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Poll Results

77% of visitors here say that the QPD seatbelt tickets are excessive.

Heres another states view.

North Dakota Supreme Court Slashes Traffic Ticket Profiteering

In The News...

Fire goes after the low hanging fruit today...



Gems earned at least $50,000 more profit than last year.


wonder how this happened?




The Quincy Humane Society will try to cash in on an American tradition Saturday -- the garage sale.

"Sally saw the (concept) on a Web site of another animal shelter in a town about the size of Quincy," Seybold said.


Gee...driving down the road and seeing a garage sale didn't spark any ideas?



Quincy Mayor John Spring was one of four co-chairmen appointed Thursday to a new statewide task force that will try to help Illinois communities recover from the 2008 flood and prepare for future floods.

He said the formation of the Recover Council "could be a real positive thing" for Illinois communities that experience flooding.


Government + Natural Disaster = Always Positive Things

Can I Lease Ya Some Land ???

Those who will save the city money...

Voting against the measure were Aldermen Mike Farha, R-4, Tony Sassen, R-4, and Paul Havermale, R-3.

Farha and Sassen said they felt the cost was too expensive.

"I don't think we should be leasing the land," Sassen added.

Those who don't have a clue....

Alderman Steve Duesterhaus, D-3, said he thought the city got a good deal by having Waterkotte build the lot and lease it to the city.

"This looks like an economical method to expand our parking," he said.

Mayor John Spring agreed, saying the city's cost estimate for building the parking lot was more than $100,000.

Best Quote...

Mayor John Spring agreed, saying the city's cost estimate for building the parking lot was more than $100,000.

"And, quite frankly, if we had to purchase the property, our improvements would have been substantially more," Spring said.

Here's a hint:

The Quincy City Council voted 10-3 to spend $95,100 over the next five years and possibly $200,000 over 20 years

When you lease the land, at the end of the lease you own nothing !!!

2008 Olympics

New 4th place metal.


Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Your turn.....

New Poll.

Wild Fire

Seat Belts....

Speeding Tickets....

Gang Activity.......

Tookies Vacation.....


Pick the Topic.

Sad Day for Quincy.....

If "Giving back more to the community than what it gave you" would have an entry into the Webster Dictionary, it would include this picture:

Thanks Mr. Shierling for all you have done for Quincy !


RIP.

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Words to Vote By......

"There is no difference between Republicans and Democrats. It is that simple and if you vote straight party line you, my friend, are stupid."



Read the Grizz Blog Here!


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Wild Fire : Click it or Ticket Edition

Have ya' read the story of Seatbelt Tickets in the City of Quincy?

You can read it here over at QuincyNews.

(Way to go Bobby G.)


If my calculations are correct:

Odds of getting a seltbelt ticket in.....

Decatur - 1/5000

Springfield - 1/1700

Quincy - 1/250


Wonder if the State offers grants to catch these people?




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COQ Job Apps

Quincy News did the first article.......

Tookie took another swipe......

I have to go for the hat trick !

....Q Pundit jumps in too !

NEPOTISM STATEMENT

(Job Application)

The City of Quincy has a policy on hiring relatives, so we need to inquire about relatives working for the City. The "relative" list below includes those relationships that the City considers under its nepotism policy.

RELATIVE - includes parent, grandparent, spouse, domestic partner (a person of the same or opposite sex who lives with a City employee under circumstances in which they have agreed between themselves to be responsible for each other's welfare), child, brother, sister, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-parent, step-child, any other person so related through marriage, and any other person so related to one’s civil union partner or domestic partner.

Does anyone related to you as described on the list work for the City of Quincy, in any capacity including a permanent, limited, or temporary position, in an exempt position, or under contract? A positive answer does not necessarily eliminate you from consideration and will have no impact on the results of this interview.

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If you filled in at least one relitive in the above lines, please wait at least 5 days while a job is created for you.

If you did not fill in any relatives in the above lines, We currently do not have any available openings.

Unsung Volunteers

vol•un•teer [ vòllən tr ]

Definition:

1. somebody who works for nothing: somebody who works without being paid

2. somebody acting voluntarily: somebody who does something voluntarily, especially something undesirable

I would like to open up the post for comments on some of the unsung volunteers that have helped out this year in flooding of the Mississippi.

If you know of someone who has donated their time and effort, please take the time to leave them a word of thanks.

Midwest Flooding

Row vs. Wade

The only two ways to travel the Midwest - 2008

Sunday Rapid Fire

• Obama flys into town, fills 20 sandbags, spits out some political BS then leaves. Big Deal. Did the water stop rising?
  
