Debated Illinois Incinerator Subsidies and Robbins Case
Illinois moves split on subsidies for waste incinerators with O Malley- backed bill ending subsidies for garbage plants but keeping for tire and waste wood. Robbins remains pivotal as House votes to extend Robbins subsidy deadlines while potential conference committee looms before May 28 adjournment.
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O'Malley
Aldo DeAngelis
Olympia Fields
Thomas Dunn
D-Joliet
William Mahar
R-Orland Park
Robert Raia
Chicago
Sen
William Shaw
House
Phil Novak
D-Bradley
Robbins
Novak
Senate
General Assembly
Illinois Environmental Council
Lynn Padovan
Shaw
Ford Heights
Donne Trotter
Trotter
Marty Butler
Park Ridge
Butler
O’malley
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Pace Board makeup and leadership shifts in 1993
Pace board includes six Cook County suburban mayors and four county mayors with Lincolnshire’s Florence Boone as chair. Dwight Welch promotes a future appointments list to include mayors Miller and Sherman despite party differences, arguing for minority representation and attendance concerns. SSMMA names new officers for 1993 94 and urges resisting property tax caps.
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North Shore
Will County
Lake, DuPage
Kane
McHenry
Lincolnshire
Florence Boone
Country Club Hills
Dwight Welch
Pace Board
Welch
Miller
Pace
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Fleming
Panici
SSMMA
Sherman
Transportation Committee
Cook County Board
Ruyle
Royle
Rudolph Banovich
Richton Park
Thomas Brown
East Hazel Crest
Mark Stricker
Matteson
Riverdale
Ed Ripley
Michael Grubermann
University Park
Illinois General Assembly
Mike O'Neal
Mateson library set to open larger, modern facility
The Matteson library moves from the cramped North Wing to a new 23 000 square foot building designed for 70 000 items. The project, funded by two 1989 referendums, began with a national design contest won by Spangler Semler Schlenker and built by Burnside Construction, with room for 22 staff and expanded computer access.
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Library Board
Applied Systems of Matteson
Willis
Redistricting Plans Face Mixed Reactions at Committee
The panel weighed boundary shifts affecting Rich East Rich South and Rich Central with race projections 55 51 and 61 percent non white. Beacon Hill students would move to Rich East prompting objections from Chicago Heights supporters while others urged returning the issue to the School Board and starting strategic planning with broad community input.
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Marshal Robinson
Chicago Heights
Hayes
Beacon Hill
Rich East
Rich Central
Robinson
David Blood
Legislation Backed to Save Fairmount Race Track
Illinois lawmakers debated a bill to allow Fairmount Park to override the racing board and extend racing days to boost profits amid a declining horse racing industry. Opponents warned of dangerous precedent while noting Fairmount’s daily losses and ongoing negotiations with other tracks to increase simulcast races. Interstate News Service
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Watson
Senate
Fairmount
Illinois
Denny Jacobs
East Moline
Jacobs
Raica
Robert Molaro
D. Chicago
Robert Madigan
R-Lincoln
Balmoral
Racing Board
Arlington International Race Track
Interstate News Service
Illinois Theater Fined for Noise Violations and Protests
IEPA and Illinois Pollution Control Board actions target a theater for noise pollution. A $6,000 fine and required installation of noise suppression devices were ordered after earlier citations. Residents up to two miles away report hearing the noise and protest groups like the Butt Hole Surfers are cited for taunting through amplified sound systems.
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Weinlund
IEPA
Pollution Control Board
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