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Nash: Aug 1, 2003; Sign my 'Bring Goldberg Back' Petition

https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/...cbf31f3b8c.html

Downstate morons say moron things.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 00:37

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# ? May 25, 2024 19:36

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

borkencode posted:

Howdy neighbor. Did the township end up passing the crazy "sanctuary for life" thing (something about banning abortion in the township)?

Also I know the energy bill renews the state subsidy for solar panels, since I got an email about it from my solar installer this morning. Might look at expanding my array next year.

Oh this is good news. I�ve been waiting for this to pass because I want to add panels to my house.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 02:02

Willa Rogers: Mar 11, 2005

Chicago city council passed a 20 percent raise for its fine police officers, effective retroactively to 2017. :patriot:

# ? Sep 15, 2021 02:12

CaptainJuan: Oct 15, 2008; Thick. Juicy. Tender.

Imagine cutting into a Barry White Song.

Every cop is gonna blow the back pay on a colossal pedestrian killing f150 extended cab

# ? Sep 15, 2021 02:15

Source4Leko: Jul 25, 2007; Dinosaur Gum

Willa Rogers posted:

Chicago city council passed a 20 percent raise for its fine police officers, effective retroactively to 2017.

Holy poo poo thats utterly insane! I'm hoping for 2% this year hahaha

# ? Sep 15, 2021 02:22

Soonmot: Dec 19, 2002; Entrapta fucking loves robots; Grimey Drawer

Willa Rogers posted:

Chicago city council passed a 20 percent raise for its fine police officers, effective retroactively to 2017.

WHAT THE gently caress

# ? Sep 15, 2021 02:41

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Willa Rogers posted:

Chicago city council passed a 20 percent raise for its fine police officers, effective retroactively to 2017.

No no, we said DE-fund the police.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 02:41

CaptainJuan: Oct 15, 2008; Thick. Juicy. Tender.

Imagine cutting into a Barry White Song.

https://twitter.com/FOP7Chicago/status/1437900617343807492

pigs mad because there's a few people who think they dont deserve 80% of the municipal budget :pigoff:

# ? Sep 15, 2021 03:12

Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

It�s 20% over 8 years, or 2.5% a year

However half of it is backdated to 2017 since there hasn�t been a contract since then

# ? Sep 15, 2021 03:20

Willa Rogers: Mar 11, 2005

Badger of Basra posted:

It�s 20% over 8 years, or 2.5% a year

However half of it is backdated to 2017 since there hasn�t been a contract since then

cool; that means they'll get time-and-a-half at the adjusted rate while they were pillaging a congressman's office last year.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 03:40

brugroffil: Nov 30, 2015

Badger of Basra posted:

It’s 20% over 8 years, or 2.5% a year

However half of it is backdated to 2017 since there hasn’t been a contract since then

Should have been a 20% cut, yearly

# ? Sep 15, 2021 03:46

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Now institute a police vaccine mandate and they'll defund themselves.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 05:44

Bizarro Kanyon: Jan 3, 2007; Something Awful, so easy even a spaceman can do it!

Nash posted:

https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/...cbf31f3b8c.html

Downstate morons say moron things.

I love the �local control� aspect.

When a local government agency actively harms its community, outside government agencies may step in to stop that harm.

If a county decided not to enforce drunk driving laws, do not be surprised when the ISP steps in and starts getting people after someone gets hurts badly.

Edit: I also read that a group of parents are suing Teutopolis schools over the mask and quarantine rules as well as ISBE putting them on probation/removing recognition. Their whole plan is for the school board to not defend itself in court so the judge will have no choice but to block the EO and ISBE rules. Also, since the school board is just following the judge�s orders, they cannot be punished or sued for anything.

Very much a �one weird trick� to get around any law or regulation.

Bizarro Kanyon fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Sep 15, 2021

# ? Sep 15, 2021 05:52

Bizarro Kanyon: Jan 3, 2007; Something Awful, so easy even a spaceman can do it!

Update on stupid lawsuits:

Tom Devore, the lawyer who is racing up and down the state to sue everything possible concerning pandemic restrictions, brought a lawsuit against Teutopolis schools stating that masks are medical devices which constitute as a form of quarantine and schools do not have the authority to force students to quarantine or wear masks.

Judge ruled in his favor with a TRO against Teutopolis.

https://capitolfax.com/2021/09/15/the-fourth-circuit-strikes-again-with-pro-virus-transmission-order/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

quote:

Three children in Effingham County can�t be forced to wear masks without an official quarantine order from the county health department, a judge ruled Wednesday.

The attorney who brought the case [Tom DeVore] anticipates more such cases across the state.

