Jake Griffin
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Township lobbying staff receiving public pensionsMar 13, 2012 11:00 pm - Though it's funded almost entirely by townships out of their tax collections, the lobbying association of the state's townships is not subject to public scrutiny of its ...
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Tax levies up 48% from 2000 across Cook CountyMar 12, 2012 12:00 pm - A new study indicates Cook County's 550-plus taxing bodies combined to increase their collective property tax levies by 48 percent between 2000 and 2010. The Chicago-bas...
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Shatner treks to Chicago for one-man showMar 11, 2012 6:00 am - William Shatner is sick, but he refuses to admit it. "We'll call it early morning stuffiness," he hoarsely growled via phone from New York City - at 2:30 in the afterno...
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Men at Work frontman now successful troubadourMar 09, 2012 5:00 am - In the old days, they would have called Colin Hay a troubadour. And he would have traveled from town to town on a steed, guitar strapped to his chest, regaling those he...
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Suburban health care workers face federal chargesMar 07, 2012 12:53 pm - Several suburban health care workers have been added to a federal Medicare fraud indictment involving a Berwyn man who used to run operations in Chicago. Jacinto “John” ...
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West Chicago parks' finances called into questionMar 07, 2012 4:00 am - Don Voelz is one of seven West Chicago Park District commissioners controlling the agency's purse strings. He's also one of three commissioners with family members who h...
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Township study gives high marks to townshipsMar 06, 2012 6:30 pm - Township government provides the most bang for a taxpayer's buck. That's according to a study commissioned by Township Officials of Illinois, the lobbying arm of more th...
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Are we having the best winter ever?Feb 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Call it the nice-winter trifecta. This winter, so far, has been one of the least snowy, with only six winters in the history of Chicago weather record-keeping having les...
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Want a say about township government? Now's the timeFeb 28, 2012 10:00 pm - Last year, the Daily Herald investigated township government spending and found part-time trustees getting pension benefits, more than $1 million being spent on free hea...
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Suburbs getting more property taxesFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - At a time when property values have gone down considerably, many suburbs have sharply increased how much they're receiving in property taxes. More than two dozen towns t...