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Something New, Redux
It’s time for a change. There’s political overtones in that sentence. More on that later. But the relevant change this post is discussing is this website — Kishwaukee Valley News.
We bought a new server. Our old server, that hosted this and about 50 other websites, had grown long-in-the-tooth. It had been running virtually nonstop for more than 60,000 hours. The new server is bigger, better, faster and cheaper. Too bad the government can’t keep up with technology, ehhh?
Transitions are never simple, though. In transferring KishValleyNews we lost a lot of data. I’d try to explain it but I don’t speak geek jargoneze well enough to cover up the fact that it was my fault. Thus, the new site.
The purpose is the same however. We’re (Gracie Mott and I) are trying to build a network of local voices talking about local issues from a solution-based standpoint. Because it’s time for a change in that area, too. There’s lots of issues but… more later.
by Mac McIntyre
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Zachary Harris at Studio B
Zachary Harris has a hauntingly beautiful voice to go with a unique interpretation of music theory. While his lyrics reflect life experiences his arrangements project his contemplation of things to come.
Harris has been in a songwriting mode and this Friday, August 29, he'll debut his new work for a live audience. The show starts at 8pm. $5 admission.
248 Palmer Court
(enter from 3rd Street)
DeKalb, IL
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Bruno Behrend: Constitution Change Needed
Bruno Behrend is a conservative radio talk show host on WKRS in Waukegan. He’s bipartisan in his criticism of government in Illinois, however.
His effort to convince citizens to vote YES for an Illinois Constitution Convention in the November elections has drawn bipartisan opposition. Republican or Democrat, those embedded into the current system, want no part the potential change such an effort might bring.
The Illinois Constitution mandates that the question of calling a new constitutional convention is placed on the general election ballot every 20 years. In 1968, voters in Illinois called for a constitutional convention that took place in 1970 at a cost of more than $14 million dollars. Voters elected delegates to the convention to craft the new constitution and determine what provisions it would include.
The position of the 1970 Illinois Con Con delegate served as a launching pad for many current Illinois politicians, including Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley, and Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan. But the 1970 Constitution Convention gave much more authority to the government class than perhaps was intended.
Home Rule was established for communities outside of Cook County. Illinois’ Home Rule is described as the most liberal and most corrupt system in the United States. The government class can raise taxes via Home Rule and/or referendum with relative ease in comparison to the ability of the citizen class to reduce such burden.
Behrend believes the citizenry is ready for sweeping change in Illinois. He thinks such change is possible through revisiting the constitution. It’s hard, make that impossible, to argue that such change is not needed.
Former Governor George Ryan is still in shock that his actions were criminal — as he serves out his sentence in a federal prison. Each and every man, woman and child living in the state owes $8,000 as their share of the state’s more than $1 billion in unfunded debt. The current governor might very well face recall, but, there’s no provision in the constitution for doing so.
Republicans in power are leery of a Con Con. The Democrats control Springfield. The Dems don’t want a delegation of constitution writers messing things up for them, either. They promised voters a change but evidently the change they meant was limited to who’s hand was in the cookie jar.
“There’s no intellectually sound reason for not changing the Illinois Constitution.” — Bruno Behrend He’s right. And he’s committed. Behrend is criss-crossing the state drumming up support for a YES vote on the Illinois Con Con. Visit his website. Send him an email and invite him to talk in your community. Bruno Behrend is this week’s Difference Maker.
by Mac McIntyre
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