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		<title>Comment on Update and Brief Message to Bill Brady&#8217;s Campaign by Rich Miller</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/politics/2010/update-and-brief-message-to-bill-bradys-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-213</link>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Also, check out the discussion page.   They&#039;ve posted the propaganda there as well...  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bill_Brady_%28Illinois_politician%29</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Also, check out the discussion page.   They&#8217;ve posted the propaganda there as well&#8230;  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bill_Brady_%28Illinois_politician%29" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bill_Brady_%28Illinois_politician%29</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Update and Brief Message to Bill Brady&#8217;s Campaign by Rich Miller</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/politics/2010/update-and-brief-message-to-bill-bradys-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-212</link>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The original article is not back.  It&#039;s the propaganda page again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The original article is not back.  It&#8217;s the propaganda page again.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Update and Brief Message to Bill Brady&#8217;s Campaign by Becky</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/politics/2010/update-and-brief-message-to-bill-bradys-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-211</link>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder when they&#039;ll realize anyone can click on the &quot;History&quot; tab. Maybe that&#039;s why they&#039;ve stopped using &quot;Bradyforillinois&quot; to make the revisions.

Alternatively, Bradyforillinois could have already been banned under the 3 revisions rule. The original article is back...for now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder when they&#8217;ll realize anyone can click on the &#8220;History&#8221; tab. Maybe that&#8217;s why they&#8217;ve stopped using &#8220;Bradyforillinois&#8221; to make the revisions.</p>
<p>Alternatively, Bradyforillinois could have already been banned under the 3 revisions rule. The original article is back&#8230;for now.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Update and Brief Message to Bill Brady&#8217;s Campaign by Rich Miller</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/politics/2010/update-and-brief-message-to-bill-bradys-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-210</link>
		<dc:creator>Rich Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brady just changed it back to propaganda mode.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brady just changed it back to propaganda mode.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Update and Brief Message to Bill Brady&#8217;s Campaign by ArchPundit &#124; Okay, So My BS Detector isn&#8217;t Working Well</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/politics/2010/update-and-brief-message-to-bill-bradys-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-209</link>
		<dc:creator>ArchPundit &#124; Okay, So My BS Detector isn&#8217;t Working Well</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I try and give some credit to a Republican candidate and what do we get: [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I try and give some credit to a Republican candidate and what do we get: [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Husband off the bandwagon, I&#8217;m back on by Becky</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/life/2010/husband-off-the-bandwagon-im-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-160</link>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LoL, yes, I mean I &lt;i&gt;don&#039;t&lt;/i&gt; buy it for that reason. There&#039;s a diet for people who do want it, though. The Standard American Diet. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LoL, yes, I mean I <i>don&#8217;t</i> buy it for that reason. There&#8217;s a diet for people who do want it, though. The Standard American Diet. <img src='http://rebeccamastey.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Husband off the bandwagon, I&#8217;m back on by HS Schulte</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/life/2010/husband-off-the-bandwagon-im-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-159</link>
		<dc:creator>HS Schulte</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The idea of eating something because it has a ConAgra (Monsanto) logo scares the hell out of me. I still think maybe I read that wrong.

Is there a diet for people who WANT genetically modified food?

All the dieting stuff is easy-peasy. Eat what god gave us, a little meat, but mostly fruits, veggies, and grain which he calls the staff of life. Don&#039;t eat what man made MSG snuck into food, GMO food, processed and reconstructed food made into shapes...gross. You&#039;ll rid your body of toxins and lose weight on accident.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea of eating something because it has a ConAgra (Monsanto) logo scares the hell out of me. I still think maybe I read that wrong.</p>
<p>Is there a diet for people who WANT genetically modified food?</p>
<p>All the dieting stuff is easy-peasy. Eat what god gave us, a little meat, but mostly fruits, veggies, and grain which he calls the staff of life. Don&#8217;t eat what man made MSG snuck into food, GMO food, processed and reconstructed food made into shapes&#8230;gross. You&#8217;ll rid your body of toxins and lose weight on accident.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Guest Appearance by Piotr Krzyzek</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/words/2010/guest-appearance/comment-page-1/#comment-154</link>
		<dc:creator>Piotr Krzyzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the post Becky! We&#039;ll get to work on pronunciation soon.

The article is pretty good and performing rather well! Thanks! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the post Becky! We&#8217;ll get to work on pronunciation soon.</p>
<p>The article is pretty good and performing rather well! Thanks! <img src='http://rebeccamastey.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Local: District 158 less than honest (surprise!) by Becky</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/politics/2010/local-district-158-less-than-honest-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-151</link>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jack, that&#039;s all well and good. We can discuss the budget, as presented, most recently. However, we can also reference a document from a January 21, 2010 meeting, a full 6 days after Chris Krug wrote his article. In this addendum document, the school board addresses the &lt;i&gt;deficit&lt;/i&gt; in the proposed FY2011 budget. The document can be viewed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.district158.org/boe/BOE%2009-10%20Packets/BOE%20REG%2001.21.10%20Addendum.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.

