Candidates Forum-2/2/2017

[Ted]

The All Berwyn Committee will be holding a candidates forum on Thursday, February 2 at Berwyn City Hall (26th and Wesley) starting at 7 PM.

  The forum will be for all mayoral, clerk, aldermanic and township candidates running in the February primary.

[Suzy Q]

Does anybody have a list of candidates running?

[Ted]

Does anybody have a list of candidates running?

The race is between two organizations - the Democratic Citizens of Berwyn slate against the Berwyn United slate.

Here is the list of candidates that I know about:

Mayor:
Robert Lovero (DCOB) - incumbent
Teddy Polashek (Berwyn United)

Clerk:
Tom Pavlik (DCOB) - incumbent
Marge Paul (Berwyn United)

Treasurer:
Joe Kroc (DCOB) - incumbent
Cynthia Gutierrez (Berwyn United)

1st Ward:
Scott Lennon (DCOB)
Larry Disch (Berwyn United)

2nd Ward:
Jeff Boyajian (DCOB) - incumbent
Jose Ramirez (Berwyn United)

3rd Ward:
Jeanine Reardon (Berwyn United)
Richard Leja (DCOB)

4th Ward:
Robert Fejt (Berwyn United) - incumbent
Edgar Anaya (DCOB)

5th Ward:
Korynna Lopez (Berwyn United)
Cesar Santoy (DCOB) - incumbent

6th Ward:
Monique Spence (Berwyn United) (petition was challenged, she was ruled off the ballot but ruling is being appealed)
Alicia Ruiz (DCOB)

7th Ward:
Ralph Avila (DCOB) - incumbent
Sandi Radtke (Berwyn United)

8th Ward:
Nora Laureto (DCOB) - incumbent
Edgar Garcia (Berwyn United) (petition was challenged, he was ruled off the ballot but ruling is being appealed)

Township Supervisor:
Beth Pechous (DCOB) - incumbent
Linda Callahan Kampe (Berwyn United)


Trustee:
Joey Johnston (Berwyn United)
Elizabeth O. Jiménez (Berwyn United)
Barbara Kapsa- Bossany (Berwyn United)
Cindy Swanson Hayes (Berwyn United)
Tracy Bostrom (DCOB)
Edward Espinoza (DCOB) - incumbent
Brenda Patterson (DCOB)
James A. Woywod (DCOB)

Township Assessor:
David Avila (DCOB) - incumbent
Berwyn United candidate ?

[Ted]

  Just an FYI, there are 5 openly gay people running for office in the February primary as well as one African-American (Monique Spence) and 11 Latino candidates.

  Here are two articles from the Windy City Times about the gay candidates running:

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Building-Berwyn-LGBT-candidates-on-Feb-election-slate/56739.html

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Scott-Lennon-runs-for-Berwyn-aldermanic-post/56816.html

[George Lambesis]

Berwyn United's Assessor candidate failed to pass the necessary tests, that qualify an individual to run for Assessor.

[Ted]

Update on the candidacy challenges - a judge over turned the ruling by the Berwyn Election board on 8th ward candidate Edgar Garcia so Edgar Garcia will be on the ballot in February.

  A judge upheld the ruling on 6th ward candidate Monique Spence so the 6th ward aldermanic race has only one person running.

  In the 8th ward, the issue was the candidate's name.  Edgar Garcia used his full legal name (something like Edgar Garcia Perez) on the statement of candidacy while in other contexts he uses the name Edgar Garcia.  The Berwyn Electoral Board (made up of Mayor Robert Lovero, City Clerk Tom Pavlik and 1st ward alderman Nona Chapman) threw Garcia-Perez off the ballot for that reason.  Yesterday a judge overturned that decision.

  In the case of Monique Spence, Spence was registered to vote in Chicago and voted in Chicago in the March 2016 primary.  Her residency in Berwyn was challenged for that reason and is the reason why the Berwyn electoral board removed her from the ballot.

Yesterday, a judge upheld the ruling of the Berwyn Electoral Board and ruled that Spence should not be on the ballot because she had not established residency in Berwyn for at least 1 year. FYI, Spence has lived in Berwyn for 6 years but had voted at a residence in Chicago.  She did not vote in Berwyn until the November, 2016 election.

[Ted]

Berwyn United's Assessor candidate failed to pass the necessary tests, that qualify an individual to run for Assessor.

Are you sure there was a candidate?  What was the candidate's name?

[Ted]

Here is an up to date list of candidates.  I found out today that Kevin Pechous is also running for 3rd ward alderman, so the 3rd ward is a 3 person race:

Here is the list of candidates that I know about:

Mayor:
Robert Lovero (DCOB) - incumbent
Teddy Polashek (Berwyn United)

Clerk:
Tom Pavlik (DCOB) - incumbent
Marge Paul (Berwyn United)

Treasurer:
Joe Kroc (DCOB) - incumbent
Cynthia Gutierrez (Berwyn United)

1st Ward:
Scott Lennon (DCOB)
Larry Disch (Berwyn United)

2nd Ward:
Jeff Boyajian (DCOB) - incumbent
Jose Ramirez (Berwyn United)

3rd Ward:
Jeanine Reardon (Berwyn United)
Richard Leja (DCOB)
Kevin Pechous

4th Ward:
Robert Fejt (Berwyn United) - incumbent
Edgar Anaya (DCOB)

5th Ward:
Korynna Lopez (Berwyn United)
Cesar Santoy (DCOB) - incumbent

6th Ward:
Alicia Ruiz (DCOB)

7th Ward:
Ralph Avila (DCOB) - incumbent
Sandi Radtke (Berwyn United)

8th Ward:
Nora Laureto (DCOB) - incumbent
Edgar Garcia (Berwyn United)

Township Supervisor:
Beth Pechous (DCOB) - incumbent
Linda Callahan Kampe (Berwyn United)


Trustee:
Joey Johnston (Berwyn United)
Elizabeth O. Jiménez (Berwyn United)
Barbara Kapsa- Bossany (Berwyn United)
Cindy Swanson Hayes (Berwyn United)
Tracy Bostrom (DCOB)
Edward Espinoza (DCOB) - incumbent
Brenda Patterson (DCOB)
James A. Woywod (DCOB)

Township Assessor:
David Avila (DCOB) - incumbent

[berwyn senator]

Isn't a there a Christiano running? possible 5th ward?

[Ted]

Isn't a there a Christiano running? possible 5th ward?

There may be.  These are the candidates that I know about.  I did not even know Pechous was running until someone sent me an email.

[Bonster]

Berwyn United's Assessor candidate failed to pass the necessary tests, that qualify an individual to run for Assessor.

Are you sure there was a candidate?  What was the candidate's name?

Joshua Cole

http://www.berwynunited.com/copy-of-township-supervisor

[Ted]

Berwyn United's Assessor candidate failed to pass the necessary tests, that qualify an individual to run for Assessor.

Are you sure there was a candidate?  What was the candidate's name?

Joshua Cole

http://www.berwynunited.com/copy-of-township-supervisor

Thanks.

[berwyn senator]

Thanks Ted for posting all this information very much appreciated.

[Ted]

Thanks Ted for posting all this information very much appreciated.

You are welcome... don't forget - the candidates forum is tonight.