Tri-Cities Talk: Should There Be Term Limits In Electing Local Mayors?
Tri-Cities residents, Patch wants to hear from you on the issues that affect you and your neighbors.
Welcome to Tri-Cities Talk—a regular feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on current issues facing Geneva, Batavia and St. Charles. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we asked the Tri-Cities community in recent days on local Patch Facebook pages. This week's election saw the reelection of two longtime Tri-Cities mayors. Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns won his fourth term, and Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke was reelected after more than 30 years in office. Meanwhile, St. Charles elected new mayor Raymond Rogina since Donald DeWitte decided not to seek another term after 20 years as an elected official for the city—eight as mayor and 12 as alderman. That brings us to this week's …
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Melother
1:43 am on Saturday, April 27, 2013
Unfortunately the majority of our society is mind numbingly complacent and ignorant...until you make them mad! If there is nothing glaringly wrong in a town or with a particular politician than, no one cares. That is unbelievably sad, but true. I was astounded by the number of people who had no clue when voting day was but I have to admit, it was not well advertised either. Politician's want to … more ›