Articles filed under Referendum
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Parks referendum can be cut furtherOct 29, 2012 5:00 am - Last March voters rejected a $48 million park district referendum. Now the park district is requesting $39 million. Rejecting the first referendum saved taxpayers over $...
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Campton Hills wants input on clerk, gambling and sirensOct 27, 2012 8:00 am - Campton Hills voters on Nov. 6 can provide some valuable input on three ballot questions, one of which the village board must follow. Village leaders are asking resident...
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We already told the park district ‘no’Oct 27, 2012 5:00 am - The Arlington Heights Park District is guilty! They took their way-too-large bond issue to the voters just last spring. The voting citizens answered no! Now they come ag...
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Endorsement: ‘No” to illusion of pension reformOct 26, 2012 9:29 am - The urgency of pension reform in Illinois cannot be overstated. At the state level alone, pension payments already are estimated to consume 20 percent of government spen...
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Why pay for more parks in Gilberts?Oct 23, 2012 4:40 am - As a senior citizen I am worried about the news that some people have persuaded the Village of Gilberts to put on the November ballot a vote on a new tax for park improv...
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Gilberts residents must decide on new tax for parks and recOct 22, 2012 4:46 pm - The second and final pre-election open house in Gilberts will be held Wednesday evening to give residents a chance to learn more about how money from a parks and recreat...
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Montel Williams campaigns for medical marijuanaOct 21, 2012 6:12 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Talk show host Montel Williams has accused opponents of an Arkansas ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana of resorting to “racist” ima...
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Endorsement: Yes to appoint Island Lake clerkOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Island Lake voters will decide whether the village clerk should continue to be an elected office or will become an appointed post similar to the police chief or other to...
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Endorsement: Yes on appointment of Bloomingdale clerkOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Bloomingdale residents will be asked whether their village clerk should be appointed rather than elected, beginning next April. State law allows village boards to make t...
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Yes to privatize trash pickup in Rolling MeadowsOct 21, 2012 5:00 am - Rolling Meadows residents love their garbage pickup. The old couch goes away without extra fees or phone calls, and the crews act extra responsibly. For years residents ...