Saturday Mac Update: One week ago today I called 911 and last night I got to bring Mac home from Sherman Hospital already. They were able to fix him up with a quadruple bypass. He’s sliced up from his neck to his ankles, still very, very sore and totally exhausted. It will take a few weeks before he’s ready to do much at all. 8 full weeks till he can come back to work. Probably a year before he’s feeling ‘better than ever’. Read More...

Ivan Krpan says on July 17, 2009 at 11:00 am: Read More...

It’s really a matter of priorities. Three young DeKalb firefighters were laid off. Their specific positions were selected for termination because they held the lowest rank in seniority (a priority). Nothing, absolutely nothing, related to their individual qualifications and job performance factored into the selection process. So in the matter of priorities seniority is held higher than individual and job performance.

The process used to make the decision to lay off the three young firemen was based on principle (a priority). The City of DeKalb strictly adhered to a fairness principle best reflected by the Three Musketeers’ “all for one and one for all” battlecry: Across the board wage freezes or lay offs determined by voluntary departmental compliance, or the lack thereof. Fair is fair policies for the purpose of internal equity (or not having to make more difficult choices) trump the priority list of government services. Read More...

The Wish List (FY2010 Capital New Appropriations – HB0312 and SB1221)

Some local units and organizations are getting some good news from HB312 which was signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn: Read More...