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21 Feb 1999
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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1999
Page
1
A local resident hands on work under the banner Web Watch highlighting hands on labor and online presence. The feature notes community ties, technical skill, and ongoing projects.
Former Chicago Heights mayor Charles Panici, jailed for racketeering extortion and bribery, declares innocence in an interview with The Star. He alleges a government setup, witness manipulation, and selective focus on officials while omitting accomplices, arguing prosecutors sought a political trophy rather than a fair trial.
Chuck Panici, once powerful, says he will never vote again while in prison and distrusts the government for a wrongful conviction. He fears politics taints youth and notes his name now harms his family. He authored a title page claiming his prosecutors and lawyers wrongfully convicted him.
In frigid northern Minnesota a slightly older thinner man with a banana and an apple pie shares food with a newspaper reporter during an interview at the Duluth Federal Prison Camp. Two young prisoners carry his five year pile of files and legal records used to prove his innocence. He thanks them and notes they “take care of each other” as they plan to return with the boxes to his dorm.
Officials from University Park Richton Park and Frankfort welcomed last weeks public hearing by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. The session examined Frankforts bid to extend its sewer service area southward and overlapped with areas claimed by University Park and Consumers Illinois Water Co. Each side called for dialogue and resolution while noting the map between Steger Road Bruns Road Elsner Road and Harlem Avenue. Richton Park manager Chris Limas said the hearing served its purpose and urged all parties to meet to work out a solution.
The Parks and Recreation Commission in Richton Park votes to adjust the long range master park plan created by Dr. Anthony Zito as new housing and subdivisions appear. Chairwoman Kathy Damon says new map books including Farm Trace and Greenfield are needed before presenting the plan to the Village Board at a March work session.
Matteson village board approved an ordinance to distribute surplus tax increment financing TIF funds totaling about 279 000 to Rich Township High School District 227 and 346 000 to Matteson Elementary School District 159 The funds will be used for salaries supplies transportation and district upgrades including new computer desks and library furniture The TIF surplus also benefits Prairie State College Rich Township Matteson Public Library and the village with amounts ranging from 22 000 to 79 000 The Southgate Commerce Center TIF district was created in 1990 to spur development after Allis Chalmers left the site
Regan Stockwell joins Richton Park as community development planner to boost commercial growth. An Iowa State University graduate with political science, he moved from Chicago in 1997 and is pursuing a master's in community and regional planning this year. He previously taught for Chicago Public Schools and interned with the village’s development department and the Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission.
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