What's Hot, What's Not....Job Loss Edition

Six city employees sending personal e-mails on city's time.... IS HOT !

IT Manager hosting a personal web site on the city server....IS NOT!


Double Standards?

Two Please.....

WTF ?

A small fire in a classroom closet in the South section of Baldwin Intermediate School has canceled classes throughout the school district today.


One small fire in one classroom and the entire district is off?



Fire Department officials report the fire was started by a light bulb in a storage closet. The heat from the bulb apparently set fire to books and papers in the closet.


Who stacks flammable crap in the closet so high that it touches the light?



Didn't I read in last nights QHW that how well the QPS was doing on saving energy?




Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs !!!!!
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Gas Gouging

Hard to arrest anyone when everyone is doing it.




Quincy Gas Prices

W. Quincy Gas Prices

Rams Fans Rejoice

CGEM/FOX has posted their NFL Schedule for 2008.

Rams (0-1) are listed to show 14 Games.

Packers (1-0) have 2

and Da' Bears (1-0) - 2 (minus the one where they PLAY the Rams)

KC = 0

CGEM must get a commission on how many local viewers they can force to order the Sunday Ticket.

Goodbye CGEM, Hello Direct TV!

Wild Fire !!!

Holy Crap !

too much for me to keep up on.....

• The Quincy Police officer connected to the investigation of possible violations of police department polices and procedures has resigned. QNO was on this. (QHW has in on the NEXT to last page today)
• Three Quincy firefighters will have their arbitration hearings over the next two days regarding discipline they received after being accused of violating city policies and misuising city equipment. QNO on this.
• upgrade 461 light fixtures in public safety buildings (at $38.00 each), $8,500 for a new, wider door for the airport's emergency station - Havermale asked, "Didn't anybody measure the truck or the door before we bought it?" ( Havermale asks the questions I frequently think why no one asks?) - QNO with the hat trick here too !
• Main Street Tap reopening ???

Anything Else ????

Facility Technician ???

Page 7A of 9/9 Whig shows a "facility technician" washing windows at the QPL.

In my days we used to call these people Janitors.

Ebay ?

I'm curious to know where this Huge TV is going to end up at.

Would be great watching Sunday football on.

Anybody finds out, let me know.

PALIN

Qualifications and Candidacy

The qualifications for the vice presidency are the same as those for the presidency. The vice president must be a native-born American of at least 35 years of age who has resided in the United States for at least 14 years.

QUALIFIED !!

If you live in New Orleans...

START PACKING !!

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.