Take the Patch Dist. 1 Trustee Poll: Trautsch vs. Desmond
Oak Lawn Trustee Cindy Trautsch faces challenger Tim Desmond for the first district seat on the village board. Read their stands on the issues, then take the poll.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Oak Lawn Dist. 1 Trustee: Cynthia Trautsch vs. Tim Desmond
A guide to the April 2013 Dist. 1 trustee race pitting appointed incumbent Cynthia Trautsch against challenger Tim Desmond.
Cynthia "Cindy" Trautsch was appointed to fill the Dist. 1 seat on the Oak Lawn Village Board after former trustee Jerry Hurckes resigned in August 2011. Trautsch is a lifelong resident of Oak Lawn and Dist.1. She is a tax auditor and has been a member of the West Oak Lawn Homeowners Association for over 20 years. She is the mother of three and grandmother of four. Tim Desmond is the owner of Jack Desmond's Irish Pub in Chicago Ridge and an operating engineer with IUOE Local 399. He is currently pursing a degree in facilities engineering at Triton College. Desmond and his wife, Eileen, have lived in Oak Lawn for 25 years and have six children, four boys and two girls. Want more? Check out every story on Patch involving Cynthia Trautsch. …
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Oak Lawn Dist. 1 Trustee: Tim Desmond
Tim Desmond is challenging the appointed incumbent trustee for Dist. 1 trustee on the Oak Lawn Village Board. Desmond is running for a two-year term.
Name: Tim Desmond Position sought: Dist. 1 Trustee, Village of Oak Lawn Campaign contact information: Personal Information Use as much space as you need. 1. What is the primary reason you are running for this office? I see a real need for change on the Village board after years of bickering and squabbles and revelations about secret deals, rigged bids, and sweetheart contracts for friends and families of board members. I want to bring honesty and integrity back to the board so that my family and every other family can live in a financially stable, vibrant and safe community for many years to come. 2. Why do you deserve to be elected? I am a business owner, general contractor, and operating engineer (Local 399) and my background and…
The Quiet Man
8:02 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Sorry to disappoint Mary P. O' i'm Not Tim Desmond. Just a neutral observer..... more ›
Oak Lawn Dist. 1 Trustee: Cynthia "Cindy" Trautsch
Cynthia Trautsch was appointed Dist. 1 trustee. She is running for a two-year term on the Oak Lawn Village Board with the Mayor's Independence Party slate.
Name: Cynthia Trautsch Position sought: Trustee District 1 Campaign contact information: Personal Information Use as much space as you need. 1. What is the primary reason you are running for this office? I want to be an active participant in moving Oak Lawn forward. I want to help ensure the respect and leadership that Oak Lawn has in the southside of Chicago is preserved and flourishes. I want to ensure that our seniors are provided for and that the work they put into affording me a safe and prosperous community is preserved. 2. Why do you deserve to be elected/reelected? What sets you apart from the other candidate(s)? Why do I feel I should be elected should be the question not deserve to be elected. I have worked for …
Joanne M. Pripusich
3:21 pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Cindy, I believe in you, you have already proven that you love and care about the residents of District 1, I am very proud to be in this District, if you should ever need me to help with any concerns, I shall be here for you, you deserve this position, because you really do actually care about us, love, JoAnne Kennedy-Pripusich more ›
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Independents Band Behind Bury, Phelan Won’t Seek Third Term
Mayoral challenger Dr. Sandra Bury wins endorsements of four independent trustee candidates including two incumbents, who "collectively pledge to put the interests of Oak Lawn taxpayers first."
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. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts. 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…
Joanne M. Pripusich
2:40 pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013
If he doesn't live in Oak Lawn, he should not be allowed to run more ›
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Oak Lawn's Halloween Saved!
Trustees reinstate 8 p.m. curfew for Halloween trick or treating--but with conditions.
