spcrnr Open Thread for the Week of September 05
Full Story by matthew on Sun Sep 05 00:00:00 CDT 2010 Comments 0
Some of our most productive and interesting conversations have come from open threads where almost anything goes. Speaker's Corner is a topic that is dedicated to open-conversation about almost anything that's on your mind.
dec City Council Meeting 9/7
Full Story by matthew on Fri Sep 03 11:32:45 CDT 2010 Comments 0

The Agenda for next Tuesday’s meeting was put out this morning….Excellent stuff!

 

For starters, it looks like a pretty tame regular agenda – a couple of groups want permission to serve alcohol outdoors, some street repair and pretty ho-hum contract stuff.

 

Then we get to item #9: “Resolution authorizing Agreement with local bank Institutions for Decatur “HOME” Buyer Down Payment Assistance Program”.  
dec No council meeting tonight – but that won’t stop us!
Full Story by matthew on Mon Aug 30 11:02:18 CDT 2010 Comments 18

 

Yep, it’s the 5th Monday of the month, but there’s no Council Meeting tonight. 

 

Even so, there are some odds and ends I’d like to yak a little about.

 
spcrnr Open Thread for the Week of August 29
Full Story by matthew on Sun Aug 29 00:00:00 CDT 2010 Comments 1
Some of our most productive and interesting conversations have come from open threads where almost anything goes. Speaker's Corner is a topic that is dedicated to open-conversation about almost anything that's on your mind.
dec Who is running in Decatur, who is not?
Full Story by matthew on Wed Aug 25 11:35:04 CDT 2010 Comments 17

Believe it or not, yesterday was the first day candidates could pick up petitions for April 2011 Decatur City Council and Mayoral races.  Oh, how time flies!!!

 

Question number one:  Think I should give it another shot? ;-)  Question number two, will I still have a wife to come home to if I do? :-D  Question number three: Whatever happened to ChangeDecatur?

 

No, seriously –

 
dec Out for a walk and odds and ends...Nelson Park development??
Full Story by matthew on Mon Aug 23 11:49:59 CDT 2010 Comments 6

Anyone who’s seen me in the last few years knows I can stand to lose some weight so Saturday we drove out to Allerton Park for a walk.  For those who didn’t know, there is a new bakery in Cerro Gordo – we sampled some freshly made oatmeal bread – very good!  What did I say about losing weight? 

 
spcrnr Open Thread for the Week of August 22
Full Story by matthew on Sun Aug 22 00:00:00 CDT 2010 Comments 1
Some of our most productive and interesting conversations have come from open threads where almost anything goes. Speaker's Corner is a topic that is dedicated to open-conversation about almost anything that's on your mind.
dec August 16 Council Meeting
Full Story by matthew on Mon Aug 16 11:31:42 CDT 2010 Comments 10

I’m pretty sure I will be going to the council meeting tonight. 

At first blush the regular agenda appears to be a pretty benign thing.  There is potential to cover good stuff in the study session.  Unless councilman Laegeler wants to comment on the numbers the meeting will probably be over by 6:00pm (it starts at 5:30).

spcrnr Open Thread for the Week of August 15
Full Story by matthew on Sun Aug 15 00:00:00 CDT 2010 Comments 8
Some of our most productive and interesting conversations have come from open threads where almost anything goes. Speaker's Corner is a topic that is dedicated to open-conversation about almost anything that's on your mind.
cil Tax reform in Illinois
Full Story by matthew on Thu Aug 12 16:13:48 CDT 2010 Comments 1

As reluctant as I am to say it, the Illinois TEA partiers do have one point:  It would be nice to take another look at the income tax policy in Illinois.