Tobolski, who doubles as mayor of southwest suburban McCook, has missed the county’s full board and committee meetings since the Sept. 26 federal raid on his Village Hall offices.
By Rachel Hinton Nov 21, 2019, 5:01pm CST
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, left, in March; Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey. Tobolski, right, in 2011. File Photos. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times; Jean Lachat//Sun-Times.With Commissioner Jeff Tobolski well into his eighth week as a no-show at official Cook County functions, Board President Toni Preckwinkle would not say Thursday whether she’d ask him to relinquish his position — but she didn’t rule it out.
“I’m not sure how this is gonna play out, and I don’t want to speculate on any actions we might take in the future,” Preckwinkle said. “But I think it was clear to me anyway that we needed to make some changes in leadership as a result of his continued absence, and we’re in the process of doing that. And we’ll have some recommendations for December.”
Last week, Preckwinkle wrote to the commissioner and asked him to give up his committee leadership posts because of his ongoing absenteeism.
Tobolski obliged a few days later, relinquishing his role as chairman of the county’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Committee, Technology and Innovation Committee and the Veterans Committee and his spot as vice chair of the Labor Committee.
Tobolski, who doubles as mayor of southwest suburban McCook, has missed the county’s full board and committee meetings — as well as meetings for the Cook County Forest Preserves — since the Sept. 26 federal raid on his Village Hall offices.
If he isn't a Polish citizen, most likely Jeff can't move to Poland.
ReplyDeleteBurke, Austin, Madigan and others are still serving, so why not Toboloski?
Some people have balls of steel and can handle the heat. Some can't. I personally couldn't, and for this reason wouldn't seek elective office and the public scrutiny that goes along with it. I guess if you can't handle the heat don't seek office. If you do, dot every I and cross every t and don't do anything that even appears to be illegal or improper. Sounds easy, but probably isn't in Cook County.
ReplyDeleteTobolski will flip if he hasn't already. He's a typical tough guy when he had the power to control livelihoods. He's punk and hopefully gets what he deserves. Tobolski is one of many wanna be tough guys, adult men kissing each other on the cheek, smoking cigars in their clubhouse and pretending they are connected mafioso. They are legends in their own minds; In reality they are goofs.
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