Residents protest proposed layoffs, tax hike in Freeport
After protests from Freeport residents at a packed village board meeting, trustees postponed a vote on a proposed budget that would cut four jobs and raise property taxes 5.5 percent.
Scores of civil service workers filled the meeting room Monday after staging a rally outside village hall to challenge the layoffs, which Freeport unit president Peter Reinke said were the first contemplated...
