When the Lakewood Village Board chose Trustee Carl Davis to replace Paul Serwatka, who quite after a little more than a year to move to Alabama, that left a Board vacancy. Tuesday night, Davis appointed Brian Augustine to serve out … Continue reading
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During member comments at the end of the Tuesday Lakewood Village Board meeting appointed member Jason McMahon asked what offices would be up for election next spring. Certainly, the Village Presidency will be up, since Carl Davis was elected to … Continue reading
The newly-reconstituted Lakewood Village Board held its first regular meeting under Acting Village President Carl Davis Tuesday night. At the end of the meeting, Davis laid out the type of person he is looking for to replace himself as Village … Continue reading
Long-time Village Trustee Carl Davis was sworn in to replace recently-departed Village President Paul Serwatka Friday, according to Village CEO Jeanne Smith. Davis’ mild-mannered approach to governance could not be much farther from the approach of his predecessor. He is … Continue reading
Lakewood Village President Paul Serwatka was unsuccessful in attempt to push two appointed Trustees off the Board and replace them with two other men. Village Attorney Michael Smoron delivered the bad news to Serwatka before the meeting got underway, but … Continue reading
First it was the question of whether Lakewood should merge with Crystal Lake. Now it’s a survey about Lakewood Village Board meeting attendance. There were two emails. The first is below: Lakewood Trustees Say NO to Accountability I am seeking … Continue reading
What happened at the last Lakewood Village from Lakewood Trustee Paul Serwatka:In follow up to yesterday’s village board meeting, Report on Village Board Meeting I wanted to give a quick report on the deliberations over “Agenda Item #7”. This was … Continue reading
Two local public officials have been in the hospital with heart problems. The most prominent is State Rep. Mike Tryon. The other is long-time Lakewood Village Trustee Cargrl Davis. Indications are that they are recovering. Tryon’s hospitalization might explain why … Continue reading
The Lakewood Village Trustees elected last month were sworn in Tuesday night. Re-elected were Carl Davis and Ken Santowski. They were joined by newcomer Paul Serwatka, who got more votes than any other candidate and did so without having his … Continue reading
An email from newly-elected Lakewood Village Trustee Paul Serwatka: The Northwest Herald released an article yesterday, giving a glimpse of the battle that lies ahead. Residents have responded, describing some board members’ responses as “obtuse,” “pig-headed” and “narcissistic”… One thing … Continue reading
The McHenry County Clerk’s Office has release the almost complete results for the Lakewood Village Trustee contest: The unofficial totals are now Paul Serwatka – 507 Carl Davis – 326 Ken Santowski – 320 Gary Sexson – 213 … Continue reading
A story early last night reported the precinct results and showed the early voting returns. While the following graphic from the County Clerk’s Office doesn’t show the write-in vote in Paul Serwatka’s column, he was the only write-in candidate. The … Continue reading
Lakewood resident Paul Serwatka was a runaway winner in his write-in campaign for the Lakewood Village Board. Capitalizing on opposition to the Tax Increment Financing District and the proposed SportsPlex at the intersection of Routes 47 and 176, Serwatka got … Continue reading
Readers know that I am following the Lakewood Village Trustee race. In 2011, only 28 people voted and the highest number of votes received by a trustee was 19. There was no contest. In 2013, 37 people went to the … Continue reading
Lot’s of political articles over the Easter Weekend: McHenry Aldermanic Candidate Scott Curry’s Literature Matthew Hardt MCC Campaign Piece FRG College Student Janna Wing Works Precinct on Spring Break Lakewood Trustee Campaign Moves to the Internet Two Billboards for WL … Continue reading
The following email just reached my inbox from incumbent Lakewood Village Trustee Gary Sexson: Dear Residents, I ask for your vote on Tuesday, April 7th for re-election to the Village Board. I have truly appreciated working for you, the residents … Continue reading
With this letter from Carl Davis all of the candidates for Lakewood Village Trustee have send information to voters of the approximately 4,000 person town. There are three incumbents on the ballot: Carl Davis Ken Santowski Gary Sexson Trying to … Continue reading
Today a letter arrived from incumbent Village Trustee Ken Santowski. Until over two years ago, Santowski was known for sending out an email each month telling what went on at Village Board meetings. I published most of them and wish … Continue reading
Below you can read what incumbent Lakewood Village Trustee Gary Sexson is distributing to voters in his campaign for re-election. (If the other incumbents would like be to post their campaign literature or, for that matter, any other McHenry County … Continue reading
The following post card has been sent out by Lakewood write-in Trustee candidate Paul Serwatka. It is not hard to discern that he opposes the Tax Increment Financing District and the second iteration of the SportsPlex. Serwatka criticizes incumbent Gary … Continue reading