Sentences with phrase «for voters in the district»

«The most important issue for voters in this district and across all of upstate New York is jobs.

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Voters have made marijuana legal for medical use in a majority of U.S. states and for recreational use in seven states and the District of Columbia.

That changed when, in 2010, the District of Columbia announced its intention to launch a citywide Internet voting platform, intended for overseas voters and a milestone for the concept.

Republican voters will head to the polls in Florida's House District 114 Tuesday to try, for the first time, to elect someone who won't plead guilty to criminal charges.

Last week, many Republicans said their special election victory in a heavily Jewish New York congressional district that had been occupied by a Democrat for nearly 90 years was a sign of trouble between Obama and American Jews, among the most reliably Democratic voters in the nation.

The public seems to sense that, because in the 1974 elections only 38 per cent of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls and only 14 per cent were able to name the two candidates running for Congress in their district.

On March 20, the Fox Valley Park District is asking voters in Aurora, North Aurora and Montgomery to approve a 7 - cent tax rate increase that will generate revenue for maintenance and operations.

If the voters decide to dissolve the district, Gurnee residents allied with Fiddyment would seek to re-establish a district in a referendum question in next March «s election and simultaneously field a slate of five candidates for a new park board.

After deciding not to hold the community center referendum, the Park District Board also discarded the idea of asking the voters if they would be willing to foot the bill for about $ 150,000 in maintenance and repairs at the parks.

In Springfield, the House has approved a bill allowing the subdivisions» residents to ask in a referendum for voters» permission to disconnect from the park districIn Springfield, the House has approved a bill allowing the subdivisions» residents to ask in a referendum for voters» permission to disconnect from the park districin a referendum for voters» permission to disconnect from the park district.

But the April 3 ballot measure asking voters to pay for the last 12 - acre parcel of the Dole estate and its 150 - year - old Italianate house has some residents questioning whether the Crystal Lake Park District belongs in the historic preservation business.

In Carol Stream, the Park District initiative should look familiar to voters because this is the third time in less than a year that funds have been sought to buy property for outdoor playing fieldIn Carol Stream, the Park District initiative should look familiar to voters because this is the third time in less than a year that funds have been sought to buy property for outdoor playing fieldin less than a year that funds have been sought to buy property for outdoor playing fields.

Carol Stream Park District officials hope that the third time is the charm as they may ask voters once again to approve the sale of $ 8 million in bonds to raise money for land purchase and development.

In March, voters approved the district's plan for the $ 13 1/2 million recreation complex, which is to include two gyms, an indoor playground, a fitness center, an indoor swimming pool, and an outdoor pool with water slide.

In March, the park district again went to the voters, asking unsuccessfully for $ 5 million to purchase land for athletic fields.

The Cary Park District, having only $ 300,000 in its land acquisition fund, voted to place a question on the April ballot asking voters for the money needed for the purchase.

In preparation for the referendum, Park District Director Steve Schelten said the committee will be conducting presentations for homeowners associations and civic groups, holding neighborhood gatherings, telephoning voters and displaying yard signs.

Cary Park District voters in April approved a tax increase to pay for the purchase of the farm for use as parkland, and the district started its own negotDistrict voters in April approved a tax increase to pay for the purchase of the farm for use as parkland, and the district started its own negotdistrict started its own negotiations.

Meanwhile, voters in south suburban Midlothian's Park District rejected a 25 - cent increase in the district's tax rate for each $ 100 of equalized assessed property vaDistrict rejected a 25 - cent increase in the district's tax rate for each $ 100 of equalized assessed property vadistrict's tax rate for each $ 100 of equalized assessed property valuation.

Tinley Park residents decided in November 1998 that the price for the Park District's first recreation center was too high, so voters rejected a referendum proposal seeking a 12.5 cent tax rate increase to fund the project.

Two hotly debated «pass the pool» referendum measures were sunk in 1997 by voters who did not want higher property taxes to pay for a proposed multimillion - dollar family aquatic center on Park District land at Hunt Club Park on Hunt Club Road.

The committee expects to do more selling of the district for the April election, especially to seniors and the voters in the rural precincts who defeated it on Nov. 5, O'Leary said.

Voters in the Geneva Park District were soundly defeating a proposal to authorize an additional tax of 17 cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation for a new swimming pool.

Cary — Voters in the Cary Park District will decide in November whether to purchase a 78 - acre parcel for an aquatic park and ball fields.

Officials of the Wilmette Park District recently said they are considering asking voters to pass a $ 14 million referendum measure in November to pay for the village's lakefront master plan, encompassing an array of projects including new beach houses at both Gillson and Langdon parks.

