PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A REPEAT OF CARLA'S E-MAIL JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GOT THE MESSAGE:

The first phase of our plan to address the stipend issue is that we need each and every Clerk to place a phone call to Director Cynthia Cobbs at her Chicago office at 312-793-3250.  Leave this message:  "I am contacting you, Director, to express my concerns and questions regarding your letter dated August 25, 2009 informing me that the Circuit Court Clerk  stipend will not be paid for the year 2010.  Please return my call so that I can discuss this with you."

It is crucial that we keep our message focused and consistent. Our objective is to demonstrate the abundance of concern throughout the 102 of us at Director Cobbs' premature and unwarranted decision not to fund the stipend.  We need to establish to Dir. Cobbs that there is strong opposition among the Circuit Court Clerks statewide about this and that we are not going to simply accept this unilateral decision.

IF anyone gets a return call, please contact Brittan or I immediately.  I do not anticipate this will occur. But if she does call you back, our questions are:

On what is this decision based?

Could you please forward to me a copy of the AOIC budget? 

Why was this decision made this early in the current fiscal year?

If additional appropriations, or savings within the current budget, become available during the course of the year, is it your intention to reverse this decision?

ALL CLERKS:  PLEASE MAKE THIS CALL TO DIRECTOR CYNTHIA COBBS  A.S.A.P.
(312-793-3250)

Let us know if you get a return call.

Thank you,

Carla