Robert Sanchez
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DuPage considers spending $324,000 on lobbyistsSep 06, 2011 12:00 am - A DuPage County Board panel is recommending approval of one-year contracts for four lobbying firms totaling $324,000. Three of the firms would work with state lawmakers ...
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Giving DuPage to celebrate post-attack ‘spirit of community’Sep 06, 2011 12:00 am - In the decade since Sept. 11, a small army of volunteers has marked each anniversary of the terror attacks by devoting a day to help nonprofit agencies in DuPage County....
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Warrenville to consider higher taxesSep 02, 2011 12:00 am - Warrenville City Council members are expected to vote next week on a proposal to create three new local taxes, increase an existing tax and redistribute another to help ...
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Ex-Addison fire chief dies at 62Sep 01, 2011 12:00 am - A reporter once asked John R. “Jack” Kreft Jr. to name his greatest accomplishment. The former chief of the Addison Fire Protection District didn’t mention any of the hi...
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Winfield second-grader locked out of schoolAug 31, 2011 1:00 am - Two years after being found asleep on the wrong school bus, a Winfield second-grader is having a tough start to another school year. This time, Genevieve D’Agostino says...
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Cronin: Let's look at scaling back governmentAug 31, 2011 12:00 am - DuPage County officials say they hope a push to gather information about area governmental agencies is the first step toward consolidation. DuPage County Board Chairman ...
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Cronin to lay down law to DuPage boardsAug 29, 2011 12:00 am - Financial mismanagement by two DuPage County agencies has the county’s top elected official determined to use his new oversight authority to monitor the spending of the ...
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Lisle-inspired law could be ‘anti-democratic,’ group complainsAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - A local government watchdog group says a new state law inspired by a zoning debate in Lisle has the potential of “justifying anti-democratic procedures” during public he...
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DuPage leaders: O’Hare bypass not enoughAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - Leaders in communities along the western edge of O’Hare International Airport say the extension of the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway and a western bypass around the airport wi...
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DuPage board members balking on youth home planAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin is vowing to win over board members who expressed apprehension this week about a proposal to keep the county’s most troubled yout...