Cubs think by changing the color of it's sign might help break the goat curse

Wrigley Field’s famous red marquee is being painted green and gold as part of the ballpark’s 100th anniversary celebrations.

The marquee was installed in 1934 and at that time, its colors were similar to “mallard green” with a “french quarter gold” trim.

The sign will display these colors for the Cubs’ homestand against the Brewers and Yankees running from Friday to Wednesday.

Once these series’ end, the marquee will return to red and white.

The sign was originally green and gold then painted red and white then purple.
None of which helped the Cubs.

by Taboola

NFL Ghetto Chimp Aaron Hernandez indicted on murder charges

BOSTON — Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on murder charges in a 2012 double slaying in Boston.

Boston police spokeswoman Neva Coakley confirmed the indictment Thursday. Hernandez is already being held without bail after pleading not guilty to murder in the unrelated death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd last year.

In the 2012 case, victims Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado were shot as they sat in a car in Boston’s South End. Police have said they were shot by someone who drove up alongside in an SUV and opened fire.

Boston police have written in an affidavit there is probable cause to believe Hernandez was driving a vehicle used in the shooting and “may have been the shooter.”

Hernandez’s lawyers did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital under a federal audit

Federal auditors need to look at the White House and Springfield Illinois but instead they are here.  Federal auditors descended on Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital on Wednesday, just one day after a CBS News report alleging manipulation of waiting lists for patient care.

These "secret waiting lists," a whistleblower told CBS News, make the numbers look better and allow hospital executives to collect bonus money.

"Employees are coming to me from all over the hospital, from outpatient, inpatient, surgery, radiology," said Germaine Clarno, VA social worker and employee representative, suggesting that the practice is widespread.

The hospital reports that it provides medical care to more than 50,000 Chicago-area veterans in a year.

According to Clarno, this is how the scam works: When a veteran calls the hospital for an appointment, the veteran is placed on the secret list. An actual appointment in the computer would not be booked until an opening would arise within a 14-day window.

Clarno told CBS she believes people are faking the wait-time data to receive bonuses.

CBS first reported on problems at VA hospitals when another whistleblower, Dr. Same Foote, revealed efforts to conceal delays in care at a facility in Phoenix where as many as 40 military veterans may have died while awaiting treatment.

Eric Shinseki, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has been under fire ever since the scandal broke earlier this year. CNN revealed that top management in Phoenix was aware of the elaborate scandal. Shinseki will testify before Congress on Thursday about the delays.

Now the scandal has reached Chicago, and federal investigators reportedly are looking into facilities in Wyoming, Colorado and Texas, too. A spokesman said this is part of a nationwide review ordered by Shinseki.

In Chicago, hospital director Joan Ricard released a statement to the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday saying she “received no evidence or specific facts about data manipulation” at Hines.

Ricard said the information Clarno brought to her attention was not a "secret waiting list" but was “a performance improvement tool.”

Veterans told CBS News that appointments in Chicago take much longer than 14 days.

"It can be anywhere between one, two, three, four months," said Paul Rodriguez, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, who sees several doctors at Hines.

Lawyer takes on Illinois Update

None of the politicians we emailed answered and we will be submitting a foia to ISP

Illinois Sheriff’s Offices admit the state isn't doing their part in re reviewing applications

While new licenses to carry concealed firearms continue arriving in suburban mailboxes, some local law enforcement offices are objecting to permits for certain individuals.

The Illinois State Police have received 1,669 objections from law enforcement agencies across the state, with about half of those coming from the Cook County Sheriff's Department. That's compared to 33,207 licenses that have been granted since Illinois first began approving licenses earlier this year.

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Lt. James Popovits of the McHenry County Sheriff's office said though the Illinois State Police is responsible for the "lion's share" of the task of assessing whether someone should get a permit, the state agency doesn't catch everything. The law allows objections for what it calls a "reasonable suspicion" that an applicant is dangerous even if his or her background would not automatically trigger denial of the applications.

"Our objections would have to be on the basis the person is a threat to the public or a threat to themselves," Popovits said, giving as an example cases in which "we have information the state police wouldn't, maybe if the person didn't get arrested but posed a threat."

McHenry County sheriff officials won't say how many permits they've objected to.

About 365 applications that have triggered objections are being reviewed again by the state's Concealed Carry Review Board, according to state police spokeswoman Monique Bond. The board reviews objections from other law enforcement agencies as well as appeals from individuals who say they were denied permits unfairly. However, the board does not hear all requests.

Ben Breit, Cook County Sheriff Department communications director, said the agency has filed more than half of the objections sent to the state police, with 839 for Chicago and suburban Cook County applicants.

The Cook County sheriff's department found one applicant who had 20 arrests and another with arrests including aggravated battery with a firearm and defacing firearm markings, the department reported in February.

In Lake County, Sgt. Sara Balmes said the sheriff's office has filed 56 objections, but 25 of those applicants received permits anyway.

