Tinley Together’s slate of candidates difficult incumbent village officers mentioned Friday they’ll file a problem in courtroom after their nominating petitions for the April 1 poll have been declared invalid.
The group mentioned Friday that the Tinley Park Board of Elections decided their petitions have been invalid as a result of inclusion of six small photographs of the American flag of their nominating petitions.
The elections board voted 2-1 to rescind the nomination papers, village secretary Nancy O’Connor mentioned.
Village Trustee William Brennan chaired the committee and likewise listening to the matter have been board members Mathias Delort and Paul Karkula. Delort voted to dismiss the petition’s objection.
Michael Maloney is Tinley Together’s mayoral candidate and has filed to problem incumbent Mayor Michael Glotz.
“We won’t let this ruling silence us,” Maloney mentioned in a information launch. “This calculated effort to suppress democracy and block official challengers solely strengthens our resolve.”
A replica of the objection heard by the fee was not instantly obtainable, and the village has requested that Southtown file a Freedom of Information Act request.
Maloney was not instantly obtainable for remark Monday, and it was unclear whether or not an attraction has been filed in courtroom.
Maloney is working with clerk candidate Cynthia “Cindy” O’Boyle, spouse of Bernie O’Boyle, vice chairman of the Tinley Park-Park board of trustees. Trustee candidates Melissa Sanfilippo, Eric Schmidt and Matthew Walsh are additionally a part of the Tinley Together group.
Maloney is the previous president of Pipefitters Local 597 and was appointed final yr by the Tinley Park-Park-District to supervise the cleanup of the 280-acre former Tinley Park Mental Health Center, which the Park District plans to redevelop for leisure makes use of .
Tinley Park officers hoped to realize possession of the state property, which was offered to the Park District for $1. The village plans included business and leisure makes use of.
Riding with Glotz on the ticket to One Tinley Park are worker O’Connor and trustees William Brady, Dennis Mahoney and Colleen Sullivan.
Glotz, elected in April 2021, is a member of Operating Engineers Local 150.
Brady was first elected in 2017 and Mahoney and Sullivan in April 2021. O’Connor was named village clerk in January 2022 and elected in April 2023.
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