This is the main reason Bury won't get my vote or win. So tired of trying to make the mayor and the Village look petty and stupid. I never voted for Heilman but u bet I am this year.

It sounds like a producer paid the Mayor for work done as an actor. How is this "illegal" and how does Olejniczak get away with saying the Mayor committed a felony? The mayor should sue this guy. It seems pretty obvious that this issue, just like the attorney investigations and roof investigation are motivated by politics. Olejniczak, Bury, Phelan, etc can not run on ideas so they are running on character assasination.
Note to editor: If you are going to trash the Mayor you should at least make Olejniczak and Phelan point to the law that he allegedly violated. Otherwise you are part of the problem.

Seems to me, that since we pay an attorney to work with the village he should have been consulted prior to this taking place. As for outside compensation, how many village workers have a second job? Where are the audit controls and accountability that should keep all this from ever becoming an issue.

we don't need a mayor who is there to line his own pockets. another sweet secret deal for dave exposed. throw the bum in jail.

Too many false accusations and attacks from Mrs. Bury and some trustees. This is all nonsense and it should stop. Why wasn't this "Speeders fight back" issue brought up and talked about back then, not now when it nears election time. Like Mr. Heilmann said when he first got elected, he does not need the village residents money to steal, he grew up in Oak Lawn and wants to better our community, he makes his own six figure money. I am 100% behind the Mayor and my vote will go to Mr. Heilmann. He has done a great job as a mayor, so let's keep him as our mayor and I encourage everyone to vote for him.

More to the point, will anyone question Chief Villanova now? Will they ask, since he approved the OT, if he was in on a game? Or that he was told what to do by the Mayor? Because after he was brought into the discussion at the meeting, well, I would think Dr Bury and anyone else accusing the Mayor of using Village resources for his own gains can't ignore whatever involvement the Chief had. (And I ask this when my own opinion is this is all pretty much blather rather than felony.)

Obviously, Ole doesn't pay attention or doesn't care about the things people have been saying about the petty, childish and ridiculous behavior at the board table. His antics, accusations and the pathetic way he tried to cross examine the mayor and the police chief are EXACTLY, EXACTLY, EXACTLY the kind of garbage people have made it quite clear they are tired of. And EXACTLY why he just lost my vote. Wake up, all of you!

C'mon folks. Let real issues determine your votes. There are huge issues out there that will directly impact the future of the village and your tax bill. The $4k to DH is his being in the right place at the right time. The felony would have been if the acting gig was a quid pro quo for permission to film in the village. However, that OT invoice needs to be sent to the producers ASAP with the promise that it will go to collections very quickly and publicly if it doesn't get paid on time. How many Chicago cops, like Dennis Farina, became movie stars from just working their details! Our guys are still stuck with their day jobs. So hopefully, all of our "actors" will soon come to realize that who sits in that coveted chair is decided by us and not a referee. They will not win by destroying their opponent. They will win by gaining our confidence and favor.

Joe, EXACTLY right.

Olejniczak, you are an idiot. You should be ashamed of yourself for bringing this stupid crap up. And you are getting paid by the village? What are you doing on a daily basis besides stirring up trouble and personal vendettas with the Mayor? He's done nothing but make Oak Lawn more modern and appealing to young people. Way better than Mayor Kolb. Sorry, but it's true.
Mr. Olejniczak, if you're mad that you'll never be mayor, go move to a different town where they'll elect immature idiots. You're acting like a jealous little brother.

The hits just keep on coming...

Ole was the mouthpiece, Phelan did the dirty work. A well placed source said he's cooperating with the Feds to try and re-direct their investigation into the hiring of his wife and sister at SD 218.

Mayor Heilmann is a good man, he looks out for the families of Oak Lawn, and people should thank him for caring so much about us. I loved watching our police in that show, why can't people just try to get along, there are so many other issues in life, Our Mayor will absolutely get my vote, as well as everyone I know here in Oak Lawn, I am very proud of him. And proud to reside here in Oak Lawn. JoAnne Kennedy

This whole argument is not helping anyone..Especially the residents of Oak Lawn!!

