By Mary Goetsch, Aurora, Ill. We voters who take the difficult road of disagreeing with the Aurora City Council on the Casino plan to move, are in the good company of former State governor, Pat Quinn. He made the statement he decided not to run in the Chicago mayoral election
Aurora officials shared city economic development updates with Aurora Noon Lions Club members at the Club’s November 17 meeting. Alex Alexandrou, Aurora’s chief management officer and chief of staff, and Trevor Dick, assistant director of the mayor’s Office of Economic Development, were keynote the Lions’ meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran
By John & Nisha Whitehead The votes are in. No matter who runs for office, no matter who controls the White House, Senate, or the House of Representatives now or in the future, “we the people” already have lost. We have lost because the future of this Nation is being
By Peter Hancock Illinois voters have approved a State constitutional amendment guaranteeing workers the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining. Estimates compiled by multiple media outlets projected Tuesday, Nov. 15 that the ballot measure had support on an estimated 53% of the total ballots cast in the election,
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to details about a proposed moratorium and license changes on mobile food unit vendors at the Tuesday, Nov. 15 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting. City government of Aurora documents show this ordinance will establish a temporary moratorium on any renewals, or
Joan Michelson, contributor for Forbes, writes: Thanks to the women of 2020; we couldn’t have made it without you! Michelson is a career coach, public speaker, and podcast host. “It’s women who got us through this catastrophic year of COVID-19 and its ensuing economic crisis, wildfires that leveled entire communities,
Thank you for voting for the truth! Thank you to the voters of Kane County and all of Illinois for voting for the truth November 8. We all received a barrage of fake newspapers, evil looking mailers, and negative texts that foretold doom and gloom if the Democrats stayed in
By John W. Whitehead The U.S. government is still waging war on U.S. military veterans, especially veterans who exercise their First Amendment right to speak out against government wrongdoing. Consider: We raise our young people on a steady diet of militarism and war, sell them on the idea that defending
By Peter Hancock By the time speakers came out to pray, say the Pledge of Allegiance, and play the national anthem at Republican challenger Darren Bailey’s election night watch party in Springfield Tuesday, Nov. 8, the Associated Press had called the Illinois governor’s race for incumbent, Democrat JB Pritzker. Although
By Peter Hancock Democratic Party governor JB Pritzker was crisscrossing the State Monday, Nov. 7 and his Republican Party challenger, State senator Darren Bailey, focused on the Chicago suburbs. They both made their final pitches to voters ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 8 general election. Pritzker, along with other Democrats
The Hobbs Building in Aurora receives a dome replica of the dome removed six years ago for safety reasons.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council unanimously approved, Tuesday, Nov. 8, nine members to the recently-created Aurora LGBTQ Advisory Board at the City Council meeting. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Advisory Board was established by mayor Richard Irvin to elevate the voices and work to address
By Mary Goetsch, Aurora, Ill. I am dismayed over the Aurora City Council’s vote to subsidize the Hollywood Casino move. I was there in spirit with the Aurora Grassroots Alliance, hoping that in addition to others opposed to the $50-to-$58 million bond issue through the Tax Increment Finance District (TIF),
By Chris Lauzen, Aurora, Ill. As Kane County treasurer candidate, former eight-year elected Board chairman, and 20-year State senator, as a CPA, MBA, challenge the Kane County Board’s ruling majority to increase its FY 11/30/23 investment income revenue projections by $2,000,000, thereby reducing the currently- proposed deficit-spending and use of
By Jerry Nowicki & Peter Hancock In the Tuesday, Nov. 8, election, Illinois voters will cast a ballot on a State constitutional amendment, every statewide constitutional office, every seat in the General Assembly and, in 12 counties, a spot on the State’s Supreme Court. For more information about voting, including
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council offered praise Tuesday, Nov. 1 for the work of the City’s Economic Development Commission for the Re-Start Retention Grant program to address business losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Committee of the Whole meeting. The Commission is recommending the
Many voters, such as I, make their best efforts to cast an informed, researched, ballot. If you are filling out a mail-in ballot, it’s easy to know which candidates and referenda need to be the subject of your research. But if you are casting your ballot in person in Kane
Monday, Oct. 24, a vote mobile from the Kane County Clerk’s office opens for early voting in the November 8 general election.
By John & Nisha Whitehead “You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they’re people just like you. You’re wrong. Dead wrong.” — They Live All is not as it seems. There’s the world we see (or
By Jerry Nowicki Early voting hours and locations greatly were expanded across the State this week as the campaign season entered its final two-week stretch. Polling places opened across the city of Chicago as well. Information on early voting for each election authority can be found on the Illinois State
