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Letter: 'We Need to Protect and Defend Township Government'

Milton Township Trustee Marty Keller writes about the need for township government. To send a letter to the editor, email Charlotte@patch.com.

Wheaton Patch accepts and publishes letters to the editor emailed to Local Editor Charlotte Eriksen at Charlotte@patch.com, or sent as a message through the Wheaton Patch Facebook page. Please note in subject lines the message is a Letter to the Editor. ------------ Milton Township Update With the general elections coming to a close on Nov. 6, the Illinois General Assembly saw it fit to force both parties to select their candidates for the March 2013 elections in the next four weeks. The internal campaigning within all parties is in full swing. I have not heard the names of Democrats running but the Republican field is pretty full. There are two candidates running for each position of Township Supervisor and Township Assessor plus eight …

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Milton Township Names New Trustee

Martin Keller of Wheaton will replace Chris Edwards, who stepped down from his position as trustee in March.

A businessman from Wheaton will replace former Milton Township Trustee Chris Edwards, Township officials decided Tuesday. Martin Keller of Wheaton is a Milton Township Republican precinct committeeman and general manager at BAM, a division of MK Systems, Inc. in Elk Grove. He will replace Edwards, who resigned from the board last month. Click to sign up for the Wheaton Patch newsletter Keller said with his background in business, his contribution to the Township will be: "getting people to work together." "That's what I've always done... That's (kind of) always been my job." Keller, who has been a committeeman for eight years, said the reason he became involved in goverment is because, "government doesn't run enough like business." He said…

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Milton Sign Guy

4:12 pm on Monday, September 3, 2012

A Space in Time is really Jeannie Ives. Hey Jeannie, do us a favor and bring your Milton Township ethics down to Springfield and take your do boy Mark Stern with you. Looking for hypocrites??? Look in the mirror or at one of your Milton sign locations put up by public employees on government time. Shame on you for being a big phony.   more ›