So he gets paid for a tv gig - I've never previously heard of anything of the sort to be a felony. What gives?

We are also in the 2nd district and have put up with Olejniczak too long. We will not be voting for him in the election or for anyone he backs. He has lost the confidence of many people in the district. When asked about things that are problems in the district his standard answer is that everythng is tied up in committees and his hands are tied.
Our votes are going to the mayor's party . We need people that can get things done in this town and move forward. Stop the bickering and petty arguements. Start working together to make Oak Lawn the best suburb in Chicagoland. Stop trying to be like the idiots running this state and country. Set an example and do what is right for the people Oak Lawn.

I'm voting for Pedro

My family came to Oak Lawn in 1908, my grandfather was in politics until he passed away in the 50's, the only time I ever wanted to pack up and move until now was when Kolb and his cohorts started all this type of political crap and then went to being a board of yes men. I thought when we got Dave Heilman in office along with the varios trustees we finally had a board who could agree to disagree now were back to the same old crap. Dave Heilman has remained the same unfortunately several trustee think this is there own little kingdom when they do nothing for the residents.

while i agree the mayors opponents could focus on issue's more frequently, you cannot deny the dysfunction that exist in Oak Lawn government and the mayor is the leader...time for a change

Ole says: “[Heilmann] committed a felony because he got paid in his political capacity as mayor to produce and participate in Speeders."

Boy, oh boy. You and your crew better watch your mouths and your brains while you're campaigning. To actually come out and say that anybody committed a felony is not even close to borderline slander and libel - it IS slander and libel. YOU don't get to decide who committed any crime at all. That's for the State's Attorney or the Dept. of Justice to determine, not the group of political vipers you are running with.

The mayor ought to sue your sorry a$$, along with anybody who participated in this expose by your candidate. (Funny how that works, isn't it?) How on Earth do you people think this kind of approach is valid in any sense or that it will work with the voters in Oak Lawn?

Clean up your political house before you run off your mouths about others. Make sure everybody in your own camp is doing everything they should be according to the law. After you, Phelan, Bury and Duhig make yourselves perfect - and only then - go ahead and throw stones. Otherwise, STFU!

Well now Andy is calling names again. Seems Alex's less than steller performance on Tuesday has got the Minion Brigade all up in arms. Tommy Boy must of reamed them good.

Oh and Andy those people you luv...well newsflash they luv when I poke at you because it temporarily takes the heat off them. But you think they just luv you for you. No Andy they luv you for what you can do foe them. So sorry Andy.

I'd love to see Dr Bury come out of the shadow of Phelan and tell us what she would do to deal with the issues facing Oak Lawn. I'm tired of these endless contrived allegations that she tries to inflate into major issues. People want to vote FOR someone because they like the candidate's positions. We've seen what the Mayor has accomplished but I'd also like to hear more specifics from him on how the Village will deal with crime. There are countless other issues that both could be addressing. But when you ask what Dr Bury stands for the only thing I can think of is she hates Dave in the same way that her mentor Phelan does.

I'm an ol resident and was featured on speeders as well ...the one pulled over that is lol....where was my compensation??? I don't think its appropriate for a public official ...especially mayor to be " acting" as a fake judge for money... smells like personal gain to me

Heilmann's biggest accomplishment has been holding the village back from the total overrun of it by the Phelan crew. I think it was the Deja Brew incidentthat made it quite clear just how reckless they could be. I think given these circumstances of 3.5 power hungry trustees (one is just there half the time lets be honest) the mayor has shown considerable leadership. And now with The Patch being basically a forum for vicious slander day in and out well he again is showing leadership. But I do think some should think twice, or three times before they wildly post their accusations because there is a time when legal action maybe have to come in order to stop such hate.

I am so tired of the bashing. Stop telling us everything everyone else is doing wrong, and start telling us what you, or you, or you, are going to do to make this Village a better place to live, to raise our children, and conduct business in.

BS - You say "mayor would not have grounds to sue - it's all facts and his pathetic record of discord, lawsuits, abuse of power, secret meetings, backroom tricks and deals and personal profit. Oak Lawn needs to MOVE ON and the states attorny need to move IN."

