Hickey Plans to Announce Run for 11th Congressional District as Democrat
He told columnist Phil Kadner that he would make interest-free student loans and national Internet access a top priority.
James Hickey, president of the Orland Fire Protection District, is planning to announce his candidacy for United States Congress by the end of August.
Earlier this week, Hickey told SouthtownStar columnist Phil Kadner that he intends to run for the 11th Congressional District as a Democrat.
If so, he will likely challenge Bill Foster, who current represents the 14th District but has expressed interest in running for the newly redrawn 11th District, which spans as far north as Aurora and south to Joliet.
Hickey does not live in the 11th District but told Kadner he would move there if elected. Orland Park and Orland Hills will soon be part of the 3rd Congressional District, currently represented by Dan Lipinski.
Kadner noted that although Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, is the incumbent 11th District congressman, the remap of the district so drastically alters its boundaries that no one believes he would run for re-election in it.
Hickey’s seat on the Orland Fire board does not end until 2015, yet the next congressional election is fall 2012. He told Kadner that, if elected, he would make interest-free student loans and national internet access a top priority for the sake of the economy.
“I would do the same thing in Congress that I’m doing in the fire district and that’s going over the budget to get rid of waste,” Hickey reportedly said. “In the federal budget there are a lot of programs that could be cut or trimmed and you could find the money for programs like these that actually help people and stimulate the economy.”
The soon-to-be candidate held a fundraiser at Sam McGuire’s Pub on July 28, the results of which had not been posted on the Illinois State Board of Elections website as of Thursday afternoon.
Chris
9:05 am on Friday, August 5, 2011
Joke... That is all...
LONG TIME RESIDENT
10:44 am on Friday, August 5, 2011
Agreed.
Spike
6:32 pm on Friday, August 5, 2011
If he wants out of the OFPD and Orland Park, LEAVE NOW!
Daniel
7:37 am on Saturday, August 6, 2011
Spike must be angry because Hickey blew the whistle on the outrageous salaries for Spike's relatives at the Fire District. I mean, here are the salaries for firefighters:
http://orlandfire.org/archives/51/2010OFPDWagesPDF.pdf
Compare those to the very low salaries of the Orland Park Police Department:
http://www.orland-park.il.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3513
The fire wages are more than double the police wages. Wow!
But at least Mayor Dan McLaughlin saw Hickey do something good and decided to copy it. Government is like that I think.
And Hickey, don't worry about Spike. His relatives will eventually find other government jobs. Kadner's column counts, not Spike's angry rants. hehe (Kadner's column must have really gotten under Spike's thin skin.)
Chris
12:50 pm on Sunday, August 7, 2011
Hey Daniel, clueless I see... That is salary n benefits... Multiply police by two and I bet it's pretty close...
Zinedine
10:43 pm on Sunday, August 7, 2011
Actually Dan, the police make more than the firefighters. If you look at the firefighter pension benefits it is not accurate. Where are all the people who are on pension, like former chief Bob Buhs? There are widows of personnel who died in the line of duty. where are they on this list. You see the bookkeeper has to account for all the money but it is not accurate because she throws all of the people on pension onto the current employees. This is not proper and that is why it states it is not official or whatever it says on this line item. If you want great service you are going to pay for it, whether it be police, fire or your schools plain and simple. If you don't want to pay than you move to a community that has less service. It is what you and everyone else wanted when times where great and police, fire and teachers were losers, now they are the enemy because they still have there jobs. Things will get better but we can't turn on the middle class like this. That does not solve anything.
OP Resident
11:01 am on Monday, August 8, 2011
Hickey is a liar. In a recent article that ran in the news and was featured in The Orland Park Prairie just this past Thursday, Hickey stated he had no plans to run for political office; the next day he announces that he plans to run for a federal congressional seat.
People of Orland township ... wake up! Your fire department is being used by Hickey, Rhode, Evoy, Gorman and Hastings for political and personal gain. And what happens if the people of the 11th district of Illinois are naive enough to vote Hickey in; who is going to be taking his place on the fire district board? Another Gorman/Hastings loyalist?
daniel gall
3:12 pm on Monday, December 26, 2011
HICKY IS IN NO WAY QUALIFIED FOR CONGRESS OR ANY OTHER OFFICE, HIS REPUBLICAN CONTERPART WOULD BE CONGRESSMAM J.WALSH, CARREER DEADBEAT DAD, CANT HOLD A DRIVERS LINCENSE, DEMOGOUGE, FLIM FLAM MAN, DONT BE A SPLOILER BECAUSE YOU CANT GET A REAL JOB MR HICKY, OH AND BY THE WAY THE NAME HICKY MAY CARRY SOME WEIGHT IN COOK COUNTY POLITICS[ THE MURPHYIA ] IT DOSNT MEAN SQUAT OUT HERE, DEMS MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO BEAT BIGGART THIS TIME LETS NOT WASTE THE CHANCE, VOTE FOR BILL FOSTER.