Kane County soon will have two fewer County Board districts and members.
The board voted 21-4 Tuesday to reduce its size — from 26 to 24 — beginning with the 2012 elections.
Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay has advocated for fewer board members, saying the county may need to reduce to 18 board members after the 2030 census to satisfy a state law that limits counties with more than 800,000 residents to 18 board members.
Waiting and reducing eight members all at once would be more difficult than paring away a few at a time.
Since it would be almost impossible to convince Chicago aldercreatures to vote themselves out of jobs, there ought to be some mechanism to get this on the ballot. Oh wait....been there, done that. People aren't quite pissed off enough. Yet.