Category Archives: Economic Development

Lesson Learned: Signs of a Potential School Shooter ?

Posted on February 23, 2018 by royfmc

Signs of a potential school shooter: 1) Tells people online that he’s going to be a school shooter 2) Messages classmates with death threats 3) Parents report that he has “put a gun to others’ heads in past.” 4) Authorities … Continue reading →

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Can Speaker Madigan Survive ?

Posted on February 23, 2018 by royfmc

That’s the big unknown. What else is out there? Lots and lots of rumors are jetting through the gossip-sphere, but nobody has yet come forward. Madigan has been in power for so long that the odds are pretty darned good … Continue reading →

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Cook County New Affidavits Requirements For Class 6b And Class 8 Incentives Suspended

Posted on January 20, 2018 by royfmc

On Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 24 Mayors from throughout Cook County testified in front of the Cook County Business and Economic Development Committee, to repeal the new Cook County Incentives Ordinance 74-71(b)(2), which implemented new Labor regulations and required Living … Continue reading →

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How a 574-year-old school is preparing for a world without classrooms

Posted on January 16, 2018 by royfmc

What does a nearly six-century-old private school that charges $54,000 a year in tuition do when confronted with start-ups with bright ideas about how education should work? If you’re Eton College, alma mater to much of the British … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin tumbles 20%, dipping below $12,000 to the digital currency’s lowest level in more than a month

Posted on January 16, 2018 by royfmc

Over $100 billion wiped off global cryptocurrency market following talk of South Korea trading ban. Prices of major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, ripple and ethereum took a hit following the news that South Korea could be preparing to ban trading in … Continue reading →

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My 2018 Predictions For The World As I See It:

Posted on December 31, 2017 by royfmc

I join the legion of prognosticators who offer guesses and visions about what will happen in 2018. Once again,……………. All predictions guaranteed, or your money back. Of the baker’s dozen below, one or two are tongue-in-cheek. I leave it to … Continue reading →

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What It Really Means To Be A Leader

Posted on December 29, 2017 by royfmc

A little food for thought… A group of wolves: The three in front are old & sick, they walk in front to set the pace of the running group lest they get left behind. The next five are the strongest … Continue reading →

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Mannheim School District 83 Hired Consultants to Review LASEC’s (Leyden Special Education CoOp) Operation of Enger School In The Fall of 2016; So Why Fail to Disclose a Taxpayer Paid Report to the Public ?

Posted on December 9, 2017 by royfmc

Mannheim School District 83 retained the services of TJ Consultants in the Fall of 2016 to review the programing and instructional strategies at Enger School. This report that was issued in the Spring of 2017 can be found … Continue reading →

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Peace on Earth ‘Tis The Season

Posted on December 8, 2017 by royfmc

Wishing all of you a peaceful, calm, happy weekend, with no arguments or debates. Let’s try not to say the T word for a couple of days. Let’s focus on the many things that bring us all together, not the … Continue reading →

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Take Away Boundaries, and People Go Nuts

Posted on December 8, 2017 by royfmc

Many people have asked me, “What is world is going on here, with Roy Moore, John Conyers, Joe Barton, Al Franken, Matt Lauer, and all the others?” I’ll tell you what is going on: moral truth is dead in America. … Continue reading →

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