses more conservative assumptions, Chicago’s 2012 pension shortfall jumps nearly 90 percent, to $36 billion from $19 billion.
http://illinoispolicy.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=6112
“... as part of his business-busting/pro-stimulus bill marathon Barack bulldozed his way into the heavy machinery manufacturer Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois. After the President’s visit Caterpillar notified an additional 2,454 workers that they were “losing their jobs as the company continues to try to bring production in line with plummeting demand...The bulk of the job cuts - nearly 1,600 in all - [were] in Illinois at the company’s plants in East Peoria.”
Let me check my schedule...ahh terrific. I have no plans to be in central Illinois on July 24th.
Galesburg....Seriously? The only thing keeping Galesburg alive is the Burlington Northern Santa Fe. All the factories have closed down. The mall is 2/3 empty, and what’s left is struggling. What does he think he is going to accomplish in Galesburg?
I’m sure the Rats will organize a big welcome for their leader:
Elected Officials
Democratic Officials Representing Knox County
http://www.knoxdems.org/p/elected-officials.html
Maybe he should address Rhams incompetancy when it comes to all the black children being killed on his steets by black children. Oh thats right this doesnt count! It only counts when your a latino posing as a white guy who kills an innocent black child wwho went to the store for skittles.
‘any further downgrades mean the city is likely to face problems borrowing money’
Ain’t gonna happen. Patronage, my FRiend, patronage
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