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Former and current employees of the Ford Motor Company who are suing the automaker claiming sexual harassment say the union leaders there not only failed to protect them but were the harassers themselves.
Comment: Major mistake in this article by quoting “average pension,” which is misleadingly low. That includes those who worked only part of their career in CPS. Numbers have to be put on a full-career basis to be meaningful. Still, look at these numbers.
The town of Beloit is located just over the state line, about 20 miles north of Rockford. Town administrator Ian Haas says he’s seen several development projects roll out in just the past year.
“In the past 12 months, we’ve seen a boon in all sectors,” Haas said. “In residential, we’ve seen the signing of three different development agreements that insure a little less than 400 housing units in the next 10 years. We’re looking at an increase of just over 20 percent of our population.”
A republication of our Wirepoints article.
“We know the statistics — that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison.” That was Senator Barack Obama in 2008. “You know how you’re going to solve [gun violence]? Fathers in the home.” That was Jeanne Ives, candidate for governor, at a forum yesterday. This time, the audience booed and shouted. Watch the video here. Chris Kennedy walked off the stage and said, “When I hear such ignorance and
Cuba’s infant mortality rate, at 4.3 per 1,000, is lower than the United States’ 5.7 per 1,000, according to the World Health Organization’s 2015 data. And Cuba’s rate is much better than the infant mortality rates in some of the poorest parts of the U.S. In the Englewood neighborhood, for instance, 14.5 babies per 1,000 do not reach their 1st birthday. That’s a rate comparable to war-torn Syria.
It looks like taxpayers will be shouldering at least $200 million in road improvements.
Comment: Nah, never mind.
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