Articles filed under Municipal Elections
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Objection filed to Arlington Hts. term limit petitionAug 12, 2014 1:01 am - An Arlington Heights resident has filed an objection to a petition asking that voters decide whether the village's elected officials should be subject to term limits. T...
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Prospect Hts. clerk and treasurer could be appointedJul 30, 2014 1:01 am - Prospect Heights voters will decide Nov. 4 whether the city clerk and city treasurer positions should be appointed rather than elected, the city council decided this wee...
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Emanuel super PAC raises $1 million in 2 weeksJul 03, 2014 1:01 am - A super PAC created to help re-elect Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his allies on the Chicago City Council has raked in $1 million largely from high profile members of C...
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Chicago pension overhaul could reverberate in 2015 electionJun 10, 2014 1:01 am - A new law overhauling two of Chicago's pension systems is already November election fodder for Gov. Pat Quinn's Republican challenger, but the issue could also ripple in...
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Felon bounced from Cook County Board ballotJan 16, 2014 7:50 pm - A former Chicago streets and sanitation commissioner was ruled ineligible for a run for a seat on the Cook County Board. Al Sanchez was released from federal prison in ...
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Weren’t you the mayor? Former leaders talk about time since leaving officeDec 28, 2013 7:00 am - When hundreds of jubilant Arlington Heights residents gathered at North School Park for the town’s annual Christmas tree lighting a few weeks ago, Arlene Mulder was amon...
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Arlington Heights resident wants term limits on 2014 ballotAug 13, 2013 3:28 pm - An Arlington Heights resident who has battled with the village before isn’t giving up his quest to get a referendum on term limits for elected officials on the ballot. B...
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Island Lake blog shut downAug 05, 2013 6:14 pm - A long-running blog about Island Lake politics and events unceremoniously closed over the weekend. The site, at theblog1.com, once was run by then-Trustee Laurie Rabatti...
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Ex-Island Lake mayor knew of controversial robocall scriptJul 19, 2013 5:15 am - 40-second message targeted rival just before election
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Steve Lentz settling in as Mundelein's mayorJul 05, 2013 3:00 am - For new Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz, the hardest part of the job isn't keeping cantankerous trustees in line or fielding complaints from angry residents. It's the prospe...