The addendum corrects a &quot;cell reference error,&quot; which resulted in the FY2011 budget (presented to the BoE on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.district158.org/boe/BOE%20COTW%20Packet%2009-10/BOE%20COTW%20MTG%201-7-10%20Part%202%20Finance.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;January 7, 2010&lt;/a&gt; - approximate starting page 230) containing a deficit in excess of $740,000. With the corrected &quot;cell reference,&quot; the budget now carries a surplus in excess of $705,000, assuming correct property tax revenues. The deficit document was available to Chris Krug prior to writing his column and is, ostensibly, how he garnered information on the budget cuts. The linked document contains information on various cuts, including text books.

The BoE should, ideally, have contacted Krug for a correction, citing the &quot;cell reference error&quot; as stated in the addendum. However, it instead entered a public forum and presented an argument that does not agree with its internal documents. According to the column writer, this deficit was the result of a &quot;necessary accounting shift,&quot; yet, according to the internal document, it was the result of a &quot;cell reference error&quot; due to improperly considered tax revenue. In this case, it cannot be both.

I would like to take this moment to remind you that the purpose of this post is not, in fact, to comment on the finalized budget of Consolidated School District 158. It is to address the lies presented in a public forum from a district representative. BoE documents did, in fact, reflect a potential $7.1 million dollar deficit. Whether it is a &quot;working document&quot; or not, this document was presented to the Board as a &quot;scenario,&quot; suggesting, if not implying, this was an expected outcome for the FY.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jack, that&#8217;s all well and good. We can discuss the budget, as presented, most recently. However, we can also reference a document from a January 21, 2010 meeting, a full 6 days after Chris Krug wrote his article. In this addendum document, the school board addresses the <i>deficit</i> in the proposed FY2011 budget. The document can be viewed <a href="http://www.district158.org/boe/BOE%2009-10%20Packets/BOE%20REG%2001.21.10%20Addendum.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<p>The addendum corrects a &#8220;cell reference error,&#8221; which resulted in the FY2011 budget (presented to the BoE on <a href="http://www.district158.org/boe/BOE%20COTW%20Packet%2009-10/BOE%20COTW%20MTG%201-7-10%20Part%202%20Finance.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">January 7, 2010</a> &#8211; approximate starting page 230) containing a deficit in excess of $740,000. With the corrected &#8220;cell reference,&#8221; the budget now carries a surplus in excess of $705,000, assuming correct property tax revenues. The deficit document was available to Chris Krug prior to writing his column and is, ostensibly, how he garnered information on the budget cuts. The linked document contains information on various cuts, including text books.</p>
<p>The BoE should, ideally, have contacted Krug for a correction, citing the &#8220;cell reference error&#8221; as stated in the addendum. However, it instead entered a public forum and presented an argument that does not agree with its internal documents. According to the column writer, this deficit was the result of a &#8220;necessary accounting shift,&#8221; yet, according to the internal document, it was the result of a &#8220;cell reference error&#8221; due to improperly considered tax revenue. In this case, it cannot be both.</p>
<p>I would like to take this moment to remind you that the purpose of this post is not, in fact, to comment on the finalized budget of Consolidated School District 158. It is to address the lies presented in a public forum from a district representative. BoE documents did, in fact, reflect a potential $7.1 million dollar deficit. Whether it is a &#8220;working document&#8221; or not, this document was presented to the Board as a &#8220;scenario,&#8221; suggesting, if not implying, this was an expected outcome for the FY.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Local: District 158 less than honest (surprise!) by Jack Sprat</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/politics/2010/local-district-158-less-than-honest-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-150</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Sprat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rebecca, maybe you should understand the facts or research before you comment on situations.

The document Cal Skinner posted in his blog was not a budget, but a planning tool for determining when capital project could be scheduled.  It was presented for information purposes to the Board of Education a month before the first of five drafts of the 2010-2011 budget was presented for approval.  That first budget draft presented to the board didn&#039;t have a $7M deficit.

Yes, Larry Snow was insidious in D158.  That&#039;s why the voters got rid of him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rebecca, maybe you should understand the facts or research before you comment on situations.</p>
<p>The document Cal Skinner posted in his blog was not a budget, but a planning tool for determining when capital project could be scheduled.  It was presented for information purposes to the Board of Education a month before the first of five drafts of the 2010-2011 budget was presented for approval.  That first budget draft presented to the board didn&#8217;t have a $7M deficit.</p>
<p>Yes, Larry Snow was insidious in D158.  That&#8217;s why the voters got rid of him.</p>
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