State Sen. Dan Cronin, Mayor Ron Sandack and Commissioner Sean Durkin were at the Main Street train station this morning gathering signatures for Cronin’s bid to succeed Robert Schillerstrom as DuPage County Board chairman. The primary election is set for February. Cronin, an Elmhurst Republican, kicked off his campaign in July. Schillerstrom has thrown his [...]
The village’s Facade Improvement Program funds are dwindling –and they’re not likely to be replenished in 2010 if comments at the Aug. 11 Village Council Workshop meeting are any indication. The council is expected to approve a grant of $15,000 for improvements to 5150 Main St. at the Aug. 18 meeting, leaving only $26,5000 of [...]
What do the mayor, the village engineer and the park district administrator have in common? The answer is obvious, but the question remains: Why now and not in December? (HT: Mark Thoman)
“Real long-term financial planning is a sobering experience that can be difficult, but if it’s done in an open and honest way we can start attaching revenue streams to projects, prioritize properly and be good fiscal stewards of tax dollars and other revenues. And that’s something we take very seriously.” – Mayor Ron Sandack at [...]
“Raising taxes in this environment — I don’t think anyone thinks that’s tolerable in any way, shape or form.” – Mayor Ron Sandack at the Nov. 4 budget hearing
Updated: Oct. 3, 9:15 a.m. He didn’t start out as the favorite for the job of village manager, but acting VM Dave Fieldman demonstrated such impressive leadership in the five months following the termination of Cara Pavlicek that he convinced the council he was the best prospect among a strong field of 50 applicants. Fieldman, [...]
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