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Archive for August, 2008

Elgin Asian Fest

Friday, August 29th, 2008
Filed under: downtown, events

Tomorrow (Saturday), the first Elgin Asian Fest will be held at Festival Park from noon til 10:00. According to the flyer (pdf), there will be takraw from 12-5 and a martial arts demonstration apparently by Kim’s Black Belt Academy from 2-4. As with all festivals there will be food vendors, beer, etc.
What’s intriguing […]

The end of the Bandits

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil, politics

My last post looks rather foolish now that I’ve read the subsequent coverage surrounding the issue of former Elgin councilman Mike Powers’s resignation. I wasn’t able to follow the news closely this month so I missed the revealing memos and the disclosure of the condo problem published in the Courier News. I applaud the Courier […]

A lesson for Obama

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil, politics

The biggest piece of news this month was the resignation of Mike Powers from the Elgin City Council.
Bandits owner Bill Conroy said Powers approached him about a full-time marketing consultant position that was supposed to start June 1. Conroy said it seemed natural since Powers had great area connections, so the team paid […]