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RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD
ELECTION
2017
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Vol. 32, No. 13
March 29, 2017
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Late leaders honored
Brookfield looks to expand marketing reach PAGE 4
Riverside Township to dedicate plaques for Topinka, Gross
Riverside approves major sewer project PAGE 6
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Parents in D103 protest after board meeting nixed
Angry parents contend school leaders have ‘no respect for anybody’ By BOB SKOLNIK
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Contributing Reporter
bout 30 people, including one school board member, staged a protest outside the Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 administration building on the night of March 23 after a school board meeting scheduled that night was abruptly canceled due to a lack of a quorum. Some protesters held signs, saying things like “Save My School.” Some motorists driving by honked their horns in apparent support. Gloria Medina of Stickney came to the protest to blast the decision to cancel the meeting. See D103 PROTEST on page 25
WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer
ON THE MARCH: Shawna Olsowka, president of the Edison School PTA, protests in front of the Lyons-Brookfield District 103 administration building in Lyons on March 23 in the wake of a last-minute cancellation of a school board meeting.
Lawsuit: North Riverside stonewalling on legal costs Firefighters want judge to force village to divulge privatization cost
By BOB UPHUES Editor
A south suburban firefighter has filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court to force the village of North Riverside to turn over
records related to how much it has paid its legal counsel, Odelson & Sterk Attorneys at Law, in recent years. Scott Moran, a Hickory Hills resident who is a lieutenant with the Homewood Fire Department, claims the village is stonewalling
the request, which was sent to the village on Jan. 3 and seeks to determine just how much North Riverside’s attempt to privatize its fire department has cost the village in legal fees as Election Day draws closer. The law firm representing Moran is Corn-
Payne Plumbing & Heating
field and Feldman LLP, which also represents North Riverside Firefighters Union 2714. The union’s attorney, J. Dale Berry said the union enlisted Moran to file a Freedom See LAWSUIT on page 25
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