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U.S. flag that was on pole on Oakton Street. A “disgraceful looking” American flag flying recently at the top of a flagpole of a building on Oakton Street prompted Des Plaines Ald. Mark Walsten (6th) Monday night to call for a local ordinance that would prohibit residents and business owners from displaying an unsightly emblem.
Des Plaines Ald. Dick Sayad. (Journal file photo) At 79 years old, newly-elected Des Plaines Ald. Dick Sayad (4th) is no spring chicken. But he acts like one. A few minutes after Sayad, Colt Moylan (2d), Mark Walsten (6th) and Mike Charewicz (8th) were sworn into office Monday night it seemed like Sayad was bursting
Three Des Plaines aldermen tried to disregard recent election results Monday by refusing to enact voter-approved changes to the city's term limits for elected officials.
Four new Des Plaines aldermen will take office this Monday night after their successful elections on April 4. Scheduled for swearing in are Colt Moylan (2d), Dick Sayad (4th), Mark Walsten (6th) and Mike Charewicz (8th). Moylan was the only incumbent reelected to city council. Sayad, Walsten and Charewicz previously served. Newly-elected officials in local
Three former Des Plaines aldermen and an incumbent will begin fresh terms during Monday's city council meeting.