Good idea. Let's have the mayor file a slander/libel suit and have the state's attorney come to town to investigate, and then see which prevails. You say pathetic discord? What about trustees who since 2009 haven't done a damn thing except argue and bicker with the mayor and with each other? You say abuse of power and personal profit? What about one trustee who steered over a million dollars worth of village business to his lawyer friends Querrey & Harrow and Godfrey & Kahn? Anything wrong with that? Since this is Illinois, I guess not.

Look, nobody is perfect here and nobody is free from blame for what has happened to our board, but nobody can put it all on Heilmann either. If no one else is willing to admit and assume their share of blame, which they don't appear to be willing to do, they're ignoring and avoiding reality.

Hey guys in case you have noticed, Phelan isn't running!!! I know your whole campaign was blame Phelan,Madigan and every person who doesn't like Dave, but that's not going to work. Put out all these new fake names everyday saying how great Dave is and how bad everyone else is. Guess what no one cares. Do you think anyone who goes on these blogs are " independent" Cmon stop drinking the Kool-aid. I love getting you all riled up and ....it's working........................

Andy,
I don't think you got Dist 2 curious "riled up" unless you are admitting that you also post under the name "blowing smoke".
Dist 2 Curious seemed to be addressing the comments toward BS (Blowing Smoke). Maybe everyone that supports Phelan and posts is really you. By the way, is it true what they are saying about Tom not running because of the investigation?

Nice try at reverse psychology Andy.

Maybe you didn't read what I said. The words you all means many bloggers. But I really think that there is probably three or four people Who are Dave supporters who use all the anonymous names on here.

Bottom line the Mayor made Money and it cost us $4000 in over time. It was wrong lets all move on with our lifes.

Um Andy...where is your "You All"? in your wild statement. You cant even keep your replies straight. Might want to let Tommy type.

Andy, you don't rile me up but instead make me feel very sorry for you. I literally sigh and wish that you would find some control for your sake. You were outed with your "fake name" so continuing that rant does nothing but ensure your credibility is lower each time, if that is even possible.

I agree with whomever said that it's time for some real lawsuits regarding libel and slander. The board members, at least some of them, love to file suits so maybe if they were on the other end of one they would grasp the reality of their verbal assaults and implications.

The question that repeatedly comes to mind when freedom of information act is mentioned is how much has Sandra Bury cost the village in responding to the flood of "fact finding" she has been doing? Yes, it costs the taxpayers money for FOIA request responses sometimes a little sometimes a lot. All of that "work" she is doing to smear people is on your dime. Gotta love that part. Sure it's legal but since 4k is so significant in a multi-million dollar budget to her, lets see the total cost to the village for 2012 in FOIA requests. One reporter for 1 request cost 5k and nobody is up in arms over that because you can't use it to paint the picture that everything is so grim and it's the Mayor's fault. Anyone who saw The American President
knows exactly what is going on here. When you can't beat someone straight up you try to discredit them so these attacks on the Mayor are sort of a compliment.

Again well said Quiet Neighbor. Well said.

Okay 2 curious, how many frivolous lawsuits and taxpayer financed investigations has your best buddy the mayor been a willing participant ?? You Mayor fans are lemmings ready to follow each other over the cliff for your guy.The obvious hypocritical rants who you and your buddies constantly keep spewing forth proves my case every time.

Yeah I have heard those same exact words from Tommy P. You see Andy you never really know who is listening when you think no can hear you two.

Thanks for pointing that out, Andy. My typo - meant to say $25,000. My apologies. On the Godfrey money, if we spent $500K to get $500K, that's a pass through to the trustee's friends in Wisconsin and of no benefit to OL.

As for political party disputes, here we're only talking about Village money, not what they want to spend on the outside squabbles. Couldn't care less. They can all sue each other all day long, as long as they spend their own dough.

Actually Heilmann didn't sue his former party - they sued him AND They Lost! http://oaklawn.patch.com/articles/judge-tosses-unity-party-lawsuit-against-mayor