If you are a resident of City of DeKalb, this post is for you – especially if you voted in the General Election of 2012. DeKalb has an at-large city clerk elected by the people, despite at least two referendums over the past decade asking to switch to an appointed clerk. The latest question came…
Month: September 2016
DeKalb Mayor Vigorously Defends Council’s Breaking of Its Own Law
In a recent letter to the editor, Misty Haji-Sheikh asked — and answered — who is supposed to ensure that DeKalb ordinances are enforced. Why? Because she found out there is an ordinance that is not being enforced. The mayor, city manager and city attorney all have legal duties regarding ordinances. Since the ordinance 2015-30…
DeKalb Administrators Don’t Think it’s Their Job to Enforce the Electrical Aggregation Contract the City Signed
If you participate in the City of DeKalb’s electrical aggregation program — and about 5,800 electric customers in DeKalb do — your rates should have dropped as of July 1, but they didn’t. There are two disturbing elements of this story. One is that resident Mark Charvat began making inquiries about the rate change in…