Narrator in the fall of 2011, as autumn leaves begin to warm the landscape of the picturesque town of dixon, illinois, a cold reality is taking hold. The city was drowning in debt. There were streets that went unpaved, there were sidewalks that went, you know, unfixed because the city, as they believed, had no money to take care of those sorts of things. Narrator dixon mayor jim burke hears the message of distress year after year from the city official pulling dixons Purse Strings comptroller Rita Crundwell. She would present the figures for the annual budget workshop and would show that it was gonna be nip and tuck because of the financial situation. Narrator but this fall, crundwell is taking Vacation Time to prepare for a quarter horse exhibition. Shes hoping to add to her already extensive collection of trophies as a World Champion showhorse breeder and exhibitor. Back in dixon, however, the woman filling in for crundwell goes through the citys financials and uncovers a mysterious
So integrator our neighborhood and our school. Host i did want to ask that question. How much black people were living in stamford, connecticut, in 1963 . Guest it was north stanford so thats, morland and so it was our family. 63 there may have been more. There may have been two or three who lived up in that section of town. Still very much segregated in stamford, connecticut,. Host what do you remember about that segregation, possibly one of the few africanamericans . Guest i remember in Elementary School children ask d me if i made the and me feeling very insecure, very shy, didnt speak at all. I wouldnt ask questions. I wouldnt wear my glasses because i did want to be different in any other way. I didnt understand that was part of my experience there being the only black child in the fifth grade. So fifth grade is only black child in school. Host why did mom and dad want you to have that, or want you to live there . Guest i dont think the water as to that level of isolation nor lack
Narrator in the fall of 2011, as autumn leaves begin to warm the landscape of the picturesque town of dixon, illinois, a cold reality is taking hold. The city was drowning in debt. There were streets that went unpaved, there were sidewalks that went, you know, unfixed because the city, as they believed, had no money to take care of those sorts of things. Narrator dixon mayor jim burke hears the message of distress year after year from the city official pulling dixons Purse Strings comptroller Rita Crundwell. She would present the figures for the annual budget workshop and would show that it was gonna be nip and tuck because of the financial situation. Narrator but this fall, crundwell is taking Vacation Time to prepare for a quarter horse exhibition. Shes hoping to add to her already extensive collection of trophies as a World Champion showhorse breeder and exhibitor. Back in dixon, however, the woman filling in for crundwell goes through the citys financials and uncovers a mysterious
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Jose. Topping out at 72 for santa rosa as well as for fairfield. We will talk more about what you can expect taking a through the week, details on that coming up. Gianna . Good morning. Taking a look at the the roadways right now, if you are heading out the door early, if you plan on taking the san mateo bridge, headsup, we got a crash still in the clearing stages. That is our busiest spot this morning. Two lanes are blocked because of this. Give yourself a few extra minutes. You can always use the dumbarton bridge. As drive times go, 30 minutes. Between 880 and 101, as opposed to the dumbarton bridge, only about a 10minute ride if you go between 880 over towards marsh road. Now, the there is not a lot of volume on the roadways this morning. It is Holiday Light overall because of the president s day holiday. A live look at the san mateo bridge. This is closer to the toll plaza. We are dealing with some fog across the span there as well. 880, starting to be able to see the freeway a lit