QPD Fundraising

Although I differ in opinion with the Strawman, Reading thru the Blotter looks like to me that the QPD made some money on north 12 street this week.        I say good deal.      Don't like it, don't speed.

I'll leave this post open for anyone to leave any tips for the QPD on areas around Quincy that you would like to see more patroled for violations. 

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Media Monday Funday

Sucking City Halls ASS:

QHW:
First snow turns icy: several cars slide off roads, two rollovers occur

Sounds better than : Central Services gets caught with pants down not prepaired for first snowfall.

Springisms:

“We’ll have to do the best we can with what we’ve got.”


Pissed away $6 million on your dream hydro project.  Get used to it.



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Daily Delusional

We believe (as always,WE know best) whig.com brings value to our (shrinking) audience and to the (QND Fans) community, value that should be reflected in our pricing structure.(Lube up subscribers here it comes) That value has increased (seriously?) over time with investments in technology (new coffee machine) and personnel (now hiring?) that are enabling us to provide more news (email it to us please), real-time coverage (mayor Spring & city hall) of breaking news,(AP) and coverage that incorporates video.(We bought a new video camera and have learned how to use it) The new (increased) price structure, in line with policies at a growing (shrinking) number of large and small newspapers, (justification for price increase) will ensure that we can continue to provide the kind of quality journalism (again, seriously?) across all platforms (well, the ones we choose) that the community has come to expect. (same shit, higher price)



FYI: before you shell out the addional upcharge for the "Black Friday" edition for the QNDHW, you can visit each local store "on-line" and get the ads early and most let you make a printable shopping  list.  Go Green !


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CVN 9.9

Watching the POTUS aboard the USS Carl Vinson I tried to imagine what the USS Barack Obama would look like.

Welcome to the World of More.

Welcome to the World of crisp digital picture and sound on all your TVs.

Unless your having problems.

The only "more" I have experienced is more calls to 1-800-comcast. More problems. More DTA's and More headaches.   So far I have installed 2 DTA's, had them both lose programming, several calls to comcast, got one back, and had a service call, got the other back, then lost all cable. Oh, and not one person has physically touched any part of the cables or DTA's  I have. (all programming error)

Looking to installing a 4" electrical conduit to the back of my flat screens to hide the cables.

How's your new cable service been ?


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Really ???

Nothing I like watching on my 60" Flat Screen TV is a flipping Frost Warning that scrolls continuously across the screen for hours.

Like there isn't enough info on the screen, a local station seems to think that we need more.

Good luck checking other scores and teams during a "major" weather event.

QND QHW

Put a Help Wanted ad in the paper and it will cost you out the ass

 QHW does it for QND for free.

Wild Fire

Your Topic.

Call the police, I've been hazed !

Local Quncy Media goes for the hat trick in dragging QHS Sports program thru the mud.

First up KHQA.

Then the Whig.

And following the whig, WGEM.


Kevin Haslam should have called the police on this.

Bet he is scared for life.




Suck it up buttercup.




Go play soccer or try cheerleading.




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Show Me the Money

The QSD spent around $700,00 and installed the new field at Flinn Stadium.

You can see pictures here.

The City spent $6.6 million on a Hydro dam.

You can see picture here.




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Whig Weekly Wordsearch

Word and Point Values:


Transportation - 5
QND - 1
Quincy Medicial Group -1
Blessing Hospital -1
Spring -2
GREDF -2
HQBD -2
Downtown -3
Hydro -3
Intermodel -4
QPD -2
Bevelheimer -3
NASCAR -2
guitar -4
The Local Q -1


Weekday Multiplier:

Sunday - 1 They can usally fit these all into a Sunday Edition

Monday - Saturday - 5 Hard to get in any of these on 4 page editions.

Tuesday - Friday - 3 These are feel good story days.

Wednesday - Thursday - 2 Filler days preparing for Sundays paper.




