I was amused by a Courier story that came out last week detailing Congressman Bill Foster’s federal funding requests amounting to a whopping $55,800,000. Since this is a campaign year, nobody has been left behind. Among the requests for Aurora ($13.6M total requests), for example, he’s requesting $1.4 million for the an entrance road […]
This mailing from 14th district Congressman Bill Foster’s office, which arrived last week, is indistinguishable from a campaign mailing. From a new congressman who promises “real changes” it’s disappointing to see this flagrant abuse of the frank, the congressional privilege of sending postage-free mail. As you can see in the lower picture, “This […]
Items on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting:
Consideration of Proposed Bikeway Master Plan as presented by TranSystems, Inc.
Consideration of a Contract with School District U-46 for the Police Liaison Program for the 2007-2008 School Year ($339,885)
Consideration of 2008 50/50 Historic Architectural Grant Program Eligibility List ($240,000)
Consideration of Annual Budget for the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association […]
Bill Foster beat Jim Oberweis by a margin of 6% to become the new 14th district congressman. I don’t think a lot of people expected a Foster win, and certainly not by such a large margin as this. The Chicago Tribune described it as a “stunning upset.”
The influential Capitol Fax Blog asks, “Now […]
