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Berwyn/Stickney park referendum: Narrowly fails


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By Kristen Zambo, kzambo@mysuburbanlife.com
Suburban Life Publications

Western suburbs -

9 a.m. —

With nearly all the precincts reporting, the Berwyn/Stickney park referendum appears to have failed, with 5,722 voters opposed and 5,100 voters in favor.

11 p.m. —

Stickney and south Berwyn residents went to the polls Tuesday faced with a referendum question asking if they wanted to annex into the Berwyn Park District.

But with only 6 of 29 precincts reporting in Berwyn, and with none of 7 precincts reporting in Stickney, it was too early to call whether the referendum would pass.

In Berwyn by 9:45 p.m., 887 votes had been counted in favor of the referendum’s passage, while 851 votes had been tabulated against the annexation, according to unofficial results from Cook County.

Voters were asked whether the Berwyn Park District should annex Stickney inside its boundaries for Park District services. The village of Stickney has a recreation department, but not a separate park district government that can levy its own tax on property owners.

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