Today’s agenda
September 11th, 2008 at 07:50am Wally Haas
The Editorial Board meets today and we have quite a bit to talk about. The top item is how we want to handle endorsement interviews this year. We will endorse, but how we bring in candidates and the format we will use to quiz them about the offices they seek are likely to change.
We’re also going to revisit the sales tax for schools initiative.
Other topics include charter schools, the lottery lease plan that was approved by the House yesterday, more on ethics reform, the plan to cut down on wait times for Rockford school registration, teen drivers, water bills and the prospects of a Rockford casino.
That should keep us pretty busy.
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1. bannernews | September 11th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I attended the County ZBA hearing last night and it was a total sham. The ZBA chairwoman(Carol Wilke) refused to let the public comment regarding whether there should be a 90 day delay in addressing the rezoning of the former ethanol plant site on Meridian. Several citizens made a special effort to be there to speak and they were bruched aside. Wilke read a letter from the Village of Winnebago’s attorney(Mary Gaziano - Republican party officialwho was proposing the delay) into the record. She briefly mentioned a letter from attorney Faye Lyon, representing individuals who live in the area but did not read that letter into the record. giving the impression there was no objection to the delay. An attorney who I assume was representing the county appeared to have absolutely no knowledge pertaining to the specific zoning and annexation issues important to the delay request. What a total joke! Get a copy of the transript and read it for yourself.
A cynical person would think that the only reason this issue was delayed was to push the controversial issue out past the November elections.
I think it would be very important to ask county board candidates what their thoughts are regarding zoning issues.
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