
Chicago Public Schools say they acted in the interest of protecting candidates privacy when they changed a policy of allowing access to nominating papers of persons seeking office in Local School Councils.
Greg Hinz at Crain’s Chicago Business has the story of what happened when Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey put forward a proposal to merge the County Clerk and the County Recorder of Deeds. Merging the two could save the county $1 million a year Hinz reports. But the idea is having a tough time...
Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey released a press release on in which he announced he was withdrawing from the 32nd Ward Democratic Committeeman race. The announcement left the field open to challenger and Fritchey opponent Alderman Scott Waguespack. The Sun-Times says the announcement makes Fritchey the first casualty of the ward remap.
Cook County Commissioners Debra Sims (D) and Peter Silvestri (R) will head up the county effort to redistrict the 17 county districts. “I have heard a lot from my constituents,” Commissioner John Fritchey told the Times of North West Indiana. “A lot of Chicagoans are discouraged by the process.” However Sims and Silvestri promised...
32nd Democratic Ward Boss John Fritchey uses the Ward political fund for his political activities. It raised $46,384 in 2011.