Poll: Partisan Politics in La Grange Park

At a La Grange Park Village Board meeting on Jan. 24, Village President Jim Discipio called for a five-minute time-out in the middle of a discussion about to rebuild the facilities of the public works department.

Earlier in the meeting, a resident had suggested in public comments that certain trustees should stop playing politics with the issue. During the board's discussion later in the meeting, Trustee Rimas Kozica used his speaking time to directly go after that resident in a way the village president found disrespectful. Discipio ordered a five-minute recess to cool things down.

"What a joke," a resident in the audience said about the situation.

This isn't the first time that board discussions in La Grange Park have been bogged down by politics—take a look at this story in the Doings.

Politics continues to be a red-hot issue in the village. What do residents think about that?

Today Patch asks La Grange Park residents:

1. Is there appropriate civility between trustees on the La Grange Park Village Board?
2. Has partisan politics been good or bad for La Grange Park?

And if you missed the Jan. 24 meeting, it's worth a watch. Catch it on Channel 6 at 7 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Vote in the poll and tell us why in comments below.