"The majority of them were for domestic related incidents," Balmes said of the Lake County objections.

As of Tuesday the state has approved 33,207 licenses statewide, which have been mailed to residents. There are 25,426 more applications which have been approved by the state police but are in a 30-day waiting period in which local law enforcement agencies can object to individual applications.

"If there are concerns on an application, the (review board) will determine if the objections are valid," Bond said.

In DuPage County, spokesman Paul Darrah said the state's attorney's office hasn't had a single objection so far and the department is stepping aside to let the state police handle the applications. The DuPage County sheriff's office, as in McHenry County, wouldn't say whether it has filed objections or in how many cases.

Last year, lawmakers approved legislation to comply with a federal court order to lift a statewide ban on concealed carry.

Under the state law, residents have to complete 16 hours of training and pay a $150 fee to the state police to get a permit.

After applications are filed electronically, they go through a 90-120 day waiting period, during which the state police conducts a background check and allows for other law enforcement agencies to object.

If residents feel they were rejected unfairly, either directly by the state or through another agency's objection, they can appeal it by writing a request to the state police's Firearms Service Bureau

Illinois State Police Violate Federal Mandate

 The Illinois state police are currently looking at a federal lawsuit because they have violated the law.
I.S.P. states they are following the letter of the law. I guess they failed to see along with state elected officials.

" The 2nd Amendment is the part of the United States Constitution. Which means the Constitution is the law of the land. The 2nd Amendment is a right not a privilege. A right given by our founding father's. While Illinois has a ban on firearms the ban is unconstitutional and is to have a ccw law in place with in the time frame that will be handed by this court. The right shall not be infringed upon in any way shape or form."
Diane Pamela Wood 7th Circuit Appeals Judge Chicago.


Yet Illinois politicians and the Governor put and sign a law that still infringes upon the right to carry.

This letter is from one of our readers who has kindly allowed us to use this letter as the example of what law abiding citizens are receiving.
First Illinois is a shall Issue state which means if you meet the criteria they have to issue a CCW. However on the application they ask the same questions that is on a FOID ( Firearms Owner Identification Card) but they use your entire criminal history past the 5 year criteria.
The local and county police can object to your application which is a violation of the 2nd amendment and places an infringement. The state then submits it to the Governors review panel which never informs you that there is an objection and tells you a date and time to appear to admit evidence on your behalf to show why you object to the objection hence violating your right. The state send you this letter and tells you to file an appeal for administrative review.  But they fail to tell you how many days you have to file. Worse yet a administrative review is suppose to be done by the director of I.S.P. not a judge making you spend 400.00 to file and even then you can not admit evidence on your behalf. Thus spending another 2grand on a lawyer to bring it back to court as a man from Skokie has done. Worse even yet they don't even tell you why you were denied. The state of Illinois has violated a federal mandate of the shall issue law by using the May Issue laws set forth by the federal government. People like our reader have multiple CCW from other states and even carries a professional licenses in the state of Illinois and other states such as Louisiana, Wisconsin, and New York to carry a firearm.

The law clearly states 430 ILCS 66/75/1-b

An applicant for a new license shall provide proof of
		course or combination of
		courses approved by the Department of at least 8 16 hours,
		which includes range qualification time under subsection (c) of
		this Section, that covers the following:
		(1) firearm safety;
		(2) the basic principles of marksmanship;
		(3) care, cleaning, loading, and unloading of a
		concealable firearm;
		(4) all applicable State and federal laws relating to
		the ownership, storage, carry, and transportation of a
		firearm; and
		(5) instruction on the appropriate and lawful
		interaction with law enforcement while transporting or
		carrying a concealed firearm.
		(c) An applicant for a new license shall provide proof of
		certification by a certified instructor that the applicant
		passed a live fire exercise with a concealable firearm
		consisting of:
		(1) a minimum of 30 rounds; and
		(2) 10 rounds from a distance of 5 yards; 10 rounds
		from a distance of 7 yards; and 10 rounds from a distance
		of 10 yards at a B-27 silhouette target approved by the
		Department.
		(d) (Blank). An applicant for renewal of a license shall
		provide proof of completion of a firearms training course or

430 ILCS 66/ 35 Sec. 35

Investigation of the applicant.
		The Department shall conduct a background check of the
		applicant to ensure compliance with the requirements of this
		Act and all federal, State, and local laws. The background
		check shall include a search of the following:
		(1) the National Instant Criminal Background Check
		System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
		(2) all available state and local criminal history
		record information files, including records of juvenile
		adjudications;
		(3) all available federal, state, and local records
		regarding wanted persons;
		(4) all available federal, state, and local records of
		domestic violence restraining and protective orders;
		(5) the files of the Department of Human Services
		relating to mental health and developmental disabilities;
		and (6) all other available records of a federal, state, or local agency or other public entity in any jurisdiction     likely to contain information relevant to whether the     applicant is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or     carrying a firearm under federal, state, or local law.         (7) Fingerprints collected under Section 30 shall be     checked against the Department of State Police and Federal     Bureau of Investigation criminal history record databases     now and hereafter filed. The Department shall charge     applicants a fee for conducting the criminal history     records check, which shall be deposited in the State Police     Services Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the     records check. (Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)

