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Vol. 32, No. 31
August 2, 2017
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Economic Development Commission takes up subject in September By BOB UPHUES Editor
Video gambling, a subject that seemed to disappear from the radar in Riverside after a contentious couple of public meetings in late 2015 and a panel discussion in early 2016, has reappeared on the screen. At the Riverside Village Board meeting on July 20, a local business owner asked to reopen discussion about allowing video gambling in the village’s bars and restaurants, and the village is going to do just that. At the request of Village President Ben Sells, video gambling will be an agenda item at the next meeting of the Riverside Economic Development Commission on See VIDEO GAMBLING on page 11
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Riverside resident Kevin Padilla, 24, jogs on the path along the Des Plaines River in Swan Pond Park in Riverside on July 28. Receding flood waters allowed visitors back into the park last week, but plans for new plantings have been delayed. For the full story, see page 5.
Entire Brookfield Fire and Police Commission resigns Former chair says promotion snafu was ‘climax’ of issues
By BOB UPHUES Editor
Brookfield’s village board on July 24 was in line to swear in Firefighter Matt Dubik to the
rank of lieutenant, a seemingly routine piece of village business. But the promotion was derailed when the three-person Brookfield Fire and Police Commission resigned en masse before the vote
without having approved Dubik’s promotion. According to the village code, it’s the commission’s responsibility to “provide for promotion in the fire and police divisions on the basis of ascertained merit and seniority
in service and examination.” The former longtime chairwoman of the Fire and Police Commission, Sharon See RESIGNATIONS on page 9
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