During a recent Annie Glidden North task force subcommittee meeting, I alleged Open Meetings Act (OMA) violations. I want to explain why. What I objected to was the subcommittee’s addition of discussion items to the agenda of a special meeting. During regular meetings, a public body can talk about anything it wants, but that same…
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Hello DARA
The DeKalb Area Rental Association (DARA) formed last summer has recently launched its website, called daranow.com. It’s probably safe to say it’s not a coincidence in timing that DARA was conceived just a few months after the mayor first appointed his Safe/Quality Housing Task Force, and easy to see DARA’s formation at least partly as…
Calling All Cluck Lovers
Want to know more about keeping chickens in the city? Join Hannah Dwyer at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship hall in DeKalb tonight. Ms. Dwyer has been shepherding a proposal through the legislative process to allow City of DeKalb residents to keep up to five hens for their eggs. City council has so far assigned the…
Found: DeKalb Zombies!
The Zombies of DeKalb group is planning a walk the evening of April 16. Over 500 people have signed up so far. The organizers are the most thoughtful of undeadheads. They have a long list of guidelines for the walk, including admonishments not to hold up traffic while street-crossing (shuffle faster!) nor to bleed on…
Change Your Address, Change Your Registration
Dear NIU students: As an election judge on campus, one of the most common problems I see are students who have moved once or twice since the last time they voted and who got booted out of the system as a result. Make sure your voter’s registration card matches your current address, and go here…
Lincoln Highway Buy-Way
The Lincoln Highway Buy-Way will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, August 5-7, with most sales on Friday and Saturday. Click here! The DeKalb Area Women’s Center is taking reservations for sale space all this week, for only $5 for the whole weekend. Call 815-758-1351 or e-mail: dawc@niu.edu.
Group Urges Postponement of County Landfill Vote So Cortland Twp. Can Weigh In
The following is a (very slightly edited) press release sent by the Stop the Mega-Dump group. The Stop the Mega-Dump citizens’ group is asking the DeKalb County Board not to turn their backs on the citizens of Cortland again. Citizens of Cortland Township have petitioned the Cortland Township Board of Trustees for a special meeting…
Lincoln Highway Association Seeks Memories, Art, and Photos
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kay Shelton, Illinois State Director Lincoln Highway Association 1006 N. 15th St. DeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: 815-748-7211 E-mail: kayshelton@hotmail.com Lincoln Highway Association Seeks Memories, Art, and Photos
Hearings on Liquor Code Violations Set
[Update: Added Krystal’s info 11:30 a.m.] The last post contained a prediction that hearings on liquor code violations from last January would be scheduled when NIU’s academic year ended. What do I win? They are scheduled for Thursday, May 13. From the Notice of Hearing and Charges issued by the City of DeKalb’s Legal Department…
Huskies-in-Toronto Open Thread
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