On Wednesday, DeVore took a different case a step further and successfully argued in Illinois� Fourth Judicial Circuit that masks are a medical device that can�t be required without quarantine orders.

�Plaintiffs have shown they will suffer irreparable harm if an injunction does not issue, namely the children being refused access to their education unless they unwillingly utilize a device to allegedly prevent the spread of an infectious disease even in the absence of a quarantine order against them,� the judge�s temporary order says. �Nothing in this order shall prohibit the local health department, or the Illinois Department of Health, from issuing a lawful order of quarantine against any or all of the children as allowed by law.�

The Teutopolis school district, where the three students attend classes, did challenge the issue, DeVore said.

# ? Sep 15, 2021 22:35

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

So that pretty much has to go to the state Supreme Court right?

# ? Sep 15, 2021 23:22

Oracle: Oct 9, 2004

Can�t wait to read the news article about this fuckstick dying of Covid.

# ? Sep 16, 2021 18:45

Jows: May 8, 2002

I was hate listening to 560 on my way home today, and they were promoting some right wing rally that Blago is going to be at lol

# ? Sep 16, 2021 23:57

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Jows posted:

I was hate listening to 560 on my way home today, and they were promoting some right wing rally that Blago is going to be at lol

This whole "Republicans love Blagojevich now" thing is simply bizarre to me.

Like oh look another narcissist, hooray

# ? Sep 17, 2021 00:11

Bizarro Kanyon: Jan 3, 2007; Something Awful, so easy even a spaceman can do it!

Found out that my daughters� 6th grade teacher is leaving. Do not know if it is just coincidence or if she is upset about the school�s mask mandate or the vaccine mandate.

I am guessing that she will tell the students. However, since she first met us not wearing a mask and my daughter was out of school after testing positive (along with 5 other students), I will not miss her if the reason is either of those.

# ? Sep 17, 2021 01:28

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Yeah I'm 99% sure my son's 6th grade math teacher left because of vaccine requirements due to the timing and the he said/she said about who made the call.

I dunno how much of it there's been around here, frankly, but if that's why, good riddance.

# ? Sep 17, 2021 01:40

FuturePastNow: May 19, 2014

dwarf74 posted:

This whole "Republicans love Blagojevich now" thing is simply bizarre to me.

Like oh look another narcissist, hooray

"he owns the libs" is the extent of the thought process, even if they know he's grifting them

# ? Sep 17, 2021 05:36

Djarum: Apr 1, 2004; by vyelkin

FuturePastNow posted:

"he owns the libs" is the extent of the thought process, even if they know he's grifting them

Honestly I don't think many of the morons even realize they are being grifted anymore. Normally you can con a mark into buying the magic beans once and you need to move on since you can only con someone once before they smarten up. These idiots line up to buy the beans again and again, magic water, hoe, shovel and limited edition bean stalk climbing shoes with giant slaying magic sword all despite the beans not working ever.

# ? Sep 17, 2021 14:57

Bizarro Kanyon: Jan 3, 2007; Something Awful, so easy even a spaceman can do it!

Yeah, the Blago love is when I realized that the people are okay with being scammed as long as it makes them feel good. Almost like drug abusers.

I had a nurse in the area share a hospital post about monoclonal antibodies with the comment �I am glad that someone is talking about this. I was just tired of the silence. There are treatments available to fight Covid but they only want us to get the vaccine.�

I wonder how it feels when they get the bill for the treatment.

# ? Sep 17, 2021 16:46

Lammasu: May 8, 2019; lawful Good Monster

I mean it's not like "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is a new idea.

# ? Sep 18, 2021 03:27

Nash: Aug 1, 2003; Sign my 'Bring Goldberg Back' Petition

https://southernillinoisnow.com/2021/09/17/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-south-central-school-district-over-mandatory-masking/

I need a goon more versed in legalese to tell me about filing class action lawsuits on behalf of hundreds of minors.

# ? Sep 18, 2021 03:51

mastershakeman: Oct 28, 2008; by vyelkin

attention unemployment seekers in illinois: the login system just changed, you now have to tie your IDES login to the new fangled state of illinois login for other stuff (like vaccine info they have)

even worse, they demand your 'claimant #" which good luck finding if you tossed out the letters they mailed. the claimant # isn't on the certification webpage each time you submit it. i luckily had an old letter but jesus christ

# ? Oct 4, 2021 18:42

Badger of Basra: Jul 26, 2007

https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1447993208500281355?s=20

tfw the billionaire political neophyte is a better democrat than the guy who's been a senator for 24 years

# ? Oct 13, 2021 02:29

Willa Rogers: Mar 11, 2005

Pritzker's family has had some labor issues with the Hyatts they owned, but if he's now advocating unionism then more power to him. I've generally been pleased with his tenure, even after not voting for him in the primary.

