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SPORTS Benet duo on all-area first team Page 11
NEWS Downers Grove forum highlights Village Council race
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Our Community, Our News
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MARCH 27, 2013
Vol. 5 No. 17
Mayoral race heats up
Gina Cunninghm-Picek
Ferenc Vandor
Mike Krucek
Gregory Abbot
League of Women Voters hosts forum for Woodridge mayor By Jonathan Samples Staff Reporter
For 32 years Mayor William Murphy has been the face of Woodridge. Now with his May 1 retirement nearing, voters will
have four new mayoral candidates to choose from during the April 9 municipal election. GregoryAbbot,a currentVillage Board trustee and attorney; Gina Cunningham-Picek, a current Village Boar trustee and
community development banker; Mike Krucek, a financial advisor and trustee on the Woodridge Police Pension Board; and Ferenc Vandor, an attorney and former mayoral candidate, are all running for the position.
The four candidates fielded questions about property taxes, the use of eminent domain and the major problems facing Woodridge during the Woodridge League of Women Voter’s candidate forum March 20.
Each candidate began with a two-minute introduction, followed by several rounds of questions prepared by the League and submitted by the audience. See MAYORAL RACE, page 4