No Opposition Yet In Burr Ridge Election

BURR RIDGE, IL – The Burr Ridge officials whose terms are up next year are seeking re-election.

So far, they have no opposition in the April 1 election.

Mayor Gary Grasso, Clerk Susan Schaus and trustees Guy Franzese, Anita Mital and Russell Smith filed their paperwork Tuesday.

Challengers have until next Monday to do so. But their petitions would be expected to face scrutiny – a process where local politicians are known to play hardball.

The terms for the other three trustees – Al Paveza, Tony Schiappa and Joe Snyder – end in 2027. They all ran unopposed in the 2023 election.

In the 2021 election, Grasso and his allies defeated his lone dissenter on the board, Zach Mottl, whom the board reprimanded repeatedly. The local political establishment rallied around incumbents Mital and Franzese and newcomer Smith.

Mottl and Grasso have been at odds since the two faced each other in the 2019 mayor's election. Grasso won in a landslide.