John Downs, the adult in the room.

What is the cost to the taxpayers to make these documents available? Will Mr Giglio and his cronies make a donation in kind to cover these costs? Is this kind of behavior what we have to look forward to in Mokena government for the next 4 years?

Does the administration try to restrict the involvment of its residents by throwing the costs issue at them ? If village employees can be made available during working hours to help with Mayor Werners numerous private charity functions( non village related ) then they should certainly be available to do the work of the Village which includes FOIA requests. Why were we never made aware of the costs to the Taxpayer from the Civil Rights Violation of one of our residents ? If we're going to criticize one item then we should be forthcoming and transparent for all items .

The village employees have always don FOIA requests as long as the person requesting the information pays for the copies. The insurance company paid Tino before it went to a hearing just to get rid of the case. I wish it would have gone to trial. Tino would have lost big time and would have had a bunch of legal fees of his own to pay.

We need change in mokena and by keeping these same guys in "office" will do nothing. Vote for FANs on April 9th and get this town back on the map!

Amanda , What were the legal fees and village costs associated with Mr Lettieri's Civil Rights Violation Suit ? Yes the insurance paid the settlement of $25,000 after a full hearing and arbitration board decision. What were the legal fee's and costs to the Village ? An APOLOGY was all that was asked for , a simple apology !

Mrs. bowl, I know Jim Giglio from his Thornton days. He was one heck of representative of the people in Thornton Township. He has come out publicaly to challenge the elected officials as is his right. He doesn't hide behind Internet postings. If you have proof that he did something wrong then bring it. One thing I know for sure. You won't show yourself in public and debate him. He's been a better representative of the people than the cast of characters we have up there now. He has never asked for anything for himself in front of our village board. Like one other commenter said, you never let the facts get in the way of a good story. Thank you Jim for always being a stand up person.

Amanda , What are you talking about ? Again you haven't got your facts even close to right . Please answer the question of what costs and legal fees were incurred because Werner , Mazzorana , Downs and company were found to have Violated a Mokena residents Civil Rights ? What did it cost the Taxpayers because of our administrations abuse of one of our residents ? You seem to know everything else .

Does anyone else find it funny that whenever Amanda Bowl or someone else tied to the Current board is asked a factual question and where the answer may not be positive for their friends they refuse to answer it and again begin with personal attacks ? I agree with Thornton Ranger that at least Mr Giglio stands up in front of the Board on cable asks his questions and expresses his views even if some may disagree with him.

When will my fellow Mokena residents take the blinders off and take a good, hard look at the current mayor and his 3 loyal trustees? Look at Front St.; look at Wolf Rd; look at the former Ace Hardware strip mall on LaPorte Rd with only a dry cleaners remaining! Not only have the incumbents not brought any meaningful businesses to Mokena, they've allowed existing businesses to leave...and without replacement!
How is it that while our community lags behind all of our neighbors in economic development, our incumbents have managed to purchase the decent foreclosures in town prior to announcing those properties to the public? I smell a rat...or three.
Kudos to Giglio for trying to enlighten those dear citizens that think that the incumbents care about our community! They are only in office to help themselves. Take the blinders off, people, and vote them out of office for good.
Oh, and one more thing, why is it that our Lake Michigan water smells an awful lot like our old well water?

The costs incurred by the village are a direct result of the frivolous challenges brought to the electoral board by these so called "friends and neighbors" of Mokena. And now they want to put the onus for this debt on the incumbants? Outrageous!

Put on your glasses RAK , it doesnt say " Tainted Water " it says " Well Water ".

Norm , The Village Clerk allowed Filed Petitions to be given back to a candidate which is illegal and that's what generated the challenge and what generated the costs to the village.

Bull. These "friends" challenged the petitions of all the incumbants based on signatures.

Norm and RAK. Take off your blinders.

No Norm, the challenge was initiated because of the "Clerks Mistake " allowing Election Law to be violated and then the signature challenge was then included because those petitions were done so sloppily. REALLY

Can someone explain just why these incumbents deserve to be reelected? What positive actions have they accomplished? Between all of them not one new or (outside the box) idea has been put on the table. Like all local communities they seem to be guided by the Illinois Municipal League, supposedly a NGO which in turn seems to be guided by national guidelines that upon close examination are sinister in nature. All these local governments are the same. They all want more and more money to constantly expand and the only thought they have to acquire this revenue is known as Economic Development. They never seem to talk about police and fire pensions and how to pay the future cost which are rising every year. The typical Mokena yuppie wants more and bigger everything. Big houses and cars, more and bigger stores, wider roads, more restaurants, more police payroll, and on and on it goes. How about trying something new, downsize all of it. Less growth, or zero growth means less congestion (in the past this condition was desirable, not so much now apparently). In the past isn’t that why most came here? The tight consolidation of our communities that can be more easily controlled is the goal. Why do so many fail to see where this is going? One giant prison. “A perfect slave THINKS he is free”.

