Critic of ChicagoBears stadium in Arlington Heights launches effort to recall ArlingtonHtsGov mayor and trustee
A critic of the Chicago Bears' potential redevelopment of Arlington Park has launched a petition drive to recall the Arlington Heights mayor and a village trustee over what he calls a failure to"prioritize the welfare and interests" of residents.
Under village code, Svoboda has four months to collect signatures of 12% of the village's registered voters -- about 6,500 -- for a recall election as soon as November. Svoboda said the village officials haven't commissioned a traffic or impact study. And they approved the Bears' request for permits to demolish the racetrack's grandstand building, which Svoboda deems significant"architecturally, historically and economically."
Svoboda says he plans to form a committee with the Illinois State Board of Elections and accept donations, but for now, he's paying for"Recall Mayor Hayes" T-shirts that friends and supporters will be wearing at the parade Tuesday."I don't really understand how Mr.
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