Tension Sparks Among D159 School Board Candidates Due to Campaign Literature
School board candidates Stacy Cesta and Anna Briscoe say they have been targeted by incumbent Mark Franceschini and his running mate Bob Swale.
Mokena School District 159 Board of Education candidate Stacy Cesta addressed concerns that fellow candidates distributed literature attacking her campaign platform during the public comment portion of the school board’s Feb. 20 meeting. “It saddens me that there’s already negative stuff,” Cesta told the board. Cesta was referring to a campaign brochure for candidate team Mark Franceschini, an incumbent, and Bob Swale, who are running for two of the four school board seats opening up in April. The literature was distributed as part of Franceschini and Swale's door-to-door canvassing efforts and states that a vote for Cesta or for candidate Anna Briscoe is a vote for “‘Yes’ on increase taxes.” Of candidate Jim Andresen, the brochure says “…
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Frank H.
5:13 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
If you are a Mokena resident, I'm surprised you didn't see the flyer talking about us needing to pay more taxes to save the extracurricular activities. And right there is kral's picture. And why shouldn't we be against that political hack. He's the one who increased my house's assessment, which means more taxes, and then he favors increasing taxes to save school activities on top of that. And … more ›