Tonight at 7pm District 99 will once again violate the Illinois Open Meetings Act by holding a closed session to discuss a decided court case. District officials said the meeting will be held in closed session because board members will be discussing litigation. Really? The exception to the OMA clearly states PENDING litigation, not decided [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Local politics'
D99 board to discuss court ruling
August 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Boards and Commissions, District 99, FOIA
Tags: D99·Local politics·SB99·school board
The Town Meeting
April 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Local politics
Tuesday saw the Downers Grove Township annual Town Meeting. This was the first one I had attended. It was not exactly what I was expecting. Upon walking in the front door of Ashton Place on 75th Street I was greeted by Republican Danny Moustos and Democrat Mark Garrity, each with a handout.
The Mayor strikes back
November 20th, 2009 · 42 Comments · budget, Village Council
Painting an unfortunate picture. This is different. The whole “praise people in public, criticize them in private” meme defined Ron Sandack’s first two years in office. It led to fast meetings, unanimous votes, jocularity and little dissenting opinion. That normal good humor and jocularity got a kick in the teeth Wednesday night courtesy of Sandack [...]
Tags: budget·local government·Local politics·municipal budget·property taxes·Ron Sandack·Village Council
Election filings
November 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · 2010 election, County Politics, Local politics
Filing ended Monday, and the County Board of elections has posted an unofficial listing of candidates. Where needed, the ballot order will be decided by a lottery on November 10th. Where two or more candidates from the same party file, there will be a primary run off. Carole A. Cheney of Aurora was the sole [...]
Greenwood suspended
October 2nd, 2009 · 16 Comments · In the News, Local politics, Uncategorized
Editor’s note: This story first appeared Thursday night. It drew an immediate complaint from a reader who felt Greenwood should be spared the public reporting of his suspension because of his ill health and his current status as a private citizen. The reader also noted that there was never any reason to suggest Greenwood did [...]
Tags: D99·Downers Grove Community Advocates·Local politics·SB99
D99: Best to toss these updated
September 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments · District 99, Local politics
Dr. McDonald is in the house…and case closed. Readers have probably noticed 99 Supt. Mark McDonald being kind of a calm polite center as the Board of Education’s various storms swirl around. The guy is imperturbable as near as I can tell. Efficient too. He made a point of letting DGreport know that officials of [...]
Tags: D99·Local politics·school board
The in crowd
September 29th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Boards and Commissions, Transportation, Village Council
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 [...]