Monthly Archives: July 2019
Illinois Home Values down 21% and Property Taxes Up 7 % Since 2007
Illinois homeowners still have yet to recover much of the home value they lost after the housing market crash. But that hasn’t stopped those homeowners’ property tax bills from climbing. Average home prices in Illinois are still 21% lower today … Continue reading
Chicago Attempts to Legislate Wages and Benefits in Private Companies
CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY WE AS A CITY TRY TO FORCE CHANGES IN WORK WAGES AND BENEFITS IN PRIVATE COMPANIES AS THE CITY OF CHICAGO SCREWS THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE….JUST AS THE DEDICATION AND … Continue reading
Remember the Worst Maritime Disaster on the Great Lakes
On July 24, 1914, some 2,500 passengers and crew crowded aboard the S.S. Eastland. The boat capsized while still docked in the Chicago River. The S.S. Eastland tipped over in the Chicago River only three years after the Titanic sank … Continue reading
CDC Warns Doctors to Look for Early Signs of Mysterious Polio-Like Illness
Don’t delay in getting your child to a doctor if they’re showing possible symptoms. And don’t allow the doctor to dismiss your concerns. Since 2014, three outbreaks of the rare polio-like illness called acute flaccid myelitis have occurred in this … Continue reading
Every U.S. Census since 1850 Asked About Citizenship Status Until Obama Administration Removed That Question.
There’s a lot of whining by various factions of the U.S. media, because the Presidential Administration wishes to reinstate that the 2020 U.S. Census would ask about Citizenship-Immigration status. What they don’t tell you, is that the Citizenship question has … Continue reading