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AP announces outcome: Brady defeated CHRISTINA SPAKOUSKY Daily Egyptian Gov. Pat Quinn has defeated Rep. Bill Brady in a race that John Jackson calls about as "unofficially ended as it can get." "It's not really official until the state declares it, but they have procedures
they go through and that could take 30 days," said Jackson, a visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. The Associated Press declared Quinn the winner Thursday afternoon with a 20,000 vote lead over Brady and 100 percent of precincts reporting. The news service analyzed uncounted absentee and provisional ballots and
determined that there weren't enough votes left for Brady to overcome Quinn's lead. "I think the people of Illinois know I won the election," Quinn said at a Chicago deli. Please see UPDATE | 6
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City crime drops, cameras to be installed on campus Chief: Watchful citizens, hard work of police led to burglary decline NICK JOHNSON Daily Egyptian An increase in citizen involvement and the hard work of Carbondale police have led to a substantial decline in residential burglaries, Carbondale Police Chief Jody O'Guinn said. Residential burglaries dropped to 56 between Aug. 1 to Oct. 24, from 84 within the same period a year ago, according to data from the Police Department. Extra patrols in the neighborhoods and the finding of good evidence at some burglary scenes have been instrumental in the decline, but watchful citizens have contributed to it as well, O'Guinn said. Many more citizens than last year are reporting suspicious people and vehicles, and providing anonymous tips to police, he said. "People don't like crime in their neighborhoods and they're tired of it," he said. "So along with the fact that they're fed up with crime in their neighborhoods, they're also wanting to respond to our plea requesting information, and it seems to be working very well."
James Scales, chair of the Attucks Community Services Board, said a successful neighborhood watch program has had a primary role in knocking down the crime rate in the community. The Police Department gave several presentations on effective neighborhood watch programs on the city's northeast side, Scales said. "Quite a few families over here got invested in that. They signed up for it and helped look out for their neighbors and each other," he said. Just as police have done an excellent job of communicating their role to citizens, the community itself has also been vigilant, expressing at town meetings that it is tired of the crime in the streets and neighboring communities, Scales said. Citizen calls helped police arrest some vehicle burglary suspects, several of whom were homeless, O'Guinn said. Vehicle burglary cases from Aug. 1 to Oct. 24 dropped only slightly from the same interval last year, going from 42 in 2009 to 39 this year.
Ashleigh Dixon, a junior from Petersburg, Va., studying early childhood education, poses for a portrait Wednesday in lot 45. Dixon said her car was vandalized in lot 45 Oct. 12 and nothing could be done about it partly because of the lack of security cameras. DAN DWYER DAILY EGYPTIAN
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Parking lot to receive surveillance cameras LAUREN LEONE Daily Egyptian Todd Sigler says security cameras will be installed in lot 45 near Wall and Grand Apartments though no timetable has been set for their installation. Sigler, director for the Department of Public Safety, said several overnight parking lots, beginning
with those of highest occupancy — lot 23, northeast of Greek Row by Thompson Point and lot 59, northwest of Greek Row near SIUC School of Law — are next on the list. Only one parking lot on campus, lot 106 on South Wall Street, has security cameras, he said. Cameras were equipped in this particular lot in 2006 to reduce
vandalism and theft, which had been problematic, he said. Although installing cameras in lot 45 and others across campus would not eliminate crime, Sigler said campus police saw a reduction in crime after the camera installation. “I'm confident that it has reduced the problems,� he said. “We feel it was money well spent.�
Ashleigh Dixon, a junior from Petersburg, Va., studying early childhood education, said her car was vandalized Oct. 12 in lot 45. Because there were no security cameras, she said campus police said nothing else could be done without any leads or suspects. “Besides filling out a police report, there wasn’t anything that could be done because I had no evidence to go off,� she said. Dixon said she met with Si-
gler on Monday to express concerns with the lack of security cameras in overnight parking lots. Camera installation would help prevent vandalism from happening again, she said. There were 20 reports of vandalism or theft in lot 45 from Aug. 2009 to Sept. 2010 with only 3 arrests, according to the department. Please see SAFETY | 10
State sales of tobacco bonds could guide MAP grant money RYAN VOYLES Daily Egyptian The next month could decide whether the state will provide money for the Monetary Awards Program or other parts of higher education, according to SIU spokesman Dave Gross. Gross said Illinois’ Office of Management and Budget is working to sell its tobacco bonds, which would provide more than $1 billion to the
state to help provide budgetary relief. "If that gets done in the next few weeks, that would free up money for MAP funding and operation moneys for the university," Gross said. "So that transaction, authorized by the general assembly, moving forward to the governor's office, should take place in the next few weeks." The MAP grant is used by roughly 5,000 students at SIUC to pay for their education, said SIU President Glenn Poshard. He said no state uni-
versities have received their money for the grant this year, and no timetable has been set by the state for when they can expect to receive it. "That may be an issue that surfaces here before the fall is over," Poshard said. "If not now, then in the spring we're going to have to really impress upon the state that these are not moneys that can be delayed." He said the state is still repaying money from last fiscal year. Gross said the tobacco bond
comes from an agreement in 1998 between several states — including Illinois — and companies in the tobacco sector regarding Medicaid claims and other health issues. "The states a few years back sued the tobacco companies to recover the cost from tobacco-related incidents and there was a large settlement that the tobacco companies came to," he said. The settlement called for Illinois to receive $9.1 billion over the span
of 27 years. But it may be easier said than done for the state to sell the bonds. Dick Larkin, a senior vice-president and director of credit analysis at Herbert J. Sims & Co, told the Bond Buyer newspaper in August this economy was the worst possible time for the state to look into selling tobacco bonds. Please see MAP | 6