Happy Days

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Blueberry Picking

Harvesting blueberries is a summertime favorite activity of ours, and today was your first time. We also met a friend along the way, a turtle, who, not surprisingly was named "Charlotte". 

Happy

Look at your faces in this picture. You and daddy, dancing the night away, completely happy. :)

Chesterfield starts with 'Ch'

The Taxpayer knows that the meals tax is really to fix the unsustainable pensions in Chesterfield, not to build new schools.  

How close is Chesterfield to Chicago?  They both start the same... How will it end?

Illinois' $97 billion pension problem isn't doing any favors for Chicago. 

Moody's Investors Service late Wednesday downgraded the city's debt rating from Aa3 to A3 because of the city's "very large and growing" pension liability.

Moody's says the outlook is negative because of "formidable legal and political barriers to pension reform" in Illinois.

The downgrade affects $8.2 billion in debt and means it will cost more for the city to borrow money.

Illinois' credit rating, the lowest in the nation, was downgraded twice in one week last month after lawmakers failed to enact a solution to fix the state's nearly $100 billion pension shortfall.

Moody's downgraded the state's credit rating from A2 to A3 after Fitch Ratings dropped Illinois' rating from A to A-, citing pension problems. Standard & Poor's rating services lowered the rating in January.

Gov. Pat Quinn called a special session after the series of downgrades and last week suspended lawmakers pay after they missed his deadline to deliver pension reform.

Moody's says Chicago has a $19 Billion unfunded pension liability and will face "tremendous strain" in future operating budgets as city officials try to meet funding requirements and public safety demands.

Chesterfield is at least at $645 Million... Maybe those smart budget analyst that follow the Taxpayer can tell us how unsustainable it really. It will affect the young ones the most... No promises kept for them...

"Niwwa mowk peees momma?"

You and your sisters love when I make vanilla milk for you as a special treat. Here is the recipe. A cup of milk, a little sugar, a little vanilla, a lot of hoping these days slow down. They are so sweet.