Citizens wish to reduce townships from 17 to 8 in McHenry County

The organization currently only has a one page website on which donations are taken.  SEE:  http://www.mcc4tc.org/

 

Cal Skinner’s McHenry County Blog has a good summary of the proposal.

 

“….A press release from Nunda Township Trustee and Nunda Township Republican Central Committee Chairman Mike Shorten:

Township Consolidation Initiative Launched Citizen Lead Effort to Reduce Government Units in McHenry County

Crystal Lake, IL March 31, 2015 — The McHenry County Citizens for Township Consolidation (MCCTC) announced plans today to pursue an initiative to reduce the number of Townships in McHenry County through consolidation via a binding referendum in the March 15, 2016 primary.”

….”This could be accomplished through petition, which would mean gathering 10,000 signatures, or by having the McHenry County Board place a referendum on the ballot.

Organizers are looking at the March, 2016, primary election date so township governments would have about a year to figure out details. The next township elections would occur in the spring of 2017.

Voters in any township could vote down the referendum.  If a township’s residents did so, there would be no change in their township government.

Township populations in 2010 were as follows:

• Algonquin – 88,389
• Grafton – 53,137
• McHenry – 47,653
• Nunda – 38,245
• Dorr – 20,911
• Greenwood – 13,990
• Chemung – 9,134
• Marengo – 7,564
• Richmond – 6,683
• Burton – 5,003
• Coral – 3,552
• Seneca – 2,994
• Riley – 2,922
• Dunham – 2,844
• Hebron – 2,356
• Hartland – 2,031
• Alden – 1,402

To read all this article go to:  http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2015/03/31/effort-to-combine-townships-announced/

Obama vetoes Republican bid to block union election rules - Yahoo News

 

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed a measure by Republicans in Congress that would have blocked a government labor agency's rules designed to speed up the time it takes to unionize workers.

The rules would shorten the period between a union filing a petition to represent workers and an election, from the current median of 38 days to as little as 14 days. Employers would be required to share workers' names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses with unions.

The National Labor Relations Board adopted the rules last year and they are set to take effect April 14.

The Senate and House of Representatives, voting along party lines, approved a resolution this month that would have stopped enactment of the rules.

On Tuesday Obama, following through on a threat to reject the resolution, said the rules represented modest changes that would make it easier for workers to unionize.

"Unions historically have been at the forefront of establishing things like the 40-hour work week, the weekend, child labor laws, fair benefits and decent wages," Obama said at a press conference.

The labor board still faces court challenges in Washington, D.C. and Texas over the new process from business groups who say it violates the National Labor Relations Act by not giving employers enough time to prepare for elections.

Rep. John Kline, a Minnesota Republican and chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, said in a statement that the new process would only help unions.

"With his veto, the president has endorsed an ambush election rule that will stifle employer free speech, cripple worker free choice, and jeopardize the privacy of working families," Kline said.

The NLRB and Democrats who support the rules say they were designed to rein in misconduct by a minority of employers who draw out the union election process in order to threaten and intimidate workers.

An NLRB spokeswoman declined to comment on Obama's rejection of the resolution.

(Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, N.Y. and Julia Edwards in Washington; Editing by Grant McCool)

Obama vetoes Republican bid to block union election rules - Yahoo News