Trustee candidates have announced their runs in their respective districts for the Oak Lawn Village Board and are endorsing mayoral challenger Dr. Sandra Bury in the April 2013 election.
Restaurateur and businessman Tim Desmond has announced his run in the special election for Dist. 1 trustee. Desmond is challenging incumbent Cindy Trautsch, who was appointed to the seat after the resignation of former Trustee Jerry Hurckes in August 2011. The term is for two years.
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Desmond brings "a wealth of real-world business experience to the trustee office as the founder and owner of Jack Desmond's Pub in Chicago Ridge". Desmond is also a homebuilder in Oak Lawn and a stationary engineer with Local 399, according to a Bury campaign news release.
Trautsch is running on Mayor Dave Heilmann’s “Independence Party” ticket.
Oak Lawn-resident Mike Carberry is running in the sixth district for village trustee, where Tom Phelan has decided not to seek a third term.
Carberry is a former 36th District state representative and currently services as the deputy director of acilities management for Cook County. Carberry has the full support of Phelan.
Bury has also picked up the endorsements of incumbents Trustees Alex Olejniczak (Dist. 2) and Tom Duhig (Dist. 4).
Olejniczak and Duhig, along with Phelan, have stepped up their battles as of late against Mayor Dave Heilmann-led board majority. Olejniczak is the vice president of operations for Dearborn Wholesalers.
Duhig is seeking a second term as the fourth district trustee.
“It’s time to put an end to insider deals for special interests – for lawyers, hospitals, family members, and the like,” Duhig said, who works in the court services division of the Cook County Sheriff’s office.
Bury and the four independent trustees have “collectively pledged to put interests of Oak Lawn taxpayers first.”
The mayoral challenger took the opportunity to slam the current village board majority, which includes Trautsch and Trustees Bob Streit (Dist. 3) and Carol Quinlan (Dist. 5).
“Special interests, insider deals, secret meetings and slanderous personal attacks have become business as usual for the current board majority,” Bury said of the Heilmann-led majority.
Bury’s news release did not indicate why Phelan was stepping down.
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Your thinking is really on the money. The best thing to happen in this coming electionis to vote out all the incumbents. They are like little kids arguing ith their toys. We need some fresh blood that can get along for the good of our town. We used to have some input when Ernie and his side were in control. All the trustees only worry about their selves and their bragging rights. Our family has lived in Oak Lawn since the mid 1940's and after we were married we bought our home in 1973. I have 7 brothers and sisters who all live in our town plus many aunts and uncles, cousins and inlaws. We are all getting tired of the fighting and coniving and will vote to any new people that will promise to work together for the betterment of our town.
Insider deals like ... oh, let's see...the Querrey & Harrow deal to your buddy's buddy Stillman, that you voted for. Like the $25,000 to Odelson & Sterk for a bogus "investigation" of the former attorneys, obviously intended to take a shot at the mayor? Like the $500,000 to Phelan's Wisconsin law firm buddies at Godfrey & Kahn to further "investigate" the former attorneys. Look, Mr. Duhig, wake up! Literally. Phelan has stated out loud that his number one goal in life is "to take down Dave Heilmann." This is the kind of guy you hang with? There's a life's dream. But wait! There's more! You hang with another guy who solves his problems with another trustee by punching him out. Maybe the label Three Stooges is the right one. So, Carberry would be Shemp?
I must agree however that this is a great day for the people of Oak Lawn because Tom Phelan is gone! No matter who wins in the district, the people of Oak Lawn will be better off
Both Have Ties To Mr Madigan
Unfortunately, she only "played well" with the Thugs, and did their vicious bidding. Her's another quote: Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. W. Clement Stone
IMO
Too much power & greed in a person,= Not Good. Which leads me to.. he & TP are mfeo.