To the Editor: Summer in Chicagoland is a season of block parties, baseball games, and time spent with family and neighbors. But for too many families, it is also a season marked by anxiety as gun violence rises in our communities. Growing up on Chicago’s West Side, I saw firsthand[Read More…]
Tag: Monica Gordon
County Clerk supports ordinance to protect poll workers, expand voter access
Clerk Monica Gordon is expressing strong support for a new county ordinance designed to protect election workers, combat voter intimidation, and strengthen public confidence in the democratic process throughout Cook County. Sponsored by Commissioner Bill Lowry, the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Fair Access to Democracy throughout Cook County Ordinance would establish[Read More…]
Stay in Illinois: County clerk urges Bears to consider Country Club Hills for new home
As the Chicago Bears continue to evaluate an Indiana stadium location, Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon is urging the organization to take a closer look at Country Club Hills, contending that the team may be overlooking one of the most promising development opportunities in Illinois while publicly entertaining the possibility[Read More…]
Letter: County clerk issues statement of concern on Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling
The April 29 decision from the United States Supreme Court marks a troubling moment for voting rights and fair representation in our nation. By narrowing key protections under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the Court has made it more difficult to challenge maps that dilute the voting strength[Read More…]
Not a drill: H-F students vote, serve as election judges in new county democracy project
Principal Clinton Alexander was the first voter to cast a ballot at Homewood-Flossmoor High School on Thursday, Feb. 26, and he wasn’t the last. The polling place was set up in the Viking Room with student election judges helping student and staff voters. The judges on duty at 11 a.m.[Read More…]
Limited early voting for Suburban Cook County begins at 6 locations Feb. 18
Limited early voting for suburban Cook County voters will begin Tuesday, Feb. 18, at six locations, giving voters an early opportunity to cast their ballot in the March 17 Gubernatorial Primary Election, according to the Office of Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon. Early Voting will expand on Monday, March 2,[Read More…]
Election preview: Gordon wants to work with local officials, fight for Cook County D5 if elected commissioner
Editor’s note: This story is the second in a series featuring candidates for Cook County’s 5th District, which includes Flossmoor. When Cook County District 5 Commissioner Deborah Sims decided she would retire after 28 years in that seat at the end of her term this year, she called Monica M.[Read More…]
Forum for 40th District Senate candidates is Feb. 29
Candidates for the 40th Illinois Senate seat will address the issues at a League of Women Voters of the Park Forest area forum at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, at the Park Forest Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive in Park Forest. The district includes parts of Homewood and Flossmoor. The[Read More…]
Flossmoor woman files to run for 40th District seat
Flossmoor resident Monica Gordon is looking tobecome the new Illinois senator for the 40th District,which includes Homewood, Flossmoor and a largeswath of suburban and exurban Chicago.
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