CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2011. The Chicago Tribune reports on how some areas of the country, including here in Illinois, are outlawing people from wearing saggy pants, or pants that hang more than 4 inches off the hip. The town of Lynwood, Illinois has an active ordinance against the fashion trend, with[Read More…]
Opinion
Oxford Study Shows One In Six IT Projects End Up ‘Out Of Control’
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–22 August 2011. A surprisingly high number of business and government technology projects are ‘ticking time bombs’, according to researchers at the University of Oxford. They analysed 1,500 global projects that had revamped their information technology systems within the last 10 years. They discovered that one in six projects[Read More…]
The Rick Perry Model
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 22 – ABBY RAPOPORT, rapoport at texasobserver.org Rapoport is a reporter with the Texas Observer. She said today: “Don’t assume a gaffe or two means Rick Perry doesn’t have an excellent campaign strategy. The Texas governor rewrote the playbook on political organizing back in 2010, when he created an[Read More…]
Railfans, Railway Buffs, Railway Enthusiasts All: Prepare for the Park Forest Rail Park
On this hill will rise a viewing platform for the Park Forest Rail Park. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Took a tour of the Park Forest side of the Matteson station for the Matteson Electric Line. Village Manager Tom Mick was kind enough to do the honors. And[Read More…]
Dear Metra Board of Directors: Climb These Stairs, If You Can
The only passage to the train platform at the Matteson station involves climbing three steep sets of stairs. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Commentary By Gary Kopycinski To the Metra Board of Directors: would you make your grandmother walk up these steps? I know many of our elderly residents are fit, but,[Read More…]
SEIU Lauds New DHS Focus on Serious Criminals
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2011. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that an inter-agency task force will begin reviewing 300,000 pending immigration cases to stop removal proceedings if they do not involve high priority cases involving immigrants convicted of serious crimes. Some of the low-priority categories that would be[Read More…]
AT&T Texting Price Hike Shows Danger of No Wireless Competition
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 19 – On Thursday, AT&T confirmed it would no longer offer 1,000 text messages for $10 per month, leaving customers to choose between paying 20 cents per message or $20 per month for unlimited texts. This is the second time this year the company has eliminated lower-cost options, having[Read More…]
Georgetti: Labor Must Win Class War
Las Vega Nevada–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2011. Workers in the United States and Canada are in a class war declared by big business and we’re losing, Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, told delegates. “It is a war that we must win if the labor movement is to survive,” he[Read More…]
CAP Analysis Disproves Claims about Economic Effects of Strengthened Ozone Protections
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2011. As the White House completes its interagency review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s updated ground-level ozone standard to protect public health, some of the companies required to reduce their pollution continue to make exaggerated claims that negative economic impacts will occur due to these updated protections.[Read More…]
Race and Beyond: The Race for the White House
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2011. Given the confusing and crazy history that we Americans seem incapable of rising above, I suppose it was preordained that nearly every conversation about the first black president would devolve to an examination of its racial elements. From the moment then-candidate Barack Obama declared himself a[Read More…]
