Dixmoor Public Library District secretary Arletta Evans asked the village board again to approve the construction of its own library. It has been sharing a facility with the William Leonard Public Library District since 2011.
The Aug. 13 board meeting was cancelled due to a “possible tornado warning,” according to a sign posted on the library’s door. The library had closed earlier in the evening.
The Harvey Public Library District quietly passed a resolution vacating Chapelle Hooks’ seat at a special meeting in March over delinquent property taxes. But in 2012, the Illinois State Supreme Court ruled property taxes don’t qualify as a disqualifying municipal debt.
All but one trustee of the Harvey Public Library board gathered on May 14, catching up on bill approvals and discussing youth programming for the summer.
Femi Adigun, a rapper known by his stage name Femdot, is curating a Hip-Hop and R&B music show at the Ramova Theatre in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.
The board meeting’s April 9 agenda included approving March bills lists and a treasurer’s report.
A storm of political conflicts, news desert crisis, and distrust of Chicago mainstream news media is fueling the growth of a new information ecosystem in the south suburbs.
The brief meeting sparked criticism from Waynemond Cotton and Lakeisha Brown-O’Neal, who are jointly suing the park board for preventing them from performing commissioner duties.
A notice posted on the library’s front door said the March 12 board meeting was “postponed until further notice.”
Harvey library trustee Chapelle Hooks reported paid library consultant and Cook County Commissioner Kisha McCaskill (5th) to county and state lawyers alleging McCaskill paid a library administrator who had already been terminated.
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