Potluck Digest ::
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Potluck Blog turns to tax talk
Stirring the Pot: In a 5-4 vote recently, the Naperville City Council agreed to raise the
property tax rate from 0.7167 percent to 0.7367 percent. The city has in the past approved a property tax rate increase and then
lowered it when assessments are released, and officials claim the same
thing will happen this time.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Bloggers debate severity of H1N1
Stirring the Pot: In recent years it seems there is always a "next epidemic" identified
by scientists as being poised to sweep across the world and cause
millions of deaths, and at least up to now, all of these predictions
have proven to be overblown.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Bloggers weigh in on library cuts
Stirring the Pot: The Naperville Public Library is consistently at the top of the list of best libraries in the country. However, it has seen a reduction in its tax levy two years in a row,
dropping six percent in 2009 and nearly seven percent in 2010.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
What are your memories of Sept. 11?
Stirring the Pot: Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001?
People in my parents' and grandparents' generation will never forget what they were doing when they heard President John F. Kennedy had been shot. For my generation, that "where were you" moment was the day terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed three of them into American landmarks, with the fourth plunging into a Pennsylvania field.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Unwelcome guest speaker?
President Barack Obama's decision to give a live televised address to American schoolchildren yesterday has stirred up quite a bit of controversy from parents worried about the president's message.