Glendale considers moving City Hall to Westgate area
Glendale’s plan to renovate its downtown campus was raising questions, but a councilmember has added another: why not move city hall to Westgate?
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Glendale’s plan to renovate its downtown campus was raising questions, but a councilmember has added another: why not move city hall to Westgate?
Glendale City Council incumbents Jamie Aldama, Lauren Tolmachoff and Bart Turner are all running unopposed, seeking reelection on Aug. 2.
Among the contests are a competitive mayoral race in Chandler and four of six council seats up for grabs in Peoria.
The Glendale Water Services Department will leave 350 acre-feet, or about 1.5%, of the city’s 22,582 allotted acre-feet of Colorado River water in Lake Mead this year.
Majority Leader Greg Harris (D-Chicago), the No. 2 Democrat in the Illinois House, will not run for another term in 2022, he announced Monday. Harris, who has served in the legislature for 15 years, is best known for passing Illinois’ same sex marriage law in 2013. But he’s also been one of the chief architects of the state’s budget — including during Illinois’ two-year budget impasse under Gov. Bruce Rauner — and has taken the lead on Medicaid and other healthcare reform efforts.