Will County Board Updates: Tom Weigel
Special use permits and intergovernmental agreements were approved by the Will County Board.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Tom Weigel Reports on Will County Board Activity
The County Board approved the following items of business:
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
County Board Member's Daughter Cops to Stealing but Felony Dropped
The daughter of Will County Board member Herbert Brooks pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft after a special prosecutor reduced the charge from a felony.
Will County Board member Herbert Brooks' daughter pleaded guilty to stealing from the Target store where she worked as a cashier. As part of the deal, Special Prosecutor Dave Neal dropped the felony charge filed against 23-year-old Megan Brooks of Joliet and replaced it with a misdemeanor. If Megan Brooks pays back the full $1,291 she stole from the 2701 Plainfield Road Target, Neal said he will recommend she get off with a sentence of court supervision and 200 hours of community service. If she fails to come up with the money by her sentencing on March 5, Brooks faces up to a year in the Will County jail. Neal said Megan Brooks was prepared to pay as much as $600 Monday but that he does not want her on an installment plan. Neal said he …
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Cory Singer Gets Support from State Treasurer Dan Rutherford
Ground support gathered at the New Lenox headquarters of Will County Executive Candidate Cory Singer to discuss key election points. Meanwhile, Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford discussed the GOP campaign strategy for Illinois and nationwide.
A small but committed group of supporters for Cory Singer, the Republican candidate for Will County Executive, met over coffee and donuts Tuesday at Singer's headquarters on Maple Street. The current Will County Executive, Democrat Larry Walsh is running for re-election. Illinois State Treasurer Daniel Rutherford arrived to cheer local the GOP candidate on and urged supporters to press on for Republican votes. Singer talked about taxes, property values in relation to major construction projects and the economy of government. In essence, he said, these issues are woven in an overall fabric that blankets families, jobs, homes and transportation. A discussion with a supporter in regard to property taxes grew into a conversation related to the…
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Robert Swale
2:28 pm on Sunday, September 23, 2012
jamiev: Your comments reflect a person who has an axe to grind. They sound like sour grapes, devoid of fact and directed exclusively at Mr. Singer. Are you perhaps a current or former Forest Preserve worker who is mad at Mr. Singer for proposing to freeze your salary during the economic downturn? Mad because you were forced to take no pay increase while Will County residents lost their homes, … more ›
lala
4:29 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Can someone explain this to me? After Megan Brooks pleaed guilty Monday, Neal explained that he agreed to reduce the charge in light of her clean record the fact that all the video surveilance evidence compiled by Target security staff would have led to a lengthy, complicated trial. Neal said the case would pose "a bit of a complex presentation to a jury." "This involved many hours of video … more ›