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🌱 Patch AM: Elmhurst Park Leader Fails To Quickly Fix 'Misconceptions' In Controversy, Records Indicate

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In today's newsletter:

  • Park board tensions rise over bandshell vote and citizen petition
  • Elmhurst renews Flock cameras despite vocal privacy backlash
  • Why one Elmhurst school board member refused to back the recruiter

Also on today's calendar: Brain Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 80 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 80, low: 62.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Elmhurst Park Leader Fails To Quickly Fix 'Misconceptions' In Controversy, Records Indicate (patch.com) — Elmhurst residents are watching a growing dispute inside the Park District over how leaders handled a citizen push for a bandshell referendum near Wilder Mansion. Board President Kevin Graf is under scrutiny for not promptly correcting what he later called misconceptions about supporting an advisory ballot question, while residents and board member Vince Spaeth press for clearer communication before Monday's meeting at Wilder Mansion.
   

2. Elmhurst Officials Face Reelection Threats Over Flock Cameras (patch.com) — Elmhurst residents packed a City Council meeting to protest the city's renewed contract for 22 Flock license plate cameras, warning officials about privacy risks and vowing election challenges. Despite the outcry, aldermen unanimously approved the one-year, $45,000 deal as part of the consent agenda, keeping the surveillance system in place across Elmhurst.
   

3. Elmhurst School Official Declines To Back Principal Recruiter (patch.com) — Elmhurst District 205 has hired a recruiting firm to lead the search for a new York High School principal, with one board member pointedly voting "present" instead of yes. The firm, which previously helped recruit the superintendent, will be paid $14,500 as the district also navigates interim principals at York and Sandburg Middle School and weighs how to better develop internal candidates.
   

4. Elmhurst Theft Suspect Had Stolen Machine Gun: Police (patch.com) — Elmhurst police say a man linked to thefts at the Route 83 Kohl's was later found with a loaded, stolen handgun modified to fire automatically. The Rolling Meadows resident is being held in jail on weapons and retail theft charges after officers stopped the suspect vehicle and recovered firearms and merchandise.
   

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