Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Dave Heilmann signs off on two terms as mayor of Oak Lawn.
The stage was all Dave Heilmann’s Tuesday night, as he bid farewell to the village and lowered the curtain on his eight-year-run as mayor of Oak Lawn. The outgoing mayor, who lost his bid for a third term to Sandra Bury, presided over his last village board meeting before the mayor-elect and three new trustees are sworn in next month. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and follow us on Facebook. Heilmann was effusive in his pre-meeting banter as he recognized Oak Lawn Community High School’s state drama champions, something he did best helming the village board meetings. As if a hint of what to expect, Trustee Bob Streit (Dist. 3) accused the new village board members of already “flexing their political muscle” by preventing him and…
Monday, April 22, 2013
Cook County Clerk's Office canvasses votes between two write-in candidates to decide fourth board member for Dist. 229.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Write-in ballots canvased at Cook County Clerk's Office on Friday. Winner is announced.
More than a week after the April 9, the Cook County Clerk’s Office released the “unofficial” results of ballots cast for write-in candidates vying for the fourth seat on the Oak Lawn Community High School Dist. 229 school board. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and follow us on Facebook. All election results remain “unofficial” until the vote is certified, which should happen by April 30. Write-in candidate Stephen Greene received 289 votes to Dan Sodaro’s 48 votes in Friday’s canvass. Greene will assume the fourth seat when the new D229 school board is sworn in next month. The D229 school board race received a total of 456 write-in votes. Only votes for write-in candidates certified by the county were counted. Write-in votes cast…
Monday, April 15, 2013
A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of votes cast in Oak Lawn's 2013 election for village clerk.
Testament to her popularity, Jane Quinlan cruised easily into her third term as village clerk of Oak Lawn. Quinlan captured all 41 of the village’s precincts, trouncing the mayor’s slated-candidate and running mate in the clerk race, Melissa Moran. As clerk, Quinlan is a non-voting member on the village board and the village's only full-time elected official. Voters’ village-wide cast ballots for the village clerk as they do the mayor. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and follow us on Facebook. Quinlan captured 67 percent of the vote to Moran’s 33 percent, or 7,011 to 3,455. Moran fared no better than the rest of her slate mates in the Mayor’s Independence Party. Only two of Mayor Dave Heilmann’s slated trustee candidates won two …
A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of Oak Lawn's Dist. 1, Dist. 2, Dist. 4 and Dist. 6 races, April 9, 2013.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Also this week: a drunk driver falls asleep in an Oak Forest Burger King drive-through and a Chicago Heights woman talks about the challenges of running a pit bull rescue shelter.
Here are some of the top stories from the past week in Patch's South Suburban region: Oak Lawn—Oak Lawn Elects First Woman Mayor—Oak Lawn voters made history on Tuesday by electing the first woman to serve as mayor, beating two-term Mayor Dave Heilmann in stunning upset. Beverly-Mt. Greenwood—Police: Man With Plastic Bag on Head Burglarizes Restaurant—In hindsight, it might not have been the best idea for a disguise. Orland Park—Lightning Blamed in Two Orland Fires—Luckily, nobody was injured after a pair of lightning strikes sparked two fires in two different homes Wednesday morning. Evergreen Park—K-9 Called on Palos Park Man During Traffic Stop—The dog was called after officers noticed the smell of marijuana emitting from the vehicle…
Saturday, April 13, 2013
A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of Oak Lawn's Dist. 1, Dist. 2, Dist. 4 and Dist. 6 races, April 9, 2013.
The Mayor's Independence Party candidates won only two precincts across four races for village board trustree in the April 9 election. Dave Heilmann lost his own bid for third term as Oak Lawn mayor to political novice, Sandra Bury. Bury is the first woman to be elected to serve as mayor of Oak Lawn. Mayor’s Independence Party trustee candidates Julie Misner and Carol Sheahan each picked up split precinct in their respective Dist. 2 and Dist. 6 races. Sign up for Oak Lawn Patch breaking news alerts and follow us on Facebook. Cindy Trautsch’s brief sojourn as the appointed first district trustee ended when she lost her bid for an elected two-year term. The mayor’s slated candidate battled it out with Oak Lawn Independent Tim Desmond in Dist…
Friday, April 12, 2013
A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of votes cast in the 2013 Oak Lawn mayoral election.
With few contested local races and based on the dismal voter turnout in the 2011 consolidated election – Dave Heilmann had everything going for him heading into April 9 in his third mayoral bid over newcomer Sandra Bury. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and follow us on Facebook. Conventional wisdom says that low voter turnout usually favors the incumbent, putting the burden on the challenger to bring new voters to the polling booth. Overall, voter turnout in suburban Cook County was 19 percent, up two points from 2011’s low turnout of 17 percent, according to the Cook County Clerk's office. Like many south suburbs with contested mayoral races, Oak Lawn’s voter turnout averaged higher than the rest of Cook County, with 30 percent …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Write-in candidates for the Oak Lawn Community High School Dist. 229 school board will be hand-counted next week by Cook County Clerk's Office.
Oak Lawn Community High School Dist. 229 will not know who will fill the fourth open board seat until next week. Five candidates vied for four open seats on the D229 school board, including two write-in candidates. Balloted candidates won easily. Voters retained Jim Melnik for a four-year term on the D229 school board, with first-comers Robert Loehr and Katherine Berry also receiving a nod. Certified write-in candidates Stephen Greene and Dan Sodaro fought for the fourth open seat on the board, when not enough candidates filed nominating petitions for all four open seats in December. The Cook County Clerk’s Office said that write-in candidates for the D229 school board received a total of 456 votes. Only votes for write-in candidates …
Dist. 6 trustee candidate Joe Sorrentino thanks residents for their support.
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Thursday, April 11
Dear Dist. 6 Residents, First, let me tell you how grateful I am to all the wonderful people who have supported me throughout this entire campaign. I received such gratification to have met so many wonderful District 6 citizens, those supporting my candidacy and those who took time of their very busy day for me. I realize how difficult it is to be inundated with mail, phone calls and visits, but all of you were so gracious to me and I will never forget the enlightening conversations we had. I can never say thank you enough to my wonderful family and friends, who gave me countless hours of support and encouragement, not to mention the amount of physical work throughout this entire campaign effort. I can tell you that unequivocally, I …
Silly People
9:32 am on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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