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Editoral BS

I like how the Sunday Whig editoral leaves the reader with the fear that if any federal programs are cut, Meth use and production in the midwest will skyrocket.

This is typical Democrats using class warfare and scare tactics to shirk responsibility and engage in theatrics.

Yet, there is a fear that the meth trade will revive
and thrive and communities will continue to
be contaminated if the federal government is barred
from helping the states and the states can’t do it on
their own. For many communities in West-Central
Illinois and Northeast Missouri, meth continues to
be a primary concern as law enforcement tries to
protect the citizenry.

Do you want a program to cut ? Try the S.T.E.P. program.

S.T.E.P. involves a combination of increased enforcement and community education designed to raise public awareness and compliance to all traffic laws. It is funded through a grant from the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The grant is administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety. Here's some stats on how the program "saves lives" (wastes money)

This is a BS Federally funded slush fund that more or less gives grants to local law enforcement agencies to pretty much....................wait for it............................do their JOBS!

Enforcing traffic laws is part of the job of law enforcement, does it really need Grant money to survive ?

so glad I don't pay for this sh*t.




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New Sign @ City Hall

Are you Serious ?

Pelosi:

What we’re trying to do is save the world from the Republican budget..We’re trying to save life on this planet as we know it today.

Weekly Whig Wecap

This weeks news:

Monday: Man it's Hot!

Tuesday: It's still Hot!

Wednesday: These people are Hot too!

Thursday: More people who are Hot!

Friday: Did we mentions that it's Hot ?


Glad I don't pay for this sh*t.

Nothing says...

...we're sleeping with the newspaper quite like...


I didn’t want QHW to be handicapped




Night Night Readers.

XOXOXO

Say WHAT ???

Read it here.


"It wouldn't have cost the taxpayers a dime," Bevelheimer said.

Does "HYDRO" ring a bell ?

Powers That Be

Quincy Mayor John Spring has declared a state of emergency for the city.

80% of Adams county has no power.

Wouldn't a massive power outage be an Emergency anyways ?

With no power, how do you let everyone know ?

Does it really matter ?

Gems officials hope 2-for-1 beer deal does not attracts ILCC agents.

Update:6/24/11

The two-for-one beer deal being offered at Wednesday night Quincy Gems home games is being discontinued after team officials were told by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission that it is not allowed under state law.




LIQUOR(235 ILCS 5/) Liquor Control Act of 1934.

(235 ILCS 5/Art. VI heading)
ARTICLE VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS


(235 ILCS 5/6‑28) (from Ch. 43, par. 144d)
Sec. 6‑28. Happy hours prohibited.
(a) All retail licensees shall maintain a schedule of the prices charged for all drinks of alcoholic liquor to be served and consumed on the licensed premises or in any room or part thereof. Whenever a hotel or multi‑use establishment which holds a valid retailer's license operates on its premises more than one establishment at which drinks of alcoholic liquor are sold at retail, the hotel or multi‑use establishment shall maintain at each such establishment a separate schedule of the prices charged for such drinks at that establishment.
(b) No retail licensee or employee or agent of such licensee shall:
(1) serve 2 or more drinks of alcoholic liquor at
one time to one person for consumption by that one person, except conducting product sampling pursuant to Section 6‑31 or selling or delivering wine by the bottle or carafe;

(2) sell, offer to sell or serve to any person an
unlimited number of drinks of alcoholic liquor during any set period of time for a fixed price, except at private functions not open to the general public;

(3) sell, offer to sell or serve any drink of
alcoholic liquor to any person on any one date at a reduced price other than that charged other purchasers of drinks on that day where such reduced price is a promotion to encourage consumption of alcoholic liquor, except as authorized in paragraph (7) of subsection (c);

(4) increase the volume of alcoholic liquor
contained in a drink, or the size of a drink of alcoholic liquor, without increasing proportionately the price regularly charged for the drink on that day;

(5) encourage or permit, on the licensed premises,
any game or contest which involves drinking alcoholic liquor or the awarding of drinks of alcoholic liquor as prizes for such game or contest on the licensed premises; or

(6) advertise or promote in any way, whether on or
off the licensed premises, any of the practices prohibited under paragraphs (1) through (5).

