This website is here to help educate the residents of Villa Park as to what Home Rule means for our village and why Villa Park needs Home Rule authority.
There are 2 more scheduled Village Meetings to learn about Home Rule.
Home Rule Question and Answer Meeting at Village Hall this Saturday Feb. 2, 2008 Starting at 9:00 am
Home Rule Question and Answer Meeting at Village Hall this Monday Feb. 4, 2008 Starting at 7:00pm
The Villa Park Village Board wants to reach out to all […]
“As a newly elected Trustee, one of my first priorities on the job has been focused on helping improve the quality of Village neighborhoods that have fallen in disrepair and discussing ways to reduce crime in these areas and others.
In my opinion, if these issues were resolved I believe that Villa Park and its residence […]
The past few weeks have been good politics. I’m proud of the folks who’ve come out in favor of home rule and also proud of those who’ve come out against it. At the end of the day, that’s what politics should be all about: subjecting ideas to public scrutiny and discourse. Some ideas survive such […]
The Daily Herald Editorial Staff has given and published an Endorsement of Home Rule in Villa Park
Mention "home rule" and someone invariably will howl, "higher taxes."
That’s not an unfounded complaint, in that many home-rule governments have used their home-rule authority to increase taxes beyond the provision of the state tax cap. But the village of […]
On Monday night’s meeting, Our Village Trustees voted unanimously to enact an ordinance further limiting their ability to create new taxes and gave the Villa Park Residents the ability to defeat any new taxes the Village might try to enact in the future. They did this not because they plan to create taxes, but instead […]
At the next board of trusttes meeting on Next Meeting January 14, 2008 the board is expected to consider an amendment which provides further protection to the residents of Villa Park.
The ordinace which is being considered would provide that should be Board of Trustees decide to implement any new tax upon the citizens of Villa […]
If you have questions about home rule, ASK!
Our Village Board Members are more then happy to answer your questions and hear your comments.
A series of public meetings are scheduled where you can ask questions and express your comments. They are as follows:
Jan 16, 2008 7:00pm
Iowa Community Center
Jan 17, 2008 7:00pm
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On November 26, 2007 the Villa Park Board of Trustees voted unamiously to place a referendum on the February 5, 2008 ballot asking the residents of Villa Park to enact HOME RULE for the Village of Villa Park, Illinois.
This website has been created to help educate the residents of Villa Park as to what Home Rule means […]