Good point! Every time a national retailer has come to Mokena, the surrounding residents come out and oppose. It will reduce property values, bring crime, etc. The incumbants have actively tried to assist businesses that have problems with their landlords to keep them in their location. I remember when Frank was on the Board he did not want Home Depot and threw a fit at the color of a building. When he was in office it was a nightmare. We need to keep the current leadership and say goodbye to the crew trying to replace them. If the FANS candidates get in, the Village Hall staff will be completely different and I for one enjoy the people there.

Y'all are missing the point. The ruling on the challenge against Mr. Metanias went 2-1. Atty. McGrath served as the panel chair thereby ruling on objections and presiding over the proceeding with the panel's other two lawyers, Atty. Carey - who voted contra Metanias and Atty. Gryczewski who voted pro. As an attorney who was asked by the challenged trustees to serve in their stead, he had an ethical obligation to disclose his conflict to both parties prior to the proceedings. Indeed, he was hired by Village in 2009 as an hourly attorney for ordinance violations; he is an adjudication officer, and serves on the police pension board for Mokena. None of this elaborate and tangled history was disclosed. The challengers should have been afforded the opportunity to move that he recuse himself based on these existing conflicts. Had he failed to do so after being asked, would likely have been considered reversible error by a circuit court reviewing the proceedings. Until Mr. Fleischer is sworn is as mayor, Mr. McGrath serves at the whim of Mayor Joe whose petitions were simultaneously being challenged. McGrath failed reveal his conflicts, conferred with the other lawyers during break, and ruled against the challengers. The ruling is thus tainted. Accordingly all Mokena residents who eventually vote for Metanias in April would be drawing fruit from a tainted and poisonous tree as, either his petitions, or candidacy should have been stricken or withdrawn sua sponte.

The fans candidates had the chance to appeal and did not. Its all irrelevant.

Norm , McGrath was ethically bound to disclose his conflict but didn't , as an officer of the court he violated those ethics. What's even worse is he did not follow the law he strayed from it to protect his BOSS JOE WERNER who shortly after the proceedings quit the race. I'd bet McGrath egrets his ethical violation now ? He did not serve honorably and had a chance to disclose his conflict when another member of the board did so explaining a casual relationship with the objector but McGrath hid the truth.

Amanda you are still avoiding answering the questions about the legal fees from the Civil Rights Violation. We don't care if there is an appeal with the petitions, McGraths refusal to disclose his conflict tainted the whole process. Now instead of trying to change the subject answer the civil rights legal fee question please ? I know you won't and will attack someone else personally but that's ok too because you offer to the residents a window into the attitudes and demeanor of the incumbents . It's obvious your blinded by anger and cannot process rationally on an adult level. Again , how much did Werner ,Mazz and Downs cost the Taxpayer when they were sued for Violating Mr Lettieri's Civil Rights ? When u don't answer the residents will know by your avoidance that its a lot of money !

And I don't care how much the Tino case cost the Village. Tino being Tino tainted that whole process. They felt sorry for him. And Giglio will be announcing at the next board meeting how much the village paid. He needs to finish what he started. He needs to do it on TV because now all of Mokena is waiting and the incumbents don't care if he makes an idiot of himself again at a meeting. And the majority of the residents know that the FANS are not good for Mokena.

It's interesting that when a resident ie: Giglio speaks out about an issue he believes is wrong he somehow becomes a villain but I've seen the village board including Werner, Mazzorana , Siwinski , Labriola and Metainias "Publicly Thank Him " at miltiple village board meetings for his support in their elections ? Why didn't you or them have issue with it then ?

I don't think the village board thought him a villain that night. I am the one that thinks he is a villain and would never thank him for anything. Mazzorana was stating his case on the petition objection, but Giglio wanted his way and only his way. Whatever.If he ever supported anybody but Labriiola, he did so trying to get something for himself. When that didn't happen, he's mad. Whatever.

Jane are you really serious ? Nothing you said has any factual support and its obvious you are only flapping the trap. Also haven't they all thanked him for his help in the past ?

Why is it necessary to name call and make personal attacks , it doesn't help anyone and really hurts your status when you try to make a legitimate comment.

Anna Schier please take a look at the Village Email being used by Incumbents to promote their campaign ! They have used the same Official photos on Village Website and Campaign Signs and Brochures and now they are using the village email ! Please dig a little our small town government is abusing their position of power.

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