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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 2002
Page
3
A New Year’s Day blaze damaged the Fairmount Waterworks historic building in Philadelphia after a multimillion-dollar restoration. The fire, of unknown origin, started about 10 a.m. and was contained around 12:30 p.m. in Fairmount Park near the Schuylkill River behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Park director William E. Mifflin called the blaze heartbreaking.
State Rep Vincent Persico of Glen Ellyn announced he will resign January 9 to join lobbying work in Springfield. He has served in the Illinois House since 1991. In a separate case, rapper Andre Locke known as Lil Buddy faced federal charges for a bank robbery in Vermillion State Bank, Rosemount Minnesota, after a Friday incident.
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg was sworn in as New York City mayor on New Year’s Day 2002 pledging shared sacrifice to tackle budget gaps over $3 billion and a 1.1 million student school system. He ordered a 20 percent staffing cut and called on city leaders to do the same, while addressing 4,000 guests including Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer.
Rhode Island Supreme Court chief justice Frank Williams blends law and Lincoln scholarship. He keeps 22 000 Lincoln items in chambers and home, uses Lincoln quotes in rulings, and pursues a bibliography of Lincoln titles since 1865. Williams aims to publish essays with SIU Press and a book on the Emancipation Proclamation.
Belleville authorities consider cameras at the Veterans Memorial Fountain after repeated pranks that cost about 400 dollars per incident to drain clean and restore. City supervisor Bill Lugge notes vandals also use vehicles to strike the monument, with fines at least 500 dollars for those caught.
East St Louis starts 2002 without a state oversight budget approval. The Financial Advisory Authority limits spending to 2001 levels as city officials await the panel’s decision. City Manager Harvey Henderson submitted the newest budget and three year plan, but the group has not approved them and meets Jan 26. The panel ordered a 15 day fix or risk intercept of state revenues.
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