Note that the Mayor and 3 at-large council seats are not up for election until Spring 2003. In Urbana, the Mayor, City Clerk, and all Council members will be elected. We will also be voting for School Boards, Park Boards, Village Boards and for Community College Trustees. The County Board has placed the issue of single member districts for the County Board as a referendum on the April 3 ballot, something which the League and Chamber of Commerce had asked for last summer. We will have more about this issue in our March Voter .
Wood has a long history of support for conserving and restoring our natural resources.
A business meeting will follow the speech. Will Burns of the Metropolitan Planning Council, which is leading Network 21, is planning meetings with the Illinois Farm Bureau at five locations around the state. Thursday, February 8, Stephenson County Farm Bureau, Freeport Thursday, February 15, Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington. Ron Warfield , the president of the Illinois Farm Bureau, will attend the February 15 meeting. We expect to see a lot of action in school funding in the next several years, so now is the time for coalition building and education of League members on the issues.