Articles filed under Referendum

• Endorsement: Yes on revamped Millburn Dist. 24 tax proposalMar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends a yes vote for a revamped, one-yeartax proposal to help Millburn Elementary School Dist. 24 cope with declining state aid.
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes to Lake Park pool questionsMar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends voting yes on Lake Park High School District 108's requests to build and operate a swimming pool.
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes on electrical aggregation Mar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends a yes vote for voters in communities asking for the authority to cooperate with other towns to reduce electricity rates.
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes to replace center for special needs studentsMar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends voting yes to support construction of a new early childhood center in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200.
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes on tax for Round Lake Park police pensions Mar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends a yes vote for police pensions in Round Lake Park.
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes for increase in Itasca Dist. 10Mar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends voters approve a request for a property tax increase to fun Itasca Elementary District 10.
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes to retain at-large elections in NapervilleMar 22, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends Naperville residents vote yes to retain the existing system of at-large election of city council members.
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes to reduce size of fire district boardMar 22, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Daily Herald editorial recommends a yes vote to reduce the size of the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District board.
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes to McHenry Dist. 156 bond issueMar 22, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Endorsement: Yes on Winfield sales tax increase for roadsMar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald recommends a YES vote on Winfield's request for a sales tax increase to use toward road repairs.
  

   
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  Millburn District 24 seeks taxpayers' help in April election Mar 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  Millburn Elementary District 24 officials say they've done everything possible to shore up finances and now hope to gain support from taxpayers for a measure on the April 9 ballot. District 24 is seeking voter permission to go beyond a state-imposed cap on annual property tax levy increases only on bills issued in 2014. School officials say they need the ability to make up for recent reductions in state and federal education funding.
  

   
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  School building costs worry Oak Brook residents Mar 3, 2013 12:00 AM
  A handful of Oak Brook residents expressed concerns Saturday about the potential cost of approving a pair of referendum questions on the April 9 ballot that would clear the way for Butler Elementary District 53 to build a new school to replace its two existing facilities. Voters in the district are being asked this spring to approve a tax increase that would allow the district to seek a $15 million loan to help construct the proposed $40 million school.
  

   

• Blackberry Township seeks more taxes for roadwork Feb 20, 2013 12:00 AM
  Blackberry Township is asking taxpayers to almost double the amount they pay its road district, in an April referendum. "People really truly have to realize that if they live on a road that they thinks is deteriorating now," they'll have to wait a long time for fix without the tax increase, highway commissioner Rodney Feece said.
  

   

• Panel debates Naperville voter district referendum Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
  A DuPage County circuit judge is a little more than a week away from ruling whether a controversial Naperville referendum question can remain on the ballot. But that didn’t stop Naperville residents from discussing the pros and cons of a proposed referendum to overturn a 2010 measure approved by voters that ordered the city to move toward a combination of at-large and district representation by 2015.
  

   

• Bartlett hosts meeting on electricity aggregation Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  The village of Bartlett will hold a public information meeting on electricty aggregation at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at village hall, 228 S. Main St.
  

   

• Only one way to know what voters want Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
  Letter to the editor: Harry Trumfio writes that even though Bill Gnech's petition wasn't worded properly, there was no mistaking he wanted term limits to be voted on in Arlington Hts.
  

   
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  Millburn seeks 1-year tax help, other measures on Lake County ballotsFeb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
  Millburn Elementary District 24 voters will decide a referendum question asking for permission to allow a larger-than-usual property tax increase just for next year. District 24's measure is one of 13 referendum questions that'll be on Lake County ballots April 9. A majority of the questions pertain to whether local governments should be allowed to seek cheaper electricity for residents and small businesses.
  

   

• Residents in unincorporated Warren Township to get a second try at aggregation question Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
  Some voters in Warren Township may do a double-take when they see a question regarding electrical aggregation on their ballots April 9. What they'll see in April, with the exception of a single word, will be the same question that was handily approved in November by 60 percent of those who voted.
  

   

• Board leaves term limits off Arlington Hts. ballot Jan 23, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Arlington Heights Village Board has passed up its last chance to put a term limits referendum on the April ballot. On Tuesday — the deadline for a municipality to put a referendum on the ballot — the board declined to put forth an initiative calling for term limits for municipal officials.
  

   

• Term limits would rob us of best office holders Jan 21, 2013 12:00 AM
  Letter to the editor: Richard Frisbie makes the case against term limits for local office holders. "Most office holders are decent people, muddling through with good intentions and a degree of common sense," he writes.