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Larry Suffredin

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Vehicle Sticker Fees Double for Unincorporated Cook County

The fee hike is included in the county's new budget.

Residents in unincorporated Cook County will help fund the county’s new budget by paying higher vehicle sticker fees. The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a $2.94 billion budget with a 16-1 vote, as reported in the Huffington Post. The sticker fees hike is expected to bring in an additional  $1.54 million. Both Niles area board representatives, Ninth District Commissioner Peter Silvestri, a Republican, and 13th District Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat, voted for the budget.  Sticker fees will double for cars, trucks, motorcycles, trailers and other vehicles registered in the unincorporated area of Cook County. The stickers will go from $40 to $80 for sedans and $50 to $100 for most SUVs. Funding for the new budget will …

Janice Brown

5:28 pm on Wednesday, May 23, 2012

This is SUCH BS! i live in Unincorporated Glenview, Have to pay over 300.00 for a library card since I don't belong to a library have shitty schools and pay taxes up the ass. Nice job Comissioners.. Go tax the Freakin GLEN!   more ›

Monday, August 22, 2011

Projected Cook County Budget Shortfall Will Bring Cuts

Some see northern suburbs feeling little effect. Others are not so sure.

A preliminary projected Cook County budget shortfall of more than $315 million sent County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and the commissioners scrambling to find a solution before the first public hearing on the 2012 budget Thursday.  With two thirds of the budget spent on health care and the criminal justice system, the impact on north suburban communities like Glencoe, Winnetka, Kenilworth, Wilmette, Glenview, Northbrook and Des Plaines may be less painful than it will for those who more directly use county services, according to Commissioner Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston).  Preckwinkle, Suffredin, Commissioner Gregg Goslin (R-Glenview) and Commissioner Elizabeth Gorman (R-Orland Park), who represents Des Plaines, all made it clear …

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Casey Cora

11:30 am on Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Thanks for the comments, blurr. Couple things: * The sculpture at Harlem and Ontario in Oak Park was paid for with private funds from the project's developer: http://oakpark.patch.com/articles/attention-artists-30k-could-be-yours-for-oak-park-project * The Roosevelt Road renovation was estimated to cost $8.3 million — $3.95M from the federal government, $3M in state funds and a combined $1.3M …   more ›

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