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Daily Archives: July 9th, 2011

Helmets


Recently a motorcyclist lost his life due to the error of a driver emerging form a side street without seeing the cyclist just the larger vehicle that preceded the Cylist. This a tragedy in 2 ways, first the drivers haste to enter traffic without insuring this move was safe and second the cyclist was not wearing head protection. I have heard a number of reasons for not wearing helmets but when I see a tragedy like this, I feel that none of them hold water. I have been on the receiving end of drivers making mistakes in entering traffic and I was in a vehicle. This first hand involvement was for me horrific even though there was no loss of life just injuries. There is nothing worse than that instant realization of an impact and you can do nothing about it exxept ride it out. Not being a motorcyclist, I still advocate for helmets to save a life as we have drivers with poor judgement on the roads.

What Is Wrong With Illinois?


What is wrong with Illinois? We can’t seem to elect an honest Governor! The current Governor is completely out of touch with the needs of the State and it’s residents. To date we have had a tax increase which is paid by the people who have just had their salaries cut and their raises eliminated. These same folks have made concessions such as unpaid furloughs, legally mandated increases and the increases they would have gotten if the tax increases in their company’s taxes had not occurred. We have incurred on the State and Federal level a depth of incompetence that rivals third world countries. The only thing the public has is the right to vote and unfortunately we have been too trusting in our elected officials to oust them especially when they use certain “sound bites” that arouse our innate fears of one another. We as voters have effectively been “advertised” into voting for the wrong people and been too complacent to remove them. There are no longer two parties any more we just have a group of elected officials who are not doing the job we elected them to do just what ever benefits them personally. Term Limits!