El estado de Illinois tiene $4.7 billones de deuda que no ha pagado. Esta información fue hecha pública por el Contralor de Illinois Dan Hines. Dice también Hines que cuando el estado paga sus deudas algunas veces se ha tomado hasta 153 días en hacerlo. De acuerdo a Hines, Illinois terminó el año fiscal este 30 de junio de la peor manera en toda su historia.
Veamos el artículo publicado por el Chicago Sun Times.
July 9, 2010
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Illinois' finances broke a lot of records in the just-ended budget year. Unfortunately, all of the records were bad. Among them:
The backlog of unpaid bills as of June 30 -- the end of the budget year -- was a record $4.7 billion, according to state Comptroller Dan Hynes.
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The state also set a record in the amount of time it takes the comptroller's office to pay bills -- 153 working days.
"Illinois ended the year in the worst fiscal position in its history," a report from Hynes' office concludes.
The state can't even replenish its "rainy-day" fund. The backlog of unpaid bills is "more than rainy," said Hynes spokeswoman Carol Knowles. "It's a monsoon."
viernes, 9 de julio de 2010
sábado, 3 de julio de 2010
En estos días están enjuiciando al ex gobernador de Illinois por tratar de vender la posición de senador que ocupaba el ahora presidente Barak Obama. En unas grabaciones que hicieron las autoridades federales salieron los siguientes comentarios a la luz.
Esta fue publicado por el Chicago Sun Times.
July 3, 2010
BY NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter
Some were political allies. Some were employees.
Others were steady campaign donors. One made U.S. history.
All of them have one thing in common: They were the subject of trash talk by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
According to testimony or secretly recorded FBI recordings, here's what Blagojevich had to say about them.
Blair Hull: Gave Blagojevich $470,000 in campaign money and supported him on the campaign trail.
Blagojevich's take: "Blair Hull actually thinks he can be senator. You believe this guy? He's an idiot."
Barack Obama: Made history, becoming the first African-American president of the United States.
Blagojevich's take: "Give this mother f------ his senator? F--- him! For nothing? F--- him!"
Alexi Giannoulias: Illinois' Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate.
Blagojevich's take: "That mother f-----, I wouldn't do s--- for him. Every chance he got, he took a shot at me," according to trial testimony.
Jan Schakowsky: U.S. representative from Evanston who endorsed Rod Blagojevich in the 2006 Democratic primary.
Blagojevich's take: "If she had any ancestors who came over on slave ships she'd be fine" for appointment to the U.S. Senate.
Rahm Emanuel: In 2008, a newly minted chief of staff to the president of the United States.
Blagojevich's take: "This f------ Rahm's gonna come to me for this, you know, for help in the 5th Congressional District. F--- him. You know what I mean? All a one-way street with that little a------, f--- him."
Carol Marin: Investigative reporter and Chicago Sun-Times columnist who for years covered the former governor.
Blagojevich's take: "I hate her. I hate her," he says loathingly, on a recorded call.
Cheryle Jackson: Rod Blagojevich's own press secretary while he was governor.
Blagojevich's take: "She's so f------ incompetent and a f------ liar," he says on a recorded call. "There's no f------ way."
David Axelrod: Renown political strategist and White House adviser.
Blagojevich's take: "Dave who?"
Bill Daley: Mayor Daley's brother and onetime U.S. secretary of commerce.
Blagojevich's take: "He's an a------. He's a f----n' a------."
Jesse Jackson Jr.: U.S. congressman from Chicago's South Side.
Blagojevich's take: "Repugnant" . . . "a bad guy," and deems it "highly highly highly unlikely" he'd ever appoint the congressman to the Senate seat.
Esta fue publicado por el Chicago Sun Times.
July 3, 2010
BY NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter
Some were political allies. Some were employees.
Others were steady campaign donors. One made U.S. history.
All of them have one thing in common: They were the subject of trash talk by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
According to testimony or secretly recorded FBI recordings, here's what Blagojevich had to say about them.
Blair Hull: Gave Blagojevich $470,000 in campaign money and supported him on the campaign trail.
Blagojevich's take: "Blair Hull actually thinks he can be senator. You believe this guy? He's an idiot."
Barack Obama: Made history, becoming the first African-American president of the United States.
Blagojevich's take: "Give this mother f------ his senator? F--- him! For nothing? F--- him!"
Alexi Giannoulias: Illinois' Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate.
Blagojevich's take: "That mother f-----, I wouldn't do s--- for him. Every chance he got, he took a shot at me," according to trial testimony.
Jan Schakowsky: U.S. representative from Evanston who endorsed Rod Blagojevich in the 2006 Democratic primary.
Blagojevich's take: "If she had any ancestors who came over on slave ships she'd be fine" for appointment to the U.S. Senate.
Rahm Emanuel: In 2008, a newly minted chief of staff to the president of the United States.
Blagojevich's take: "This f------ Rahm's gonna come to me for this, you know, for help in the 5th Congressional District. F--- him. You know what I mean? All a one-way street with that little a------, f--- him."
Carol Marin: Investigative reporter and Chicago Sun-Times columnist who for years covered the former governor.
Blagojevich's take: "I hate her. I hate her," he says loathingly, on a recorded call.
Cheryle Jackson: Rod Blagojevich's own press secretary while he was governor.
Blagojevich's take: "She's so f------ incompetent and a f------ liar," he says on a recorded call. "There's no f------ way."
David Axelrod: Renown political strategist and White House adviser.
Blagojevich's take: "Dave who?"
Bill Daley: Mayor Daley's brother and onetime U.S. secretary of commerce.
Blagojevich's take: "He's an a------. He's a f----n' a------."
Jesse Jackson Jr.: U.S. congressman from Chicago's South Side.
