Email your Congressman today!!!

We must change the Economic Recovery Plan from 1/3 tax cuts for the Middle Class to Jobs, Jobs and Jobs!!! Only 1/5 of the money is going to Jobs per Rep.
Defazio, (http://www. defazio. house. gov/).
We have already done tax cuts recently and they did not work! Why because the Middle Class does not go out and spend that money they get it entangled with the Financial Services Industries through their mortgages and debt, we all know that throwing money at those institutions is like throwing a water balloon at a burning house!
I Love the Middle Class but we need Jobs!!!! Infrastructure, the Greening of our Energy Grid, Mass Transit, retrofitting buildings for conservation, these are good investments at this time, not tax cuts! Obama will just have to pay his donors and voters back later in his term, when the economy has recovered a bit!
Also Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, Medicaid spending, these expenditures will help those amongst us who are falling off the cliff, to hang on, they also help the states with their budgets.

What we don't need is 50 Million to the National Endowment for the Arts, I love the arts but not right now, things are too dire!
We don't need 200 Million to Rehabilitate the lawn of the National Mall, unless Obama means to grow organic fruits and veggies on the Mall for the poor, there is just no reason to spend money on that right now!!!
We don't need 500 Million for bomb detectors in the airports for the TSA, isn't it funny how there has not been another attack like 9/11 since 9/11? Any one questioning the War on Terror right about now? I digress, my apologies.

Please pick up the phone and demand a better deal for America;
More Green for our Buck! More Bucks for our Poor!

Change Gonna Come!

Today, January 25, 2009 is a great day for the American people. As I sit here watching the Obama Inauguration I am proud to be an American citizen. I was just a child when JFK was elected and remember how the country and the world swirled around that administration and now we are seeing it again, perhaps even more as we have seen the media refer to this a Obama Fever.



However all is not good in our country and especially in our great state of Illinois. We must as people of this state take control of our civil servants and demand that they begin to work for us. Many of the elected officials feel that we owe them the job, but they are very mistaken as they owe us to be our servant that will listen to what our needs are. Millions are out of work, including myself, and though this is a festive day, many of our citizens are suffering while we spend billions of dollars for a bail out of the banks who refuse to turn around and help people.



US Congress needs look at the people, listen to the people, and work for the people in this country. The American people need to demand change. The American people need to understand the change only happens when they make it happen. Sure we elected a new President, and I pray he does the job, but this is not change. They only handed the reins over from the Republicans to the Democrats. If the American people want to demand real change, it is time to force the political scene to accept a third party. In Illinois we have a three party system but many people are not aware of this because the media will not give the Green Party the respect they deserve. Rise up people and start demanding to know more about the Green Party and ask the news media to start giving equal coverage to a party that has equal status in Illinois.





Rodger Jennings

Chairman of the Metroeast Green Party

www.metroeastgreenparty.org

METROEAST GREEN PARTY TO MEET

The Metroeast Green Party will hold its first meeting of 2009 on January 25, 2009. It will be held at the Lighthouse Media Center, 115 Market Street, Alton, Illinois at 2 pm. It is open to the public and all ages are welcome to attend.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Social time
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Party business
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Open Discussions


If you are interested in changing the fate of our citizens in the state of Illinois, consider attending the Green party meeting on January 25. We offer people a third party choice and we will be working to bring in new members to help grow our cause. For more information about the Metroeast Green Party, please go to www.metroeastgreenparty.org or visit the Green Party of Illinois at www.ilgp.org.

If you have any questions, please respond to this email.


Rodger Jennings
Chairman of the Metroeast Green Party
www.rodgerjennings.org
www.metroeastgreenparty.org

Project Manager Job Seach

I am searching for a job in the field of PROJECT MANAGEMENT. I was laid off from my job in June, 2008.

I have established a proven track record of developing and implementing strategic process enhancements that drive operational efficiency, significant cost savings, and business growth in my 25+ years as a leader in the areas Process Improvement and Project Management. Skilled in managing projects from inception to implementation, identifying IT solutions, and building and leading high-performing teams, I am confident in my ability to generate superior results for your organization.

In leadership positions with Western Union, I have consistently enabled success by leading business units to implement process improvements that save money, eliminate waste, and enhance productivity. My most valuable accomplishments include:

• Recommending and leading call change project that provided Western Union agents access to make system changes to non-financial areas of money transfers. Result: Project has saved company $12 million to date and continues to save an average of $3-4 million/year.
• Spearheading compliance and subpoena project to reduce paper handling and manpower. Result: Saved company $250,000/year. (Savings are ongoing.)
• Overseeing move of 200 employees and equipment to new building. Result: No business delays. Move was completed over 1 weekend.
• Managing transition of reports from old image system to new system and directing customization of new system for worldwide users. Result: Successful new OnDemand system is still in use and expanding.
• Oversaw Change Management Processes for the building population.
• Receiving numerous awards, including: 1st Quarter Accelerator Award for Team Work (2008); Team of the Quarter Award (2005); CFO Team of Excellence Award (2002 and 2001).


RODGER W. JENNINGS
Alton, Illinois 62002
rwjsr2220@sbcglobal.net

PROJECT MANAGER / SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT / IT MANAGER

I am a seasoned, award-winning Project Management leader and IT Manager with more than 25 years of experience developing and implementing process enhancements that drive operational efficiency, cost savings, and business growth. Expertise in spearheading complex, large-scale projects that require expert facilitation of communications between business units. Proven track record of identifying IT solutions, streamlining processes, and building and leading high-performing teams that enable optimum bottom-line results.


Technical Skills
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt • Project Management • IT Systems & Solutions
Team Leadership • Systems Implementation • Operational Streamlining • Disaster Recovery
Computer Operations Management • Vendor Relations • Strategic Planning
Staff Management • Training • Cost Avoidance • Change Management Process • MS Software Proficient • Project Management Software Tools

Achievements
• Spearheaded Process Improvement Projects - Recommending and leading call change project that provided Western Union agents access to make system changes to non-financial areas of money transfers saving an average of $3-4 million/year. Also headed a compliance and subpoena project to reduce paper handling and manpower resulting in $250,000/year savings.
• Installed Change Management Procedures to align building practices to accept continual change occurring in the workplace.
• System Migration from paper to an online document solution to reduce cost of paper and increase production time to retrieve information via online solutions.
• Development of Software leading teams to develop software for process improvements.
• More achievements available upon request.

Education
• AA in Computer Technology Control Data Institute, St. Louis, Missouri
• BA in Information Technology Rochelle University, Clearwater Florida
• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt First Data Corp, Denver, Colorado

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WESTERN UNION
Senior Manager, Black Belt Quality and Process Improvement

Senior Manager, Data Center

Computer Operations Manager

Computer Operations Supervisor

EDS
Computer Operations Supervisor at Western Union Facility

Early Career or detail information on professional experience is available upon request.