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Scamming the Taxpayer

February 6, 2012
By
Comp

I was geeking out with this database over at OpenTheBooks.com and was absolutely shocked to see all the workman’s compensation claims for government workers. On a lark, I decided to see if there were any anomalies that could be seen with the naked eye. Holy freaking cow. What you are looking at is the number...

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Random News

February 5, 2012
By
News

BAD NEWS:  After a recent water bill increase it looks like other costs are going up. I will keep you posted. GOOD NEWS:  The village is finding good ways...

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Prevailing Wage

February 4, 2012
By
Soviet

Welcome comrade! I figured we would chat about prevailing wage. There is an editorial about it in the Daily Herald that you should read. It describes how villages like Winfield struggle...

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I Would Be Worried…

February 3, 2012
By
worry

From this Daily Herald article we learn that pension reform is on the minds of our state legislators. Unfortunately I actually had an eyeball-to-eyeball discussion with a couple of...

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Zegel Email Campaign

February 2, 2012
By
Zegel

We are clearly making Winfield’s Citizen Pain, Stan Zegel, crazy by contacting his advertisers. Remember: We want Stan to have to fund the mailing and printing costs out of...

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More Property Rights Issues

February 2, 2012
By
Property Right

Another issue from the Winfield files. It looks like somebody built a garage in a floodway with no permitting. The land owner will probably have to tear down the...

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A Call from Stan Zegel

February 1, 2012
By
LeRoy Budnik

A few minutes ago, Stan Zegel called. We chatted for about an hour, I did not really keep track of time. His challenge: “get written statements from business owners.”...

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