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What? I missed that story. That's a great idea, everyone needs a taxpayer-paid vacation. Maybe Obama can work that into his next "support small business" bill.
There was no story. The city boys have learned not to let the press know when they are leaving town because they know these junkets are highly unpopular.
I certainly hope someone finds out the price tag on this vacation, but I won't hold my breath
How about a list of the alderman and who they work for
What was it for and who all went?
QHW wouldn't have said a thing to inform the public. Hell, EH probally went with them!
My wife wants to shop on Michigan Ave
how about giving us advance notice
of their next trip, maybe she can ride along
I hear the aldermen are given money in advance and don't have to produce receipts.
Why don't you just make a request to speak at the next council meeting and ask them or him yourself?
The trip is for the Illinois Municiple League yearly get together. There are expo's and seminar's to educate elected and other municiple employees and officals. I have no problem paying a few tax dollars for my alderman etc. to get an education to do their job better. But do all the extra people in the administration and every alderman have to go every year? Also, I think the people who attend should be required to attend, and produce proof of attending, the educational seminars or pay the money back. I suggest that somebody publish the list of the people attending from Quincy and the payout and ask them what they did in Chi Town that was of benefit to the taxpayers investment in the trip. I applaud the folks, many aldermen and Copley I know of, that did not attend in these tough economic times.
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UMRB probaly went so he could catch up with on of those "old friends" he spouts off about, "I knew Susie, she was a cute, bright, aspiring law student....... had a smile so sweet and a way about her..... she just got hit by a bus........and then her dog died..........now she's a prosecuter in bumb-fu-- County Michigan................ and on and on and on
We love ya UMRB, just teasin
All shit like that is just a big TaxPayer Funded Ass Kiss-a-Thon. And I'm not even in the Tea-Party!
Bet JJ was up there.
Nice Pants, JJ!!
Isnt EH on schools now? I heard only one reporter even bothered going to the teacher negotiations Tuesday night and it wasn't Ed. Yet his story sounds like he was there. What's up with that?
Trust me - if the administration OR taxpayers insisted on aldermen producing list showing which classes/seminars they attended - you would find the answer is zero for most if not all. This is not an opinion, it is based on what was fact at least a few years back......
Maybe the hard hitting ED H. will drill the mayor next golf outing and ask him these hard hitting questions.
NOT !!!!!!
They should at the very least give a report of their activities at the council meeting following the conference.
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