Candidates who were removed from the April election ballot by a Maine Township Electoral Board vote have filed an appeal in Cook County Circuit Court, asking for their candidacies to be reinstated.
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recent ruling in a McHenry County Township case may become problematic for DuPage Township and their administrator, Linda Youngs. We first wrote about the administrator making a change to the levy that was approved by the Board in
this article. With DuPage Township s history of being sued for excessive tax levies four years running, we understand another may be coming for the most recent levy. While the past levy suits have focused on excess funds being levied, a new suit may point to a levy not filed by the designated authority, a requirement in the law as well as one not approved by the board.
GW One
Posted at 09:48h, 31 December
This might be a bad joke but for the fact that the transaction is fraudulent. States Attorney should take this matter up right now. If the States Attorney fails to engage I will refer this fraudulent transaction to other authority that would see this matter for just what it is.
John Q. Public
Posted at 11:28h, 31 December
Wow – the Township Supervisor runs a “non-profit.” The Township Electors, which the Supervisor – in essence, oversees or has a direct relationship with – “purchases” a house. The electors then vote to sell the house to the non-profit that the Township Supervisor runs???? I continue to be amazed at the crap that elected or other public officials do, and think 1-that it’s ok and/or 2-that no one is going to say, do, or question them about it. Did they not think there would be an appearance of impropriety or at least some questions in this purchase and re-sale? I’m not alleging there was any criminal intent. P
that the township violated the OMA when it conducted a meeting without adequately providing for the electronic attendance of board members and the public by failing to provide a mechanism to where the electronic attendees could contemporaneously hear all discussion and votes
that the township entered into executive session for discussions on things not listed as an exception to open meetings - the alleged censure of a trustee
that the township took action on an item not properly listed as an action item on the agenda
that the defendants Oliver, Burgess, and George
exceeded their statutory authority by voting to censure a trustee because neither the Township Code nor any other Illinois law grants the Township Board the power to censure one of their members