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| RODRICK GRANT |
SAUK VILLAGE | Meet RODRICK GRANT... here to serve the People! Rodrick Grant is a candidate for Village Trustee in April. Rodrick Grant is 27 years old and a homeowner. Grant is the youngest candidate running for Village Trustee and if elected would be the sixth youngest in the Village's history.
Grant is recently engaged, graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelors Degree in Business and continued his education earning a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Roosevelt University. Grant works as a retail analyst for a company in Oak Brook, Illinois.
"I am running for Trustee in order to bring hope back to a village that appears to have lost its direction. Sauk Village has been deprived of the chance to flourish economically and financially due to inadequate leadership, financial mismanagement and failed policies" Grant said. "My hope is that I can bring fresh and new ideas to the Village Board" he said.
"I will always be an advocate of the residents. The Village has been having a hard time getting past the status quo and it's time we began to move ahead" Grant said.
Grant believes that the lack of transparency with the taxpayers money is frustrating to residents and to the Trustees as well.
Grant is running as an independent candidate for Village Trustee and not on a slate. "I am
willing to have an open mind and work with whomever is elected" Grant said. "Sauk Village is too small for political games" he said.
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| GRANT SPEAKING TO VOTERS |
Grant did have a bumpy start as he was one of four candidates who had filed on the first day of filing his nomination petitions. Originally Grant was picked first by the Village Clerk to have his name first on the ballot, then she wanted to hold an unusual "do-over". Grant immediately filed a formal objection with the Village Clerk and Cook County Clerk's Office demanding he be reinstated first on the ballot. Grant did prevail, and remains first on the ballot April 4th.
"We cannot be so narrow sighted that we cannot see beyond today. I offer a vision beyond tomorrow and that is what I will bring to the Village Board" Grant said.
Grant will be first on the April 4th ballot followed by Bernice Brewer-Houston and Beth Zupon. There are three seats up for grabs in April, two of which will be new faces around the table since two others are not seeking re-election.
Grant said he will do his best when he is elected and not making wild promises just telling residents where he stands.