Tuesday’s village board meeting lasted all of 29 minutes, much of which was spent discussing Oak Lawn’s curfew for Halloween trick or treating. Last year the curfew for trick or treating in the village was shortened to 7 p.m. after Trustee Alex Olejniczak (Dist. 2) said he received calls from a concerned parent that 8 p.m. was too long of a window for kids to be out running around in the dark. Olejniczak also said that 8 o'clock was a little late for seniors to be opening their doors at night. Some parents complained on Patch that they couldn't get home from work until 6 p.m. Under Olejniczak’s proposal to end trick or treating at 7 p.m., by the time they arrived home and got kids changed into costumes Halloween would be over. Oak Lawn …
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Rosemary Damrau
12:58 pm on Monday, October 1, 2012
If everyone is so concerned about getting home from work and taking their little ones trick or treating, maybe we should follow Evergreen Park's trick or treating rules. This would allow the little ones to enjoy the holiday, accompanied by an adult, without us seniors worrying about opening a door to older trick or treaters. •For children under 18 years of age without a parental guardian, trick-… more ›
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Trautsch: 'We Don't Need Any More Rules'
Oak Lawn Trustee Cindy Trautsch explains why she voted no on the mayor's ordinance to add additional "Robert's Rules" to the village code.
In a turn of events that surprised some regulars in the board chamber last Tuesday, Oak Lawn Trustee Cindy Trautsch (Dist. 1) voted no to an ordinance that would have amended the how village board meetings are conducted. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. The measure was introduced by Mayor Dave Heilmann over the summer to cut down on the “unnecessary fighting” during village board meetings. Last month, the village board voted 4-3—the mayor flexing his newfound board majority—to approve the "language" in the proposed revisions to Title I, Section 6-5, Rules and Order of the village code. The Oak Lawn Village Board's rules of decorum are based on Robert’s Rules of Order, long considered the gold standard …
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andy skoundrianos
9:31 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Then I guess Dave isn't mad that someone is running against him?? more ›
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Rundown: The Poop on Dog Poop, New Chamber Digs, Liquor Licenses
Highlights of the Oak Lawn Village Board meeting from May 8, 2012.
It was a thin agenda for the Oak Lawn Village Board during their Tuesday meeting. Mayor Dave Heilmann was out of town so Trustee Bob Streit (Dist. 3) served as president pro tem. Sign up for the O-L Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. On a scale of 1 to 10 for village board tension, this meeting scored at five on the tension scale. Here are some of the highlights. Trustee Cindy Trautsch (Dist. 1) reported that “dog litter” signs have been installed on 93rd Street between Oak Park and Natchez Avenues, running parallel to Centennial Park. Trautsch said that her constituents have complained of people walking their dogs in the park, which is illegal in all Oak Lawn parks except for Bailey’s Crossing Dog Park. Leashed dogs are also …
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Laurey Olson
9:43 am on Saturday, May 12, 2012
I live on a corner on a busy street with an extra lot and people constantly think it's fine to let their dogs use it as a toilet. Hey I don't take my cat to YOUR yard to do it's thing. Keep your dogs at home! more ›
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Rundown: Trautsch Wants Announcements Trimmed from Village Board Meeting
Trustee thinks public service announcements distract village board from business.
On a Tuesday evening filled with awards and recognition of community members’ achievements, Trustee Cindy Trautsch (Dist. 1) proposed that some of the excess public service announcements be trimmed from the regular Oak Lawn Village Board meetings. “I had suggested that we move announcements to the 7 to 7:30 p.m. slot so that, we, as a board, can have our meetings and get out earlier within our time frame,” Trautsch said. Sign up for the O-L Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Announcements of carnivals, 5K runs, parish smokers and fundraisers, for example, would be announced before the village board’s regular 7:30 p.m. starting time on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. “Move these so they don’t take away from the meeting…
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Trustee Trautsch Uses 'A' Word
Did someone forget to add a new position of assistant village manager to 2012 budget?
Trustee Cindy Trautsch (Dist. 1) brought up the “A” word during Tuesday’s Oak Lawn Village Board meeting—“assistant village manager”—when she asked for a status update on the possibility of bringing in help for the village manager. The District 1 trustee has complained in the past of Village Manager Larry Deetjen’s “slow response time” to her emails and phone calls. TAKE THE POLL: Should Oak Lawn create a new position of assistant village manager? “Is that something we’re still discussing?” Trautsch asked. Mayor Dave Heilmann said such a matter of creating a position for an assistant village manager that it needed to be put on the board agenda. Trustee Alex Olejniczak (Dist. 2) expressed confusion “because I felt we budgeted for that …
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QC
10:26 am on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Cap, regarding you statement: "Are you still living with your parents? It said in the article you moved in with your parents again after the age of 40. Isn't there a movie about that?" Andy still lives at home with his dad. He never left . more ›
The Quiet Man
7:52 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
All the time Jim all the time..... more ›