Dan McLaughlin v. Keith Pekau, Round 2 Debate: POSTPONED

Editors Note: This debate has been postponed until further notice. It is unclear if the setup described below is what will be taking place when a date is set.

ORLAND PARK, IL — Orland Park mayoral candidates Keith Pekau and Dan McLaughlin initially planned to talk about their vision for the future of Orland Park in another debate on Thursday, hosted at the Orland Park Public Library at 7 p.m. The library has confirmed it is not going to be used for a debate Thursday, and both campaigns have confirmed the debate is postponed until further notice.

The two candidates talked all things Orland Park at a Tuesday evening debate hosted by Richard Free Press. The debate can be seen below:

Thursday's debate would have been set up differently, according to the Pekau backed People Over Politics party, which was set to host the event. McLaughlin— backed by the One Orland Party — and Pekau, would have both be given two minutes for an opening statement, where the order is determined based on a coin toss. Both candidates would have chosen seven attendees, and these attendees would have written up to two questions on a card for the candidates.

The debate was slated to be live-streamed to the public. The library said it doesn't take a position on the Orland Park mayoral candidates.

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