The Downers Grove Rotary Club’s GroveFest proposal was approved by the village council Tuesday night, ensuring a privately operated alternative to Heritage Fest, which the council suspended last year citing budget issues. The club, which has hosted annual Oktoberfest celebrations and also operated the Heritage Fest Beer Garden for the past five years, is confident [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bob Barnett'
DG Rotary Club steps up
April 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off · Community Events, Downtown Management Corp., Entertainment, Fundraisers, Heritage Fest, Public Safety, Public Works, Village Council
Tags: Barb Wysocki·Bob Barnett·Grove Fest·Heritage Fest·Rotary Club
Rules change on hold
February 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Village Council, Village Manager
Mayor Ron Sandack’s proposal to change the village council rules to require two commissioners to remove an item from the Consent Agenda to the Active Agenda was put on hold at Tuesday’s village council meeting after most commissioners seemed unwilling to jettison the long-standing prerogative. The matter was sparked by Commissioner William Waldack’s Feb. 2 [...]
Tags: Bob Barnett·Marilyn Schnell·Ron Sandack·William Waldack
Rules change
February 10th, 2010 · 18 Comments · Comprehensive Planning, Village Council, Village Hall
Editor’s note: This post has been updated in order to clarify the series of events leading up to the mayor’s call for a possible rules change. Saying he believes “very strongly” in a one-week waiting period before voting on certain Consent Agenda items, Commissioner William Waldack requested at Tuesday’s village council meeting that four items [...]
Tags: Bob Barnett·Comprehensive Plan Ad Hoc Committee·consent agenda·Ron Sandack·William Waldack
Sandack, Barnett endorse Abbott
January 21st, 2010 · 22 Comments · 2010 election, County Politics
Mayor Ron Sandack, Commissioner Bob Barnett and local attorney Jim Russ have jointly issued an e-mail endorsing Greg Abbott to represent District 3 on the DuPage County Board. “Greg Abbott is a good man who wants to serve for the right reasons…Greg Abbott is our choice for DuPage County Board District 3,” the e-mail states. [...]
Tags: Bob Barnett·Brian Krajewski·Carole A. Cheney·Christine Radogno·Dan Cronin·Dennis Brennan·DuPage County Board District 3·Greg Abbott·Jim Durkin·Joe Birkett·Karol Sole·Kyle Gilgis·Michael McMahon·Patti Bellock·Sandy Pihos·Sean P. Durkin·Tom Bennington
Political actions
January 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · 2010 election, County Politics
Former mayor Brian Krajewski’s campaign for the District 3 seat on the DuPage County Board swings into high gear with a Super Saturday walk to distribute literature and yard signs throughout district precints tomorrow, Jan. 16, and at a Meet and Greet from 6-9 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21, at Papa Passero’s in Westmont. The walk [...]
Tags: Bob Barnett·Brian Krajewski·Dan Cronin·DuPage County Board·Jim Russ·Ron Sandack
The vote and its aftermath
November 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Taxes, Village Council
Long-time observers of the village council will be watching closely this evening to see if commissioners have put aside the differences that led to last week’s contentious 4-3 levy vote. The split was unusual and clearly frustrating to some on the dais, as has been reported. In conversations with the DGreport, commissioners offered their interpretations [...]
Tags: Bob Barnett·Bruce Beckman·budget·Geoff Neustadt·Marilyn Schnell·Ron Sandack·Sean P. Durkin·William Waldack