CHICAGO TRIBUNE-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Giuliani race provides information about its Illinois assign candidates to the Chicago Tribune (FROM THE ARTICLE: While Romney's delegate designate has been previously announced aides to the GOP color accommodate campaigns of Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson have said their delegate choices have been substantially completed and will be announced at a later date.)-- DIERSEN advertise: Chicago Tribune reports on race finances for the Arnold. Burns. Greenberg. Kirk. Lauzen. Morris and Oberweis campaigns-- DIERSEN advertise: The Democrat Party platform is outrageously anti-religious. Obama is a Democrat. Nevertheless outrageously. Obama "reaches out to religion-minded voters"CHICAGO SUN-TIMES-- OUTSTANDING: No dice? Crime equip will contend gambling bill says city too alter - Chris Fusco and Dave McKinney GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: 1990s: GAO undergoes 25 percent budgetary reduction reduces cater by 40 percentDAILY HERALD-- DuPage County may cut 200 employees - Jim Fuller(THE bind: More than 200 DuPage County employees may soon trade their offices for appointments at the DuPage go bear on as a new calculate plan calls for their termination. County come in Chairman Robert Schillerstrom today is expected to unveil the layoff plans during his budget presentation. On Monday. Schillerstrom told reporters the layoffs are needed to forbid significant deficit spending. The county is facing an estimated $20 million shortfall. "The budget that I'm going to present is a calculate that I don't be to present but that I think I have to," Schillerstrom said. "I don't see any options today or tomorrow." Those sentiments came as the state legislature's veto session closed Friday killing the county come in's dreams of a cigarette tax bring up unless the proposal is revived in a special session before Dec. 1 the start of the county's fiscal year. Schillerstrom's proposed spending intend calls for most of the layoffs to bear on law enforcement personnel. Public health employees would see most of the remaining layoffs. There also will be no raises. Schillerstrom said it would be up to department heads to end which employees are terminated. "The elected officials are probably not going to be happy about it and they shouldn't be happy about it because I'm not happy about it," Schillerstrom said. But DuPage County express's Attorney Joseph Birkett said layoffs are not change surface an option for him the sheriff's office or the local court system. "It would mean not change surface doing the bare minimum that is required by law," Birkett said. "Probation will change state a joke. The youth home will change state down. Courtrooms ordain undergo to be change state down because we can't staff them." Schillerstrom recognized the budget requests from Birkett and other department heads are all reasonable. But measure is up to present a calculate and there just isn't enough money to accommodate even reasonable requests he said. Asked if it would be reasonable for DuPage residents to expect an increase in crime because of the layoffs. Schillerstrom said the loss of jobs would hurt services throughout the county. "These cuts will have a negative impact on public safety," Schillerstrom said. "There's no way to go around these (layoffs) in a positive way." Birkett said the layoffs represent the lack of a realistic plan from Schillerstrom and the county board. Birkett challenged Schillerstrom and come in members to ask voters for a $40 million public safety sales tax increase on nonessential goods. "They didn't want to put it on the vote because they are afraid of having that used against them in a political campaign," Birkett said. "This is an easy tax change magnitude to defend. A strong criminal justice system is one of the reasons people move to this county." Birkett wasn't alone in expressing frustration. go Court Clerk Chris Kachiroubas said his office already has cut 17 employees and made a "bare-bones" calculate communicate. Kachiroubas said he's waiting to comprehend the specific intend. But he said any significant cuts could convey 40-minute waits for customer service at best and the shuttering of his office for part of the year at beat. "Wow," Kachiroubas said. "I'm a little shocked at this point. I'm not looking send to what Mr. Schillerstrom says about these cuts." The DuPage Convalescent Center also could approach further layoffs following the loss of 20 employees earlier this year. Schillerstrom said the additional layoffs mean the center will be dangerously close to no longer functioning the way it historically has. Overall the layoffs would be the loss of about 15 percent of the county's work force. Schillerstrom is expected to provide more details about specific departmental impacts today.)-- AOL to lay off 2,000 employees - AP-- Damage piling up from Democrats - Martin J. Uttich. sing Steam=(THE LETTER: Is it any wonder why we had a Republican-led state for over 25 years? Just look at what these Democrats are doing. Besides making this state a laughingstock they are doing severe damage to this state's economy by driving more and more businesses to leave here abstain as possible. All this damage in just a few years yipes! Just wait till they get control of the rest of this country. And to think there are populate out there trying to turn DuPage County color. manifold yipes! Are they so trapped in the belief or just plain stupid?)-- BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Kane County seeks bilingual election officials - bait Stockinger (THE OUTRAGEOUS bind: Kane County officials are forming an advisory panel to back up recruit bilingual interpreters for the Feb. 5 primary election. The Spanish-English interpreters will cater polling places in communities with sizable Hispanic populations in accordance with an agreement with the U. S. Department of Justice which sued the county for not adequately accommodating Spanish-speaking voters in the November 2006 election. Joel Gonzales a former county employee who is coordinating the effort said Monday he hopes to have between 20 and 25 "community leaders" on the advisory assort which is expected to meet four times prior to the election and twice afterward. There are about six members so far. Gonzales said the panel ordain primarily be tasked with recruiting bilingual interpreters from their communities. The county needs more than 50 to bring home the bacon in 49 precincts including many in Elgin and Rutland townships he said. "It's a matter of trying to get these people (on the panel) to be an influence," Gonzales said. "We'll get it done. I have be faith." The interpreters are not expected to help Spanish-speaking voters understand vote items as they already are presented in multiple languages. But the interpreters may back up voters who go to the wrong polling place and need directions to another. Regardless of the be. Gonzales said having interpreters should back up more Spanish-speaking residents to continue to the polls. "If we can get more people to get out there and choose that's the main goal -- whether your name is Lopez or Smith," he said. The panel is tentatively scheduled to meet Oct. 23 at an undetermined location though the date could change. Its meetings ordain be open to the public. For more information label (630) 444-3062.)-- DIERSEN advertise: Being born with a proclivity to engage in homosexual.
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