Bremen High School District Board of Education President Deb Stearns will stay on the April 9 ballot, after the district's education officers electoral board voted to dismiss several challenges to her candidacy.
Bremen High School District Board of Education President Deb Stearns will stay on the April 9 ballot, after the district's education officers electoral board voted to dismiss several challenges to her candidacy.
Bremen High School District 228 Board of Education President Deb Stearns will remain on the April 9 ballot, following the dismissal of a challenge to her candidacy. At a Jan. 23 special meeting of the D228 Education Officers Electoral Board, members dismissed resident Steve Szabo's challenge due to a, "failure to state the interest of the objector," one of five motions Stearns's lawyer made to dismiss the challenge at a meeting earlier in January. “The courts have said there doesn't have to be much of one, but you've got to have one,” said Mike Davies, president pro-temp of the board. “When I review Mr. Szabo's objection, I don't see anything that resembles, or comes close to resembling that issue.” Szabo was not present at the Jan. 23 …
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District 228 Board of Education President Deb Stearns filed for candidacy for the April 9 election. Her petition to appear on the ballot is being challenged by Ron Szabo. The matter was continued to Jan. 23 during a hearing Jan. 11.
Bremen High School District 228 school board president Deb Stearns and the rest of the school district community will have to wait a little longer to find out if she will be on the April 9 ballot. Resident Ronald Szabo objected to her candidacy, and appeared before the district's Education Officers Electoral Board on Friday, Jan. 11. During the special meeting of the electoral board, Stearns's lawyer, John Murphy, outlined a motion to dismiss Ron Szabo's objections to her candidacy. Murphy spent the majority of the nearly half-hour meeting explaining why the electoral board should dismiss the objections before answering questions from the board about his motion. Murphy said there were several reasons to dismiss the challenge, the first …
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11:45 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
What have you accomplished by attending your bored meeting??? Let's have a public debate on the issues of D228. Their meetings are scripted with much bad acting. I would like to see people using the web to debate specific issues. What can you tell me about their drastic changes in curriculum. I recently heard Bremen's class of 2013 will have an average ACT of 17, That bothers me. I want to change… more ›
After a challenge by James Hortsman booted current Ward 6 Alderman Peter Muscarella and challenger Greg Simos off the ballot, the former and remaining candidates react to the change.
Following the removal of two of the four candidates from the April 9 ballot for the Ward 6 Alderman seat, reaction from the remaining and removed candidates was varied. Incumbent Peter Muscarella, one of the two candidates removed, said that being removed from the ballot was definitely a blow, but that it was his own mistake that cost him his spot on the ballot. “I misfiled, I made an error on the application … that is the bottom line,” Muscarella said. “I was wrong by legality, but nothing to be subversive.” Muscarella said the challenge was based on signatures on his petition that were printed, not signed in cursive, which is why the challenge was accepted and he was removed from the ballot. “They criticized printed signatures. We have …
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10:32 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Ken Barry is quoted in this article as saying "a better person" implying that Mr. Hortsman is a lesser person... Sorry SomeGuyNamedEd, that sir is a lack of class. Unfortunately for OF Politics, we don't need another Kuspa/ Toland buddy and yes man on the City Council. We need someone who is actually going to look out for the tax payers. I can't guarantee it's either man, but at least Hortsman … more ›
The Illinois Senate amends its election code so that candidates in local elections—from City Council to School Board—can submit nominating petitions until 5 p.m. on the day after Christmas.
Merry Christmas, candidates in local elections: You have an extra day to get your name on the April 2013 ballot! A new state law, passed Nov. 29 by both houses of the General Assembly, is also good news to municipal clerks, school board secretaries, township clerks, park district and library secretaries and other local election officials who were previously required to accept candidate petitions until 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve, regardless of whether their respective governmental offices were open. The law is effective immediately. Senate Bill 3338 amends Section 1-4 of the Election Code to specify that, for the 2013 consolidated election period, local election officials have until 5 p.m. Dec. 26 to accept candidates' petitions or …
Democracy isn't a spectator sport. Tell us the questions you'd like us to put to the candidates.
The March primary elections are nearing, and Patch editors want know: What would you ask the candidates running for office? Patch wants to cut through the rhetoric and get to the heart of the issues you care about. And, we think you know best what those issues are. Your questions are important to us. Patch will be on the forefront of every election that matters to you. We’ll be asking the tough questions—your questions—and getting the important information back to you. What You Can Do Leave a question in the comments below for the candidates. Be sure to mention if the question is for a specific candidate. Who's Running? Want to find out who's running for local seats? Read the stories below: Trustee Greg Hannon Sets His Sights on Senate …
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2:32 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
Hey Lauren- Can you do a story about HB148 and how Will Davis is a strong opponent to this bill. We as Oak Forest Residents need to have the option to have a concealed carry weapon to protect ourselves and our loved ones. 49 states can't be wrong. more ›
Planners said the forum was non-partisan, despite Tea Party backing.
Updated at 1:50 p.m.: District 230 incumbent candidate Kathy Quilty and candidate Rena Esposito-Sheehan said Friday they never received an invitation to this forum. A message left with John Sendra, who was in charge of marketing the event, was not immediately returned. The crowd was scant, but the issues were hot at a candidate forum bringing candidates from four local races to the Tinley Park VFW Thursday night. Unlike recent School District 146 Town Hall meeting, the audience at this event was small enough to count on a couple hands, while only about half the invited candidates showed. Knowing that it was an event sponsored by the local Tea Party may have deterred some folks from coming out, organizer Jim Fuentes said, but that wasn’t …
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Several candidates from local races spoke at the Tinley Park VFW on Thursday night.
The only question to come from the audience during Thursday's candidate forum at the Tinley Park VFW asked why a slate would raise $15,000 to elect three people to an unpaid board. Kathy Burke, a former school board member and Tinley Park resident, questioned how much District 230 school board candidate Richard Nogal’s slate, "Top 3 for 230," had risen for its campaign and how he planned to juggle a seat on district 230’s board with the other varying positions he holds. “I am very leery about when a candidate spends a ton of money to run for an unpaid office,” Burke said after the forum. The attorney and Northwestern University graduate is the current Palos School District 118 board president, a former chair for the Palos Community …
12:16 pm on Saturday, April 9, 2011
To Mr. Martelli -- the reason I was not there was because I was not invited! I am sure that you made sure of that. Rena Sheehan was also not invited. more ›
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3:01 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
Williams is an elitist-only cares about the top 5% that is why Bremen and Hillcrest are never EVER part her plans for improvement. This is a Kendall hire-another paid assasin who does the dirty work for him. Someone should ask what Stearns, Kendall and the other stooges have done to help Hillcrest rather than condemn them.... more ›