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Monday, March 18, 2013

Skokie Trustee Profile Rerun: Ilonka Ulrich

As the April elections draw near, we felt it would be informative to the community to rerun our previous candidate profiles. Look for more as April 9 draws near.

Editor's note: This is a rerun on a profile we did on Caucus Party trustee candidate Ilonka Ulrich, which ran on Jan. 22, 2013. You can read the original article here. And you can see all of our profiles to date here. Trustee Candidate Ulrich 'Represents' Skokie Twenty or 30 years ago, a candidate like Ilonka Ulrich likely would have never been able to run for village trustee, she said. But time has changed things, and the Skokie resident is excited to run this April. Original story - Spend a few minutes with Ilonka Ulrich and you'll realize she's juggling a dozen things at once. Ulrich, who is a single mom, lawyer and of Latin-American descent, said the political world would have "never considered a person of my status running for village…

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Trustee Candidate Ulrich 'Represents' Skokie

Twenty or 30 years ago, a candidate like Ilonka Ulrich likely would have never been able to run for village trustee, she said. But time has changed things, and the Skokie resident is excited to run this April.

Spend a few minutes with Ilonka Ulrich and you'll realize she's juggling a dozen things at once. Ulrich, who is a single mom, lawyer and of Latin-American descent, said the political world would have "never considered a person of my status running for village trustee 20 or 30 years ago." Ulrich is one of six Caucus Party candidates running for village trustee on April 9. All in all, there are nine contenders, with the other three running as Independents. "You have four women running and that just shows the progression of the Caucus Party," Ulrich said. "I think the mayor is very progressive and conscientious in who is choosing to run with him." Ulrich moved to Skokie from West Rogers Park about 11 years ago, when her son was only two. She …

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Vicki

11:29 pm on Tuesday, April 2, 2013

What is her background besides being an attorney? What are her qualifications besides that she currently works for the village?   more ›

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