(c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to prohibit a licensee from:
(1) offering free food or entertainment at any time;
(2) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of
a meal package;

(3) including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of
a hotel package;

(4) negotiating drinks of alcoholic liquor as part
of a contract between a hotel or multi‑use establishment and another group for the holding of any function, meeting, convention or trade show;

(5) providing room service to persons renting rooms
at a hotel;

(6) selling pitchers (or the equivalent, including
but not limited to buckets), carafes, or bottles of alcoholic liquor which are customarily sold in such manner, or selling bottles of spirits, and delivered to 2 or more persons at one time; or

(7) increasing prices of drinks of alcoholic liquor
in lieu of, in whole or in part, a cover charge to offset the cost of special entertainment not regularly scheduled.

(d) A violation of this Act shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of the retailer's license as provided by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94‑1112, eff. 2‑27‑07.)



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Say WHAT ??

Alderman split over $256 for recycle bins. Read it here.

Mayor breaks the tie and decides for the cheaper Canadian company.

The Mayor then added: "That's why we've always accepted the lowest bid."


A month ago the Quincy Taxpayer lost almost $6 million dollars on a hydro dream.

Who was the low bidder on this ??


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Quincy's # 1 cable company

Comcast spokesperson Angelynne Amores said a mudslide around 8:30 a.m. damaged the cable system of a vendor outside of Quincy. She said she didn't have an exact location of where the mudslide happened except that "it wasn't in Quincy."

Amores said Comcast would not release the number of its customers who were affected by the outages.


Cable and Internet out for 12 hrs and no notice what so ever and a pretty piss poor explaination of where it happened and how many affected.


Isn't it great when the city gives you a Monopoly.


Direct TV ?

Weiner News

How many times has your Weiner admitted that it lied ?

Trust me.....

Hydro is DOA

Not a good day for the taxpayers of Quincy.

Read it HERE.

Countdown.

MySpace-Countdowns

Two sides of Gas Prices

Don't like linking You tube videos here but had to do this one.

Reduce the National Debt

People want to see the dead photos.

USA is in Debt.


Pay per view ?

What the Pakistani Intelligence Agencies Missed

The compound was three stories tall but had few windows facing outside. It appeared to be worth at least $1 million, but had no telephone or Internet connections to the outside world. It had 12-to-18-foot security walls topped by barbed wire, and occasional plumes of smoke where the residents burned trash that they dare not place outside like other neighbors for trucks to haul away.



Wow. Really ??


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OBL Funeral

An official at Monday's Pentagon briefing said the body, once aboard the USS Carl Vinson, was washed and placed in a white sheet. It was then placed in a "White Ford Fairlane" and a military officer read prepared "religious remarks," which were translated into Arabic by a "native speaker" who was not further identified.

The body was then placed on a "prepared flat surface, tipped up, whereupon the Fairlane was eased into the sea," the official said.




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Do the Math

The country is in the middle of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, which isn't stopping rich donors and the government from spending $170 million, or more, on the inauguration of Barack Obama .

Security was high for the royal wedding today ... $35 million high.

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School News

Quincy High School Newsletter

Quincy Notre Dame Newsletter .

Pros and Cons......

.....of a Republican majority on the Quincy City Council ??????

Nah Nah Nah Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

Duce confused with City vs. Family

From QNO:

Democratic Second Ward Alderman Steve Duesterhaus said that if the Republicans take control, "there's another election in two years."


He said regardless of the outcome, Quincy will "prosper and provide opportunity to its citizens (Family)when the majority, without regard to hyper-partisan leanings, acts for the long term benefit of the city (Family)." He also said this year's Democratic slate of candidates fits this description.

