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Crusader Files New Niles Term Limits Petition
After a petition for term limits for Niles officials got quashed by a judge, citizen advocate Joe Makula and his attorney filed a new petition Friday. Advocating good government, it would limit officials to 16 years in office.
A battle-tested Joseph Makula stepped to the Niles village clerk's counter Friday afternoon to officially file a question he wants placed on the April 6, 2013 ballot. It would limit the Niles mayor and trustees to no more than 16 years in office. The scene was a deja vu from July, when Makula filed a similar petition, with 1,018 signatures. Except this time, Makula was accompanied by an attorney. And having suffered a petition challenge by the village of Niles and a subsequent court defeat, Makula is wiser on to how to dot the i's and cross the t's of an election petition. Earlier: Village of Niles Challenges Petition in Court Earlier: Judge Dismisses Petition: Now What? Now, in Round 2 of the term limits battle in Niles, the situation…
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LisaG
1:12 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
I'm all for term limits, in all areas of Government. Including Niles where I have lived for 45 years. If you need help, reach out. It's been embarrassing to watch the Village I grew up in, and at Village Meeting bumble over themselves. I am with Jac on this one, as well as Joe Makula. Bitter or not, he has a good point!! more ›