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• On the article Blazing Trojans' Locicero Completes Seaon-long Hit Streak

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  7:07 am on Monday, May 20, 2013

  Congrats Geena, you made your parents proud!

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• On the article Motorcycle Dealership Coming to Homewood

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  7:38 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

  Dinkum,

  I took a look at the web site and two Youtube videos. If they are in fact being used by UPS of China, then there is some credibility to the brand.

  The U.S. distributor debut of the brand at SEMA was both questionable and impressive. I get nervous when I hear the words "proprietary components" on a new brand.

  I also noticed that there are two dealers in Illinois, both are north of Chicago, I would check out both dealers before I purchased to get a feel for their "after the sell & warranty" customer service.

  The scooter market took a hard nose dive from 2007-2010 many manufacturers went out of business. So consumers were stuck with warranties that were not enforceable.

  Overall if they are who they represent themselves to be, it looks like a value based AND quality product. 2 year warranty is always impressive if they remain in business, (like I said if UPS of China is actually using these units they, may be a sustainable manufacturer/importer).

  -Art Wiggins

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• On the article Motorcycle Dealership Coming to Homewood

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  3:05 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

  I work on any gasoline internal combustion engine that I can get parts for. The reason I say it that way Dinkum is because so many importers of Chinese/Taiwanese scooter/vehicles have flooded our shores with scooters, yet have done so with no parts supports.

  I recently did a cylinder head rebuild on a 3 wheel scooter imported by "Ice Bear", Parts were impossible to find. It took 4 months to complete the job (the owner had special gaskets made to do it).

  Let me know I am glad to help.

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• On the article Motorcycle Dealership Coming to Homewood

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  11:21 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

  I need to make a correction.

  We have applied for our business license in Chicago Heights. We are currently negotiating with the owners of the property in respect to responsibility of bringing the building to meet city code.

  The property is on the north end of Halsted and because of the proximity to Homewood we will be serving the Homewood/Flossmoor community.

  We do not have any plans to physically locate within the boundaries of the Village of Homewood. We have considered Homewood but Cook County Tax simply prevents such an expansion.

  We do thank the Patch for the help in generating interest in our business.

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• On the article Motorcycle Dealership Coming to Homewood

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  11:20 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

  Thanks for the free ad here.

  I need to make a correction.

  We have applied for our business license in Chicago Heights. We are currently negotiating with the owners of the property in respect to responsibility of bringing the building to meet city code.

  The property is on the north end of Halsted and because of the proximity to Homewood we will be serving the Homewood/Flossmoor community.

  We do not have any plans to physically locate in the boundaries of the Village of Homewood. We have considered Homewood but Cook County Tax simply prevents such and expansion.

  We do thank the Patch for helping generate interest in our business.

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• On the article Little Caesars Coming to Homewood

  

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  3:37 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013

  Dinkum .... you could not be more correct.

  My son brought Little Caesar home last night, I gagged, I asked him Aurelios?, Arrenellos? Sanfratellos?

  He said "this was cheap" in which "I responded its all yours!"

• On the Blog Post Is it Democracy if we are lied to?

  

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  1:40 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

  Stuart,

  The police have listed all the weapon own by his mother. Which includes one bushmaster variant of the AR15 rifle. The rifle removed from that car was an AR15... now was it a colt AR15, or a S&W AR15, or a Rock River AR15, or a homemade AR15 ? I do not know. I do know it was an AR15. I have owned AR15s and the military has given me enough M16s to recognize that silhouette in the dimmest of light (the video was captured during daylight). Deduction or reasoning would lead us to believe that it is the one Bushmaster AR15 as reported that his mother owned.

  But truthfully we do not know and will not know until a report is made public about the incident. I will refrain from debating Sandy Hook simply because of the speculation that has filled the void in the absence of fact.

  I believe what I have asserted to be true about the rifle (it never entered the building), but I do not at this moment think it would be wise for me to propose that belief to be a fact.

• On the Blog Post Is it Democracy if we are lied to?

  

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  12:50 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

  Stuart,

  I have seen uninterrupted helicopter video of police officers removing the bushmaster from the offenders car.

  Sorry I cannot remember the source but I also read an article about the Bushmaster never being carried into the building.

  Knowing that even amateur videographers can manipulate images... I still have reasonable doubt into the assault rifle use. Never the less, I have no problem recanting any of this once the final report is released and proves me wrong.

• On the Blog Post Is it Democracy if we are lied to?

  

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  11:19 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

  Roxie,

  Its not about ranting. Its about the very thing people that run for office and people that are a part of our military swear to up hold and defend. Our Constitution. Far to many people do not understand exactly how important that old document is. Far to many people on the heels of elections and the public's misunderstanding of Constitution, threaten to alter and change.

  What is worse are the people who think that because there are 17 additional Amendments, this somehow presents a need to change. Any one that studies the Constitution understands its importance and its place with in the ideology of freedom.

  So in my case I'm against Kelly not because of any other reason than:
  1) she is apart of the democratic machine (Not as if I have a love for a Republican machine either.)
  2) she seek to alter the Constitution to prevent murders, which are so small in comparison to the population only sensationalized news could get people to pay attention.

• On the Blog Post Is it Democracy if we are lied to?

  

  

  Arthur W. Wiggins Jr.

  11:19 am on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

  Roxie,

  Its not about ranting. Its about the very thing people that run for office and people that are a part of our military swear to up hold and defend. Our Constitution. Far to many people do not understand exactly how important that old document is. Far to many people on the heels of elections and the public's misunderstanding of Constitution, threaten to alter and change.

  What is worse are the people how think that because there are 17 additional amendments, that it shows how it needs to change. Any one that studies the Constitution understands its importance and its place with in the ideology of freedom.

  So in my case I'm against Kelly not because of any other reason than:
  1) she is apart of the democratic machine (Not as if I have a love for a Republican machine either.)
  2) she seek to alter the Constitution to prevent murders, which are so small in comparison to the population only sensationalized news could get people to pay attention.