Kane County Chronicle 08/29/07

Kane County has the highest poverty rate in the collar counties....... Kane County had the highest poverty rate among the five collar counties, with 8.3 percent of citizens living at or below the poverty line in 2006. The closest collar counties to Kane's rate are McHenry and Will counties, at 5.8 percent each.

What should our county leaders do to change these numbers?

Local Vendors

St. Charles announced that the city will use local vendors who either tie with an outside company for a low bid or come within 1 percent of the lowest bid for construction materials and other services.

Another Consultant?

The Kane County Board Administration Committee on 7/12/07 approved to advance to the board by a 3-2 vote, a request for the RFP approval for the Master Planning of the Judicial Center. Bonnie Kunkel and Deborah Allan voted "NO". Gerald Jones, Robert Kudlicki and Don Wolfe voted "YES". Ms. Kunkel made a suggestion that the county departments meet and decide which groups need to work closely together than go to look for a consultant to help put the plan together. to quote Ms. Kunkel "..garbage in garbage out" was stated because she thought the county should do their homework first, so the consultant could have something to work with.

Animal Control Services

The Kane County Board approved a "NEW" structure fee for the Animal Control Services. They are as follows:

Pick up of stray $100.00
Board, euthanasia and cremation fee $200.00
Additional boarding charges per day $25.00
Additional transport fees $100.00

What do you think?

John Barsanti

John Barsanti wants to use state or federal stipends to provide the money to entice minority attorneys to stay with Kane County State's Attorney office. What do you think?

In County Vendors

Do you feel that the candidates that run for election in Kane County should use vendors in Kane County for their election materials, if the cost are competitive?

YES

NO

14th Congressional District Race

If the election were held tomorrow, which candidate for the 14th Congressional District would you choose?


Democrats:
Bill Foster
Linda Chapa LaVia
John Laesch
Joe Serra
Jotham Stein

Republicans:
J. Dennis Hastert
Kevin Burns
Chris Lauzen
James Oberweis