Articles filed under Referendum
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Prospect Heights rejects home rule a 3rd timeMar 20, 2012 7:59 pm - Prospect Heights voters have rejected home rule for the third time, but the fact that it lost by the closest margin ever was no comfort to Mayor Nick Helmer. With all 11...
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Kildeer voters approve sales tax increaseMar 20, 2012 7:56 pm - Shoppers in Kildeer will be paying a little more in the near future due to voter approval Tuesday of a measure that allows the village to raise the sales tax by a half c...
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Most Fox Valley towns OK electric aggregationMar 20, 2012 12:27 am - Voters across the Fox Valley largely supported municipal electric aggregation Tuesday, giving their governments the ability to negotiate energy contracts in hopes of che...
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Most Lake County towns support electrical aggregationMar 20, 2012 12:17 am - Voters in most Lake County towns agreed to let their home municipalities decide the best rates to pay for energy suppliers. With all precincts reporting in Lake County ...
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Fox Valley towns back electric aggregationMar 20, 2012 12:00 am - Most communities in the northern Fox Valley communities supported municipal electric aggregation Tuesday, giving their governments the right to negotiate energy contract...
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Electricity, police pension tax referendums on Kane-area ballotsMar 18, 2012 5:10 pm - On Tuesday, voters in 18 Kane County towns, plus unincorporated Kane County, will decide whether to allow their elected representatives to negotiate electricity-supply c...
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Ballot questions range from electricity to fund road repairs in Lake CountyMar 18, 2012 4:35 pm - Not every decision Lake County voters will make at the polls Tuesday will involve selecting a politician. There are a handful of referendum questions on ballots scattere...
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Electricity referendums aplenty in Fox ValleyMar 18, 2012 4:35 pm - On Tuesday, about 300 communities in Illinois — including many in the northern Fox Valley — will decide whether to allow their elected representatives to negotiate elect...
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Vote yes, for future of park districtMar 16, 2012 5:36 am - I am voting “yes” for the Arlington Heights Park District because the economy looks like it’s getting back on track and we should invest in our town’s future now. From e...
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Vote no; force park district to negotiateMar 16, 2012 5:36 am - I want to share with you the experience I had with the Arlington Heights Park District. When I first saw the news column in the Daily Herald regarding the $48 million pa...