Joliet mayor Bob O'Dekirk keeping his word to voters

Bob O'Dekirk Mayor of Joliet, IL 

         Joliet is seeming once again to be a city of hope. Mayor Bob O'Dekirk once again is following through on promises to his voters, and doing exactly what a mayor should do. The city is cleaning up quite nice and we as people of the city should be proud. The next big question is what will our new found leader do about violence in the city of  Joliet? Thus far mayor O'Dekirk has followed through and kept his word to the citizens of Joliet. He as a mayor has taken many more steps than our previous mayor and he should have a lot more coming over the next few months.


         As Mayor Bob is everything he said he would be and even much more working alongside the city officials to make necessary changes. With all new leadership of course there are the critics we all have our critics upon any level of success but mayor bob O'Dekirk is a spitfire with the energy to continue changing our city! With Mayor O'Dekirks transition report our city will see many necessary changes. From a full audit of our animal control for negligence, and lack of experience to addressing evergreen terrace and possibly re developing the property, to a zero based budget, and longer city hall hours. Bob and his team are hitting the nail directly on the head. He even hits the Rialto issue right on the head, as the city is spending $600,000 dollars a year of our tax money on a deal with a non profitable venue.

        Each of these issues has two sides, but it is well worth making the effort now, as a lot of these issues are well past their expiration date. With a new team looking at these issues within our city there may be some long past due resolutions to long lasting issues within the city of Joliet. Hopefully after his first term we will be able to say Bob Changes the city even more for the better! We will continue to follow his practices throught his term and keep you updated!

       

     

A twitter Missfire leads to a pre - Mature anoncement of Scott Walkers run for president

A twitter miss fire prematurely puts Scott Walker in the 2016 presidential race. The post read "Scott is in are you?". As it has been looked into Twitter has launched a full investigation. It has come to light that team Walker was not at fault for the early tweet. But it did come a day before his announcement speech Monday. Walker has been a two term Governor in Wisconsin and plans to toss his name in the basket as a contestant for president. Having been known for chasing the Democratic legislators out of the state to avoid a vote on budget cuts in 2011. Fourteen Democrats fled the state and hid in Illinois when walker proposed budget cuts that would effect Union and state employees. Walker could be a huge contender for the Republican party due to his Union backing. Scott Walker has defiantly made quite a stir as Governor. This will make for a crazy GOP year and we were all anticipating this to be the case.

Who will be president in 2016?

     

So with the presidential race on the way who will win? Well currently in the polls we are seeing a sharp lead still with Clinton and Bush. But the question really is are we ready for either? Both are bought and paid for at this point? We have a system in which candidates can be bought through corperate funding, and both Clinton and Jeb Bush are both part of the establishment so either wahy we are recieving the same deal in my opinion. Either way we go we will not reach an America where we have economical freedom in the next 50 years. Oour nation is so bought and sold the future generations will struggle for many years to come. With conservitaves on one end making promises and liberals on the other.

     So far numbers are showing a tight race between Clinton and Bush if that were to be the run off pair. But there are also thoughts out there that Bush will just be a fundraising tool for the GOP and will be dropped after the race. Either way both familys have had way to much control for far too long. Against popular beliefe of either party the race coming down to another war amongst the two familys would only lead to the same things we a nation have seen for years.  Our predictions would be that Clinton would beat bush by a 3 point lead forcing a re count of votes, but that is still to far in front of us to judge how the primarys might play out.

    All we can say is that in a time of crises our nation needs a non party affiliated leader who can have enough financial backing to not be tied to corperate greed. Our nation is in need of a real change and we will not see it yet again in 2016.


                

new mayor making big strides

         

   Joliet - New Mayor Bob O'Dekirk seems to be shaping up the city and getting the job done as promised. As the mayor so far O'Dekirk  has begun making downtown a better place. From structural work completion to pushing for necessary road project's and much more. Bob O'Dekirk has changed the city and the ligst are finally turning on. From working with the community, including pastor posely and the anti violence movement to the rebuilding of joliet, and past due road work. Joliet is changing for the better. We are seeing lights not seen in the past 20 years. joliet is looking healthier and cleaner each and everyday!

         Joliet still has a lot of room to improve but so far the new mayor is making changes and the city is looking forward. With the up coming county elections there could be a lot of change that culd help the mayor along with the city! With 3 and a half mor eyears to go we expexct to see a lot of great things to happen with Bob and the city~!

McPhillips to run against Walsh 2015

      McPhillips has tossed her name into the running against Larry Walsh Sr.  the long time county Executive of Will County. Laurie was elected in 2004 as the Will County Recorder of Deeds and she held that position until 2008. She went on to loose both 2008 and 2012. Walsh first obtained the county executive seat in 2004 and has held it ever since. This may be a turn key year for Republican McPhillips who has the upper hand in this race.
  Former Recorder of Deeds Laurie

         Larry Walsh who stood against his base when the county employees union went on strike in December of 2013. Local 1028 had been a long time supporter of Walsh until he stood against the Unions. We anticipate a huge uproar this election season, which could lead to the end of a long running nepotism in Will County politics. But only time will tell. Last year a long running political family lost power of the Will County Sheriff's office,and we can only imagine what could be next for the county's political circle? Could this be a reign of newer faces? Only time will tell!

Congress sends NSA bill to president

 

   Congress sends bill to president curbing the NSA phone surveillance program. Since Edward Snowden a government contractor made the top secret program public there have been growing concerns. Finally the American people have been heard.  Congress has sent the bill to the president requesting the phone company's hold the information and this can only be turned over with a warrant. This is a step in the right direction for our very worried nation. Since the information was released two years ago the trust between other nations and ours have been lost as well as our trust for our own government.

     America a nation built on freedom has been in a 30 year cycle of loosing more and more freedom, so anything that can help our citizens at this point is a huge plus. The vote today was 67 - 32. The house has already passed the bill and the president Barack Obama plans to sign the bill quickly. For any American this is a good sign that our government is finally realizing they have been overstepping lines for far too long.

Most people ever running for US president?

       

This presidential race could be the largest in history with candidates coming from all angels. Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders have already declared for the Democratic party. Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carley Fiorina, Lindsy Grahm, Mike Huckabee, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Rick Santorum all have declaired for the Republican party. These list do not include over 30 other potential candidates whom are already gathering information and planning their runs, the most notable would be Chicago own Willie Wilson. Willie Wilson had just run for mayor of Chicago in the last election cycle and is now planning to run against a slew of other candidates to become the president of the United States.

         As this race continues on we will see what comes of it. With stakes high  currently Hillary Clinton and Rand Paul are the top to candidates in the race. We will see where this goes and follow the race through the race.  Some would wonder why the Republican party would not unify in a time of need. Having so many candidates up and running could hurt more than help the party in it's entirety.