July the Fourth Voting

“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell

July the Fourth Voting!

Allow an entire week for people to vote on the first week of July the forth.

Allowing people to vote on the first week of July the fourth; thus ensure citizens the time to vote that current voting practices do not.

The fourth of July is a day off for so many people; students and workers alike. Often public transportation is free and readily available in so many cities, townships and the like. Friends and neighbors can carpool. The benefits are endless!

The weather is warmer, sunnier and agreeable for the elderly, handicapped and the young; instead of being bone chilling cold, wet and snowy like February or November.

In these challenging, uncertain and difficult economic times so many people are working two or three or more jobs to merely survive. So many people cannot vote on a singe Tuesday because either they’re too tired, or cannot afford the time and energy of transportation that a single day of voting demands while getting off from work.

We should all celebrate the Fourth of July by being able to vote! What greater why to remember and honor the brave women and men who have given their fullest measure.

We the people must now decide the future of our elected officials. Not a selected few. Secret balloting, voting fraud and irregularities! For a fair, accountable and transparent voting for all Americans, we the people now must demand, that elected officials from alderman to mayors from congressmen to presidents be elected on the first week of July the forth!

Case Study - Skokie 2009 April Election:

1. Why did Skokie have an election in April?
2. Was it to have as little turnout as possible?
3. During religious holidays!
4. College Exams!
5. Spring Break
6. Or to confuse Skokie residents who are accustomed to voting in February and November ?

If approximately 68,423 residents (see Green above in charts) live in a township and an elected official won by 1,749 votes (see Orange above in charts) was that a transparent & publicly known election?

If an election was taking place about a year (2009) before regular Cook County voting (2010) was this in the public best interest of being transparent, open & faire elections?

Was the public informed in 2009 of the time & place to vote in multiple languages with various informational brochures like regular Cook County 2010 election season?

Would the public be more or less informed of where, when & how to vote if the Village of Skokie elections had taken place during regular Cook County February 2010 election season instead of April 2009?

References:
census.gov

http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/ 2009

Township Results

Niles Total Votes: 1,749 % Votes 100% 1,749

Niles 13 Total Votes: 41 100% 41

Niles 15 Total Votes: 38 100% 38

Niles 16 Total Votes: 58 100% 58

Niles 17 Total Votes: 47 100% 47

Niles 18 Total Votes: 25 100% 25

Niles 19 Total Votes: 21 100% 21

Niles 20 Total Votes: 36 100% 36

Niles 21 Total Votes: 27 100% 27

Niles 22 Total Votes: 14 100% 14

Niles 23 Total Votes: 16 100% 16

Niles 24 Total Votes: 20 100% 20

Niles 25 Total Votes: 42 100% 42

Niles 26 Total Votes: 20 100% 20

Niles 27 Total Votes: 22 100% 22

Niles 28 Total Votes: 40 100% 40

Niles 29 Total Votes: 22 100% 22

Niles 30 Total Votes: 23 100% 23

Niles 31 Total Votes: 47 100% 47

Niles 32 Total Votes: 52 100% 52

Niles 33 Total Votes: 25 100% 25

Niles 34 Total Votes: 11 100% 11

Niles 36 Total Votes: 23 100% 23

Niles 37 Total Votes: 17 100% 17

Niles 39 Total Votes: 93 100% 93

Niles 40 Total Votes: 19 100% 19

Niles 41 Total Votes: 46 100% 46

Niles 42 Total Votes: 24 100% 24

Niles 43 Total Votes: 17 100% 17

Niles 44 Total Votes: 28 100% 28

Niles 45 Total Votes: 30 100% 30

Niles 46 Total Votes: 38 100% 38

Niles 47 Total Votes: 29 100% 29

Niles 48 Total Votes: 12 100% 12

Niles 49 Total Votes: 28 100% 28

Niles 58 Total Votes: 4 100% 4

Niles 60 Total Votes: 18 100% 18

Niles 61 Total Votes: 35 100% 35

Niles 62 Total Votes: 29 100% 29

What is SkokieRiver.com?

