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FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Vol. 6 No. 26
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District 4 contingent say ill Barber needs to step down Mayor Tom Giarrante noted he had talked to Barber about her absence By Stewart Warren For the Bugle
BY NICK REIHER maNagINg eDITor eric and eryn gray had been looking for a new dog for a while. the crest hill couple has enjoyed their 2-year-old toy poodle trixy for nearly a year, and so have their kids, trevor, 9, and chloe, 5. trixy is great, eryn said, but she tends to stay in her kennel when eryn is at work. they wanted to find another pet that might help bring trixy out of her shell … and kennel.
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COURTESY J.V. MURPHY & ASSOCIATES
Joliet Township Animal Control Center Assistant Director Patty Taylor (left) helps Director Sarah Gimbel (right) entertain Barney, who is available for adoption.
On Aug. 19, Councilwoman Susie Barber became ill at the end of a Joliet City Council meeting and left City Hall in an ambulance. She has not been at a city meeting since then. Some residents who live in her district four neighborhood are upset about that, and they came to the Feb. 18 Council meeting councilwoman to complain. susie barber, “I am here to talk district 4 about the ‘elephant in the room,’” said John Sheridan of 1122 N. Center St., a member of the Cunningham Neighborhood Council, the residents’ association in district 4. Sheridan said he was referring to fact that city officials weren’t discussing the fact that Barber had not been >> see step down | page 23