Petitions cited for lack of valid signatures, inappropriate binding
In less than five minutes Thursday morning, Evergreen Park election officials slammed the door on the mayoral candidacy of Shawn Good. Sign up for Evergreen Park Patch breaking news alerts. The Village of Evergreen Park Municipal Officers Electoral Board, consisting of Trustees Carol Kyle and Jerome Bosch, and Village Clerk Catherine Aparo, with representation by attorney Joseph Cainkar, voted unanimously to remove Good’s name from the April 9 election ballot. Good is challenging incumbent Mayor James Sexton, the only contested race in the upcoming municipal election, other than a library board race for two-year trustee. The action came after two village residents, Geoffrey Layhe and Anthony Yukich, filed an objection regarding Good’s …
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The mayoral candidate will find out next week if her name will remain on the ballot.
Shawn Good’s bid for mayor may come to an abrupt end when the Evergreen Park Municipal Officers Electoral Board meets next Thursday, Jan. 17, in the Council Chambers. Good’s petitions are being challenged by Geoffrey Layne and Anthony Yukich for not being securely bound when turned in to the village and for lacking the proper number of valid signatures. After the initial meeting, Good called the challenge “typical Chicago politics” and said she would be vindicated in the end. The Electoral Board met Thursday morning where attorney Burton Odelson, founding partner of Odelson and Sterk in Evergreen Park, represented the two objectors. Shawn Good represented herself. Odelson, to prove his point about securely bound petitions, picked up the …
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1:45 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The Village depts are a travesty. They bounced all those jobs to part time while they work full time? Of course the Mayor gets a full salary as do his dept heads and the head of the REC DEPT,,,,,,,Makes you wonder where the loyalty lies.... more ›
evergreenlove13
8:43 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Concerned, as I was saying.....It is not the Village of Evergreen Park's fault if people are forclosing on their homes. I was stating that your homes value didn't fall because of anything Mayor Sexton did. You home value fell because of your fellow citizens who forclosed on their homes. And YES my town can be financially sound (with money in the bank) even if people are forclosing. That is why it… more ›