Local Politics
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Water district candidates discuss suburban representationFeb 20, 2014 4:30 am - Although about half the population of Cook County lives in the suburbs, only one commissioner on the nine-member Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board resides ou...
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Endorsement: Bartels for Lake County Board Dist. 10Feb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Three ambitious and competent candidates are seeking the Republican seat in Lake County Board District 10 that is being vacated by Diana O'Kelly after 20 years. Mundelei...
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Endorsement: Davoust for Kane County clerkFeb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Turnout was 12.4 percent - or 26,593 ballots cast - in Kane County for the April 2011 election, the lowest in 24 years for a nonpartisan, consolidated election. A mere 2...
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Endorsements for McHenry County Board districts 1, 3, 5, 6Feb 20, 2014 12:01 am - With work nearing completion on a long-awaited Unified Development Ordinance, changes planned to an often criticized stormwater management ordinance, decisions to be mad...
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Endorsement: Doody Gorman for Cook County Board, Dist. 17, GOPFeb 20, 2014 12:01 am - Residents of Des Plaines, and some in Elk Grove Village, Rosemont and Park Ridge, might well be bewildered to learn they need an understanding of Orland Park politics in...
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Endorsement: Werfel for Lake County Board Dist. 6Feb 20, 2014 12:01 am - The two Republican candidates vying for the District 6 seat on the Lake County Board agree on the issues far more than they disagree. Tim Powell, a retired 30-year sheri...
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Suburban Cook County voters can apply for mail ballots onlineFeb 20, 2014 12:00 am - A new online mail ballot application for suburban Cook County voters has been launched to expedite the mail balloting process. “Instead of printing out a paper applicati...
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Endorsements: Ishmael, Martin, Taylor for Kane County BoardFeb 20, 2014 12:00 am - There are primaries in three Kane County Board races: between Democrats in District 3, and Republicans in districts 5 and 11. In District 3, we endorse challenger Donal...
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Editorial: For Democratic Lake County sheriff: PattFeb 19, 2014 12:01 am - The March 18 Democratic primary for Lake County Sheriff features two law enforcement veterans who are critical of incumbent Mark Curran and say it's time for new leaders...
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For McHenry sheriff, GOP: ZinkeFeb 19, 2014 12:01 am - The race for McHenry County sheriff comes with some controversy, with apparent conflict between the department's existing leadership and the state's attorney's office, a...