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By Holly RicHRatH

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While many have voicedtheir outrage in responseto Illinois Gov.Pat Quinn andthe GeneralAssemblys de-cision to boostincome andcorporate taxes, one localbusiness owner said it isalmost a step in the right

direction.Joe Russell, owner oRussells Cycle and Fit-ness, said he does not re-ally mind that taxes haveincreased.

I understand the wholetax thing, he said. Its ob-vious that taxes had to goup, but the inuriating partor me is there has been no

discussion aboutexpense contain-ment. Theyrehand-in-hand.Both things haveto happen and

they didnt.Russell added that he

does not plan to hit his

customers pocket booksas a means to absorb theloss.

At this point in time, wend it very dicult to tryand pass on any new ex-

penses to our customers,Russell said. Its just thewrong time to do it.

Quinn signed the legis-lation Jan. 13, which tem-porarily raises Illinois in-come taxes by two-thirds.Personal income tax hasincreased rom 3 percentto 5 percent, while corpo-rate rates jumped rom 4.8percent to 7 percent.

As a result o the statebudget deicit, which is

projected to reach $15 bil-lion in the coming year,ocials warned that stategovernment might not be

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Considering the circumstances some-where between 12 and 18 inches o snow Washington administrators believe theoperation o cleaning up and keeping citi-zens sae during the snow storm Mondaythrough Wednesday, went rather well.

Realistically, it went as well as couldhave been expected, said Deputy Chie o

Police Don Volk.Volk said the biggest deterrent to get-

ting the streets plowed even quicker wasthe same thing they spent the better parto Thursday dealing with abandonedvehicles in and near the roads.

(Wednesday) morning they had threeor our on Cummings Lane they had totow out o the snow drits just so theycould get the (snow) plows down, Volksaid. There are still only two out o thethree lanes that are open (on CummingsLane).

City Administrator Bob Morris saidCruger Road may have been the worstroad.

We had some very serious dritingbecause o the high wind Cruger Road(was) in really bad condition, Morris said.It (was) open to trac, but in some placesit (was) only wide enough or one car.

Volk said one area o concern was that apart o the Rolling Meadows North subdi-vision lost power rom sometime Tuesdayevening until Wednesday morning.

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By Holly RicHRatH

TimsNwspprs

Busy, loving, kind andcaring these are thewords Marian Marshallused to describe her hus-band, Ron.

Ron Marshall died Jan.23. He served as Wash-ingtons mayor rom 1981to 1989. However, he re-mained active in the com-munity ater his time as

mayor was over.Marian said ater herhusband retired rom 20years in the Air Force andeight years as Washing-tons mayor, he kept busycoaching gol at IllinoisCentral College and wasactive with the local VFW.

He really enjoyed beingactive in the community,she said.

City administrator,Bob Morris said he wasshocked when he oundout about Marshallsdeath.

I had just spoken tohim on the phone a coupledays beore he passedaway, Morris said. Hewas always just so ull olie and energetic.

Although the two menserved Washington at di-erent times, Morris saidMarshall was always veryhelpul when he would callwith questions.

He lled in the blanksor me on occasion and heshared quite a bit o hisexperience as mayor withme, Morris said. All mydealings with him werejust so positive, becausethats just the way he was.He was smiling when hecame in and when he let,we were both smiling.

Don Gronewold took

over as mayor in 1989, a-ter Marshalls second term.

Ron was a really goodguy, said Gronewold,who served as mayor until2001.

Gronewold, now theonly surviving ex-mayor oWashington, said news oMarshalls death also cameas a surprise to him. Hehad just seen and spokento him about a week be-ore at Mayor Gary Mani-ers monthly Cofee.

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By BRandon scHatsiek

TimsNwspprs

Budget planning orthe scal year 2011-12 andDallas Road constructionwere two o the main dis-cussion points at Washing-tons city council meetingMonday night.

The low-bidder was Il-linois Civil Contractors inEast Peoria at $755,758

more than $200,000 lessthan originally budgetedor by the city.

Because the IllinoisDepartment o Transpor-tation is the contractingagency, the city will onlypay 30 percent o thatcost, but 100 percent oconstruction engineeringcosts.

Obviously we are ingo mode, said City Ad-

ministrator Bob Morris.Weve already inormedIDOT (that we concurwith awarding the bid toICC).

The contract allows 100working days or comple-tion o construction, whichshould result in the jobbeing completed by mid-September i construction

State tax hike could hit

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