Official fights tax breaks for mega auto mall
Olympia Fields village board President Linzey Jones plans to oppose Rich Township High School District 227 plans to grant 50 percent property tax abatement for up to 10 years on the remaining 16 lots of a 24 lot mega auto mall. The mall owner Dave Miller seeks incentives as the Nov 16 grand opening nears.
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Olympia Fields Village Board
Linzey Jones
Rich Township
Board of Education
Matteson
Mega Mall
Dave Miller
Lincoln Highway
Rich Township moves forward on public service garage plan
Rich Township won approval to build a 400000 dollar public service garage at the township complex. The Richton Park Village Board waived first reading on a special use permit, with final reading pending landscaping approval.
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Rich Township
Richton Park Village
Opon
Jan Hiley
Shirley J. Green
Hiley
Kevin Conlon
Trick or treat hours extended in Richton Park for Halloween
Richton Park trustees approved a one hour extension of trick or treat hours on Halloween Saturday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. earlier proposals of 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. were debated before final approval. Village President Rudolph Banovich cited safety in setting annual hours. Also, final approval was given to Clarence Davids Company for Metra Lee landscaping.
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Richton Park
Village Board of Trustees
Michael Brown
Rudolph Banovich
Clarence Davids Company
Metra Lee
South Suburbs Election Signs Crowd Private Property
Neighborhoods fill with campaign signs for the November 3 election. Officials remove signs on public property while most are on private land with permission. Cindy Hope of Lansing hosts signs for state Rep. Mike Giglio and state Sen. Debbie Halvorson in her yard at Seenweed and Ridge Road.
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Cindy Hope
Lansing
Joe Camalick
Hope
Dean
Mike Giglio
Debbie Halvorson
D-Crete
Seenweed
Ridge Road
New Lenox Sign Rules Clash With First Amendment
The village bans political signs on private property more than 15 days before an election. Trustee Gary Mueller, running for Congress, has posted signs yet argues the town won’t enforce the rule. He cites case law protecting sign placement as free speech and notes the board has not yet amended the ordinance.
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New Lenox
Mueller
Lenox
Matteson district forms study committee on overcrowding
Matteson School District 162 Superintendent Lee A. Jones plans a 30 member study panel to review about 20 options to ease rising enrollment across Sauk School, Matteson Elementary and other campuses. The group includes district officials, principals, teachers, parents and two volunteers from four villages. First meeting is Oct 22 at 7 p.m. in Park Forest.
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Matteson
Lee A. Jones
Sauk School
Jones
Richton Park
Olympia Fields
Park Forest
Illinois School
Illinois St
Sauk
Indiana
Arcadia
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Robert Milkowski
Ariell Ariente
Lauren Grzeskowiak
Pat Nevins
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Phil Faso
Joseph P. Mak
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