Articles filed under Referendum
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No gravel mining; you have my voteJan 28, 2011 12:00 am - The Kane County Forest Preserve District board is to be commended for efforts to preserve more open lands by asking permission from voters in an April referendum for the...
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$50,000 spent on rec center ‘no’ voteJan 20, 2011 11:00 pm - A committee that opposed the building of a recreation center in downtown Batavia spent more than $50,000 on its campaign last fall. The semiannual D2 campaign contributi...
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Oak Brook seeking better energy dealJan 16, 2011 12:00 am - Oak Brook residents will vote in April on whether to allow the village to start shopping for a cheaper source of electricity. A 2009 law allows municipalities to seek bi...
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Mundelein High board settles on $10 million planJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Mundelein High School District 120 voters will decide in April whether officials should borrow $10 million for campus improvements. The school board on Tuesday voted to ...
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Gilberts voters to decide on sales tax increase to pay for roadsDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Voters in Gilberts will decide in April whether to raise the local sales tax to help pay for road improvements. The village board voted last week to put a referendum que...
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Carol Stream park projects move forwardNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Roughly half the $37 million Carol Stream Park District received from a successful referendum push will be spent on a proposed 88,000-square-foot recreation center, but ...
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Elgin will keep at-large council systemNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Elgin voters for now will continue to elect their representatives to the city council at large, and not in a ward system. A measure to put an advisory referendum questio...
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Ethics panel should investigate HartsteinNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - It would seems to me that now that we have an Ethics Committee created by the Village of Buffalo Grove, its first order of business should be the investigation of Presid...
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BG mayor's 'act' far worse than Stone'sNov 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Elliott Hartstein, the mayor. How ugly, how common, how gross, repugnant and repelling. He, master of the “special use zoning tricks” to advance his own business talk a...
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Buffalo Grove board may reprimand village president over parodyNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The Buffalo Grove Village Board is expected to vote Monday on a reprimand for Village President Elliott Hartstein, over his parody of Lisa Stone at a recall party the ni...