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 ???