Rochelle voters nix Home Rule
February 5th, 2008 at 11:18pm Chuck Sweeny
Rochelle is the region’s most progressive community, with municipal electricity, forward-thinking economic development people and the courage to build its own railroad to attract Fortune 500 companies, bring the mighty Union Pacific to town with a $180 million intermodal hub.
But home rule was a bridge too far, and voters rejected a referendum requesting Home Rule powers, 56 to 44 percent. Judging from Rochelle’s success in recent years, voters probably figured city government wasn’t broke, so why fix it?
Can’t say I blame them.
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