Cook County Commissioner John Daley announces that county will fund full amount of traffic signalization project at Central Avenue and 93rd Street.
In an evening of stunning announcements, Cook County Commissioner made another appearance at Tuesday’s village board meeting. Daley announced that the county—with the blessing of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and the rest of the board—would pick up all of the costs of adding a left turn lane at 93rd Street and Central Avenue. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts and follow us on Facebook. The county and village had each passed resolutions to share the costs 50/50, but instead Oak Lawn trustees voted 3-2 to delay the project and divide up remaining bond monies across the village’s six districts. “This project has always been a concern,” Daley said. “It was obvious [at the Feb. 12 village board meeting] what your …
The Republican incumbent for Cook County Board of Commissioners' 17th District seat edged out Democrat opponent Patrick Maher in a campaign rife with allegations and criticism.
Elizabeth Gorman will have her chance to "fight Stroger politics" as she said while greeting voters outside the Orland Park Civic Center on Tuesday night. Gorman won another four-year term as Cook County Board's 17th District commissioner with about 59 percent of votes, against Democrat challenger Patrick Maher who received 36 percent of the votes. Green Party candidate Matthew Ogean pulled just more than five percent of votes in the race. At the victory party at Sam Maguire's Pub after most of the numbers had come in, the incumbent said she was proud of running a clean campaign and criticized Maher for neglecting the real problems with Cook County government. "He blamed me for his inability to tell the truth," said Gorman, noting that…
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2nd District Fan
11:07 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
I don't think that is all of a sudden Andy. Look out the basement window and see how the streets and alleys in your district are being done. Where do you think money comes from, the tooth fairy? You were blasting the Mayor and Trustee for demanding that the village discuss how to pay for a project. YOu then claim that they lost by playing politics. I would say that they won because Streit asked … more ›