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by Joseph Wiszowaty
SAUK VILLAGE | Danny Hammond, Jr., who was not certified by Village Clerk Debbie Williams for the April 7th ballot said he can't continue a costly legal battle. Hammond has suspended his campaign for Village Trustee and now endorses 3 of his former opponents for the job.
SAUK VILLAGE | Danny Hammond, Jr., who was not certified by Village Clerk Debbie Williams for the April 7th ballot said he can't continue a costly legal battle. Hammond has suspended his campaign for Village Trustee and now endorses 3 of his former opponents for the job.
Hammond has issued the following statement:
To the Residents of Sauk Village:
A very heartfelt thank you to the voters of Sauk Village who signed my nomination petitions to get my name on the ballot. Unfortunately, because of dirty politics we were not able to achieve our goal of victory! We hoped to bring the important issues to the table and make some important changes in the direction of Sauk Village. Because of a tactical political decision by Village Clerk Debbie Williams and her supporters to not certify my name for the April 7th ballot, it is not to be this time. I cannot continue a fight in Cook County Circuit Court, which is financially draining when I have a family which is my priority. I do not have unlimited resources like many who run our Village feel the Village has.
The way to continue our fight now and to accomplish the goals which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength to the polls and do all we can to re-elect Derrick Burgess as Village Trustee and support him as he fights for the people of Sauk Village in hopes that we can Change Direction. There is nothing “forward” about the “motions” that the village has experienced.
Today, I suspend my campaign for Village Trustee, I support Derrick Burgess as a true Independent candidate for Village Trustee and wish him victory in this election. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and ask you, the residents and voters of Sauk Village to do likewise. Derrick Burgess is a good, honest and decent representative for Sauk Village and he is worthy of our votes.
Knowing that Trustee Burgess is just one vote, it’s going to take more than just him to fight for the residents of Sauk Village and therefore I strongly encourage a vote for decorated and Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Cecial Tates and Kelvin Jones for Village Trustees as well. All three of these men have strong convictions about what is needed to move Sauk Village in the right direction. They do not believe in the business as usual attitude like the other Trustee candidates who have proven time and again that they will not act on behalf of the residents.
Tates and Jones, along with Burgess can be counted on to bring fresh ideas and sound decisions to the Trustee Board. All three will give you the voice in government you have not had in years.
Village Clerk Debbie Williams may have won the battle, but I will win the war against this administration's sense of arrogance and entitlement.
Sincerely,
Danny Hammond, Jr.
Former Candidate for
Village Trustee
Village Trustee
Residents of Sauk Village will go to the polls on April 7th and will pick 3 Trustees. There are only three other candidates challenging Burgess, Tates and Jones and they are Jeff Morden, John Poskin and Gary Holcomb.
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