Articles filed under County Board President
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Preckwinkle vows to clean houseOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Should Democratic candidate Toni Preckwinkle prevail in the Nov. 2 race for Cook County Board president, she vows to do some housecleaning. Immediately. “This is clean-s...
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Cook board prez hopeful Keats plots media 'ambush'Oct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Roger Keats, Republican candidate for Cook County Board president, plans a media “ambush" of his Democratic opponent, Chicago Hyde Park Alderman Toni Preckwinkle, in the...
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Cronin talks of consolidating forest preserve with DuPage Co.Oct 10, 2010 11:00 pm - For the past eight years, the DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission has operated as a separate entity of government, rather than part of the county board as it had fo...
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Cook prez opponents gang up on PreckwinkleSep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Faced with the daunting prospect of running against the Democratic nominee in the race for Cook County Board president, the Republican and Green Party candidates took th...
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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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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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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...
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Stroger vetoes Cook hiring freezeMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has vetoed a countywide hiring freeze approved in an attempt to rein in his lame-duck spending. The hiring freeze, which also fr...