Should Rockford approve another TIF district?
Rockford City Council is discussing another tax increment finance district, the 30th, this one along East State Street between Alpine and Mulford. TIF districts are designed to encourage private...
View ArticleBipartisan House bill may reestablish private property
As of June 23, 2005, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 there was no private property in America. In Kelo versus the City of New London, the Court decided that economic development is considered a “public...
View ArticleHealthcare costs for obesity may exceed that of smoking
Readers of a recent post may have thought I was kidding when I said if there is another state tax on cigarettes because of medicaid costs, there should also be a tax on obesity for the same reason. As...
View ArticleObama: Success in America requires government help!
In a speech last Friday, Obama stated in no uncertain terms that if you are a success in America, you didn’t do it own your own; you had help – from the government! With Obama’s, it takes a subsidized...
View ArticleRock Valley College, Spartan, an MRO and the rest of the story
Rock Valley College and Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology had been in negotiations for over a year concerning a proposal to RVC by the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based school to build a campus at the...
View ArticleRockford Public Library’s amnesty too lenient with taxpayer’s money
An inexcusable 62% of the library’s 57,554 cardholders owe the library for overdue returns or lost items. That’s far too many people to consider amnesty – 35,684, who owe fines and/or have not...
View ArticleSenator Dianne Feinstein’s Husband – Sweartheart real estate deal
As verified by snopes.com @ http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/blum.asp The US has entered into a contract with a real estate firm to sell 56 buildings that currently house U.S. Post Offices. The...
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