Caucus Candidate Gray-Keeler Talks Economic Development, Crime
Karen Gray-Keeler is one of nine candidates vying for a trustee position this April. See what Gray-Keeler has to say about crime, economic development and the village in our interview.
Karen Gray-Keeler is in a unique position. The former Caucus Party president is seeking her first term as a Skokie trustee. However, Gray-Keeler is already filling in as an interim trustee for Michael Lorge, who recently became the village’s corporate counsel. Gray-Keeler will be serving the community until the April elections. After that, nine candidates will be seeking one of the six seats available. Gray-Keeler, a Skokie resident for more than 25 years, is hoping she can continue to serve the village beyond her interim. “I am very, very new as a trustee,” Gray-Keeler said. “So far, I've had one meeting and I've been meeting with a lot of different people.” The mother of three also served on the plan commission and added that the …
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Michael Patrick
6:15 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
I urge all of you to attend a Board meeting before the election. The time designated for public comments is at the end. Because the public meetings on the next budget ( which starts May 1) come at the end of April, the election will already have been decided. Insist that the Mayor and the current Board members commit NOW to reinstatement of those Police and Fire positions that have been … more ›