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On Thursday, May 15th, McDonald’s will be giving you free chicken all day long.
That’s right, you can eat free fried chicken for breakfast, lunch and dinner at McDonald’s as they offer you chicken on a biscuit for breakfast, and a southern style chicken sandwich for lunch and dinner.
So what’s the catch?
You have to purchase a medium or large drink.
For those wondering about the fat and calories … it will set you back 420 calories and 19 grams of fat for the sandwich (20 grams of fat for the biscuit).
Enjoy!
The court case began this morning involving Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski. Police issued a $75 citation in March for disorderly conduct after allegedly telling some neighbor kids playing in a tree to “stop playing in the tree like monkeys”. The complainant in the case, and the kids, are black and reported being “alarmed and disturbed” at the language used by Ms. Ramirez-Sliwinski; language alleged to be a racial epithet. Sliwinski and the neighbors have since reconciled the matter privately, but the citation is still being prosecuted by the Village.
Ramirez-Sliwinski has retained an attorney, Gabe Fuentes, from the Chicago law firm of Jenner & Block to represent her in the case. Fuentes informed judge Susan Clancy-Boles of his intent to file a Motion to Dismiss. The Judge set a May 28 due date for the Motion, and then the Village will have 30 days to respond.
A court date of July 23, 10am was set, and the judge will rule on the Motion at that time.
For more additional info and commentary, visit Woodstock Advocate: C’ville Monkey Case, Round 1.
The Courier-News today takes on an issue that I’ve been raising here on the blog … that they have not been printing Speak-Outs and a majority of Letters. Specifically, I’ve pointed out their failure to publish those critical of Paul Humpfer’s domestic battery conviction and the Board’s handling of it.
They make the claim that many Speak-Outs “are so convoluted, so incredibly dense that we cannot make heads nor tails out of what the caller is trying to say.”
First of all, if, as a reader of the Courier-News who called in with a Speak-Out that was not published, I read this response from the paper, I’d be pretty offended.
In other words, if your Speak-Out didn’t get printed, it was likely because you were too stupid.
Here is one example of a Speak-Out that I was made aware of, which was not published …
One caller said he “didn’t understand how Humpfer could show his face in public after what he has been convicted of.”
Seems like it shouldn’t be too difficult to decipher that. Maybe it is staff at the Courier that are having difficulty. Or, maybe it is exactly as I said … they are not printing those comments which they disagree with.
Now, I’ve been accused of not posting comments I don’t agree with, but just a quick browse of this blog will show that to be false. Numerous comments exist on this site that are in opposition to things I say; whether critical of me, or others. I believe that the existence of those things is a testimony to the fact that this site is very fair and tries to have a discussion about the kind of corruption that exists in Village government. Some comments have been removed because they didn’t want to have that kind of discussion … but those that did have such a discussion, as is the purpose of this site, are still there for everyone to see.
Next, the Courier News says “Some callers then claim that we are only printing those with which we agree, but it has expedited the use of items.”
So, is that an admission that they “only print those with which they agree”? Are they cutting down on their backlog by “only printing those with which we agree?” I don’t know … maybe this is an example of the kind of “convoluted” statements that the Courier-News has a problem deciphering.
They also give an answer to a question about a news story that didn’t get timely publication in their paper:
It would be nice if just once someone could ask us a question without the assumption that we are all on the take or duplicitous.
Now, “it would be nice if just once someone could” respond to a question that was asked. The following question was asked of Courier Viewpoint Editor, Nick Petersen, about why Nate Spain’s letter was not published:
I was hoping that you might be able to provide additional information as to why the Courier News declined to publish the Letter to the Editor of Carpentersville’s Audit and Finance Commission member, Nate Spain.
Thank you in advance for the courtesy of a reply.
However, I did not receive “the courtesy of a reply”.
And, given the track record, there may be merit to the claims such as “on the take or duplicitous.”
Good morning, Carpentersville!
