The Issue: Village officials are creating procedures for how development money should be used.

Our View: La Grange offers a great lesson in strategic planning, and Brookfield should follow suit.

The Issue: Local municipalities are scrambling to compensate for the loss of tax funds usually distributed by the state.

Our View: Enough is enough. We must elect people to serve in Springfield who can assert leadership to make tough but necessary decisions.

With visions of revenue gushing out of the coffers of local school, library and park districts, it’s easy for people to dislike tax increment financing districts.