Sharp-eared observers may have noticed some familiar names when the village council appointed members to the Circulator Study Task Force and Liquor Commission earlier this month. Christine Fregeau, a dedicated and tireless local activist, got the nod for both groups. Other task force appointees who also serve duo roles: Alice Strelau is a Liquor Commission [...]
Taxes: Up Gas prices: Up Food prices: Up Water bills: Up? At Tuesday’s workshop session, the village council will discuss a recommendation by staff to increase water rates to offset a significant hike in wholesale water prices. Effective October 1, the City of Chicago is foisting the 15 percent price hike upon the DuPage Water [...]
Now that the village council has approved changes to the community grants program that will presumably eliminate requests to fund parade floats and Easter egg hunts (not that I’m against either of those diversions, mind you), now might be a good time to consider just what our town could gain by focusing $80,000 a year [...]
The next municipal election for village council and park and school boards (among others) will be held April 7, 2009. Is it too early to begin speculating about the changes that may or may not be effected the next time Downers Grove voters go to the polls? There will be three council seats up (Schnell, [...]
While DuPage PADS works to end homelessness, Downers Grove is struggling to contain it. From both legal and social standpoints, the issue is a difficult one. An article from the May 2008 edition of the Illinois Municipal Review discusses the problems cities encounter when they try to regulate the problem. Click here to read the [...]
Some 18 months ago, representatives of the DuPage PADS program met with Downers Grove police, the village manager and Andy Matejcak, the village’s director of counseling and social services. The discussion focused on the problem of PADS clients leaving their belongings unattended in the library and other public places. “We want to always work toward [...]
The Human Services Commission last night met to begin tackling the issue of homelessness in Downers Grove’s public areas and facilities. The issue has garnered considerable attention in recent weeks on this blog’s message board, where several comments focused on safety concerns resulting from the number of homeless people taking shelter in the library. I [...]
Downers Grove’s blogging public will remember Bill White, publisher of the late, lamented Wired Grove and constant contributor to this blog’s 2007 election debate. White, a local attorney, is currently advising neighbors of the proposed Fairview Village expansion, which would require a change in zoning from R-3 to R-5. He’s also the chairman of the [...]
Reader “Average Man” asked some questions about how big a burden D58 shoulders in responding to Freedom of Information Act requests. I posed the question to the district and got a speedy response from community relations coordinator Jennifer Korb: Between July 2007 and the present, a total of 1,072 documents were produced via FOIA requests [...]
Members of boards and commissions around town may be interested to learn of the Illinois Attorney General’s opinion concerning a DuPage Water commissioner’s attempts to pry routine information out of that agency. At the commission’s May 8 meeting, Elizabeth Chaplin questioned $4,600 worth of office supplies purchased in March and April and was told a [...]
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