"How did you go bankrupt?" "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."
Ernest Hemingway (The Sun Also Rises)

Skokie River, a politically non-partisan local community organization leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children living in Skokie. Skokie River’s mission is to create change towards a Skokie free of corruption through transparency, accountability & open discussion.

Skokie River challenges the inevitability of corruption, and offers hope to its victims. Skokie River is just beginning to play a lead role in improving the lives of Skokie residents by building momentum for the anti-corruption movement. Skokie River raises awareness and diminishes apathy and tolerance of corruption, and devises and implements practical actions to address it.

Skokie River endeavors to attain the skills, tools, experience, expertise and broad community participation to fight corruption one neighborhood at a time, as well as through local and regional initiatives. Skokie River is a free online public forum for all concerned Skokie citizens! Any person in Skokie may participate. Please excuse any last minute misspellings & improper grammar.

Will the Village of Skokie become bankrupt?

Can the Village of Skokie become another Enron? Most people would assume that’s impossible. Well, think again. Westfall Township in Pennsylvania is a perfect example. Ernest Hemingway wrote once "How did you go bankrupt?" -"Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."

Westfall Township Files for Bankruptcy
April, 15 2009 WNEP-TV Channel 16
http://www.wnep.com/news/countybycounty/wnep-westfall-township-files-for-bankruptcy,0,4660471.story

excerpt: http://pikecountypress.com/wordpress/tag/westfall/

“Now, we’re going to be paying it strictly through property taxes,”

“But please, don’t touch my income. I just can’t afford to pay any more.”

Though it is not common for a government entity to declare bankruptcy, it is not unprecedented. Orange County, Calif., declared bankruptcy in 1994 after losing $1.7 billion in taxpayer money on risky Wall Street investments. Nevertheless, at the very least serious reviews should be made into preventing such costly damages to Skokie residents.

Once again that is why full, open & accessible transparency of Village of Skokie is so important. Public information should be easily accessible via online with a few mouse clicks. When I first moved to Skokie from Chicago in 2005 I told my friend and landord to buy gold. She said she would think about it. Many years later she recollocts how I told her that bit of small advice. My assumption being gold would be a superior arbitrage differential between inflation and "perhaps" deflation. In any regards, since she's a home owner I would leave her with this small humble advice:

Skokie + 10 years = Enron.

All Skokie citizenry should expect, demand & require only the highest caliber of patriotism, work ethic dedication & moral commitment openly expressed through ones day to day convictions that reflect ones actions. In other words, public service is a 24 hours a day & 7 days a week job requiring no less. Don't talk the talk but walk the walk.

Having the streets & parks become littered with garbage is very symbolic. Especially in these dire, precarious & unpredictable economic times. Honestly through transparency. Like the 1990's saying goes "it's the economy stupid".

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Additional information:

Debtor Name: Westfall Township
Year Filed: 2009
Jurisdiction: United States Bankruptcy Court / Middle District of Pennsylvania
Asset Size: Less than 10,000,000
Case Number: 09-02736
Industry: Government

Education

The kids in Skokie are just brilliant! The students constant improvising, updating and all the hard work Skokie’s school districts students do are amazing. From starting the the use of Google Apps, Dropal & more at Niles North to all Video productions from Niles Wets is just astounding! At times, the teacher becomes the student and the student the teacher. There is always something now and then we can learn from our children if their given a chance.

Police

Let's make teh Skokie Police part of CrimeReports.com. Let’s get more patrols with a two member team per police car. The importance of this very simple change cannot be over estimated. Additional police officers would be required. There’s plenty of government funding out there. Start a Police Information Technology Forensic Team. Promote some of the rank and file to detectives. Share the present Police station with InterPol. The methods are endless!

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Watch the YouTube.com video of CrimeReport.com for the Leesburg PD:

Technology

Let’s make the entire Village of Skokie technologies Open Source. Open Source technologies are just a few very simple methods to modernize and save tax payers money!

• Ubuntu vs. Windows, Apple, etc.


• CentOS vs. Microsoft Server, Novell, etc.


• Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, etc.
  

For just $12.95 a month the Village of Skokie can have a modern, easy to use & efficient email system capable for a 1,000 Skokie employees from Yahoo Small Business.

