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Objection To Petition

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Challenged Incumbents to Remain on Ballot

Objections to the petitions for candidacy filed by several village board members were denied at an electoral board meeting on Sunday.

Editor's note: This article was altered after publication to correct the spelling of Mary Beth Windberg's name. Village board incumbents George Metanias, Joe Werner, John Mazzorana and Joe Siwinski will remain on the ballot in April’s election. A meeting of the Mokena Officers Electoral Board was held Sunday to address recent objections to their petitions for candidacy. The objections were filed by the Mokena Friends and Neighbors Candidates — a group of nonpartisan, non-incumbent candidates also running for various positions within the village. The Friends and Neighbors include Frank Fleischer, Jenifer Sciaky, Mary Beth Windberg, Vincent L. Di Fiore and Tony Bruozas. The electoral board is comprised of Dan McGrath, Lawrence Gryczweski and…

Bob Jones

9:39 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013

I think Doug Heathcock should find out who pays the lowest real estate taxes on Cherry street.. If Doug won't do it, Frank Fleisher should because Frank is fearless, in fact he's fearless and factual. Let's call him fearless factual frank fleisher finding favoritism on Cherry Street. .   more ›

Thursday, January 10, 2013

4 Incumbents May be Banned from Village Ballot

A local nonpartisan political group has challenged the validity of petitions for candidacy filed by four members of the Mokena village board.

Four members of the Mokena Village Board of Trustees hoping to run for re-election may not have their names on the ballot in April. Objections were made to the petitions for candidacy filed by Mayor Joe Werner and Trustees Joe Siwinski, John Mazzorana and George Metanias. The objections were filed by the Mokena Friends and Neighbors Candidates — a group of nonpartisan, non-incumbent candidates also running for various positions within the village. The Friends and Neighbors include Frank Fleischer, Jenifer Sciaky, Mary Beth Winberg, Vincent L. Di Fiore and Tony Bruozas. According to Karl Ottosen, the team’s legal advisor, the Friends and Neighbors object to the petitions filed by Werner, Siwinski and Mazzorana on the grounds that none of …

DR- Mokena

7:42 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Metanias and a few others should be finished....take off your football cap and go off into the sunset. It's like a party...time to leave. Good for Jim Giglio in challenging some things that were wrong.   more ›

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