Candidate dropped from Schaumburg library race
One of the three Schaumburg Township District Library candidates whose nominating papers were challenged by former state Rep. Paul Froehlich was removed from the ballot Thursday.
The Cook County Electoral Board unanimously agreed that Gerald Bromley of Schaumburg had failed to properly file a receipt of his statement of economic interest with the library, even though he'd filed an original copy with the county.
Bromley said he won't appeal the ruling, but he does intend to run for the library board again in two years.
“It was a small technicality,” Bromley said. “I was disappointed that a sitting state representative would challenge on a technicality a constituent who just wants to get more involved in local government.”
Froehlich also challenged the nominating papers of David Benson of Hoffman Estates and Julie Wroblewski Bosshart of Schaumburg, but their hearings were continued on Thursday to later dates.
Benson's hearing will be continued Friday with a binder check of his nominating petition. Froehlich's objection claims that 22 of the 60 signatures on Benson's petition were obtained from people who clearly live outside Schaumburg Township.
Benson said he was never told his signatures had to come from within the library district, but that he intends to put up a strong defense.
“I just want to see my name on the ballot,” Benson said.
Wroblewski Bosshart's hearing was continued to Jan. 24. The objection to her candidacy is that her nominating papers include her maiden name, different from her voter registration where she's identified simply as Julie Bosshart.
Wroblewski Bosshart is the daughter of Schaumburg Township Supervisor Mary Wroblewski. She said she wants voters to know she is the same person they might have remembered growing up in the library district.
Also running for the three four-year terms on the board are incumbents Debby Miller and Nicholas Scipione and former library trustee Richard Hetzer.
Froehlich's wife, Marilyn, served just over two years on the library board before stepping down in 2009. Scipione was appointed to her seat.