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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik
A little more than a year after their controversial firing of their previous executive director the Oak Park Library Board has found a replacement. The Library Board voted unanimously March 27 to hire Elsworth Carman to be the new head of the library, replacing Joslyn Bowling Dixon. Carman, 44, is currently the director of Iowa City Public Library.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik
Four new members of the Oak Park Public Library Board will be sworn in next month after both incumbents running for reelection lost April 1, according to unofficial election results, a little more than a year after the Library Board voted to fire former executive director Joslyn Bowling Dixon. Library Board President Matt Furth, who has been on the Library Board for 20 years, following in the footsteps of his father, finished last in a field of eight candidates, a stunning rebuke.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik
The West Cook Branch of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America got involved at the last moments of the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 School Board race by distributing a flyer attacking candidates Nate Mellman and Josh Gertz and also sending an email attacking Mellman and Gertz as well as three Oak Park Library Board candidates. The DSA also advocated for three of the four eventual winning candidates in the Library Board race in the email.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik
The liberal status quo appeared to have scored a big victory in the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 School Board race after Tuesday’s election, although whether it was a clean sweep won’t be known for a few weeks. Incumbents Audrey Williams-Lee and Fred Arkin along with Community Finance Committee member Kathleen Odell, who ran as a coalition, appeared to have won easily over challengers Nate Mellman and Josh Gertz.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Bob Skolnik
After what was an unusually contentious and at times personal battle, incumbent Oak Park Village President Vicki Scaman appeared to win a convincing victory over challenger Ravi Parakkat, a member of the Village Board, according to preliminary results from Tuesday’s municipal elections. With results from all 32 precincts reporting, Scaman has received 6,083 votes to Parakkat’s 3,705 votes.
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