Even though he seems like a typical position using one political job to spring board to the next he gets my vote. I hate that Main Street Triangle area. I was always against it. Why should the village sell bonds for private investors. A businesss in Old Orland area rightacrosss the street from the Main Street Triangle area are having parking issues. Also we need jobs in Orland Park! Were/how can I work for/on his campaing. What is his website?

BRING BACK LANG LEEs!

Are you kidding me! This is going from bad to worse. This man has absolutely no experience aside from serving on a school board (iin a town where his kids attended catholic school) and selling insurance. Come on, let's break the mold and elect people who are competent on the local, state and national level.

Oh Good Lord, I never thought I'd see the day when I would actually consider supporting McLaughlin....please, tell me it's not so! I suppose the saying "It could be worse!" does reign true.

I am not really into politics but how is a man who has totally messed up the school district, the he doesn't have his kids in, going to help out town?

Waiting for the punchline here....Are you serious?!?!? He, along with his three musketeers, has already sent the school district into a downward spiral, now he wants to take it to the village?? All he will throw out as a platform is the Ninety 7 Fifty project? He is pulling on the heartstrings of the Randy's crowd. Don't fall for it! He is in this for his own personal gain and that is all. He cares nothing about the kids in the school district and will care nothing about the residents of Orland Park, other than his own and his friends' agendas.

This is just stupid.

I only have one vote, and, "he ain't gettin it!".

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1. I hate that 143rd and La Grange triangle redo.
2. I have applied for several career openings with the Village of Orland Park, yet I never hear anything back.
3. Instead of an affordable town pool, they make this water park that no one can afford to go to.
4. Bring back LANG LEE's!

We spend all this money to redo Metra stations, but have no SUNDAY service.

So this little straw poll seems unanimous that we want neither Carmody (and cohorts) or the current union man ... So the question is WHO do we want to lead our village?

Anyone who brings JOBS to the Village.

There are retail jobs with all the stores in this town and then there are GOOD jobs. Look at a town like our neighbor Tinley Park where they have created a nice downtown area (not a money pit like 143rd & LaGrange), have a diverse commercial and industrial base as well as planned the infrastructure for expansion. If the administration that WE elect creates a business friendly environment where good companies want to come, GOOD jobs will come as well. Politicians virtually never create jobs but they can sure chase them away. Lets stop approving more fast food, resale shops and other low end stores and create business incentives.

BTW: Although it's not Lang Lee, Mo's on 159th has pretty good Chinese cuisine in my humble opinion.

Andrea - Brad O'Halloran - really??? He goes where the wind blows him. Was with the current crew for years until he decided HIS interests would be best served by throwing in wth the Gormans. I certainly do not want our village ruined by Brad, Liz and Jerry.

Sue and OP mom: Please get your facts straight. Jim Dodge was on the Metra Board when all that happened with Pigano. That is why the state said all present board members have to go after there term expired. It was editorial in all papers agreeing with state decision. (TIMES,TRIB, South Town). By the way Dodge is Mc Laughlins puppet. O'Halloran only guy that can beat King DAN

Ha! I'll RUN. I have far more real-world financial experience than either of these guys and certainly don't kow-tow to political expediency -- my kids both attended district 135 and 230 schools... and, I'm not beholden to the SS Irish constituency, couldn't care a whit about the embedded village bureaucracy, am a great written communicator and public orator and have a highly developed ability to think critically! Think I could get elected based on intelligence, common sense, social empathy and financial industry experience? Not! Only those with EGOS as big as the village want this post.

Count me as a vote Laura! Not being beholden to SS Irish as well as being competent are two HUGE advantages that you have over any of the people mentioned to this point. Time for to start moving forward and not change for worse or the status quo with the stiffs that have been discussed here. Only the insane continue to do the same thing and expect a different result ...

Ok Ben!! Tell me this was a Thursday cartoon. I just love the humor in this.

This is a joke, right? Has anyone been keeping up with the latest District 135 school board shenanigans? Carmody didn't even want to send a message to Springfield about the possible teacher pension shift. The board is in disarray. I can't even imagine what he would do to our town. Listen, I'm not thrilled with the rental complex at 143rd and LaGrange BUT I do believe that the current mayor is better than this guy!

Just when you think things can't get any worse!

I would rather see Fotopoulis or Williams run for mayor. Either one would represent Orland with leadership and honesty.