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An Elgin concert hall

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Filed under: arts, citycouncil, downtown

Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal - britannica.com
If it looks like this, I won’t complain.
One of the reasons that I’ve found it hard to support an Elgin concert hall is that I have a sense of what kind of building they might build. One of the papers reported sometime last year or maybe the previous […]

Pit bulls attack old lady

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil

Time to revisit the proposed pit bull ban?
Elgin police and paramedics responded to an attack on an elderly woman this morning by two pit bulls.
The woman reportedly was severely injured in the attack that occurred about 10:30 a.m. on Elgin’s southwest side. She was transported by paramedics to Provena Saint Joseph Hospital. No report […]

Elgin finally takes action

Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil

Pushed and prodded by the Association For Legal Americans (AFLA) and the Elgin Courier News, the city has finally started to take action against illegal immigration:
Four initiatives will be implemented, including reinstituting the federal government’s E-Verify program — a free Web-based system that allows employers to check employees’ Social Security numbers with Social Security Administration […]

City council preview

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Filed under: citycouncil

Lots of purchases on the agenda for tomorrow:
Consideration of 2008 Purchase of Service Agreements with:

Downtown Neighborhood Association ($65,000)
Hamilton Wings ($19,000)
Renz Addiction Counseling Center($24,900)

Other purchases/expenditures:

Draft Tyler Creek Watershed Plan ($25,000)
Pace Bus Route 554 ($20,218)
Charles H. Schrader and Associates for 2008 Grant Administrative Services ($12,000)
Comcast for Advertising City Facilities and Programs ($65,984)
Public Improvements in the Copper […]