If You Don't Like The Laws, Just Deannex

For those of you who just can't wait for that beer on the golf course...

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February 28, 2003, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"Tired of fighting with the village of Bensenville over beer sales at White Pines golf course, local park district officials have begun private talks about removing the course from the village...The move would not only mean the golf course wouldn't have to follow the village's liquor laws, but it would get the course out of paying the village's controversial amusement tax."

Thanks to Joel Strassman

Friday, February 28, 2003 in Daily Herald

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