Recently while doing some lookups in Chapter 3 of the Municipal Code, I came across this: 3.02-5 REDISTRICTING THE CITY. The wards of the City of DeKalb as heretofore established and as may hereafter be established shall be reapportioned according to population. In the formation of the reapportioned wards the population of each shall be…
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Boone County to Post Minutes Online
Rockford Register Star: BELVIDERE — Boone County will begin publishing minutes from board meetings on its website, but officials say the action isn’t the result of a Dec. 1 letter from the Illinois attorney general’s office. Bill Pysson, a 22-year county resident, filed a “request for review” with Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office in April…
NIU Election Judge Report, General Election 2010
As some of you know, I’ve been an election judge for several years at the NIU Recreation Center, which serves four student precincts in one polling place. Let’s start with the student early voting at the Student Center, though. In the papers it said about 300 students voted there across four days in October. That’s…
DC Hits It Out of the Park
“Schaumburg: Open meetings agreement disappoints”. The settlement – filed and approved in court this week and amounting to little more than a slap on the wrist – shows us that the DeKalb Library Board still has no credibility and that state laws in place to enforce and protect open and transparent government are viewed as…
Wind Farm Fun!
To drum up local tourism, invite some base jumpers for a visit:
County Budget Proposal Would Cost Us
According to the Daily Chronicle, last night the DeKalb County’s Finance Committee voted to send an FY2011 budget proposal to the full county board that contains cuts to the health department and sheriff’s office — as well as a property tax hike of about 2.4% for the average homeowner. What’s the deal? [Deputy County Administrator…
2009 Population Estimates
From today’s Chicago Sun-Times comes population estimates for 2009. Click here to discover how the estimates were calculated, and here to make individual searches of cities, counties and other geographical divisions. The (incorporated) City of DeKalb is estimated thusly: Census 2000 39,018 July 1, 2000 Estimate 39,196 July 1, 2001 Estimate 40,028 July 1, 2002…
Landfill Vote
The County Board members who voted “no” to the landfill expansion proposal are: Ken Andersen, Kevin Chambliss, Eileen Dubin, John Gudmundson, Pat LaVigne, Scott Newport, Mark Todd, and Derek Tyson. The purported environmentalists on the Board who were outed last night as being nothing of the sort are: Julia Fauci, Paul Stoddard, Ruth Ann Tobias…
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…
More Mega-Dump News
DeKalb County Online has published two must-read articles on the latest Dump news today. 1) The Stop the Mega-Dump group asked a geologist to comment on the landfill expansion application. Geo-Hydro, Inc. (GHI) evaluated the areas of seismic stability, groundwater, and the monitoring system as laid out in the Waste Management design plan. They have…