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DeKalb council’s makeup to change 3rd Ward’s Lash, 5th Ward’s Naylor will not seek re-election Lash announced at the end of the DeKalb City Council meeting Monday that she had DeKALB – Third Ward Al- decided not to seek a second derwoman Kristen Lash and term. After the meeting, she 5th Ward Alderman Ron Nay- explained she is working fulllor will not seek re-election to time as a library assistant at their DeKalb City Council seats Northern Illinois University’s in April. Founders Memorial Library
By KATIE DAHLSTROM
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and plans to pursue two master’s degrees. “The biggest factor is that my life is going in a very different direction than I thought it would four years ago,” Lash said. “I want to focus on my work and school, and still have time for my husband.”
‘A very difficult standard to meet’
When Lash, 30, was elected in 2011, she wanted a seat on the City Council because of her interest in politics and nonprofits. Now, however, she said she’s happy with her job at NIU, which is why she’s earning a master’s degree from NIU in computer science and will
start an online master’s program in library information sciences from the University of Illinois within the next year. Naylor, 72, was first elected in 2007 and won a re-election bid in 2011.
See COUNCIL, page A4
Kristen Lash, 3rd Ward alderwoman, will not seek a second term.
Ron Naylor, 5th Ward alderman, will not seek a third term.
EVERGREEN VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK
Prosecutions in police shootings are not easy By ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press WASHINGTON – As the Justice Department probes the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Missouri, history suggests there’s no guarantee of a criminal prosecution, let alone a conviction. Federal authorities investigating possible civil rights violations in the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson must meet a difficult standard of proof, a challenge that has complicated the path to prosecution in past police shootings. To build a case, they would need to establish that the police officer, Darren Wilson, not only acted with excessive force but also willfully violated Brown’s constitutional rights. Although the Justice Department has a long history of targeting police misconduct, including after the 1991 beating of Rodney King, the high bar means that many high-profile police shootings that have raised public alarm never wound up in federal court. “It’s a very difficult standard to meet, and it really is satisfied only in the most egregious cases,” said University of Michigan law professor Samuel Bagenstos, the former No. 2 official in the department’s civil rights division. “Criminal enforcement of constitutional rights is not something that is easily pursued. It really requires building a case very carefully, very painstakingly.” Federal prosecutors, for instance, declined to charge
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An excavator is parked Monday in front of the main office of Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park in Sycamore. Residents have seen letters being spray painted on the emptied trailers denoting when the electric, water, and gas services have been disconnected, and the trailer is ready for demolition.
Buyout almost done
Flood-prone mobile home park will be demolished after county buys last 7 dwellings
The middle child, Anthony Cavalear, 9, has been attending North Grove Elementary and will attend West Elementary afSYCAMORE – Robert Baird was ada- ter they finish moving in mid-September. mant that his family stay in Sycamore, The family bought a home on West Exeven though they have to move change Street in Sycamore that out of Evergreen Village Mobile suit their needs. Voice your willCounty Home Park. leaders have secured opinion Baird has lived in Evergreen $7.1 million in state and fedVillage, 955 E. State St. east of eral emergency management Do you think the Sycamore, for more than 30 grants to buy the flood-prone DeKalb area has years, and he lives there with his property, relocate its residents, enough affordable girlfriend and her three grandand return it to open space by housing? Vote at children. The children have all June 30. Officials have budgeted Daily-Chronicle. attended Sycamore schools, and about $3.7 million to relocate com. Baird wants it to stay that way, residents and about $1.9 million even when they have to move. to purchase the mobile homes. “We’re staying here because of the The property was bought for $1.47 million kids,” Baird said. “I didn’t want to pull from the owner. them out of school. They have friends here.” See EVERGREEN, page A4
By JESSI HAISH
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Anthony Cavalear, 9, tries to wrestle a ball away from his dog “Chewy” on Monday across the street from his family’s mobile home in Evergreen Village. Anthony will be changing schools from North Grove Elementary to West Elementary in Sycamore when his family moves out in September.
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