http://orlandpark.patch.com/articles/cunningham-s-d135-election-petitions-challenged
Voters need to be aware, before they waste a vote, that Cunningham is running for d135 and MV simultaneously. The 2013 candidates guide, the IASB and the Attorney General's office(easily googled and verified) deem these offices to be incompatible. He cannot serve on both should he be elected.

John Schiera? Are you kidding me? Has anyone ever checked his arrest record?

Vote for Joe Skibinski. Joe is a very talented business professional and is passionate about everything in which he becomes involved. He would be a great asset to the Board of Trustees at Morraine Valley. Joe has been a friend since college. His drive, work ethic and morals make him a perfect candidate.

Wayne Kossel

https://www.facebook.com/john.donahue.752 UM, NO!

I strongly support Andrea Ramirez-Justin who is an incumbent for the 2 year term. Her philanthropic involvement in the Moraine Valley community is stellar. She is the Vice President of the Economic Development Council of the Southwest Suburbs, President of the Mokena Chamber of Commerce, a religious education 8th grade catechist at her parish – St. Stephens in Tinley Park, she is an ambassador for The Cancer Support Center, she volunteers for Lurie Children’s Memorial Hospital, assists with PADS and her full time position, she is Vice President of Old Plank Trail Community Bank with offices in Orland Park, Mokena, New Lenox and Frankfort which she manages their Governmental Outreach portfolio and Community Reinvestment. With her background in finance, her everyday workings with Governmental entity finance – Andrea is able to digest, understand and add strong value to many facets at Moraine Valley Community College. With her strong business background, Andrea brings a wealth of knowledge for negotiations, contracts and more.

Andrea works for all and will continue to work for all! Andrea Ramirez-Justin is your candidate of choice for the 2 year term as Trustee at Moraine Valley Community College – Punch 201

Moraine Valley Community College Supporter

Andrea Ramirez-Justin is on the MVCC campus 3 to 4 times a week and strongly believes in foundational education for all and with the various programs over the Associates programs like workforce development and training, customized outreach programs, mentorship and internship and more at MVCC – Andrea offers her guidance, assistance and drive to each of these programs and works tirelessly for all of the constituents of Moraine Valley Community College.

Punch 201 to elect Andrea Ramirez-Justin. She is the best qualified candidate for the 2 year term as Trustee at Moraine Valley Community College.

Andrea Ramirez-Justin Advocate

Andrea Ramiraz-Justin has received the support and endorsement of all unions associated with the College – Adjunct Faculty, Support Staff and Faculty Association along with the endorsement of the Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600.
Andrea has also received the endorsements from Honorable Mayor J Bennett / Palos Hills; Honorable Mayor Dan McLaughlin / Orland Park; Honorable Mayor Kyle Hastings / Orland Hills; Honorable Mayor Kris Wasowicz / Village of Justice; Honorable Patrick Kitching / Village of Alsip and State Senator Bill Cunningham.

Andrea Ramirez-Justin is the candidate of choice and will work for all. On April 9th. punch 201 and vote for Andrea Ramirez-Justin.

Friend of MVCC

I heard great things about Andrea from several staff members at MVCC. She seems to really know her stuff and dedicates a great deal of her time to MVCC. She has my vote!

Regarding the other races, the only trustworthy candidate I know is Fernandez. He's smart, dedicated to public service, (half Irish-LOL), and has extensive instructional experience in the health care fields, a vital area where MVCC needs improvement. He's also a strong advocate for students and taxpayers when their interests conflict with those of the powerful political patronage and union interests in the district.

NO incumbents should be retained! They voted to get legislation passed that would allow them to ignore the lowest bidders on their ill-conceived and excessively expensive building projects and steer the work at as much as 5% more than the lowest responsible bidder to their contractor cronies for no reason other than the contractor having a "local address". This was an attempt to pay the local contractors back for their political financial support in the referendum and support of their "favorite" party.

Couple this with forcing employees to do political work to keep their jobs, and this cesspool needs to be cleaned out! Vote ONLY for Fernandez. Voting for others as "throwaway" votes could keep him off the Board, and that would be a tragedy. If there are any other candidates who've supported the interests of the students and taxpayers when they conflicted with the union and patronage interests. PLEASE POST ABOUT HERE!

Bob, you seem to only attack to counter anything good said about a candidate. I see your posts in all the articles. I havent seen you post anything on Tom Cunningham. So can we assume you are a buddy of his? Do you have the same ethics and aspirations as Tom>>>>> To be elected on a board to completely dismantle any sense of order and bring the district to its knees in lawsuits? POST HERE WHAT TOM CUNNINGHAM (And running mate GENTILE) HAS DONE THAT YOU SILENTLY SUPPORT HIM/THEM? you can't use the excuse that they are in The Orland races, you have been witnessed and known in the past to show up at 135 school board meetings too! Enlighten all of us as to what these candidates have done for their school system, which in your words, Spend too much money per student and have lacking state test scores to show for it. wait >>>>>.Are YOU Tom and Ann's surrogate???????? Maybe you are Tom???????>>>>>>>???????

FWIW, based upon fiscal managment, educational achievement, and "political" issues, I really couldn't support any of the incumbents. The problem is that the challengers don't seem to have a real good bead on what to do about school improvement or cutting waste and patronage in the district either.

What I do know is that there's no way I'd vote for a teacher union rep, or teacher union member, to be on the board. When those putting the teacher union interest first are on BOTH sides of the negotiating table, the unions win and the kids and the taxpayers ALWAYS LOSE!

To OFF THE TOP, I can vouch for Bob. I attended many District 135 meetings, and I remember him being at ONLY the one he mentioned. And though Bob and I do not always agree, (okay rarely agree-LOL) he would never support the antics of Cunningham and Gentile-- and the $$$ wasted by their group. He even retracted his support for Baker (& twietmeyer) for 230 school board after he found information that would not be good for the taxpayers. So OFF, this time you are off.

Looks like they didn't post my bio yet for this race.

Here is the link to the County Clerk's website so you can make an educated decision about which candidate you want on the board:

http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/elections/candidatebios/Pages/RicardoAFernandez1.aspx

Thank you,
Ricardo A. Fernandez
Candidate for Moraine Valley Community College Board of Trustees

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