Reading the Chicago Tribune article on Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ issuing an Executive Order to extend the terms of local officials until after the June 9th election date the Order sets, I was reminded of the Illinois consolidation of elections legislation of the 1970’s.
“… elected officials’ terms are set to expire in a matter of weeks. For that reason, Evers for weeks had been hesitant to delay the election. The governor said his order would extend all of those local officials’ terms until after the June election.”
Prior to the consolidation of elections bill, school and other tax districts could hold tax increase referendums anytime they wished.
For example, Crystal Lake District 47 held such a referendum the Saturday before the June 13, 1966, Primary Election at which I won the GOP nod for County Treasurer.
The consolidation bill restricted such elections for five dates over a two-year period.
Township officials had terms that would need to be shortened to lengthened to fit the new schedule.
You get one guess as to which option was selected.
I was so disturbed, I had an amendment drafted which would have made the office of Township Supervisor hereditary.
No, I did not have the guts to introduce it.
How about making shampoos* mandatory for politicians that are corrupted?
* Wood based
I thought they already were hereditary in townships.
Bob Miller said it was!
The title of this post could not remotely be associated to my sunshine blogger. And that’s a fact! Stay tuned…tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, meeeeeeoooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww…
Algonquin Township did make it hereditary I thought.
Trumpion and Partridge are little foys.
They lie about the great jobs townships are doing 24/7