Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest and Forest Park Review endorse Ade Onayemi |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Jan 14 2010 |
The next county board president is going to need a roster of independent votes among the commissioners. The West Side and immediate suburbs of Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park have an obligation and an opportunity to provide one constant, progressive vote for a total makeover of county government....
That brings us to Adekunle "Ade" Onayemi. We've known and admired his work in Oak Park and in Austin for many years and are enthusiastic Onayemi's taking on this race. A native of Nigeria and a person whose political outlook was shaped by that country's dysfunction, Onayemi understands that Cook County has failed in ways both big and small. He grasps the waste and the corruption, the systems failure in providing health care to the poor and uninsured, the debacle at the juvenile detention center and in the county jail. He's plumbed the specifics and thought broadly about the many problems. He has a public career as an elected school board member and board president in Oak Park, and as an education activist on the West Side. His office, as an architect, is in Austin. Those public and private efforts integrate into a life spent listening well, building coalitions, solving problems, making difficult choices. Those skills, coupled with integrity and political savvy, make for a combination we must encourage. Read the full Wednesday Journal article Read the full Forest Park Review article
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