Articles filed under Referendum
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Fox Lake fire district seeks tax increase April 7Mar 22, 2015 7:00 am - Citing concerns about aging equipment and adequate manpower at fire stations in unincorporated areas, Fox Lake Fire Protection District officials are going to voters nex...
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Endorsement: Antioch ambulance service: YesMar 20, 2015 1:00 am - New taxes are never an easy sell, but extra care must be taken by voters when deciding ballot issues that involve public safety. Such is the case when voters in Antioch ...
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Endorsements: Yes on Fox Lake FPD referendumMar 20, 2015 1:00 am - With a small staff of professional firefighters and decreasing reserves of qualified volunteers, the Fox Lake Fire Protection District has reason to worry about how well...
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Endorsements: No on Sleepy Hollow property tax increaseMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - Mike Tennis is a member of the village finance committee. Sorry, we're having a tough time figuring out what has changed in Sleepy Hollow since last fall when vote...
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Endorsement: 'Yes' to reduce size of Elk Grove fire district boardMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - It's never easy to predict the mind of voters. That's why we have the elections, right? But a tax-saving proposal with almost no material impact on the daily life of the...
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Endorsement: 'Yes' on West Aurora School Dist. 129 building planMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - There's good debt and there's bad debt, and some people might think a school district wanting to borrow $84.2 million - as West Aurora School District 129 wants to do fo...
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Endorsements: 'No' on electing Warrenville fire boardMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - Residents of the Warrenville Fire Protection District will be asked April 7 if district trustees should be elected rather than appointed. Seems like a slam-dunk vote for...
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Antioch to host town hall meeting on ambulance serviceMar 17, 2015 1:00 am - The village of Antioch, along with the First Fire Protection District, will host a town-hall meeting Thursday, March 19, to discuss the referendum question about funding...
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St. Charles park district makes case for rec center tax hikeMar 12, 2015 5:30 am - St. Charles Park District Vice President Bob Carne was recently enjoying a run at the local XSport Fitness center when a friend told him two women at the gym were trash-...
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Higher tax cap could pay for A/C at Woodland schoolMar 11, 2015 5:30 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 is seeking a higher property tax cap for one year to raise money for air conditioning at a primary school building and other projects. Al...