430 ILCS 66 / 60
Fees

(a) All fees collected under this Act shall be deposited as
		provided in this Section. Application, renewal, and
		replacement fees shall be non-refundable.
		(b) An applicant for a new license or a renewal shall
		submit $100 $150 with the application, of which $70 $120 shall
		be apportioned to the State Police Firearm Services Fund, $20
		shall be apportioned to the Mental Health Reporting Fund, and
		$10 shall be apportioned to the State Crime Laboratory Fund.
		(c) A non-resident applicant for a new license or renewal

		shall submit $100 $300 with the application, of which $70 $250
		shall be apportioned to the State Police Firearm Services Fund,
		$20 $40 shall be apportioned to the Mental Health Reporting
		Fund, and $10 shall be apportioned to the State Crime
		Laboratory Fund.
		(d) A licensee requesting a new license in accordance with
		Section 55 shall submit $35 $75, of which $20 $60 shall be
		apportioned to the State Police Firearm Services Fund, $10 $5
		shall be apportioned to the Mental Health Reporting Fund, and
		$5 $10 shall be apportioned to the State Crime Laboratory Fund.
		(Source: P.A. 98-63, eff. 7-9-13.)
		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
		becoming law.

To Read more on this law click here


So now why is Illinois violating a court order I'll tell you why because they were told for every 1 CCW approved they have to deny 2. Is this true we don't know we can only speculate because the Director Hiram Grau has not confirmed nor denied this fact or fiction.

If you have been denied your CCW please use the address listed below the fee is $2,000.00 and make sure you file your $400.00 administrative review.
If you want to file a fee waiver and are a Cook County resident you must make between 15,000-19,000 a year or you will not qualify.

  Any updates our readers can give please let us know.

KNOW WHERE YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING

Rep. Dena M. Carli (D)

1st Representative District

(Click Here: Previous District Officeholder)

illinoisstaterep1@gmail.com

This politician has nothing to report 

Sen. William "Willie" Delgado (D)

Chicago 

2nd State Senate District

2009 District Spending Report

2009 Total Expended: $82,562.91

2009 Available Balance: $500.09

2010 District Spending Report

2010 Total Expended: $79,126.79

2010 Available Balance: $3,936.21

Provided by the Illinois Senate Operations Accounting System
 

2010 Base Salary: $64,717.08
2010 “Bonus” Pay: $9,852.12
2010 Total Salary Paid: $74,569.20
Provided by the Illinois Office of the Comptroller

2008 Salary: $75,073.96

2009 Salary: $76,366.08
2006 Mileage Funds Received: $3,389.12 

2007 Mileage Funds Received: $5,631.36

2008 Mileage Funds Received: $4,515.84
2009 Mileage Funds Received: $5,467.84
2010 Mileage Funds Received: $3,404.80
2006 Per Diem/Lodging Funds Received: $5,910.00 

2007 Per Diem/Lodging Funds Received: $9,403.00

2008 Per Diem/Lodging Funds Received: $6,192.00
2009 Per Diem/Lodging Funds Received: $8,712.00
2010 Per Diem/Lodging Funds Received: $6,380.00
Provided by the Illinois Office of the Comptroller
  

2007 – 2010 Senator Selected: Scholarship Recipients

Provided by the Illinois State Board of Education

2010 LPU Abuse: 10,500 [Campaign] Fliers
Taxpayer Production Cost: $670.80 for Labor, Materials and Paper
Taxpayer Postage/Mailing Cost: TBD

National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI) Tax Survey Score [95th G.A.]: 8% ( / 100%)
Taxpayers United of America (TUA) Tax Survey Score [96th G.A.]: 9% ( / 100%)
For the Good of Illinois Record Scorecard [96th and 97th G.A.'s]: 9% ( / 100%)

Residential:

Qualifying District Address:

4325 West Shakespeare Avenue; Chicago, Illinois 60639

Property Index Number (PIN): 13-34-218-014-0000

Board of Review: Certified 2009

Assessor Estimated 2010 Market Value: $271,460.00

2009 Property Taxes [Paid in 2010]: $4,233.01

Public Office:

4150 W. Armitage; Chicago, Illinois 60639
2010/2011 District Office Lease: $1,450.00/month = $17,400.00/Year Taxpayer Cost

• Paperwork Error:  Owner of district office [building], Andres Valladares, did not sign the district lease with the Illinois General Assembly...
• Quid Pro Quo Alert:  This district address once headquartered the campaign ofCitizens for del Valle, who donated $17,470.44 to Delgado, including "in-kind" contributions, in 2002...

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