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The District 99 Board of Education met on Monday and appointed Allyn Barnett to fill the vacancy on the Board of Education left by Robert Lemke. Lemke formally resigned on April 30th because of “frustrations over the school Board’s processes,” as he himself put it. “Mr. Barnett has a wealth of experience and can hit the ground [...] %comments ('***  Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% Unfortunately, District 99 continues to make the news. Last week, board member Robert Lemke resigned. He will submit his formal resignation notice tomorrow, April 30th. His reason for leaving was basic, short and simple: “I leave with growing frustration over the school Board’s processes.” Most recently, District 99 was under fire for not approving science teacher Andrew Klamm for [...] Tags: District 99, Robert Lemke,
%comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% During a March 9th Village Council meeting, Mayor Ron Sandack brought up 3 referendum initiatives as suggestions to appear on this coming November’s ballot. Those three referendums were approved to be placed on the ballot during this November’s election. We detailed Council’s discussion of each of these items in a past post. The only initiative that received [...] %comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% We’ve already touched on how State funding could hamper future grants made to the Village of Downers Grove. What will help alleviate this potential problem is mailing back your census form. The Census Bureau will continue to accept 2010 Census questionnaires by mail by April 17. Beginning May 1, census workers will begin going door to door [...] Tags: Census 2010,
%comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% This past Tuesday, members of the Village Council discussed the three public referendum initiatives that Mayor Sandack brought up during a March 9th Village Council meeting. There were 3 residents that put forth opinions and suggestions on the suggested referendum initiatives. The three present council members, Commissioner Neustadt, Commission Waldeck and Comissioner Beckman, along with Mayor Sandack held an open discussion regarding the [...] %comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% Last night’s District 99 Board of Education meeting had a huge turnout, vastly supporting to keep Downers North chemistry teacher Andrew Klamm on staff. While the District continued to deal with budget cuts in it’s last meeting, much focus was put on Klamm’s future during this meeting. Klamm was up for tenure next year and the District 99 [...] %comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% Last night, Mayor Sandack brought forth three public referendum initiatives for the November ballot that he would like to openly discuss amongst Village Council members, as well as residents. “I see this as an opportunity to garner resident sentiment as to some items that may be purely advisory, but can maybe raise some awareness and generate [...] %comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% During last night’s District 58 Board meeting, Board president Elizabeth Davis revisited Board member Steve Funk’s request to have Scott O’Connell removed from the legislative committee. The debacle with O’Connell dates back to his original blockade of a life safety bond issuance that District 58 was looking to accomplish during November of 2009. Scott O’Connell was not [...] %comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% On Wednesday, Governor Pat Quinn is set to announce a plan to fix the state of Illinois massive debt problem. The dangerous portion of this plan is a sizable reduction in the amount of state income tax that each municipality in the state receives. Governor Quinn’s plan for the 2010-2011 budget brought forth by his budget [...] %comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% Last night’s Village council meeting brought forth distraught residents from the Acadia on the Green (AOTC) residences regarding the proposed ATI Health & Fitness facility to be located at 939 Burlington Ave. Two residents and the parent of a resident of AOTG spoke at the meeting tonight, both in support and against the proposed physical therapy location. [...] %comments ('*** Comment on this post***', 'One comment', '% comments', 'Comments are closed')% |
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