» September 3rd, 2010 12:22 pm
Winfield Lions Club
Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with nearly 1.35 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in 206 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have made a strong commitment both globally and locally.
Since the Winfield Lions Club’s [...]
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» September 3rd, 2010 7:59 am
AFP: Attention All DuPage County Members!
From Americans for Prosperity…
Americans for Prosperity Launches Grassroots Effort Against Schillerstrom’s Proposal to Borrow $70 million From DuPage County Taxpayers.
-A mobile billboard critical of Schillerstrom’s proposal runs TODAY–
CHICAGO – While concerns about rising public debt and out of control spending is at an all-time high, you’d expect elected officials to give pause [...]
one Comment | tags: Americans for Prosperity, DuPage County
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» September 2nd, 2010 9:01 am
How To Keep An Economy Down
Starting January 1, 2011, new tax rates will kick in across the board, raising taxes on American families and small businesses by a staggering $3.8 trillion, from those in the lowest tax bracket and continuing all the way up the economic ladder.
If you haven’t been paying attention to the tax cut debate [...]
2 comments | tags: Failed Stimulus, Families, Small Businesses, Tax Hikes
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» September 1st, 2010 12:00 pm
Proof These Bastards KNOW They’re Doing the Wrong Thing
If you haven’t seen it yet, The Hill published its list of the 50 wealthiest members of Congress today:
Wealthiest lawmakers increased their riches as economy sputtered in ‘09
As always, it’s a fun, short read.
But the fun ends very quickly when you get to the critical line:
“But lawmakers reduced their liabilities by even more, cutting debts by [...]
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» August 31st, 2010 8:00 am
WFPD Helps Local Businesses
The Winfield Fire Protection District has entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Wheaton to provide new radio controlled fire alarms for all business within the district. By combining both organizations we have been able to provide a lower overall monthly cost for our local businesses fire alarm needs.
The units will be installed [...]
3 comments | tags: Reduction in Cost, WFPD Intergovernmental Agreement
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» August 30th, 2010 9:11 am
Winfield United’s Failed Self-Serving Agenda
Like the Dukes who tried to corner the market in frozen concentrated orange juice in the film Trading Places, Winfield United is getting its comeuppance now.
Today, as Winfield is in disarray and continues to slide, the directors of Winfield United have taken over from their board members. And those directors are [...]
7 comments | tags: Anti-Growth, Birutis, Tax Hikes, True Cost of Development, Wealth Transfer Tax, Winfield United
filed in: Winfield Politics
» August 30th, 2010 8:00 am
(14th District) Hultgren Says Repeal Obamacare
The Daily Herald reports on Republican Randy Hultgren’s ideas on Obamacare as he races to the finish line to become the congressman from the 14th District.
Hultgren told attendees of a luncheon in St. Charles last week that changes created in the new law do nothing to address the cost of health care. [...]
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» August 27th, 2010 8:00 am
Winfield Criterium 2010 Video
The Winfield Criterium is my most favorite event of the summer. I can’t think of a better opportunity to throw a party and to have friends over for a cookout than to watch the racers blast by on the course that runs right past my house. This year was no exception. We [...]
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» August 25th, 2010 8:08 am
The Case for Voting NO’ on the Winfield Road Referendum TAX
This an archived article from February of 2010
This fall our village is putting to a public vote a referendum for $3.3 Million in order to fix the most decrepit roads in our town. After that, we need an additional $705 Thousand Dollars per year just to maintain the remaining roads. The initial tax [...]
7 comments | tags: Birutis, Financial Mismanagement, Referendum, Roads, Roosevelt Road, Tax Hikes
filed in: Village Government
» August 24th, 2010 8:01 am
Video: Where’s My Congressman?
Why are Democrat Congressmen avoiding Summer townhalls? Here is a little explanation of that…
Featuring Clint Howard, little brother of the very liberal Hollywood director Ron Howard, this film does a great job skewering the Democrats. Brought to you by Heritage Action for America.
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