Report: Appeals Court Puts Dems Back on Ballot for Will Co. Board
After being taken off the ballot in July, candidates in five districts, including those serving Frankfort and Mokena, can run in November thanks to a state appellate court, the Chicago Tribune reports.
A state appellate court Wednesday put seven Democrat candidates for Will County Board back on the November ballot, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The decision reversed rulings from the Will County Electoral Board and a circuit court that Democratic party leaders did not give proper notice for a meeting where the candidates were nominated. Republican leaders will appeal the ruling to the Illinois Supreme Court, the Tribune reported.
READ: Dems Booted From Will County Board Ballot
Candidates who were returned to the ballot include Mario Carlasare, of Frankfort, who was running in District 2; and Santino Lettieiri and John Sanchez, both of Mokena, who were running in District 12.
Republicans objected to the seven Democrats being put on the ballot, claiming proper notice wasn't given for the meeting after the March primary where party leaders selected those candidates, the report stated.
"I was in attendance when chairman Scott Pyle completed his request for candidates to fill the county board vacancies," said Tim Gaffney, vice chairman for the Frankfort Township Democrats, in an e-mail to Patch. "And as former county Democratic chairman, there was nothing wrong with the way chairman Pyles went about the procedure."
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The board is currently Republican-led, and the three-member Will County Electoral Board has a Democratic majority, the report stated.
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Johnny on the spot
7:13 am on Friday, September 14, 2012
Santino Lettieiri this guy sued the village and then wanted a % of the money for the school carnival yeah and also ran a failed liauor store which now sits empty loudeast mouth in Mokena from what I hear I'm sure he will be a good leader ...................NOT
Jill
8:31 am on Friday, September 14, 2012
Haha - Loudest mouth indeed!
FrankfortWorkingMom
9:47 am on Friday, September 14, 2012
Damn that spellchecker...
Johnny on the spot
9:02 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
My thumbs are sometimes too big for my phone lol Liquor is that better Mom
MOKENA VOTER
12:53 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
Santino sued the village and WON! The question should be "why he sued the village".
We have a "Mayor who has failed the business community (Front St.) and works for another village, i'm not worried about Santino.
Johnny on the spot
9:03 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
Your right no worries about Santino not enough votes out there for him anyway's
We The People
12:24 am on Saturday, September 15, 2012
Thank You Scott !
Brian H
12:53 am on Saturday, September 15, 2012
The more I know about our politicians, the more I hate politics. I'm disgusted by the tactics of the republican party both at a local level as well as nationally, but I can chalk it up to politics and shake my head.
The bigger issue here is who our politicians are. I've been a Mokena resident for nearly a decade now and am trying to get a better understanding of the local politics, so I decided to google these people who are running for elected office. The first person I looked up was Santino Lettieiri. The first page of results turned up a May 21, 1991 Chicago Tribune article reporting that our Mr. Lettieiri had threatened a federal witness the helped convict his brother Mario in a multimillion-dollar drug ring charge. Now I don't know what became of this charge, but Santino Lettieiri was arrested for it.
Again, the more I know about our politicians, the more I hate politics.
Karen Schultz
8:00 am on Saturday, September 15, 2012
So if the republicans, who seemed to do what they needed to do to be on the ballot, were in the same position as the democrats, would the appellate court acted in the same way? Just wondering.
As to some of the other comments. Vote smart. Do your homework and vote smart.Be involved in your community so it is run with high ethics. BE INVOLVED is key to your community, no matter where you live.