Longtime Kane County Clerk John "Jack" Cunningham will face a challenger in the June Republican primary. Cunningham Monday filed petitions seeking his sixth term in office. Geneva attorney Doug Warlick filed his petitions for county clerk last week.
Candidates can start collecting petition signatures to run for election on Jan. 13, but in Kane County, neither candidates nor voters will know for sure what districts they live in until possibly as late as early February.
Former Kane County state s attorney McMahon appointed to Metra board Joe McMahon
Updated 5/14/2021 1:53 PM
Former Kane County State s Attorney Joe McMahon is the county s newest appointment to the Metra board of directors. The decision comes despite criticism from several county board members about the process, McMahon s qualifications and his tenure as state s attorney. The county board voted 19-4 Tuesday there is one vacant seat on the 24-member board to make the appointment.
McMahon was one of 18 applicants for the position, which comes with a $15,000 stipend.
A subcommittee overseeing and vetting the applications narrowed the pool to four finalists for interviews. Three of the four would have been worthy appointments, said county board member Drew Frasz. Frasz sat on the subcommittee along with county board members Vern Tepe and Mo Iqbal, and Carl Scheidel, the county s executive director of transportation.
Kane County lifts ban, ushers in marijuana businesses to unincorporated areas Corinne Pierog
Updated 4/13/2021 8:44 PM
Eight Kane County Board members signaled a change in their views about local recreational-use marijuana operations Tuesday in voting to legalize those businesses in unincorporated areas for the first time.
In all, 20 county board members voted to lift the 2019 ban on pot-related businesses as officials now hope to recruit them to the unincorporated area.
Tuesday s vote established new zoning rules and guidelines, such as preventing recreational-use establishments from opening near schools, religious institutions or government-owned open spaces. The guidelines also will require each business to get a favorable vote from the county board before it can open.