Position description
The Orland Park Village Board is comprised of a mayor, village clerk and six trustees, all of whom are elected to four year terms. The board meets on the first Monday and Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Franklin T. Owens Village Hall.
The meetings occur directly after committee meetings that start at 6 p.m. on the same days. Information, meeting agendas and minutes can be found on the village's website.
Three seats are up for election on April 5, 2011. Two incumbents and five other challengers are running on two slates, while three candidates are running as independents.
Candidates
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Independents:
Slates:
Orland Park United
Fiscal Voices for Orland
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Andrea Williams
10:42 am on Friday, March 4, 2011
Why is it that the Republicans in this race (Fiscal Voices for Orland) are the only candidates to hold their heads high and identify themselves for who they are? Why is it that the liberal, McLaughlin lackeys hide behind the descriptor of "United" or better yet, just not answer the question?
The incumbents’ (Gira and Schussler) response that traffic congestion is the largest problem facing Orland Park made me spit my coffee out my nose...thanks guys! All I can figure is that they must be trying to play to the lowest common denominator in the electorate because they can’t possibly believe that. Or, could it be they just want to deflect the real issue of how (and how much of) the tax payers money is being spent in the village. My guess is probably a little of both.