Humpty Dumpty, Entropy, & Gold Posted on 07/12/2015 by Chairman Meow | 1 comment Dear Chairman Meow, Is gold real money? – Janet, Washington, D.C. Ah, thank you for your question, Janet. Chairman Meow is a very knowledgeable and observant cat with a...
News From State Representative Mark Batinick   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                              Contact: Deb Kraulidis April 18, 2016                                                                                                              (815) 254-0000     Rep. Mark Batinick Petitions for No Legislative Pay to Legislators if Budget Cannot be Negotiated         Plainfield – State Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) has drawn...
KEVIN HOFFMAN REBOOT STAFF APR 4, 2016 3357 9 (Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include information about a progressive income tax bill introduced in the Illinois General Assembly on April 15, 2016. Information on the new proposal...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Ym52Wl_Eo Shortly after budget meeting, Madigan delivers blistering speech against Rauner Senate President John Cullerton drew applause Tuesday when he told an audience that all four legislative leaders and Gov. Bruce Rauner would meet later that afternoon to discuss the state...
Chicago Public Schools, or CPS, CEO Forrest Claypool is trying to guilt the state of Illinois into a massive bailout of the broke school district. To do this, he’s using divisive rhetoric, even implying that the state’s education funding system...
Chapter 9 - Bankruptcy Basics This chapter of the Bankruptcy Code provides for reorganization of municipalities, which includes cities and towns, as well as villages, counties, taxing districts, municipal utilities, and school districts. http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai5EHGW2nOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhQve_DTD0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25XtznOGOqU The first municipal bankruptcy legislation was enacted in 1934...
  Since 1996, Illinois has appropriated $67.3 billion to the state’s five retirement systems, according to the General Assembly’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability. The Teachers’ Retirement System has received nearly 52 percent, or $34.9 billion, of state pension payments...
NEW: TOP 25 BIGGEST ILLINOIS PENSIONS IN SURS Reboot Contributor - Kevin Hoffman Reboot Admin ImageREBOOT STAFF APR 1, 2016 3901 0 Top 25 biggest Illinois pensions in SURS for 2016. Taxpayers United of America this week released a new analysis of the State...
JAN 28, 2014 @ 09:35 AM 16,769 VIEWS The Obama Administration's Backdoor Bailout Of Puerto Rico MichelleKaske March 31, 2016 — 1:15 PM CST Updated on March 31, 2016 — 4:53 PM CST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeCjJ2VgpKw Millions of leaked documents published on 03 April 2016 suggest...
LAWNEWS Police Department Bought Motorcycles, Cars With Nearly $1 Million Seized Under Controversial Program Melissa Quinn / @MelissaQuinn97 / March 31, 2016 The Equitable Sharing Program was suspended late last year for budgetary reasons, but was restarted by the Justice Department earlier...

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