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Skokie residents urge reversal of Elm Street permit-parking decision, citing flawed process
Summary
Residents of the 4900–5000 block of Elm Street told the village board Jan. 5 that a permit-parking decision was made despite withdrawn signatures and misunderstanding about the petition threshold; they asked the board to pause enforcement and review its process.
Jordan Campania, a resident of the 5000 block of Elm Street, told the Skokie Village Board on Jan. 5 that the village should reverse its decision to establish permanent permit parking on his block because the petition process produced a misleading result. Campania said the original petition had 20 signatures, but after outreach six residents called to object and three people who had signed asked to have their names removed, reducing active support to 17 — below the petition’s stated majority threshold of 19.
"Residents were told that permit parking required a majority of support from…
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