Opinion
Political messenger with no message
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Austin business owner Malcolm Crawford longs for elected officials who deliver what the community has asked for.
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Longtime police officer Frederick Collins is challenging Rahm Emanuel in the February 2015 municipal election.
Thirty-year-old Amara Enyia is challenging Rahm Emanuel in a campaign she hopes puts the focus on uniting neighborhoods across the city.
Numerous races – including the open 1st District Cook County Board seat – appear on the March 18 ballot. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Applicants have until 3 p.m. Friday, March 14 to turn in materials that will get them on the April 7 and 8 ballot.
1st District hopeful Brenda Smith declined to talk about her candidacy. She’s worked for the outgoing commissioner and has ties to one of the other candidates.
Fifty-one sites throughout the city will be open through March 15.
Four of the five candidates running for the 1st District seat answered questions earlier this week at a forum in Oak Park.
Feb. 26 is the deadline to run for a two-year term. Parents, school teachers and other staff, and residents in the neighborhoods around each CPS school are eligible.
Attorney Richard Boykin claimed property tax homeowner exemptions he wasn’t entitled to. He’s one of five candidates vying to replace retiring Commissioner Earlean Collins.