A 2006 Gartner Report stated: www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=497088
"Too many IT organizations and too much IT spending is not contributing directly to business growth, according to Gartner, Inc. In fact, eight out of ten dollars that companies spend on IT is “dead money”.

"At least two-thirds of all IT spending is just to sustain the business, not to change or transform the business. The investments allocated to do new things, to change the business, are usually low, no more than 20 percent, and the investment in innovations which could transform the business is even less."

That’s why transparency is so important with tax payer’s money. Technology does not have to be complicated nor expensive all the time.

Religious Paradise

Let’s make the Village of Skokie a cultural paradise by daring the Hindus, Jews, & Muslims of Skokie to build their respective house of worship next-door to each other. I ask the question is your hatred for your enemy greater than your love of your children. Don’t let your children’s future be about your struggle with theological inferiority complexes. In other words, our greatest weapon against terrorism we face today is our children. Show the world how so many of Skokie’s children play together from so many diverse religious backgrounds.

University of Skokie

University of Skokie: What a big dream indeed! Nevertheless, just how important is the future of our children and their children. The positive economic, social & cultural impact is beyond words. Please feel free to brainstorm any other ideas here at Skokie River.

What are the necessary civil, legal & economic steps involved? Below are some basic preliminary steps needing further inquiries? Any assistance, advice or constructive comments will be appreciated. Here are my ideas and concerns that need to be improved, corrected or amended.

• A Development Process
  
• Strategic Planning
  
• An executive summary.
  
• Description of Skokie University
  
• Spell out the purpose of University of Skokie
  
• Write a mission statement.
  
• Assess the skills University of Skokie management will team have.
  
• The University of Skokie course outlines
  
• Draft Skokie University program offerings
  
• Write Skokie University curriculum
  
• Detail how Skokie University teach
  
• Qualifications of faculty needed to teach the courses Skokie University are intended to offer
  
• Analyze the costs associated with this process
  
• List University of Skokie supply sources for equipment and books etc,
  
• Establish a need for the program by researching the demographics of the area
  
• Analyze placement possibilities for Skokie University graduates,
  
• Investigate the market Skokie University entering,
  
• Research the general trends in the industry
  
• Analyze market segment Skokie University are pursuing,
  
• Research the niche UoS is targeting
  
• Analyze Skokie University target customer/student,
  
• Find the demographics on Skokie University potential customers/students,
  
• Analyze Skokie University competition
  
• Formulate an admission/marketing plan,
  
• Decide how Skokie University will generate enrollment through advertising,
  
• Estimate promotion and public relations costs,
  
• Analyze the type of students that Skokie University would be targeting
  
• Analyze of the area University of Skokie would be establish the school,
  
• Study other schools of the same type in the area
  
• Estimate all University of Skokie costs conservatively.
  
• Detail Skokie University yearly revenue projections and expenses.

Internationalize

Internationalize
Let’s make the Village of Skokie a Mecca for foreign consulates. With so many diverse foreign nationals residing in Skokie it would be beneficial for the entire Village of Skokie:

• Higher job employment opportunities for Skokie foreign national residents.
  
• More affluent clientele for Skokie’s commercials service sector. Benefiting the banking industry to the local restaurants.
  
• Foreign business interaction opportunities. “Globalism” is here for better or worse. Let’s offer our services & products to the world. Think big!
  
• Facilitate student exchange programs to study abroad!
  

Skokie River

Skokie River, a politically non-partisan local community organization leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children living in Skokie. Skokie River’s mission is to create change towards a Skokie free of corruption through transparency, accountability & open discussion.
Skokie River challenges the inevitability of corruption, and offers hope to its victims. Skokie River is just beginning to play a lead role in improving the lives of Skokie residents by building momentum for the anti-corruption movement. Skokie River raises awareness and diminishes apathy and tolerance of corruption, and devises and implements practical actions to address it.
Skokie River endeavors to attain the skills, tools, experience, expertise and broad community participation to fight corruption one neighborhood at a time, as well as through local and regional initiatives. Skokie River is a free online public forum for all concerned Skokie citizens! Any person in Skokie may participate. Please excuse any last minute misspellings & improper grammar.