Month: October 2023

East High Football Oldtimers Association reunion dinner 2023

By Al Benson East Aurora High School’s 1973 and 1998 football teams were honored Thursday, Oct. 19, during the 78th annual East High Football Oldtimers Association reunion dinner at Lincoln Inn Banquets in Batavia. Steve “Benny” Kenyon, association president and East Class of 1968 alum, was the emcee for the

Reader’s Commentary: East Aurora School District & TIF #1: A Cautionary Tale

By David CannonAurora, Ill. In 1986, the city of Aurora government, created TIF #1 – a public financing tool which diverts property tax dollars from their rightful destination to an unaccountable, undemocratic bucket of money, often doled out to private developers directly, as is the case with the new casino