Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village Board Monday bumped up redevelopment of the former Hidden Meadows golf club, making it part of the town’s comprehensive plan. The move signals a serious effort on the part of the Village to move on the 72 acres, making the area friendly for housing and[Read More…]
Month: November 2016
Park Forest Good Egg Winners Key Players in Local Food Pantry Efforts
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Commission on Human Relations recognized the winners of this year’s Good Egg Award last Monday evening at Village Hall. This year’s recipients include Glen Rosenquist of Steger (pictured left) and John and Collette Wisnewski of Park Forest (pictured middle) for the trio’s collective efforts in[Read More…]
CEO of Schaumburg Consulting Firm Arrested on Fraud Charges
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The chief executive of a publicly-traded consulting firm has been charged in federal court with fraud, allegedly fraudulently misrepresenting the company’s financial condition and lying to regulators. NANDU THONDAVADI, the CEO of Schaumburg-based Quadrant 4 System Corp., intentionally misrepresented the firm’s cash flow and concealed its liabilities in filings[Read More…]
Trump Supporters Praying Banker Who Foreclosed On Their Home Won’t Be Treasury Sec. He Will Be.
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2016 By pollwatcher How many stories of buyers remorse and suckers who got conned by the GOP’s P.T. Barnum production machine will we be reading over the next few years? I suspect it will be a constant stream. The people who failed to fulfill their responsibility to[Read More…]
I’m A Gay Man And I Could Have Been A Trump Supporter
GEORGIA–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2016 By walkalong2 My name is Scott Walker, I am a 52 year-old gay white man. I am not highly educated, and although I did graduate from high school, I never attended college. I was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in San Diego. At the[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, ACLU File Challenges to Abortion Restrictions in Three States
Women’s health organizations take fight against unconstitutional measures to state, federal courts Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2016. Abortion rights groups today announced a new wave of litigation to protect and expand access to abortion, with more to come. The three simultaneous lawsuits announced today challenge medically unnecessary abortion restrictions in Alaska,[Read More…]
CivicLab Announces New Crowd-Funded Book: ‘Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve’
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 30, 2016. The CivicLab (www.civiclab.us) and the TIF Illumination Project (www.tifreports.com) has published a new crowd-funded book. “Chicago Is Not Broke. Funding the City We Deserve.” A group of Chicago experts have written short articles outlining ways to save and generate MAJOR revenues for Chicago. The organizer and editor[Read More…]
School Board Candidate Filing Locations set for April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Filing locations, dates and times have been finalized for school board candidates running in the April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election. School board candidates will file with the Cook County Clerk’s office. The candidate filing period is Dec. 12-19, 2016. About 750 candidates from 145 suburban Cook County school districts are expected[Read More…]
President Preckwinkle, Sheriff Dart Announce Demolition of Underutilized Jail Buildings
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Declaring it a keystone achievement in their public safety reform efforts to reduce the jail population and right-size facilities, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced today that several jail buildings on the Department of Corrections campus are being demolished. Reducing the[Read More…]
Park Forest Proposes 2.2% Tax Levy Increase
N.B. This article was edited on November 30. 2016, at 4:54 p.m. to reflect that the overall actual tax levy increase is 2.2%. Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Monday evening’s meeting of the village board saw first reading of the proposed 2016-2017 tax levy increase. If the levy passes, which is likely,[Read More…]