Lemont Fire Chief Narrowly Misses Bid for Romeoville Village Board
Carl Churulo finished just 119 votes behind the third-highest vote-getter Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Will County Clerk's Office.
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Lemont Fire Chief Narrowly Misses Bid for Romeoville Village Board
Carl Churulo finished just 119 votes behind the third-highest vote-getter Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Will County Clerk's Office.
Lemont Fire Chief Carl Churulo fell just short of securing a seat on the Romeoville Village Board on Tuesday, according to unofficial election results from the Will County Clerk's Office. Churulo garnered 2,163 votes (18.8 percent), finishing fourth behind incumbents Brian Clancy (2,827 votes, 24.6 percent) Joe Chavez (2,787 votes, 24.2 percent) and David Richards (2,282 votes, 19.8 percent), all of whom ran on the Romeoville United ticket with Mayor John Noak. Shortly after final results were released, Churulo took to his personal Facebook page to thank his friends and supporters. "I have to say how proud I am of how we ran our campaign, never throwing mud or talking down about our competition. I wish them all the luck in the world as …
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Lemont Fire Chief Running for Romeoville Village Board
Carl Churulo will retire from the fire department in August – and hopes to begin serving on the village board in nearby Romeoville next spring.
Lemont Fire Protection District Chief Carl Churulo is not one to sit idle. He was involved with the Romeville Fire Department for 25 years - 14 years as chief - before taking his current position as fire chief in Lemont. Churulo has become accustomed to arriving to work at 5:30 a.m. and putting in 11- to 12-hour days. But when the busy fire chief retires from the Lemont Fire District Aug. 15, 2013, how will he fill his spare time? Traveling? Reading? Fishing? Running for office, Churulo said. And he’s already out gathering signatures on petitions in his hometown of Romeoville – and counting on his fellow citizens to elect him to the Romeoville Village Board next spring. “I’m not a politician, even though I’m running,” Churulo said. “I love…
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