Numerous Indian Americans in the Chicago, Illinois, area were seeking public seats in the April 6 election, with some succeeding in their candidacy.
Dr. Suresh Reddy, immediate past president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, was among the candidates vying for a Trustee seat in Oak Brook, Illinois, who won handily.
Reddy along with the other two winners, Laurence âLarryâ Herman and James P. Nagle, last accumulated âthe three highest unofficial vote totals with 100% of precincts reporting in the election for three four-year terms on the Village Board,â the Chicago Tribune reported.
Unofficial vote totals from DuPage County had Herman with 21.60 percent; Nagle, 21.45 percent; Reddy, 19.53 percent; Baar, 15.2 percent; Pruss, 11.34 percent; and Cuevas, 10.89 percent.
Tight battle for third seat on Hoffman Estates village board
Updated 4/6/2021 10:43 PM
With Election Day votes in nearly all precincts counted, two-thirds of an incumbent slate Hoffman Estates village trustees appear headed to reelection.
Trustees Karen Mills and Karen Arnet, with 2,545 and 2,408 votes, respectively, were well ahead of four other candidates for three four-year terms on the village board. A third incumbent, Michael Gaeta, sits in fourth with 2,066 votes, behind Renee Robinson s 2,089. Gaurav Patel and James Murre who joined Robinson on the Hoffman Estates Forward slate had 1,863 and 1,644 votes, respectively, with 28 of 29 Cook County precincts and one of one Kane County precinct reporting.
Unofficial results show incumbents swept in Hoffman Estates Michael Gaeta
Updated 4/7/2021 1:41 PM
With all precincts counted, it appears all Hoffman Estates village board incumbents up for election Tuesday will retain their seats.
But while unofficial results indicate clear victories for Mayor Bill McLeod and trustees Karen Arnet and Karen Mills, it took until the last precinct was counted to push Trustee Michael Gaeta from 23 votes behind challenger Renee Robinson to 28 votes ahead of her.
Knowing the outstanding precinct was the one in which he lives, in the Haverford Place senior community, gave Gaeta confidence he would make up the deficit.
Restaurants adding service charges to address employee wage gap
Courtesy of Carmine’s on Penn)
Denver restaurants have been grappling with the wage gap between front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house employees for years.
Increasing competition and the rising state and city minimum wage have made it difficult to even out pay between wait staff and those in the kitchen who don’t get tipped, according to those in the industry.
Now, with the pandemic putting local restaurants in a state of almost constant uncertainty, multiple prominent restaurateurs have decided it’s the logical time to debut what they see as a solution the service charge.
Posted3/3/2021 5:20 AM
Citing experience, passion for the community and an eagerness to cut spending, the three candidates for Hoffman Estates mayor explained this week why they should have the support of voters in the April 6 election.
Incumbent Bill McLeod and recently retired Hoffman Estates police lieutenant Mark Mueller shared their positions Monday during a joint Zoom interview with the Daily Herald. Both are running in slates that include three trustee candidates each. Nicholas Waryas, who is running independently, spoke to the Daily Herald by phone afterward.
Mueller said his passion for Hoffman Estates comes from growing up and attending school in the village, followed by a nearly 28-year career in the police department.