NAPERVILLE — The Naperville Park District has scheduled a special workshop session for this week to determine whether to seek a referendum in April to ask voters to pay for a new recreation center.

No substantial vote tallies were available for a proposal for voters in unincorporated Plum Grove Estates, who were asked whether they wished to be annexed into the Rolling Meadows Park District.

In 1955, Park District voters approved a referendum to issue $ 675,000 in bonds for land acquisition and park developmenIn 1955, Park District voters approved a referendum to issue $ 675,000 in bonds for land acquisition and park developmenin bonds for land acquisition and park development.

Three times in the late 1990s the district went to voters to ask for more money to deal with the costs of overcrowding and make ends meet.

An advisory committee is recommending that the Glen Ellyn Park District ask voters to approve a $ 3.5 million referendum proposal for a new outdoor swimming pool in Sunset Park.

In 1976, Park District voters approved a $ 1,500,000 bond referendum for golf course development.

Although the approval by voters of a tax increase will allow the Cary Park District to purchase a 254 - acre farm, some village officials say the five - year feud is far from over and may drag on for years in court.

The park district's proposed referendum question could appear alongside a November ballot request from New Trier High School asking voters to approve $ 89 million in funding for a major renovation of the aging Winnetka campus.

Lake Bluff Park District officials will ask voters in November to approve a referendum request for $ 3.1 million, a move they hope will be more palatable than the $ 10.1 million referendum request rejected in 2010.

Last year the Park District was rebuffed by the voters, when it asked for an increase of 10 cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation in the General Tax Fund.

With a study on the feasibility of an indoor swimming pool in Glen Ellyn concluding that either a smaller or larger version could be self - sustaining, the enthusiasts who raised the money for the document hope to persuade park district officials to put the issue to voters.

But by a ratio of 4 - 1, voters in 1999 turned down the request, the result of a public relations debacle for the normally placid Naperville Park District.

The district can sell only up to $ 200,000 a year in bonds before going to voters for approval.

Voters in 1995 and 1997 rejected tax rate increase requests for funds to make infrastructure improvements in the district, which operates 57 park sites, the 500 - acre Pilcher Park, three golf courses, the Joliet Regional Airport and two swimming pools.

The Roselle Park District has asked voters for a tax increase to build a pool four times in the last three years.

Candidates for seats on the Palatine, Inverness and Salt Creek Rural Park Districts boards outlined their positions and fielded questions Wednesday at a forum conducted by the Palatine Area League of Women Voters in Palatine.

After failing to convince the majority of voters to raise taxes in March, the Arlington Heights Park District will be giving it another shot - but will be asking for less.

The park district «s bonding authority does n`t stretch far enough to pay for it, so the $ 4 million in bonds would have to be approved by the voters in November.

DuPage County voters approved a $ 75 million bond issue in November that called for each of six county districts to receive up to $ 10 million to be used for open space.

«For over five years, the Dixmoor Park District has been nothing but a sham,» Assistant State's Atty. Donna Lach said in her opening argument, while Dirk Van Beek, the attorney for Dixmoor's voters, said in his opening statement that «residents would have been better off if those taxes had not been levied at all.&raqFor over five years, the Dixmoor Park District has been nothing but a sham,» Assistant State's Atty. Donna Lach said in her opening argument, while Dirk Van Beek, the attorney for Dixmoor's voters, said in his opening statement that «residents would have been better off if those taxes had not been levied at all.&raqfor Dixmoor's voters, said in his opening statement that «residents would have been better off if those taxes had not been levied at all.»

The editorial suggested that the Cary Park District «is getting itself immersed in the same kind of brouhaha» for supposedly planning to pursue the condemnation of land in defiance of voters after losing a referendum on the issue.

Mokena — Stretching resources for the population will be harder for the Park District in the wake of voters» rejection of a tax increase, park officials said.

«While Nate McMurray was busy at his Grand Island Town Hall Campaign Headquarters currying favor with the Democrat establishment and figuring out how to sell the Cuomo / Pelosi agenda to NY - 27 voters, Chris Collins was spending his time delivering historic tax cuts for working families in his district, expanding access to broadband in rural communities, defending our Lake Ontario Shoreline and protecting our Second Amendment rights,» Piligra said.

There is no one better to fight for all working families in this district, and we are making sure that every voter knows it.»

In the 41st Senate District, though the final vote count from the state Board of Elections isn't available yet, the WFP says it's likely its voters also provided a critical margin of victory for Democratic Senator - elect Terry Gipson over GOP Sen. Steve Saland.