Archive for 'County Politics'

Durkin announces for Gilgis seat

Posted 31 August 2009 | By | Categories: County Politics, Local politics | 2 Comments

Village Commissioner Sean Durkin has added his name to the field of candidates interested in filling the District 3 seat of retired DuPage County Board member Kyle Gilgis. As per the instructions of County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom, Durkin submitted a resume and letter expressing his interest in the seat, which represents roughly the south [...]

Schillerstrom rolls the dice

Posted 10 August 2009 | By | Categories: County Politics, Local politics | 7 Comments

Walking the walk… Tomorrow the County Board votes on banning video poker gambling county-wide in unincorporated areas of DuPage County.  The ordinance is unusually free of complicated language.  Among the reasoning for banning video gambling in unincorporated DuPage, the ordinance cites that: legalized video poker would present a variety of adverse impacts on residents of [...]