Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Autumn/Holiday 2019, vol.16. no.5
Election
Maurice West, 67th District Illinois state representative
Source: Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019
“Home Rule’s geographic political divide” – March 25, 2018
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sunday 3/25/2018 by Jeff Kolkey
Source: Rockford Register Star, Sunday, March 25, 2018 by Jeff Kolkey
“Three state legislators reject civic center funding plan” – 1972, home rule proposed
Source:Â Rockford Register Star 4/30/1972 or Rockfordiana: Municipal Centers – 1, p 52 and 53
“Civic center money bill signed here” – 6/20/1970
Source:Â Rockford Register Republic 6/20/1970
“Center Group Vetoes Property Tax” – 1/10/1970
Source: “Center Group Vetoes Property Tax” Rockford Morning Star 1/10/1970
“City to get help on civic center site” Rockford Register-Republic 5/5/1970
“Civic Center site seclection pact OK’d” Rockford Register Star 5/13/1970
“Defeat May Shift Location of Urban Renewal Efforts” – 2/21/1968
Source:Â Rockford Morning Star 2/21/1968
” $15 Million to be Asked in Bond Issue” – 12-19-1967
Source:Â Rockford Morning Star 12/19/1967
“Home Rule Defeated” – 3/21/2018, Jim Hagerty
Source:Â The Rock River Times, March 21, 2018, article by Jim Hagerty
“Republicans at Plae Dae to Inclue Ogilvie, Scott” – 1968
Source:Â Rockford Morning Star Aug. 15, 1968