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Posts tagged "dupage"

Statement from Bob Robertson, Candidate for Elmhurst BoE

I’m running for the School Board because I’m concerned about the direction our school district is going – both academically and financially, and I want to use my vision for the district’s future and passion for the community to restore our school district to top tier status for our children and community. •    I believe... Read more »
By Chris Ladd,
March 16, 2011 at 5:44 pm
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DuPage Republicans dodged a bullet this spring

DuPage County is likely to miss much of the political turmoil stirred up by the Tea Party Movement elsewhere in the country this fall.  Our early primary slipped just ahead of much of the national surge that has shifted GOP slates nationally so far right.  That’s a very fortunate thing for DuPage Republicans. Local government... Read more »
By Chris Ladd,
September 8, 2010 at 3:55 pm
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Imagine...no zoning

DuPage County is tired of dealing with unpopular religious organizations and the embarrassing protests they invite.  After recent construction applications from Islamic groups brought on heated protests (who knew Muslims generated so much “traffic burden”?) DuPage is laying down the law.  Their response has been “a pox on all your houses.”  The County’s proposed new... Read more »
By Chris Ladd,
August 30, 2010 at 2:06 pm
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Wrestling with teacher unions

Unions are reasonably good at protecting workers whose jobs involve the daily risk of having molten steel dropped on them or getting arm chewed off in a machine.  However, the value of a union for government workers, especially professionals like teachers, is a little harder to define. This year’s strike-season seems to have passed without... Read more »
By Chris Ladd,
August 29, 2010 at 7:56 pm
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Don't count on property tax relief

The consolation prize some of us might have expected from the collapse of the real estate market was lower property tax payments.   About a quarter of DuPage mortgage borrowers are now sitting in a house worth less than its debt.  In Naperville, for example, median sales price is off about 20% from the 2006 peak. ... Read more »
By Chris Ladd,
August 27, 2010 at 4:28 pm
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