Peck Wants to ID 'Anonymous Cyberbullies'

Village trustee says Plainfield Patch commenters derailed his Senate campaign.

Plainfield Trustee Wants Names of 'Anonymous Cyberbullies'

Garrett Peck filed a petition for discovery seeking the account information and IP addresses for Plainfield Patch users, saying they hurt his election prospects.

Plainfield village trustee Garrett Peck wants to identify anonymous online commenters, saying they posted false information that hurt his bid to become an Illinois state senator. Peck, who was defeated in November 2012 by Democrat Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant for the 49th District seat, said he wants to uncover the commenters' identities, including a Plainfield Patch user, so he can potentially sue for damages. In a petition for discovery filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court, Peck is asking Plainfield Patch and Topix, a local online discussion board, to provide information about several commenters. He claims they are responsible for derailing his campaign. The petition asks Patch to turn over the users' account information and IP …

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Election Results: Did Plainfield Vote for Obama or Romney?

Local residents voted Tuesday for president, Senate and House candidates.

Winning 23 out of 36 Will County voting precincts in the village, President Barack Obama was the choice of the majority of Plainfield-area voters in Tuesday's election, according to data released Wednesday from the county clerk's office. READ: The Race for President—How Illinois Voted The re-elected president had 14,713 votes compared to Republican challenger Mitt Romney's 12,489, according to the numbers reported by the Will County Clerk's Office.  Countywide, Obama garnered more than 9,000 votes more than Romney. READ: Election 2012 Results for Local and State Races The following is a break down of voting by precincts for all the candidates on the 2012 presidential ballot. The 23 precincts that Obama won are bolded in the charts. SOURCE…

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Plainfield Trustee Race Could Be Heating Up

Who's picked up petition forms so far? As of late Wednesday, four new contenders had indicated they may throw their hats into the ring, creating the potential for a six-way race for three spots on the village board.

Next spring’s village board race could get interesting. As of Wednesday night, a total of six Plainfield residents had picked up nominating petition forms for the nonpartisan April 2013 trustee race, according to  village clerk Michelle Gibas. So far, only incumbent Village President Mike Collins has taken out petitions for the mayoral race. Incumbent trustees Margie Bonuchi and Jim Racich picked up petition forms early on in the nominating period. READ: Incumbents Take Out Petitions for Mayor, Village Board But in recent weeks, four more possible contenders have followed suit. Current Plainfield Plan Commissioner Ed O’Rourke and Naperville firefighter Mark A. Chmura have also taken out petitions, along with Walker’s Grove Homeowners …

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Ron Jidzny

1:15 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012

Your comments are way off topic from what the editor posted above. Perhaps you have some evidence to support your allegations? Or some actual facts or comments that pertain to the article? I have documented my facts above that actually relate to the article.   more ›

Letter: Seeing Candidates Speak Cuts through the Spin

Reader Marie Henderson is impressed by both Republican and Democratic legislator candidates.

Dear Editor; I attended the candidate’s forum at Carrillon Lakes on Tuesday night and I thought I would share my opinions your readers. State representative candidate Natalie Manley, a Democrat who's running in the 98th District, does not impress me and is part of everything that is wrong with our formerly great state. She has taken over $300,000 from (Speaker of the House) Mike Madigan; this she doesn’t deny. What she does do is try to hide the truth. She makes the claim that she is receiving money from her state party, what she doesn’t say is that Mike Madigan runs the state party and sends his money to her.  Miss Manley was also very deceiving on her arrest from earlier this year. She was arrested for beating her daughter. It doesn’t …

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DoTheMath.Skeptic

10:18 pm on Friday, October 26, 2012

We have received many mail pieces supporting Manley, paid for by the IL Democratic Party (shown in the return address). The pieces are extremely deceptive, claiming she will "stop the spending" and reform what "the politicians" in Springfield are doing. "The Springfield Politicians" are the very ones paying for the mailings, claiming she will fight THEM. Wake up residents! If Manley is elected, …   more ›

Incumbents Take Out Petitions for Mayor, Village Board Election

So far, two trustees and current Mayor Mike Collins have picked up nominating petitions at Village Hall.

As of Thursday afternoon, current Village of Plainfield trustees Margie Bonuchi and Jim Racich and Mayor Mike Collins were the only candidates to pick up nominating petitions at Village Hall for the April 9, 2013 consolidated election. Trustee Garrett Peck, whose term also expires next spring, had not picked up a packet as of Thursday, according to Village Clerk Michelle Gibas. While the village board race is nonpartisan, Republican Peck is running against Democrat Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant to represent the new 49th District in the State Senate in the Nov. 6 election. Gibas noted that while only the three incumbents have taken out petitions at Village Hall, that's not the only way a candidate can obtain nominating petition forms. The …

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Bertino-Tarrant, Peck Talk Education, Pensions at Candidate Night

Candidates are running to represent the 49th District in the Illinois Senate.

The two candidates seeking election to the 49th District State Senate seat may be from opposite ends of the political spectrum, but on Thursday night, they appeared to agree on one thing. “What we can’t have happen is for the state to put more responsibility on our local taxpayers,” Democrat Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant said of her opposition to a proposal that would shift the state’s nearly $90 billion pension liability onto local school districts. Republican Garrett Peck, a Plainfield village trustee, also opposes the pension shift. “I’m tired of watching Illinois bring itself to the verge of bankruptcy,” Peck said. “ … I’ve decided I want to reach out to residents and say, ‘What are your thoughts?’” Peck went on the offensive, several times…

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Ernie Knight

8:33 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012

We're still waiting for your mental health professional qualifications, Dr? Tim.   more ›

Peck Calls for Pay Freeze, Salary Reduction for Lawmakers

Plainfield village trustee Garrett Peck is the second state candidate to demand legislative salaries be slashed by 10 percent.

Editor's note: The following is taken in part by a press release issued by the campaign of Garrett Peck. State Senate candidate Garrett Peck on Thursday issued a press release calling for a legislative pay freeze.  Peck, who is running against Will County Regional Superintendent of Schools Jennifer-Bertino Tarrant for the new 49th District seat, is advocating a freeze of salary and benefits until the state's debt crisis is solved. “I don’t think I could look my constituents in the eye if I took pay increases out of their pockets, while Illinois families are struggling to pay the bills,” Peck said in a press release. “What kind of example is that to set, when politicians can’t pay vendors and providers, but take a pay increase? It’s …

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