RALLY & KICKOFF FOR TOM TRESSER, GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT

Are you fed up with the same old tired politics of the establishment political parties? If so, you might want to consider an alternative:
The Green Party!

Tom Tresser, a real friend of Rogers Park, is running for Cook County Board Preident on the Green Party Ticket. Tom is kicking off his campaign today.

From Tom Tresser:

"I want to invite you to attend my launch party and official campaign kick off event on Saturday, January 30 at 11:30am. This is going to a people-powered campaign and WE NEED YOU to participate!

I'll will lay out the reasons why I'm running and we'll hear from other Green Party leaders. You will have the opportunity to find out how you can take part in this historic campaign. It's important to us that you have a role in the campaign - we want to hear about your own ideas for improving the county. Additionally, you will meet other activists, organizers and like-minded individuals.

The event is being held on Saturday, January 30 at 11:30am at Jaks Tap, 901 W. Jackson, Chicago. We will be providing pizza, refreshments and entertainment.

Let's work together to take back Cook County government and bring world-class service to the people of Cook County.

See you there!"

Tom Tresser
www.tom2010.us
tom@tom2010.us

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MUST READ

'Blago' is not going to go quietly, he knows where the 'bodies' are buried. We can only hope that he can take all the corrupt politicians down with him, democrats and republicans alike! Read what 'Blago' had to say on WLS radio this morning. If you prefer, download and listen to the audio here.

MUST READ-Padding the Payroll At Cook County-Your Tax Dollars At Work!

Chicago Tribune Editorial

January 14, 2009

Creative timekeeping
There are bills to pay, but you can't face the day. What to do, what to do?You can call in sick and get paid for eight hours.You can drag yourself out of bed and work your eight hours. Or—if you work for the Cook County Highway Department—you can call in sick, drag yourself out of bed anyway, work eight hours and get paid for 20.
That's eight hours of sick time for the shift you didn't work and eight hours at time-and-a-half for the one you did. (For those who have lost count, we're still talking about eight hours of actual work.) No wonder County Board President Todd Stroger wants to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to keep county government running. A Sun-Times reporter who scoured time sheets from last January and February found numerous instances when workers claimed overtime on days they also took time off. Many of them elected to take "time off overtime," or TOOT, instead of cash, racking up weeks and weeks of time due to take during the summer months or roll over and cash out at retirement. Stroger's office is "looking into" the practice, and county Highway Supt. Rupert Graham Jr. has promised to review it. What's to review? Sick pay is supposed to compensate employees for shifts they miss because they're too ill to work. Overtime pay is meant to compensate them for hours worked in excess of a regular shift. On the days in question, neither of those things was true. It's a scam, courtesy of Cook County government. We understand that weather emergencies don't punch a time clock. They strike at will, and they're not over till they're over. That's why Cook County highway workers are on call 24/7, with few vacations allowed during the winter months, and why they often work double shifts for several days in a row while the rest of us are enjoying the holidays. The upside of all those hours is the overtime, and they deserve every penny they earn. But padding a time sheet is not the way to earn it.

NEW BASIC ELEMENT DISCOVERED

Lawrence Livermore Laboratories has discovered the heaviest, densest element yet known to science.

The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.

When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium (symbol=Ad), a large element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.