The campaign of County Board president candidate Terrence O’Brien has run afoul of several Democratic organizations, which complain O’Brien is misappropriating their brands to make it appear they endorse him.
Democrats in Wheeling and Palatine townships complained to the campaign that the O’Brien Web site included them as having endorsed him. Neither group has, and the Wheeling Democrats endorsed Alderman Toni Preckwinkle. The Palatine group is not endorsing anyone, though it supported O’Brien at the Cook County Democratic Caucus in the fall. Read more...
In a lively, sometimes testy face-off between candidates for Cook County Board president, incumbent Todd Stroger defended his record, saying the county was in good shape and jabbing at opponents who suggested otherwise.
Stroger said he had kept promises made on the 2006 campaign trail, including giving responsibility of the juvenile detention center to the office of the chief judge, strengthening the county inspector general’s office, and maintain the county health system. Read more...
Emil Jones
The daughter of former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones was recently hired for an $84,000 job with Cook County Board President Todd Stroger’s administration, the Current has learned.
In August, Renee L. Rose was hired to work as a legislative coordinator in the office of board secretary Matthew De Leon, says a Stroger spokeswoman. Read more...
Every 10 years, Illinois lawmakers bust out their markers and redraw the lines that make up the state’s legislative districts.
The process is called redistricting, and it’s guaranteed to produce some serious political strife during the year to come. Read more...
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger took a lot of hits at yesterday’s Democratic candidate forum, which he did not attend, though he was expected to.
His absence was initially unexplained, as the Sun-Times reported: Read more...
