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Trustee Sharon Brannigan flees protesters after a Palos Township board meeting in 2017. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)
PALOS TOWNSHIP, IL The southwest suburban Arab American community and their allies are taking credit for ousting embattled Palos Township Tr. Sharon Bannigan, who lost her bid for township assessor against incumbent Robert Maloney in the April 6 election. Maloney, garnered 3,909 votes to Brannigan s 2,351, according to unofficial election results. We screamed with joy, we were so relieved, activist Hasam Marajda said, who led the #ByeBrannigan get-out-the-vote effort. After four years of going to monthly township meetings, when she wouldn t resign, we voted her out.
For almost four years, Arab American residents, activists and other residents attended the Palos Township board s meetings on the