There should be no guesswork in the voting booth (or when filling out a mail-in ballot). There has been a surge of interest in serving on local boards. More candidates are running for Homewood and Flossmoor village and school boards than in any election in recent memory. That means voters[Read More…]
Tag: Meet the Candidates 2025
Election 2025: Introducing Tamekia Smith
District 233 candidate Tamekia Smith was an ultrasound technician for 20 years. Then she transitioned to teaching those skills and later recognized her place was in school administration. Today her position is Dean for Business and Social Sciences at Waubonsee Community College. Smith believes with her background, “I could have[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Aredell ‘A.J.’ Roundtree
District 233 candidate Aredell “AJ” Roundtree is surrounded by family and friends who are teachers.“Five of my best friends are teachers, and I somehow missed the bus,” he jokes, although he has an endorsement as a chief school business official. Roundtree’s career is in marketing. He is running on a[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Ariana Leonard
District 233 candidate Ariana Leonard moved back to Homewood from Florida so her two children would have great schools. She is a graduate of James Hart School and Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Today she works in neighboring Bloom Township High School District 206 as the Director of Language Acquisition. She can’t[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Camille O’Quin
District 233 candidate Camille O’Quin wants it known that Homewood-Flossmoor High School “has an excellent reputation. By and large I think H-F is doing a fantastic job. My main thing is making sure H-F continues to be excellent.” O’Quin, a professor at Governors State University, said that excellent reputation means[Read More…]
Election 2025: Introducing Brian Driscoll
Brian Driscoll is vying for his third term on the Board of Trustees. When he first ran for office he wasn’t sure he wanted to get into politics, but he soon had success putting his knowledge of municipal approaches to foreclosed properties to work, helping Flossmoor improve its response to[Read More…]
Election 2025: Meet Gary Daggett
For Gary Daggett, the decision to run for re-election was a no-brainer. He decided when he ran for the first time in 2021 that he would serve as long as he could. What attracted he and his wife to the village in 2010 was its “active diversity.” “One of the[Read More…]
Election 2025 | Candidate profile: Gary Daggett
Note: Information in candidate profiles was submitted by the candidate. Office: Flossmoor Board of Trustees Education: Carl Sandburg High School 1995; Completed business management coursework at College of DuPage Employment history: Owner-Operator of Daggett Property Inspections 2012 to Present; commercial real estate broker, At Properties Commercial — Feb 2022 to[Read More…]
Election 2025: Meet Patrick Siemsen
Patrick Siemsen’s Homewood bona fides include 26 years with the police department and two decades as a resident. His children and now his grandchildren attended Homewood schools. He currently serves as police chief in Momence and has worked for a number of communities in the South Suburbs. He finds his[Read More…]
Election 2025 | Candidate profile: Tiffany Liggons-Cole
Office: Homewood Board of Trustees Education: Bachelor of Healthcare Administration, CCS, CRCR Employment history: My employment history consists of Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management which include positions related to Medical Coding, Denial Management and Data Analytics. Previous service: I have no previous experience in any appointed and or professional governing positions.[Read More…]
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