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Commish: 'There's a crisis coming', Officials say revenue off $40 million at midyear point
Daily Southtown-Cook County's revenue problem has more than doubled, leaving the county about $40 million behind with half the fiscal year gone, county officials said.
Official numbers are expected to be released next week, but commissioners Mike Quigley and Gregg Goslin said they've been told that revenue is so far behind the budget estimate that it's a "serious problem" in the eyes of the county's financial team.
"There's a crisis coming because at the first-quarter hearing (about finances), I said we should act now or else our actions would have to be more dramatic," Quigley (D-Chicago) said. "Now, it's too damn late." More... Son: US Law Shields Stroger
Vandals set fire to gay books in library
Tribune --Chicago police are investigating a fire in a Chicago Public Library branch on the North Side that damaged about 100 books, most of them in the gay and lesbian collection.
A patron at the John Merlo Branch Library, 644 W. Belmont Ave., alerted staff members to a fire on the branch's second floor about noon Tuesday, Officer JoAnn Taylor saidFirefighters were called, but library staffers were able to put out the fire, said library spokeswoman Maggie Killackey. More....
Broadcast museum is going green
Medill via Chi Town Daily--Chicago, despite its rough, urban image, has for years been leading the nation in green initiatives and is at the forefront of promoting environmentally friendly policies. Results from a McGraw-Hill Construction/National Association of Home Builders survey showed builders around the country are catching onto the trend. The study showed that in 2005, there was a 20 percent increase in the number of home builders producing green, environmentally responsible homes. More...
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Commish: 'There's a crisis coming', Officials say revenue off $40 million at midyear point
Daily Southtown-Cook County's revenue problem has more than doubled, leaving the county about $40 million behind with half the fiscal year gone, county officials said.
Official numbers are expected to be released next week, but commissioners Mike Quigley and Gregg Goslin said they've been told that revenue is so far behind the budget estimate that it's a "serious problem" in the eyes of the county's financial team.
"There's a crisis coming because at the first-quarter hearing (about finances), I said we should act now or else our actions would have to be more dramatic," Quigley (D-Chicago) said. "Now, it's too damn late." More... Son: US Law Shields Stroger
Vandals set fire to gay books in library
Tribune --Chicago police are investigating a fire in a Chicago Public Library branch on the North Side that damaged about 100 books, most of them in the gay and lesbian collection.
A patron at the John Merlo Branch Library, 644 W. Belmont Ave., alerted staff members to a fire on the branch's second floor about noon Tuesday, Officer JoAnn Taylor saidFirefighters were called, but library staffers were able to put out the fire, said library spokeswoman Maggie Killackey. More....
Broadcast museum is going green
Medill via Chi Town Daily--Chicago, despite its rough, urban image, has for years been leading the nation in green initiatives and is at the forefront of promoting environmentally friendly policies. Results from a McGraw-Hill Construction/National Association of Home Builders survey showed builders around the country are catching onto the trend. The study showed that in 2005, there was a 20 percent increase in the number of home builders producing green, environmentally responsible homes. More...
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