Blagojevich's take: "Repugnant" . . . "a bad guy," and deems it "highly highly highly unlikely" he'd ever appoint the congressman to the Senate seat.
viernes, 2 de julio de 2010
Ley de Armas en Chicago
Después de que la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos decidio que la ley de armas de Chicago estaba en violación de la Constitución el alcalde Richard Daley presentó una nueva ley.
La primera reacción de el alcalde Daley a la decisión de la Corte fue la de amenazar con imponer nuevas restricciones incluyendo solo un arma por familia y la de obligar a la gente a comprar un seguro parecido a los seguros que se requieren de los que manejan automobiles. Después de consultar con los abogados de la ciudad, el alcalde Daley resolvio eliminar estas restricciones.
El Chicago Sun Times en su edición del 2 de julio lo presentó de esta manera.
July 2, 2010
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
Chicagoans could still purchase up to a dozen handguns a year -- without liability insurance -- under a watered-down replacement to the city's overturned handgun ban, expected to be rushed through today.
Concerned that Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling could leave the mistaken impression that it's open season on guns, Mayor Daley has asked the City Council to meet in special session to approve an ordinance considerably weaker than anticipated.
Instead of one handgun for every qualified person living in a home as planned, it allows "one handgun per month" and prohibits possession outside the home. The garage, yard, porch, deck or walkway would be off-limits.
If there are two qualified adults in a home, 24 handguns -- a virtual arsenal -- could legally be purchased during the course of a year.
No more than one firearm could be "assembled and operable." The rest must be secured or "broken down in a non-functioning state."
"People are saying, 'You're infringing upon my rights. How can you limit [my] Second Amendment right.' So, what we tried to do is find common ground that's been legally defensible in other municipalities," Police Supt. Jody Weis said.
The liability insurance component to shield taxpayers from lawsuits if first responders are confronted by armed residents, which Daley had talked about repeatedly, was dropped.
"Currently on the marketplace, there is no stand-alone kind of policy that one can procure. And to cover it under homeowners or renters insurance can be exceptionally expensive," Corporation Counsel Mara Georges said.
Gun shops would be prohibited within the city limits.
The ordinance, advanced by the Police Committee on Thursday, requires city residents to register their weapons after taking at least four hours of firearms safety training in the classroom and one hour on a firing range.
The Chicago Firearms Permit would cost $100 and have to be renewed every three years. In addition, gun owners would have to pay an application fee of $15 for each firearm registered and an annual reporting fee of $10 per firearm.
Chicagoans would be prohibited from obtaining permits if they are under 18; 18, 19 or 20 without parent's permission; have been convicted of a violent crime or two or more drug or drunken-driving offenses, or lack vision sufficient for a driver's license.
Daley argued that the ordinance "responsibly and reasonably balances" the Second Amendment right to own a gun for self-defense, no matter where you live, "with our determination to protect our residents from violence and keep them safe."
The National Rifle Association argued that mandatory classroom training, parental permission, registration fees and one gun-a-month limit are "unconstitutional impediments" to gun ownership.
La primera reacción de el alcalde Daley a la decisión de la Corte fue la de amenazar con imponer nuevas restricciones incluyendo solo un arma por familia y la de obligar a la gente a comprar un seguro parecido a los seguros que se requieren de los que manejan automobiles. Después de consultar con los abogados de la ciudad, el alcalde Daley resolvio eliminar estas restricciones.
El Chicago Sun Times en su edición del 2 de julio lo presentó de esta manera.
July 2, 2010
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter
Chicagoans could still purchase up to a dozen handguns a year -- without liability insurance -- under a watered-down replacement to the city's overturned handgun ban, expected to be rushed through today.
Concerned that Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling could leave the mistaken impression that it's open season on guns, Mayor Daley has asked the City Council to meet in special session to approve an ordinance considerably weaker than anticipated.
Instead of one handgun for every qualified person living in a home as planned, it allows "one handgun per month" and prohibits possession outside the home. The garage, yard, porch, deck or walkway would be off-limits.
If there are two qualified adults in a home, 24 handguns -- a virtual arsenal -- could legally be purchased during the course of a year.
No more than one firearm could be "assembled and operable." The rest must be secured or "broken down in a non-functioning state."
"People are saying, 'You're infringing upon my rights. How can you limit [my] Second Amendment right.' So, what we tried to do is find common ground that's been legally defensible in other municipalities," Police Supt. Jody Weis said.
The liability insurance component to shield taxpayers from lawsuits if first responders are confronted by armed residents, which Daley had talked about repeatedly, was dropped.
"Currently on the marketplace, there is no stand-alone kind of policy that one can procure. And to cover it under homeowners or renters insurance can be exceptionally expensive," Corporation Counsel Mara Georges said.
Gun shops would be prohibited within the city limits.
The ordinance, advanced by the Police Committee on Thursday, requires city residents to register their weapons after taking at least four hours of firearms safety training in the classroom and one hour on a firing range.
The Chicago Firearms Permit would cost $100 and have to be renewed every three years. In addition, gun owners would have to pay an application fee of $15 for each firearm registered and an annual reporting fee of $10 per firearm.
Chicagoans would be prohibited from obtaining permits if they are under 18; 18, 19 or 20 without parent's permission; have been convicted of a violent crime or two or more drug or drunken-driving offenses, or lack vision sufficient for a driver's license.
Daley argued that the ordinance "responsibly and reasonably balances" the Second Amendment right to own a gun for self-defense, no matter where you live, "with our determination to protect our residents from violence and keep them safe."
The National Rifle Association argued that mandatory classroom training, parental permission, registration fees and one gun-a-month limit are "unconstitutional impediments" to gun ownership.
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