Articles filed under County Board
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Those who run should not hideSep 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Is it too obvious to say that when someone runs for office, his or her life becomes an open book? Or, in today's terms, an easily accessed Web page? Perhaps not. Some se...
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Campaign quiet, but family says Lake Co. board hopeful will be backSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - She has a website announcing her campaign, a phone number people can call to donate, and a list of issues she is looking to address when running for Lake County Board Di...
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Opponents try to tie Preckwinkle to Cook corruptionSep 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Candidates for Cook County Board president attacked what they said was a culture of government corruption, with Republican Roger Keats and Green Party nominee Tom Tresse...
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Cook County 15th District hopefuls talk sales taxAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Businesses owners from Cook County towns, including Palatine and Hanover Park, have protested the county's sales-tax increase over the past two years. They blamed the in...
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To golf or not to golf? Dist. 15 hopefuls weigh in on Fort SheridanAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - A Democratic candidate for the Lake County Forest Preserve District board says the county should consider paying off Town of Fort Sheridan residents rather than building...
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DuPage Co. chairman candidates weigh in on water costsAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Invoices related to the DuPage Water Commission's financial crisis didn't come only to the agency's headquarters in Elmhurst. Some municipal taxpayers also helped foot a...
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Money not flowing into Lake Co.'s 15th District raceJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The three candidates running for the 15th District seat on the Lake County Board haven't exactly been lighting the world on fire when it comes to fundraising. Incumbent ...
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Cook Board makes separate health board permanentJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cook County Board voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to make the independent board overseeing the Health & Hospitals System permanent. The board voted by a seemingly veto-...
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Preckwinkle says no sales tax repeal until 2012, at bestMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago Alderman Toni Preckwinkle said Wednesday she will be unable to repeal the sales tax increase she has targeted on the campaign trail until 2012, or later, if elec...
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Cook Co. board fails to topple Stroger veto of hiring freezeMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cook County Board failed to override President Todd Stroger's veto of a hiring freeze Tuesday when two co-sponsors of the measure abandoned it in the final roll call...