City's Brass Balls

You've pissed away Millions on a Hydro dream that's on the verge of failure.

You have another 6 million to piss away on a new choo choo station.

You pay 100% of your employees healthcare.....

And you ask for your broke school district to split the tab on crossing guards ?

Amazing.

Whig Free 3/15/2011

QHW wants you to know that the city
is ready to renew the city employees healthcare insurance.

QNO wants you to know that the city
is ready to renew the city employees healthcare insurance and gives you the details that the employees pay NOTHING towards their healthcare.

Maybe the Whig didn't think this was a big deal.


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Whig Free 3/13/11

With a bit more practice, I think he can get NASCAR, Quincy Raceways and American Idol all in the same sentence.

Shake and Bake.

New Post Topics

Hello bloggers.

I am Quincy Fire and I was a Whig-aholic. I have been Whig-free for about 8 months now. Although I still read the paper every now and then, it is now strictly for entertainment value. Therefore I anytime I do read something odd, I'll blog about it under “ Whig Free”

Also as I wonder around this metropolis, I frequently ask myself “who is footing the bill for this and how much is it?” So those will be listed under “ Who Pays For This?”

R.I.P. Hydro

Quincy Hydro Project 2006 – 2011


Quincy Hydro Project born on Dec 12, 2006 in Quincy Illinois, left us on February 18, 2011. It will be joined in the after life by Firegate, Puppygate, Servergate, and other taxpayer funded blunders.

It is survived by it's financial dependents Klingner & Associates, Mead & Hunt, Joe Duesterhaus, Husch-Blackwell, Mississippi L & D 21, LLC, Grey Hunter Stenn, Michael Alexander and Associates, Northland Securities, Bernardi Securities and GREDF.

Quincy Hydro Project made no contribution to the city taxpayers and rarely had a chance to survive and produce electricity even if the project matured. I speak for the majority of city taxpayers when I say it's presence will not be missed by many, very few tears will be shed and there will be no lamenting over its passing.


It's financial family will remember Quincy Hydro Project and amongst ourselves we will remember it in our own way, which were mostly taxpayer funded and easy times throughout the years. We may have made some fond profits of it and perhaps we will think of those times too. But I truly believe at the end of the day ALL of us will really only miss what we never had, a another taxpayer funded white elephant. As for the rest of us left behind, I hope this is the beginning of a time of healing and learning to be a financial responsible city again.


There will be no service. An online memorial service will be here on Quincy Fire where users can share their memories, moods, incriminating feasibility studies, pictures, and gross amounts of profit.

In lieu of flowers, financial dependents request that you send donations to “Where's My Damn Money Gone”. Grief counseling will also be made available by logging on to Quincy Area Hydropower Project.

We commit the application remains of
Quincy Hydro Project
to the Deep ~
ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

From water, all life arises.
Mother of waters, Father of rain,
You have taken back your own.
As a stream flows into a river,
as a river flows into the sea,
This project is dead,
R.I.P.

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When the going gets tough.....

Prospects for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill that would strip the state's public employees of most collective-bargaining rights were thrown into question Thursday when the state's Democratic lawmakers were not present at the start of the state session to vote on the bill.

Snow Way !

Snow removal efforts focus on Downtown Quincy

What makes downtown get more attention than the rest of the city ??? Do they pay more taxes ?


Even though Cape Air has canceled its flights, Quincy Regional Airport remains open.

Open for what? BYO brown bag lunch and free security scans ?


"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

I call bullshit. Have not got mail for 2 days.

Quincy's weather forecasting service, Murray and Trettel Inc., told city crews that snow was supposed to start falling by 11 a.m.

Quincy still PAYS a weather forecasting service? Can't someone use the internet there?

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Another 1.2 Million flows into the hog trough....

How many more can line up for free money ???

....and gets SLOWER......

http://www.whig.com/story/news/Sledding-Fun-011311



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