Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Crain's Chicago Business has an article about the proposal for Illinois to adopt the California clean car standards. The auto emissions proposal from the Governor's committee on global warming is identical to Illinois House Bill 3424, which I've written ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I hope everyone is enjoying their labor day weekend!Unfortunately, the out of work miners at the recently closed coal mine in nearby Virden won't be doing much celebrating this weekend. The mine closure reminded me that one of the bloodier episodes in Il...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
A post about Presidential election predictions over at BFS inspired me to write the promised Republican side of my predictions about the Democratic Presidential primary.The early Republican race is interesting because the three front runners (McCain, Romn...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The full article about the church eviction adds this pathetic detail: "This is greed in its worst form - throwing a church on the street," said Daniel Richards, a one-armed neighbor who lives two doors down, as he loaded a U-Haul. "It's been a staple on t...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
This one is hard to believe. Its like a story out of the Onion. The SJ-R reports in their latest breaking news that:
Just before 10 a.m. this morning, officials with the Sangamon County Sheriff broke down the door at 1016 Percy and evicted Clementine Mem...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The SJ-R tells us that AT&T dropped their plans for city-wide wireless internet access in Springfield. There's one more reason for young people to leave town.Springfield has a hard time deciding whether it should be a real city or an overgrown farm town....
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Clean Energy Springfield blog has a new poster, Kevin. I'll let him decide how much of an introduction he wants to give for himself on his blog, but he's very knowledgeable on a variety of energy and environmental issues.His first post is on an issue I'v...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
There's a letter to the editor in today's State Journal-Register that I think is worth re-posting.
More people would care if their child was in IraqFirst, thank you to the few people who are trying to do their part to end the war in Iraq. Not only am I ex...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The Community Volunteer Center is something I'm going to be more involved with. You can sign up at their website for opportunities to volunteer in the community. It lets you search according to interest and organization. Some of the information is a li...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Shortly after waking up this Sunday morning I realized that the Democratic debate from Iowa was on. My posts about previous debates centered on the format and approach of the moderator and this one will be no different. George Stephanopoulos as moderato...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Yes, I still call it Democrat Day rather than Governor's Day. I've called it Democrat Day for as long as I can remember and I'm not going to change it for this guy.Capitol Fax has a good run down of all the events and drama. Even with the Blagojevich sup...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Voting is open for the Illinois Times Best of Springfield feature. I've gotten emails from two elected officials asking for my vote, but the vote-begging among local blogs has been surprisingly low-key. Which blogger is willing to take the dubious distin...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
In case you missed it, check out the guest column about the Springfield Citizens Club in Monday's SJ-R. From the article:
The mission of the recently formed Citizens Club of Springfield is to improve communications and information sharing among broad and...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
Sustainable Springfield Inc. is holding its first in what will be a series of educational and social events they're calling a Green Salon. The first one is tonight, Tuesday August 14, starting at 5:30 pm at Bernie & Betty's Pizza. They're located at the...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
If you go to the back of Conservation World at the state fair near the DNR headquarters you'll find the tent for environmental groups. There you'll see a new Lexus hybrid, a solar panel demonstration, displays for Lincoln Memorial Gardens and the Environ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
There were some big events in Chicago last weekend. The blogosphere is abuzz with reports from the Daily Kos convention but I spent the weekend at Lollapalooza. Since this is primarily a political blog Im going to give a primarily political review of t...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
The train was running a little behind schedule when I boarded the Amtrak from Springfield to Chicago last weekend. They made up for lost time along the way, as trains often do on this stretch, until we reached a crossing about five miles from Union Stati...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
I haven't had much time to blog lately so I'll have to go back to an old story that I've been wanting to write about. Mark Mahoney proposed a simple yet important resolution to televise committee meetings of the Springfield city council. It passed with ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
CES recently put out a newsletter. No, not Clean Energy Springfield. Community Energy Systems based in Riverton. They're asking people to contact them for inclusion in a list of people using: "Photovoltaics of any kind, wind or hydro generation of any kin...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 year ago.
If you live in Springfield you've probably heard that our town is proudly hosting the national convention of the Vietnam Veterans of America this week. Coincidentally, I recently watched a new documentary called Sir! No Sir!, "The suppressed story of the ...
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