Jackson County Board Race Sees Four Seek Two Seats
Four candidates, including incumbents Gary Hartlieb and Gwendolyn Nickel, compete for two Jackson County Board seats in District 5. Republican challengers Shawn McClure and Frances Arnold Gilman debate budget cuts, tax caps, and finances amid rising personnel, insurance, and supply costs. Gilman warns of possible bankruptcy. Hartlieb defends caps, vows future service cuts.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Boare
Gary Hartlieb
Gwendolyn K. Nickel
Shawn McClure
Frances Arnold Gilman
Gilman
Hartlieb
Nickel
County candidates discuss property taxes and growth strategy
In a 2002 election discussion, candidates Nickel Hartlieb and McClure debated property tax relief, valuation needs, and salary trimming. They favored consolidating county jobs, attracting new businesses, and partnering with the Jackson County Business Development Corporation to ease tax burdens and boost the tax base through development. They touched on enterprise zones and TIFs as tools, cautioning about potential burdens on other taxpayers.
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Nickel
She
Hartlieb
McClure
County Business Development Corporation
Lee Roy Brandon
Development Corporation
Gerald Compton
Southern Illinois
Gilman
Linda
Rush
Thesouthern
SIUC students win three regional Emmys for alt.news 26:46
SIUC broadcasting students earned three regional Emmy awards for alt.news 26:46 in a St Louis/Mid-America regional gala. Prizes covered Outstanding Student Production Outstanding Editor and Outstanding Informational Program with co producers Otto Arsenault Jody Leggio and alumni Michael A Cioni Ian Vertovec.
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SIUC
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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Mid-America
St Louis Chase Park Plaza
Otto Arsenault
Chicago
Jody Leggio
Shirley
N.Y
Arsenault
Leggio
Punkin
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Elmhurst
Michael A. Cioni
Ian Vertovec
Alt.news
New York
Siuc Broadcasting Service
Wsiu-Tv
Wusi-Tv
Olney
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