News from 2013
How About Incentives for Illinois’ Real Job Creators?
MaischA lot of discussion has been given recently to several large businesses in Illinois who have gone to the Legislature and asked for tax incentives. As someone who represents 11,000 small businesses in Illinois, I don’t fault them for trying and for following the rules and the laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly.However, it strikes me that if Illinois lawmakers focused on making Illinois
2013: Bid rigging corruption case involving Bathon results in convictions
Bathon HerndonVictories for honest government came to Madison County in 2013 by way of convictions in a tax-buying, bid-rigging scheme. Former Madison County Treasurer Fred Bathon pled guilty in February to violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. He was convicted of structuring property tax sales in a way that eliminated competitive bidding and increased interest rates for the tax buyers in exchange
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Madison County foreclosures Dec. 9-13
December 9, 2013
St. Clair County foreclosures Nov. 26-Dec. 9
November 26, 2013
Heroin dealer confesses drug business caused deaths
Heroin dealer Deborah Perkins at last confessed that her drug business caused Jessie Williams and Jennifer Herling to die.
St. Clair County real estate Dec. 9-12
December 9, 2013Belleville$8,500- 23 S 16th Street- Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to Kaja Holdings 2 LLC$205,000- 13 Signal Hill Boulevard- Gerda Lenor Link to Amy Kohler$42,800- 337 Bunker Hill Road- Estate of Mary Ann Barnes to Kenneth and Margaret McIntyre$52,000- 2008 E. Main Street- Loretta M. Berne and Cheryl Largent to Piney Ridge Properties LLC$45,050- 2021 West A Street- Carolyn Harrington