Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Vote totals, up-to-date results and more election information.
Vote totals, up-to-date results and more election information. Des Plaines residents voted for a mayor, city clerk, aldermen and other public officials on Tuesday. We’ll update this page with current election results and other information about what’s happening. Like Des Plaines Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to keep up with the latest on the election. Here are some previous stories on the election: The following election results are from the Cook County Clerk’s website. Updated at 1:22 a.m. on April 9: Mayor of Des Plaines: First Ward Alderman of Des Plaines: Third Ward Alderman of Des Plaines: Fifth Ward Alderman of Des Plaines: Seventh Ward Alderman of Des Plaines: Updates: We'll post election updates here, on …
Monday, April 8, 2013
Candidates running for office completed questionnaires about their backgrounds, plans if elected, and more on Patch.
Des Plaines residents will vote for six city officials including a new mayor on Tuesday, as well as new board members for Maine Township High School District 207’s Board of Education. Patch asked the candidates to complete questionnaires about their backgrounds, priorities and more. Click on their names below for more information, and stay tuned into Des Plaines Patch on election night for up-to-date results and more. In addition to Des Plaines city government and D-207 board members, Maine Township officials, Community Consolidated School District 62 board members and East Maine School District 63 board members will also be elected. For more information about those candidates, visit the Cook County Board of Elections’ website. Des …
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Mayoral candidate Anthony “Tony” Arredia speaks about flooding in Des Plaines.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates Anthony “Tony” Arredia, Third Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz and Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten spoke to Des Plaines residents at a debate at city hall on March 21. In this video, Arredia speaks about flooding in Des Plaines. Click on the names below to see what the other two candidates said. Mayoral Candidates Speak about Flooding in Des Plaines: Des Plaines Mayoral Election Questionnaires: For more stories, pictures, information and conversation, like Des Plaines Patch on Facebook.
Mayoral candidate Matt Bogusz speaks about flooding in Des Plaines.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates Anthony “Tony” Arredia, Third Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz and Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten spoke to Des Plaines residents at a debate at city hall on March 21 . In this video, Bogusz speaks about flooding in Des Plaines. Click on the names below to see what the other two candidates said. Mayoral Candidates Speak about Flooding in Des Plaines: Des Plaines Mayoral Election Questionnaires: For more stories, pictures, information and conversation, like Des Plaines Patch on Facebook.
Mayoral candidate Mark Walsten speaks about flooding in Des Plaines.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates Anthony “Tony” Arredia, Third Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz and Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten spoke to Des Plaines residents at a debate at city hall on March 21 . In this video, Walsten speaks about flooding in Des Plaines. Click on the names below to see what the other two candidates said. Mayoral Candidates Speak about Flooding in Des Plaines: Des Plaines Mayoral Election Questionnaires: For more stories, pictures, information and conversation, like Des Plaines Patch on Facebook.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Hot topics at the debate included gaming tax revenue, commercial development in Des Plaines, flooding problems and more.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates Anthony “Tony” Arredia, Third Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz and Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten met for the second of three debates at Des Plaines City Hall on March 21. The candidates spoke about their visions for the city, ideas for development, their abilities to serve as mayor, flooding problems, spending gaming tax revenue and more. Des Plaines Mayoral Election Questionnaires: For more stories, pictures, information and conversation, like Des Plaines Patch on Facebook.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Des Plaines mayoral candidates spoke to members of the city’s business community about a range of topics including downtown development.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates Anthony “Tony” Arredia, Third Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz and Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten spoke to Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce members and others about issues relevant to the business community at Giuseppe’s La Cantina Restaurant, 1062 Lee St. in Des Plaines on Wednesday. In this video, Tony Arredia speaks about Metropolitan Square in downtown Des Plaines. Click on the names below to see what the other two candidates said. Des Plaines Mayoral Candidates Speak about Metropolitan Square: Des Plaines Mayoral Candidates’ Websites: For more stories, pictures, information and conversation, like Des Plaines Patch on Facebook.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates spoke to members of the city’s business community about a range of topics including downtown development.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates Anthony “Tony” Arredia, Third Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz and Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten spoke to Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce members and others about issues relevant to the business community at Giuseppe’s La Cantina Restaurant, 1062 Lee St. in Des Plaines on Wednesday. In this video, Alderman Matt Bogusz speaks about Metropolitan Square in downtown Des Plaines. Click on the names below to see what the other two candidates said. Des Plaines Mayoral Candidates Speak about Metropolitan Square: Des Plaines Mayoral Candidates’ Websites: For more stories, pictures, information and conversation, like Des Plaines Patch on Facebook.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates spoke to members of the city’s business community about a range of topics including downtown development.
Des Plaines mayoral candidates Anthony “Tony” Arredia, Third Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz and Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten spoke to Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce members and others about issues relevant to the business community at Giuseppe’s La Cantina Restaurant, 1062 Lee St. in Des Plaines on Wednesday. In this video, Alderman Mark Walsten speaks about Metropolitan Square in downtown Des Plaines. Click on the names below to see what the other two candidates said. Des Plaines Mayoral Candidates Speak about Metropolitan Square: Des Plaines Mayoral Candidates’ Websites: For more stories, pictures, information and conversation, like Des Plaines Patch on Facebook.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Des Plaines mayoral candidates spoke to chamber of commerce members and others about downtown development, gaming tax revenue expenditures and more at Giuseppe’s La Cantina Restaurant on Wednesday.
The three candidates for mayor of Des Plaines got their first chance to confront each other publically about issues raised during the campaigns. Approximately 60 community members gathered at Giuseppe’s La Cantina Restaurant, 1062 Lee St. in Des Plaines, to listen to former mayor of Des Plaines Anthony “Tony” Arredia, Third Ward Alderman Matt Bogusz and Sixth Ward Alderman Mark Walsten discuss a wide range of topics relevant to the city’s business community. Arredia, Bogusz and Walsten spoke about the history and future of downtown development including Metropolitan Square and the city’s plans renovate the public spaces, the potential of other commercial developments in Des Plaines, what gaming revenue the city receives from Rivers Casino …
Mark
2:17 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Des plaines is a great city, I voted for Mayor Bogusz with great honor and pride. This bitterness associated with this Historic moment in Des plaines only rings true for the "old powers that were" preaching this "pureist" point of view that has isolated Des Plaines from a growing population of new citizen excluded from a city that we love and respect. This myth of a Democratic machine lurking … more ›