Friday, January 11, 2013
Hearings held Friday at Village Hall had two very different outcomes.
Voters will have only one box to check for village president this spring. On Friday, incumbent Mayor Michael Collins won his fight to stay on the April 9 ballot — but his challenger, Michael Lambert, wasn’t as fortunate. Despite the support of electoral board chairman Paul Fay, Lambert lost his bid to stay on the ballot after Plainfield resident Jeffrey Schmitt filed an objection claiming Lambert didn’t have enough valid signatures on his nominating petitions. At a Friday morning hearing, Plainfield resident John Ledvina — who hopes to run as a write-in Republican candidate for the mayor’s seat — was unsuccessful at ousting Collins from the ballot. Get Plainfield news delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for the free Patch newsletter…
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
A Jan. 11 hearing will determine whether three village candidates will stay on the April 9 ballot. A Jan. 15 date was set to hearing objections to the petitions of three library board candidates.
Mayor Mike Collins, challenger Michael Lambert and Plainfield village trustee candidate Mike Guinta will get the chance to defend their right to stay on the April 9 election ballot this Friday. Three separate hearings are scheduled for Jan. 11 to address objections to the candidates’ nominating petitions. Get Plainfield news delivered straight to your inbox – sign up for the Plainfield Patch newsletter. Collins faces a challenge from Plainfield resident John Ledvina, who claims that the mayor’s statement of candidacy omits language that states that Collins was known to the person who certified the nominating forms — which could lead to potential fraud, according to the complaint. Meanwhile, village resident Jeffrey Schmitt is objecting to …
Monday, January 7, 2013
Objections were filed Thursday in attempts to oust Collins, Lambert and Guinta from the ballot.
Both candidates for village president are facing challenges from Plainfield residents who say their nominating petitions for the April 9, 2013 election don’t pass muster. John Ledvina, a resident of the 11000 block of Chesapeake Drive, is challenging Mayor Mike Collins’ statement of candidacy, saying the form filed by the incumbent village present omits language that states that the candidate is “personally known to” the certifying officer. Collins didn’t return a call from Patch over the weekend. Get Plainfield news delivered straight to your inbox – sign up for the Patch newsletter. Ledvina’s objection asserts that the omission “results in a situation whereby a local election official, local election authority, objectors or electoral …
Manley Tyson
5:51 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I agree! They should also do en expose on how Michael Lambert threatened to sue Plainfield Township when they would not award him a no bid contract for the new senior senter. What a bully! more ›