A press release from Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore: Grafton Township Supervisor Announces Repayment of Loan Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore announced today that she had negotiated a repayment arrangement with Harris Bank that provided for early repayment of $400,000 … Continue reading
Two Grafton Township Thursday meeting agendas arrived today. The Trustees’ and the one developed by Township Supervisor Linda Moore. Present on Moore’s, but not on the Trustees’, is “Action to approve $400,000 payment to Harris Bank (Bank of New York … Continue reading
Township government consists of two parts, the Road District, which was spun off as a separate unit of government by the General Assembly and the rest of township government, usually called the township. The last administration of the Grafton Township … Continue reading
All the air was sucked out of the 7 PM Annual Town Meeting of Grafton Township as Linda Moore’s opponents won the vote in the Special Town Meeting that started an hour before. The Annual Town Meeting started about twenty … Continue reading
All townships will hold annual meetings tonight were everyday voters have have much say as elected township officials. The only one sure to have fireworks is at the Huntley High School, where not one, but two meetings will be held. … Continue reading
From Judge Michael Caldwell’s concluding comments, I gather that the February 24th hearing on Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore’s separation of powers case was mainly about paying bills. (See Part 1 and Part 2 of the original decision.) I’ll cut … Continue reading
Both the Huntley School District and Grafton Township offices will be closed Wednesday. … Continue reading
This 37 image post is for hard-core Grafton Township folks. It comprises Judge Michael Caldwell’s entire decision in Township Supervisor Linda Moore’s suit against her Township Trustees and Township Attorney Keri-Lyn Krafthefer of Ancel Glink, the Township Attorney that she … Continue reading
As you can see the decision by Judge Michael Caldwell was filed Friday. Lawyers for the two sides received copies of the decision. I believe the judge said he was going to mail them. … Continue reading
Here’s 7 out of 31 precincts. 83% “NO!” Hardly a surprise. The surprise will come if the Grafton Township Trustees decided to build a new township hall using the new legislation that allows them to bypass the voters. = = … Continue reading
The following language was signed into law (Senate Bill 3010) by Governor Pat Quinn on Thursday. July 29th: “Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution, build, purchase, or lease a township … Continue reading
I was really zonked when I got home yesterday after the last of five tiring days of testimony which seemed to me could have been condensed into far less time. And staying up late to write up the fourth day … Continue reading
I’m losing count. Was today the fourth day of testimony in the Grafton Township separation of powers suit? Maybe it was that I arrived by the expected start time, but an argument over a Temporary Restraining Order wanted by the … Continue reading
A week ago, I published an article Legislators Dissing Voters about the passage of Senate Bill 3010, a bill that took away the power to approve new township halls and senior centers at the ballot box. As I, a non-lawyer … Continue reading
The trial to determine how much power the township supervisor and township trustees have in Grafton Township starts tomorrow in Judge Michael Caldwell’s courtroom at 9 AM. By now several tens of thousands of dollars of legal time has been … Continue reading
It has happened time and time again. Uppity voters prevent elected officials from doing something they dearly desire. Or uppity voters punish elected officials and those officials don’t like it. What do the elected officials do? They ask their state … Continue reading
The second page of the Ancel Glink March bills for the Annual Town Meeting, which was held April 13th, is the subject today. First, we finish up March 10th: “Correspondence to Pam Fender with memo to board regarding annual town … Continue reading
Although the Grafton Township Annual Town Meeting occurred on April 13, 2010, Ancel Glink billed $8,328.22 for that purposed during the month of March. One can only wonder how many thousands of dollars more were billed in April when the … Continue reading
We have been looking at the details in the Ancel Glink invoice to Grafton Township for the month of March, 2010. So far, we have finished what Ancel Glink calls the “Corporate” and “Linda Moore v. Grafton Township” portions of … Continue reading
This article covers the third page of the $18,000.73 bill from the Grafton Township law firm Ancel Glink for services regarding the Separation of Powers suit filed by Supervisor Linda Moore against the four Township Trustees. We are now on … Continue reading