Looks like a gray start to the day, but the forecast is for the sun to peek out later, pushing temps to a high in the mid 60s. But, temps will drop to the mid-40s again over night. Is this really May? Gotta wonder where’s that global warming we’ve been hearing about…
I happened to be driving all over the area yesterday and saw the progress being made on “The Arboretum of South Barrington” and some new stores going up in Algonquin … more reasons why Carpentersville is losing any hope of ever becoming a “destination” city.
A new shopping center between Target and Wal-Mart is going to be anchored by JcPenney and Toys ‘R Us. A sign near the Algonquin Galleria boasts a new “Famous Dave’s” restaurant (what will happen to the location near Spring Hill Mall?) and there are rumors that a Sonic Drive-in could be coming to Algonquin as well.
With “The Arboretum” and other stores around Rt 59 and Rt 72, South Barrington and Hoffman Estates are getting their own versions of Algonquin Commons and that corridor along Randall Road.
Seeing all the development going on around the area, Carpentersville (and the Dundees) may end up fighting over the scraps… with residents being forced to give much of their dollars to surrounding towns.
The following letter was sent to the Daily Herald approximately 10 days ago. Despite confirmation from Bill Sarto that the Daily Herald followed up with him to check if he was the author … they still have not published it.
Could this have anything to do with their obvious bias against Bill Sarto? Or, is it something more — such as perhaps being part of a media arm of those standing behind Trustees Judy Sigwalt and Paul Humpfer?
Rumors are swirling that Judy Sigwalt is going to run for Village President in 2009. Could it be that the Daily Herald is already working on their endorsement — trying to make sure that if all the garbage she’s been involved with in the past several years isn’t prosecuted, that they will be able to endorse her because it wasn’t made known to a wider audience?
Here is Sarto’s letter to the editor:
This is in response to your Editorial of May 4, 2008.
First of all we need to correct some of the accusations that were made. The spending of public money to the tune of $20,000 that your paper claimed was spent by me to find legal support is false. Worst, your newspaper knew it was false when they made that claim. You knew it was false because your newspaper had asked for and received from me that “bills list”. I had discussed those charges at an open Village board meeting and your staff reporter, Larissa Chinwah, was there during that discussion.
Those legal fees date back to 2005. The overwhelming reason for those expenditures were due to things initiated by Trustees Paul Humpfer and Judith Sigwalt. [Blog note: See “Do you like the taxes you pay…” for a break down of the tax dollars spent.] In large part, that money was due to the illegal immigration issue that had been raised by Humpfer and Sigwalt in Carpentersville in the fall of 2006. There were even some charges on that list initiated by a supporter of Humpfer and Sigwalt who lives in Harvard, IL. Why the taxpayers of Carpentersville were charged for that information is a real problem.
It has been nearly a year since Humpfer was charged with 4 counts of domestic battery. The fact that he was convicted of these charges 2 months ago is reason enough for outrage to be expressed that this person has shown no sign of remorse for what he has done and has been thumbing his nose at the law while continuing to take his seat on the Village board. This is unacceptable and should be an outrage to every decent person living in Carpentersville.
The fact that Humpfer was not charged with the appropriate “felony” charges are also worth looking at, but not now. Humpfer was found guilty of hitting his wife with a baseball bat.
The real question is why hasn’t the media applied more pressure for Humpfer to resign? Where is the outrage from the media? It’s been two months and finally today, not on the editorial page but instead in Amy Mack’s column the Daily Herald has gone on record to ask Humpfer to resign. If he doesn’t, then what will your newspaper do, go back to sleep for another two months? It’s incredible that this has dragged out for this long and there is still no sign that this will be resolved anytime soon. Isn’t it interesting how the media works? Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama has been widely criticized by the media for not acting immediately to denounce what his pastor had said during sermons over a span of 30 year and I’m criticized for acting too quickly to denounce the crimes of one of our trustees. The editorial board is putting me in the political cross hairs for acting too quickly and too forcefully in my denunciation of serious domestic abuse. The media can’t have it both ways. Once again I ask where is the media’s outrage against serious domestic violence?
So, why didn’t the Daily Herald print this?
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