• Was funny to watch Spring shadow him around the lot. Reminds me of the cartoon when I was a kid of the bulldog and the tiny dog that followed him around.
• Rumor has it that Blaggo's sandbag total was 0. Seems fair. He hasn't sh*t for Illinois or west central Illinois yet. Why start now.
  
• FYI: Fire WILL NOT sandbag. I have my reasons so stop txting me to help.
• QHW FYI: Your saturday delivery of the "quincy answers book" missed my doorknob by about 30 feet.
• Is bottled water now a requirement for sandbagging operations? Before bottled water, we just drank out of the hose.
• Want to get more people sandbagging? Bring out the beer trucks. Quincyians will shovel sh*t into bags if beer is involved.
  
• "23.6 This level is expected to be met or exceeded on average once every 25 years." You'd think someone would revise this statement on NOAA's web site seeing that it has occurred 3 times in 15 years. Get out your slide rule and recalculate.
• BTW: the above statement is from a "confirmed source" - NOAA. Don't mean Sh*t does it?
• Fire has confirmed that the sun will rise at 5:36am and set at 8:36 today. First reported on Quincy Fire. Also a Quincy Fire Exclusive. LMFAO!
• Anyone else cutting their grass every 36 hours?

Have a Nice Day!

100 K

100,000 hits on Friday the 13th ?

This can't be good.



Thanks to everyone who stops by !!!

Auntie Em, Auntie Em

How many people got this e-mail today?

Attention - Quincy and Adams County

This is just an FYI !!!! - READ IT NOW!

There are storm chasers from around the country in Quincy today and more are planning on arriving throughout the day.

The storm system that we are hearing about for tomorrow’s weather is a potential large storm. The chasers usually head to where the storm will form and then they chase from there. We are right in the area where the storm should form.

If it forms to the West of us, we could get a major hit. If it forms on top of us, we could have some damage. If it forms to the east of us, we could be spared.

I spoke with Brian Inman who confirmed this information. It appears that the storm will form on top of us or right to the east of us but be aware of everything with the weather tomorrow.

Do not ignore any weather alerts as this is a potentially large storm. Storm chasers just don’t drive into your town for nothing. This is a storm that has been forming for a while and there are apparently many, many factors that bring these storm chasers into a town.

It is unknown as to when this storm will hit or if we are looking at a storm system that could hit off and on throughout the day and night.

Just be prepared – have batteries for flashlights, water to drink, etc.

Here is some FACTS on storm chasing:

How often do chasers see tornadoes? Most experienced chasers don't keep close score -- since tornadoes are only a part of the experience -- but the loose average is about 1 in 5 to 1 in 10 trips. This, of course, depends on one's personal thresholds for what kinds of weather situations to chase, and the chaser's definition of and tolerance for busts. Some very talented chasers willing to drive after almost any severe weather threat have gone 50 or 60 chases and several years without seeing a single tornado. During unusually active periods, others may see several per day for up to a week. On the very rarest of days, those once in a lifetime events like 3 May 1999, a chaser may see 10 or 15 tornadoes. Others may never experience a day like that; and anyone who expects to see a tornado every trip will quickly become disappointed, frustrated and disillusioned. Tornadoes are just not very common

Quote-of-the-Day...

"It's going to be a tough pill to swallow for our community, but like anything, we will get through this and do our very best to assist folks in any way we can, try to bring some additional education to them so they can retool themselves, market themselves to a new position hopefully with a company here."

Mayor John Spring

An Inconvenient Truth

in·con·ven·ient

adjective

not convenient; specif.,

1. not favorable to one's comfort; difficult to do, use, or get to; causing trouble or bother; unhandy

2. Obsolete not appropriate

Holding a press conference to announce that glass will be collected at a single downtown location and only during a single day with limited hours.

con·ven·ient

adjective

1. adding to one's comfort; easy to do, use, or get to; causing little trouble or work; handy

2. easily accessible (to); near (to)

Having local area food stores ( Hy-Vee, County Market) team up with Quincy recycle and place modified trash containers at stores. The bins would be similar to what Waste Management uses that are hauled for residential use on the back of their trucks. Very little handling and filled containers could be trucked down to recycle to grind up for shipment to STL.*

*Got this idea form the olden days when soda used to come in 16 returnable glass bottles. Soda bottles were charged a deposit and the deposit was collected when the empty bottles were returned to the store. No one has a problem hauling the glass containers that are purchased at local food stores home, why not make it convenient to haul them back and dispose of them for recycle ??

Maintenance...

Added "The Rants" and "Ursa Daily News".

Deleted "Rocky Cola"

Wild Fire

Too busy to Post.

Time to get garden planted and ready for SUMMER !

You pick the topic.......