Public Comment Leads to Heated Discussion at Village Board Meeting

A community member's comments regarding information requests quickly led to a tense conversation that included several board members.

A heated discussion between a local resident and several members of the Mokena Village Board of Trustees punctuated the Feb. 25 board meeting. During the meeting’s public comments portion, community member Jim Giglio addressed several Freedom of Information Act requests that he had filed with the village. As he presented his comments, Giglio and the members of the board repeatedly interjected and spoke over one another. Among the issues Giglio addressed was a request for the line item expenditures for all costs to the village related to the municipal election petition challenge that occurred in mid-January. The candidacy petitions filed by four current board members were challenged by a non-incumbent candidate group, the Mokena Friends and…

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