From Lakewood Trustee Paul Serwatka: The Lakewood Tax-Fighter Team is Officially Filed! Well, The Lakewood Tax-Fighter Team has officially filed, as of yesterday morning, to be on the ballot for the April 4th Consolidated Election! I would like to extend … Continue reading
Category Archives: Jeff Iden
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
Lakewood Village Trustee Paul Serwatka emails of “some exciting news:” In my write in campaign to be your village trustee, I essentially made 3 promises… I would fight to stop the annual property tax hikes that have been levied every … 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
Incumbent Lakewood Village President Erin Smith and two incumbent trustees filed for re-election on the first day of filing. The two incumbent Trustees are Gene Furey Jeff Iden For the third open Board seat, Beverly Thomas has filed. Filing is … Continue reading
Continued from yesterday. The 2nd meeting in July was the fun one. It made the local papers for a few days. The Sportsplex as it is referred to by me. While there was nothing to “redo” about the original plans … Continue reading
Lakewood Village President Erin Smith had to cast a tie-breaking vote for ordinances giving McHenry County SportsPlex developers an additional six-months to meet their end of the deal struck with Lakewood. A year ago the vote was unanimous. In the … Continue reading
Trying to clean thing up from the election, I found Gary D.Sexson II’s literature. It was distributed at the same time as Jeff Iden’s . Iden beat appointed Trustee and former Village President Julie Richardson. The two also shared sign … Continue reading
Former Lakewood Village President Julie Richardson is being defeated for election to the Trustee post to which she was appointed. With one precinct and early and absentee votes outstanding, challenger Jeff Iden is ahead by 91 votes. Richardson’s campaign seemed … Continue reading
Lakewood Village Trustee Ken Santowski has a delightful habit of giving his view on what happens at Lakewood Village Board meetings each month. I attended this meeting, but still have gotten around to writing up my notes. Here’s his version: … Continue reading