(btw, I found this crazy story of the Pritzker dynasty by chance last year; it's worth a read.)

# ? Oct 13, 2021 03:04

Djarum: Apr 1, 2004; by vyelkin

Badger of Basra posted:

https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1447993208500281355?s=20

tfw the billionaire political neophyte is a better democrat than the guy who's been a senator for 24 years

National Democrats are loving trash. They are effectively pro business Republicans from 30-35 years ago with slightly less racism.

When they lose massively in the midterms they are all not going to understand why and probably blame progressives again.

You have to give the GOP some credit, their members do what their base wants. Now their base is the garbage of the world and what they want is often evil and disgusting but they don�t have problems with keeping their support.

I am really glad Pritz at least doesn�t have the political instincts of a paper bag like many Democrats and has been a pretty good Governor.

# ? Oct 13, 2021 06:32

The X-man cometh: Nov 1, 2009

Badger of Basra posted:

tfw the billionaire political neophyte is a better democrat than the guy who's been a senator for 24 years

He isn't a neophyte. He's been involved behind the scenes for decades. He ran for congress against Jan Schakowsky in 1998 for fucks sake.

# ? Oct 13, 2021 06:47

Monkey Fracas: Sep 11, 2010; ...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!; Grimey Drawer

I've been very pleasantly surprised by Big Governor and the fact that Madigan is also now gone makes it even better

I'm... slightly optimistic about Illinois...?

I need to go lie down

# ? Oct 13, 2021 21:02

Hutla: Jun 5, 2004; It's mechanical

Same. I was prepared for Slightly Less Terrible Rich Guy and instead we got Actually Kind of Okay? Rich Guy.

# ? Oct 13, 2021 21:40

Niwrad: Jul 1, 2008

Is the state actually making money on sports gambling and weed? I know the finances are a mess but feel like that should help a tiny bit.

# ? Oct 13, 2021 21:50

Oracle: Oct 9, 2004

Niwrad posted:

Is the state actually making money on sports gambling and weed? I know the finances are a mess but feel like that should help a tiny bit.

Gambling's been pretty lucrative for the state:

quote:

Record lottery sales helped boost Illinois gaming tax revenue to $1.36 billion for fiscal year 2021, which ended June 30, up 11% from the previous year, according to an annual wagering report released by the state this week.

Now that's down from 2019 because the pandemic, and its supposed people turned to the lottery because casinos were closed.

As far as weed goes:

From here:

quote:

February 13, 2020

In December the Civic Federation explored how Illinois, its local governments and other states tax recreational cannabis. In this post we will look at how those cannabis tax revenues will be spent by the State of Illinois and compare those priorities to other states.

The Illinois Department of Revenue projects the State will collect $57 million in FY2020 from cannabis taxes and licensing fees and $140.5 million from taxes alone in FY2021, which starts July 1, 2020. But how will those revenues be spent? The legislation that legalized adult use recreational cannabis and subsequent trailer bills specifically outline how the State�s cannabis tax proceeds will go to pay for regulation and various programs. These allocations do not apply to local government cannabis tax revenues.

First, the proceeds of the cannabis taxes go to defray the administrative costs of the State agencies responsible for administering the program. Taxes and fees from cannabis are to be deposited into a new Cannabis Regulation Fund, which then pays these costs. The State agencies and offices that will receive funding from Cannabis Regulation Fund for direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation, administration, and enforcement of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act include:

Governor�s Office for the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer (sometimes known as the �Cannabis Czar�) and its staff and activities;
Department of Revenue
Department of State Police
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation;
Department of Agriculture;
Department of Public Health;
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; and
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.

Next, a monthly transfer of funds appropriated to defray costs incurred to facilitate petitions for expungement of minor cannabis offenses will be made to the Cannabis Expungement Fund for:

State courts;
Illinois Attorney General;
State�s Attorneys;
Civil legal aid; and
Department of State Police.
After the above allocations are made, any remaining funds will be distributed as follows:

2% to the Drug Treatment Fund for the Department of Human Services to develop a drug, tobacco and alcohol public education campaign and analyze the public health impacts of legalizing the recreational use of cannabis;
8% to the Local Government Distributive Fund to fund crime prevention programs, training, and enforcement and prevention efforts related to the illegal cannabis market and driving under the influence of cannabis;
25% to the Criminal Justice Information Projects Fund for the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program to provide grants and assistance to communities harmed by discriminatory drug laws;
20% to the Department of Human Services Community Services Fund to address substance abuse and prevention and mental health concerns;
10% to the Budget Stabilization Fund; and
35%, or any remaining balance, to the General Revenue Fund.