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Coronavirus hits Orland Village Hall as Pekau challenges virus restrictions

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Coronavirus hits Orland Village Hall as Pekau challenges virus restrictions

OPINION: Coronavirus hits Orland Village Hall as Pekau challenges virus restrictions After championing the fight to ease coronavirus restrictions, and suing Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau is dealing with the news that an employee who works with him has been diagnosed with coronavirus. An employee in the Village Manager’s Office has been diagnosed…

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Tara Reade reminds us how hypocritical the DNC really is

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Tara Reade reminds us how hypocritical the DNC really is

Tara Reade reminds us how hypocritical the DNC really is Sexual harassment claims by Tara Reade against Democratic Presidential contender Joe Biden are not being taken as seriously as sexual harassment claims made by women against President Donald Trump. That’s because no one is really concerned about sexual harassment. They are more concerned about how…

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Marie Newman endorses Mara Candelaria Reardon for Congress in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District

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Marie Newman endorses Mara Candelaria Reardon for Congress in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District

Marie Newman endorses Mara Candelaria Reardon for Congress in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District Marie Newman, who won the Democratic Party nomination to replace Congress Dan Lipinski in the 3rd Congressional District, announced her support on Tuesday May 12, 2020, for Mara Candelaria Reardon for Congress in the Indiana 1st District Congressional race. Reardon is a…

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O’Brien slams Foxx policy of dismissing drug cases promotes open-air illegal drug market

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O’Brien slams Foxx policy of dismissing drug cases promotes open-air illegal drug market

O’Brien slams Foxx policy of dismissing drug cases promotes open-air illegal drug market How can Cook County survive the lack of judgment and misguided social agenda of Kim Foxx? First, in response to an office employee contracting COVID-19 at the Domestic Violence Courthouse in March, Foxx shut down the building, leaving victims of domestic abuse…

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Oberweis offers Speaker Pelosi ice cream if she goes to Washington D.C. to help small businesses

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Oberweis offers Speaker Pelosi ice cream if she goes to Washington D.C. to help small businesses

Oberweis offers Speaker Pelosi ice cream if she goes to Washington D.C. to help small businesses Jim Oberweis, candidate for Congress in the 14th District, said he would send U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi ice cream, from his ice cream business, if she would go to Washington D.C. to develop and support support for small businesses…

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Opinion: Orland Mayor accuses me of writing fiction over public meeting

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Opinion: Orland Mayor accuses me of writing fiction over public meeting Orland Park’s controversial Mayor Keith Pekau is upset that I publicized his angry personal attacks against Trustee Dan Calandriello from a public meeting he held on April 6 and accused me of writing fiction. But the truth is on the audio tape that the…

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Mexican American activist and former state legislator Frank Aguilar named to succeed Tobolski

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Mexican American activist and former state legislator Frank Aguilar named to succeed Tobolski

Mexican American activist and former state legislator Frank Aguilar named to succeed Tobolski Democratic Committeemen in Chicagoland’s west and southwest suburbs voted to name former State Rep. Frank J. Aguilar to fill the vacancy on the Cook County Board’s 16th District that was vacated with the resignation of Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolski. Aguilar will…

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Opinion: Mayor Keith Pekau’s “Watergate” problem

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Opinion: Mayor Keith Pekau’s “Watergate” problem

Opinion: Mayor Keith Pekau’s “Watergate” problem Did the Pekau administration on Thursday edit the audio files of Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau bullying Trustee Dan Calandriello in order to prevent taxpayers from hearing his vicious and personal attacks against another elected official? Pekau was angry because I published an opinion column that quoted his remarks…

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