Mundelein board candidates discuss empty storefronts and their visions for the town
Updated 2/19/2021 3:43 PM
Six candidates for seats on Mundelein s village board in the April 6 election talked about the local economy, the pandemic and other issues facing the town during an online forum Thursday night.
Board hopefuls Sol Cabachuela, Willie Davismckennie, Ray Mullen, Jenny Ross, Angela Trillhaase and Tim Wilson participated in the roughly 75-minute discussion. A seventh candidate, Edith Reese, didn t participate.
The event was hosted by former Mundelein trustee Dakotah Norton. He asked questions generated by members of a Facebook group dedicated to issues in Mundelein.
Topics covered a lot of ground, including what sets the candidates apart from each other, their visions for the future and how they would fill empty storefronts.
Updated 1/11/2021 12:46 PM
When Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz won his second term in 2017, he defeated two rivals, finishing with a mere five-vote margin over the second-place finisher.
In next spring s local election, he ll have three experienced challengers village trustees Dawn Abernathy and Robin Meier, and Mundelein High School District 120 board member Thomas Ouimet.
Voter turnout is essential in a four-way race, Meier said.
Mundelein s mayor s office, the clerk s office and three trustee seats will be on the ballot. All the races are contested.
Lentz was first elected mayor in 2013 after four years as a trustee. He won a three-way race in 2013, defeating Meier and Mundelein Park and Recreation District board member Wally Frasier.
Updated 12/22/2020 8:26 AM
Editor s note: Dawn Abernathy is running with a full slate composed of trustee candidates Willie Davismckennie, Ray Mullen and Angela Trillhaase, and clerk hopeful Heather Mullen-Gaschler. Mayoral candidates Robin Meier and Steve Lentz each are running solo. Also running independently are trustee candidates Sol Cabachuela, Edith Reese, Tim Wilson and Jenny Ross, as are clerk hopefuls Karen Walsh and Lisa Willems.
Four-way mayoral races have materialized up in both Mundelein and Antioch for the April 6, 2021, election.
Other contested mayoral races are in Gurnee and Lake Zurich.
The filing deadline for Lake County residents hoping to gain or retain elected municipal, school, park, library, township and fire district office passed at 5 p.m. Monday.