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PrairieStateBlue - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
When the Cook County Democratic Party met it decided not to endorse any candidate in the race for President of the Cook County Board. If Ald. Toni Preckwinkle assembles a strong organization, she's free to support challengers for the Cook County Board of Commissioners and other county offices. If she was the endorsed candidate, it would impose an obligation on her to not actively oppose...
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Ecology of Absence (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... to get into such an arrangement not knowing the outcome of its Olympics bid. Why did Alderwoman Toni Preckwinkle deign to play architectural historian and dispute the well-documented role of Gropius? Why did Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, the supposed "Green Mayor," rush to throw away irreplaceable, internationally significant modern architecture and already-built building...
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... candidates -– Stroger, Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court Dorothy Brown or Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th). A group of African-American ministers encouraged Brown and Preckwinkle to get out of the race because they say African-American votes will split up, allowing a white candidate to win. The "Concerned Clergy for a Better Chicagoland" plan to meet with Cook County Hospital...
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Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... today, as the committee passed the plan, some aldermen still expressed issue with the plan. Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th) stressed it should focus on lower-income property owners, saying, “Providing relief to people who aren’t really needy doesn’t make good sense to me." A vote on the plan has been put off until next Wednesday which is also when the full City...
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Proviso Probe (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... made by the committee which is binding upon the board was for President. The group endorsed Ald. Toni Preckwinkle ( candidate questionnaire , pdf). Incumbent President Todd Stroger ( questionnaire , pdf), Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown ( questionnaire , pdf) and MWRD President Terry O'Brien ( questionnaire , pdf). Someone asked Stroger about why he missed the candidate forum...
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Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
What was supposed to be a forum for the four remaining Democratic candidates for Cook County Board President turned into a Player Hater's Ball as the incumbent, President Todd Stroger, was a no-show, opening the flood gates for the remaining three candidates - Terry O'Brien, president of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th), and Cook County Clerk of...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Cook County Board president Todd Stroger took some heat for not attending today's Democratic forum among candidates vying for the job of heading the county. The candidates in attendance were Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle, 4th, and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District President Terrence O'Brien. A representative for Stoger said the county board president...
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PrairieStateBlue - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... strong records of standing up for working men and women. Dorothy Brown, Terrence O’Brien, Toni Preckwinkle and Todd Stroger all sought the endorsement of the CFL. The CFL postponed making any endorsements for Cook County Board of Commissioners until after an important budget vote tentatively scheduled for next Monday. The vote would be whether to repeal a portion of the county...
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Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... that Davis and three other black candidates - incumbent Todd Stroger, 4th Ward Alderman Toni Preckwinkle, and Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy Brown - would split the black vote in February primaries, clearing the way for Terrence J. O'Brien, president of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to win the Democrat primary. Regardless of race,...
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Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... the same time Clerk of the Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown announced that she was running, Alderwoman Toni Preckwinkle had already announced and it was generally assumed that President Todd Stroger would run for re-election and shortly thereafter Terrence O'Brien of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District announced that he was a candidate. I immediately began to talk about unity and...
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PrairieStateBlue - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
On Thursday night HACIA ( Hispanic American Construction Industry Association ) hosted a candidate forum that included Todd Stroger, Toni Preckwinkle, Terry O'Brien, Tom Tresser (Green) and John Garrido (Republican). WLS-TV covered it. And the Chicagoist has links to raw stuff. I wrote about it on Proviso Probe .
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Proviso Probe (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
President of the Cook County Board (incumbent: Todd Stroger) Democrats Toni Preckwinkle*, Chicago (Hyde Park), Wikipedia , campaign site Terrence J. O'Brien*, Chicago (Edgebrook), campaign website Danny K. Davis*, Chicago (South Austin), Wikipedia , campaign website Dorothy A. Brown*, Chicago (Calumet Heights), campaign website Todd H. Stroger, Chicago (Marynook), Wikipedia , campaign...
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Proviso Probe (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
On Thursday, November 5, HACIA ( Hispanic American Construction Industry Association ) hosted a forum for candidates for the President of the Cook County Board at Instuto Cervantes . The following candidates attended (in order they were seated on the stage, from left to right): Todd Stroger (D), Toni Preckwinkle (D), Terry O'Brien (D), Tom Tresser (G) and John Garrido (R). According to...
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Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Cook County Board President candidatesLeft to Right: Stroger, Preckwinkle, O'Brien, Tresster, Garrido There were a pair of debates last night of interest to voters with the approaching primaries in February. Of particular interest to local voters is the The Hispanic American Construction Industry Association (HACIA) Cook County Board President forum. ABC 7 has video of the complete forum...
