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Archives for February 2017

Elgin Firefighters Local 439 Endorses our Elgin Township Candidates

February 27, 2017

From Vince Rychtanek, President, Elgin Firefighters Local 439

After careful consideration, and with consultation of our allies in organized labor, The Local 439 Political Action Committee makes the following endorsements in the upcoming consolidated election on April 4, 2017.  Early voting begins March 20, 2017.

Elgin Township:

Supervisor

  • Franklin Ramirez

Trustees

  • Ed Guerra
  • Vern Tepe
  • Jose Alfonso Villalobos
  • Susan Van Weelden

 

Filed Under: Elections, Endorsements

Wayback Machine Chrome extension

February 25, 2017

Many government sites are being changed rapidly and in dangerous ways. Entire critical sections of information are being removed.

…but what can you do?

Luckily the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is there to help us maintain vital pieces of information. They have now released a Chrome browser extension to make finding the information that is missing from pages.

The Wayback Machine Chrome browser extension helps make the web more reliable by detecting dead web pages and offering to replay archived versions of them.

Internet Archive WayBack Machine

You can get more information about this Must Have browser extension here:
https://blog.archive.org/2017/01/13/wayback-machine-chrome-extension-now-available/

Install it now:

  • The Wayback Machine Chrome browser extension

Filed Under: Editorials and Opinions, Education

Elgin Community College & Gail Borden Library Candidate Forum

February 25, 2017

March 4 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The LWV of the Elgin Area cordially invites you to participate in a moderated Candidate Forum for the candidates running for Elgin Community College Dist. 509 and Gail Borden Public Library District Trustees.

Candidates for the following contested race has been invited to participate:

Elgin Community College Dist. 509 (5 for 3 seats)

  • Candace McCreary
  • Jennifer Rakow
  • John Duffy
  • Roger Maxwell Ramey
  • Shane Nowak

Gail Borden Public Library District (6 for 3 seats)

  • Amanda J. Garcia
  • Elizabeth “Beth” Kruger
  • Patricia Harkin
  • Randy Hopp
  • Susan N. Moylan
  • Tiffany L. Henderson

The Consolidated Election is April 4th.

More information is available here:
http://lwvelginarea.org/event/elgin-community-college-gail-borden-library-candidate-forum/

Filed Under: Elections, Events

Wine Tasting Fundraiser

February 16, 2017

You are invited to attend a fundraiser on behalf of the Democratic candidates for Elgin Township at the home of the Legos, 811 Brook Street, Elgin

Friday, February 24th 5:30 to 8:30 PM.

$20.00 Donation at the door.

wine bottles

Meet the Candidates – Enjoy the Conversation

Ten unique, premium wines will be available. Choose any 5 that you would like to sample.

Wines can be ordered by the bottle for $15 each and picked up later with a portion of your cost going to the candidates.

We will have a $10 per ticket raffle for a 3- litre collector’s edition bottle of Bayliss & Fortune Vineyards 1997 Merlot of which only 120 bottles were made.

Also a Crystal Vodka Skull, Zaya 12-yr-old aged rum from Trinidad, Teeling Irish Whiskey and Black Walnut Cream

wine bottles

Please RSVP to Donna at 847-707-0284 or email to griffin.lego@gmail.com

We want to be sure we have enough wine. (Is there ever enough?)


Political contributions are not deductible for income tax purposes. Labor donated. A copy of our report is (or will be) available for purchase from the stats Board of Elections, 1020 S. Spring St., Springfield, IL 62704.

Filed Under: Events, Fundraisers

Franklin Ramirez Campaign Video #2

February 13, 2017

Franklin Ramirez for Elgin Township Supervisor 2017.

For information on Franklin’s campaign and how you can help, visit www.franklinramirez.com

Filed Under: Elections

Indivisible Guide Video

February 5, 2017

We will be discussing the Indivisible Guide at the next Elgin Township Democrats meeting. Many of our members have expressed an interest in officially joining the movement and we will be stronger if we do it together.

This video will give you a quick overview of what is involved.

We encourage all members to download the guide and read it before the next meeting so we can discuss it. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/

 

Filed Under: Editorials and Opinions, Elections

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