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Mayor Younger Pushed $47,000 Tax Plan Without Owners’ Consent
The piece cites a May 21 1896 Freeport council meeting where Mayor Younger and Alderman Reigard pushed paving exchanges streets at a cost near $47 000 with little to no input from property owners. It accuses the mayor of railroading ordinances, ignoring constituent wishes, and defending the move as necessary while later protests claim the process wasted public funds.
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The
Democrat
Younger
Daily Journal
Journal
Freeport
Exchange Street
Cherry, Walnut, van Buren
Chicago, Mechanic, Adams
Liberty Streets
Galena Avenue
West Street
Stephenson Street
James P. Younger
Alds
Breed
Best and
Huenkemeier
Cherry, Walnut
van Buren
Chicago
Mechanic, Adams
Stephenson and
Exchange Streets
Reigard
Kruse and Holbrook
Ald
Beat
Stephensen Street
Stephenson
Alda
Best
Holbrook
Alde
Kruse
Ald. Riegard
Exchange
Stephenson Streets
Fertien
Bergman