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Residents ask council to investigate alleged alderman pressure over parade permit; complaint and vendor-payment question raised
Summary
Speakers representing community groups accused Alderman Victor Felix of pressuring a nonprofit to withdraw a parade permit; another resident flagged a $24,999 vendor payment and said she would file an ethics complaint for potential conflict of interest.
Several residents used the public-comment portion of the May 19 Waukegan City Council meeting to ask the mayor and council to investigate alleged misconduct by an alderman and to flag a vendor payment that a speaker said may require scrutiny.
Elizabeth Marrero, speaking for Juntos, said that on April 27 Alderman Victor Felix met with parade organizers and tried to pressure the nonprofit to withdraw or approve the special-event permit for the Viva La Independencia parade. Marrero said the alderman told the organizers the event had been promised to…
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