Evanston Now
Candidate says bad info from city clerk cost her a chance to run
A former candidate for Evanston City Council says incorrect information given to her by City Clerk Devon Reid has prevented her from running as a write-in candidate in April s election.
Devon Reid and Rebeca Mendoza.
A former candidate for Evanston City Council says incorrect information given to her by City Clerk Devon Reid has prevented her from running as a write-in candidate in April’s election.
Rebeca Mendoza was going to run for 5th Ward alderman. She tells Evanston Now that she contacted Clerk Reid in late January about filing the necessary paperwork.
Mayoral candidate Daniel Biss rejects Ald. Ann Rainey’s endorsement
Former state Senator and Evanston mayoral candidate Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) said Friday he could no longer accept Ald. Ann Rainey’s (8th) endorsement.
This statement comes after Rainey apologized, and then recanted, to City Clerk Devon Reid for anti-Black comments she made at a candidate forum last week.
“Ald. Rainey… reiterated the view that she has the right to control the way in which one of her political opponents tells his own personal story,” Biss said. “The principle that we should give everyone an opportunity to be heard simply does not work when one person uses her voice to silence someone else’s.”
A virtual forum for Evanston candidates vying for the 8th Ward alderman job was held as three residents seek to unseat the woman who has held the post for more than 30 years.