MORTON It didn t take long for Craig Hilliard to realize he isn t the retiring type.
Ten months after retiring as the Morton police chief, Hilliard is on the cusp of returning to public service. He s one of three candidates for three open seats on the Morton Village Board in Tuesday s election. While I was working, I toyed with the idea of running for the Village Board after I retired, Hilliard said. Then I retired, and it came down to a decision of do I want to run for the board, or am I done with public service? I decided in November that I wanted to be involved in the village for at least the next four years. I had no reason to believe at the time that any of the incumbents weren t going to run for re-election, so I was prepared to have opposition.