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Trustees criticize state legislators, question park-district signage and warn of casino plans at mental-health-center site
Summary
Trustees used board-comments to criticize state legislators for bills they said would strip local authority, questioned $30,000 in park-district signage spending and warned the mental-health-center redevelopment could include a casino unless the village acts.
During the board-comments portion of the Feb. 4 meeting, multiple trustees criticized recent state legislation proposed by state Sen. Mike Hastings and state Rep. Bob Rita, saying bills on zoning, TIF and political-contribution restrictions represent a power grab that would erode local home-rule authority and impose unfunded mandates on municipalities.
One trustee presented a detailed series of concerns he called “legislative hubris,” naming specific draft bills that would…
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