Friday, April 13, 2012
The original complaint—filed in 2010 by former board member Janet Hughes and Lemont residents Laura Reigle, Duane Bradley and Louis Emery—was dismissed with prejudice in March.
A former school board member and three Lemont residents filed an appeal Friday in their $12 million lawsuit alleging illegal spending and concealment in Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A. Natalie Potts, executive director of the Center for Open Government IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, confirmed that attorney Clint Krislov appeared in Cook County appellate court on behalf of former District 113A board member Janet Hughes and Lemont residents Laura Reigle, Duane Bradley and Louis Emery to challenge the dismissal of the lawsuit March 15. "Appeals take several months to get going, so we're in the beginning of that process," Potts said. "We'll file an appeallate brief this summer, and the defendants will get the chance to …
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Lemont resident Duane Bradley says he will run in the March 20 Republican primary as a write-in candidate after being removed from the ballot.
Lemont resident Duane Bradley will run as a write-in candidate in the March 20 Republican primary for the 41st Illinois Senate District after being removed from the ballot Jan. 9. Bradley told Patch on Tuesday that he has filed the necessary paperwork to run as a write-in candidate in Will, DuPage and Cook counties, according to the report. He is challenging Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) in the 41st District, which covers Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Homer Glen, Indian Head Park, LaGrange, Lemont, Lisle, Naperville, Western Springs, Willowbrook and Woodridge. According to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Bradley was removed from the ballot after the state's electoral board sustained an objection filed Dec…
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sen. Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) will run unopposed in the 41st District after the Illinois State Board of Elections ruled that Bradley lacked enough signatures on his nominating petition.
Lemont resident Duane Bradley has been removed from the March 20 Republican primary ballot for the 41st Senate district, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. In a hearing held Monday morning in Chicago, the Illinois State Officers Electoral Board sustained an objection filed Dec. 9 by Homer Township Highway Commissioner Michael DeVivo against Bradley's nominating petition, according to the state board's website. The objection claimed Bradley had only 300 of the required 1,000 signatures before the Dec. 5 filing deadline, according to Rupert Borgsmiller, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections. A hearing examiner reviewed DeVivo's objection before submitting a recommendation to the state's General Counsel…
Thursday, January 5, 2012
A ruling is expected to be made next week on an objection filed against Duane Bradley, who is challenging Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogo (R-Lemont) in the March 20 primary.
The state's electoral board will rule next week on an objection filed against Duane Bradley, a Lemont resident seeking election to the 41st Senate District of the Illinois General Assembly. Rupert Borgsmiller, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, said the electoral board met Dec. 20 to set hearing dates for all cases involving objections to nominating petitions for the March 20 primary. Among those cases was the objection against Bradley, filed Dec. 9 by Homer Township Highway Commissioner Michael DeVivo. In the objection, DeVivo claims Bradley's petition for candidacy only contains 300 signatures, Borgsmiller said. The minimum amount required is 1,000. According to Borgsmiller, a hearing examiner has reviewed …
Monday, December 12, 2011
An objection was filed Friday by a Homer Glen resident, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.
An objection was filed Friday against the candidacy of Lemont resident Duane Bradley, who is seeking election to the 41st Senate District of the Illinois General Assembly. According to the Illinois State Board of Elections, an objection was filed at 11:45 a.m. Friday by Michael DeVivo of Homer Glen against Bradley's nominating petition. In the objection, DeVivo claims Bradley's petition for candidacy only contains 300 signatures, according to a state board spokesperson. The minimum amount required is 1,000. The state board currently lists the objection as "pending." The allegations have yet to be verified, the spokesperson said. Objections to nominating petitions may be filed through Dec. 12 at 5 p.m. All objections must be processed no …
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Laura Reigle will challenge State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) in the 82nd District, while Duane Bradley will run against Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) in the 41st District.
Two Lemont residents are set to challenge the village's current state senator and representative in the upcoming primary election. As of 5 p.m. Monday, all established party candidates running for state office in the March 20 primary have filed their nominating petitions with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Lemont resident Laura Reigle filed her petition Monday to challenge State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) in the 82nd District. Durkin filed his paperwork Nov. 28, which means his name will appear first on the primary ballot. The newly drawn 82nd District includes parts of Western Springs, Lemont, Darien, Burr Ridge, Willowbrook and Homer Glen. Durkin, the current assistant minority leader in the Illinois House of …
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The amended complaint was filed Monday in Cook County court.
A $12 million lawsuit alleging illegal spending and concealment was refiled Monday against administrators and board members in Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A. Filed on behalf of attorney Clint Krislov of Krislov and Associates, the lawsuit claims District 113A officials "engaged or aided in illegal spending, and then took steps to conceal expenditures by draining funds legally appropriated for other purposes, all in violation of Illinois law," which allegedly resulted in the loss of $12 million in taxpayer money, the complaint said. According to the lawsuit, the alleged misconduct took place from 2007 to 2010. The lawsuit was filed in conjunction with the Center for Open Government at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. …
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
A lawsuit alleging concealment and illegal spending was filed against District 113A board members, administrators and the accounting firm Knutte Associates.
Updated, 10 p.m. Saturday Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed last year against Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A will replead their case next month after a Cook County judge ruled they could not pursue criminal restitution from the defendants. In a court hearing Wednesday morning, Judge Rita M. Novak dismissed complaints alleging illegal spending and concealment by former and current District 113A board members and the accounting firm Knutte Associates, according to Clint Krislov, the plaintiffs' attorney. Two lawsuits, which were eventually consolidated, were filed in December by the Center for Open Government at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law on behalf of former District 113A Board Member Janet Hughes and Lemont residents Laura …
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
All nine candidates are present as the District 113A candidate forum gets underway at the Lemont Township Community Center.
Proft asks all candidates if any of them have accepted campaign contributions from the Tea Party. All candidates say no. Proft gives candidates the opportunity to ask their own questions of specific candidates. All decline except Aurelio and Hughes. Q: Would current board members support not using the $20 million bonds all at once, that way the board can recall the bonds if they do not need them? (Asked by Aurelio of the current board members) Taylor: Declines to answer the question. Says there are certain rules about discussing board issues in the public, and because there were a certain number of board members present, he says he feels uncomfortable answering. Murphy: Says the board is governed by certain laws, and that it would be very …
Friday, December 17, 2010
Two lawsuits were filed Friday in Cook County by the Center for Open Government at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law against former and current school board members.
Two lawsuits alleging concealment and financial mismanagement were filed Friday against former and current members of the Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A. Filed by the Center for Open Government at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, the lawsuits claim District 113A school board members "engaged or aided in illegal spending, and then took steps to conceal expenditures by draining funds legally appropriated for other purposes, all in violation of Illinois law," which allegedly resulted in the loss of $12 million in taxpayer money, the complaint said. According to the lawsuits, the alleged misconduct took place from 2007 to 2010. One lawsuit was filed on behalf of current school board member Janet Hughes, while the other was …
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Jorg Manteno
11:44 am on Monday, April 16, 2012
I thought that the school has a deductible to meet before the insurance covered the bills. Is that true (I thought I heard $50,000)? Do you know if the legal insurance has increased since this lawsuit was filed and if so, by how much? The district is still paying for all of Dr. Ricker expenses regarding this lawsuit (when he has to meet with the attorney)-does the legal insurance cover this or is… more ›