Trial date set for Bloom Township official Robert Grossi
Federal officials announce a May 8 trial for Bloom Township Supervisor Robert Grossi who is indicted on bribery racketeering and ghost payroll charges. A status hearing was moved to April 21 before Judge Paul E. Plunkett as part of a widening Chicago Heights corruption probe. Illinois Wood Energy Partners wins a temporary permit to start site prep before Friday, but an appellate stay suspends Hourihane's order until next Thursday. The firm faces a looming air permit deadline and potential voiding of its permit if construction does not begin within 18 months.
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Bloom Township
Robert Grossi
Grossi
U.S. Circuit Court
Paul E. Plunkett
Chicago Heights-area
Illinois Wood Energy Partners
Cook County
John Hourihane
Illinois Appellate Court
Hourihane
APC
Calumet City Gun Ordinance Limits Shop Proximity Rules
Calumet City's gun measure will not require distance from public facilities for dealers. Alderman Magdalena Wosczynski says the Ordinance and Resolution Committee asked the city attorney to finalize language and adoption is planned for Wednesday. Three stores remain: Sports Authority in River Oaks West, Sport Mart at 1500 Torrence Ave, and the Calumet City Gun and Coin Shop on State Street.
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Calumet City
Magdalena “Leni” Wosczynski
2Nd Ward
Wojczynski
Sports Authority
River Oaks
Sport Mart
Torrence Ave
State Street
Tax cap forces Kirby district budget cut
Kirby School District 140, one of Cook County's fastest growing systems, votes to trim the after school program budget by 3000 and raise some student fees for 1995 96. The district will shorten the program from 36 weeks to 34 weeks, affecting activities like National Junior High Society, student council, safety patrol, drama club and intramural basketball. Superintendent Arnold Drzonek stated the changes amid the state's new property tax cap.
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Kirby
Cook County
National Junior High Society
Safety Patrol
Arnold Drzonek
Chicago Heights eyes 449000 repayment for Kline's expansion
City officials seek to secure 449000 owed under an agreement to aid Kline's Department Store expansion as it nears three month shutdown. The city has spent 568000 total on the project and will finalize legal terms when the drafting attorney returns.
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Chicago Heights
Kline’s
Kline
Joseph Christofanelli
Christofanelli
Don Hall
Hall
Judge rules against Streits bid to halt Brandt redevelopment bonds
Cook County Judge Arthur Dunn refused Streit's request to sue the Illinois Development Finance Authority over financing for a proposed Brandt Building complex in Oak Lawn. IDFA had planned to issue about 10 million in bonds for a 12 million apartment and retail project on 5131 W. 95th St after Streit alleged local unemployment disqualifications. Welcome said IDFA uses county wide figures, not town by town rates.
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Cook County
Oak Lawn
Robert Streit
Brandt
Arthur Dunn
Cook County Circuit Court
Chancery Division
Streit
Illinois Development Finance Authority
95Th St
IDFA
Steven Welcome
Welcome
Suit Claims Bond Talks Premature In Village Project
Clark Oil accuses village and Matanky Realty Group of delaying the Blue Island refinery restart by seeking bonds without applications. Attorney John Berghoff asks Judge Green to reject using an independent consultant report to base restart decisions, saying the AG office oversteps its authority. He argues the Isomax unit's continued shutdown harms the economy and hints at fear of responsibility after a fatal accident.
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Clark Oil
Blue Island
Clark
John Berghoff
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Berghoff
Cook County
Albert Green
Construction of New Lenox golf course amid union dispute
David Burroff of Exterior Designing Inc and TransWorld Golf, the general contractor, calls the New Lenox Community Park District golf course project reasonably on schedule despite threats from union members and multiple burglaries. Burroff, a non union contractor from Hoagland Indiana, says unions pressured the site last fall and attempted to organize his workforce.
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Lenox Community Park District
David Burroff
Exterior Designing, Inc
TransWorld Golf
Burroff
Hoagland
Ind
Marley Road
Loucks
New Lenox
SWCD to End Posen Dispatch May 1
Southwest Central Dispatch notifies Posen residents that emergency dispatch services will end May 1. Board vote March 22 to halt service after failed attempts to collect more than $60,000 owed. If village pays in full before May 1, no interruption occurs, per letter signed by Gerald Bennett, SWCD Board chair.
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Southwest Central Dispatch
Posen
Swcd Board of Directors
Gerald Bennett
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Pekin
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Homewood
Illinois
William J
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Pekin, Illinois
ALSIP
D.M. Dykstra & Co
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Hazelcrest
Higgins Htg. & Cig
Hoekstra Heating Co
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Northwest Indiana Hospital
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