April 6, 2005: Headlines: COS - Kenya: City Government: Chicago Tribune: Kenya RPCV Scott Waguespack was campaign manager for Michael O'Connor's victory for Mayor of Berwyn
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April 6, 2005: Headlines: COS - Kenya: City Government: Chicago Tribune: Kenya RPCV Scott Waguespack was campaign manager for Michael O'Connor's victory for Mayor of Berwyn
Kenya RPCV Scott Waguespack was campaign manager for Michael O'Connor's victory for Mayor of Berwyn
Kenya RPCV Scott Waguespack was campaign manager for Michael O'Connor's victory for Mayor of Berwyn
Independent wins in Berwyn
Longtime Democratic stronghold faces City Hall shakeup
By Brett McNeil and Joe Sjostrom, Tribune staff reporters. Tribune staff reporter Virginia Groark and freelance reporters Matt Baron and Maria Kantzavelos contributed to this report
Published April 6, 2005
In an upset that sets the stage for a seismic shakeup of the political order in Berwyn, independent candidate Michael O'Connor won Tuesday's mayoral election by 20 percentage points over City Clerk Michael Woodward, according to unofficial election results.
O'Connor's victory signals a sea change of sorts in Berwyn, where the city's Regular Democratic Organization has run City Hall for decades but for more than a year has weathered an ongoing investigation that saw a former high-ranking official indicted on federal corruption charges.
"The voters wanted a change; they knew the machine was vulnerable," O'Connor said Tuesday night amid a cheering group of supporters inside his election headquarters. "[The Regular Democrats] became very complacent. They got too greedy, and the pendulum has now swung the other way."
Despite the support of retiring three-term Mayor Thomas Shaughnessy and Berwyn's powerful Director of Public Safety Frank Marzullo, Woodward was unsuccessful in his bid to extend the Regular Democrats' control of the city.
"We ran a positive campaign. We stuck to the issues," Woodward said. "Maybe it was my fault for not getting my message across."
O'Connor's victory likely means the imminent retirement of Marzullo, who is as the No. 2 man for the Regular Democrats and who is paid about $165,000 in his appointed post. O'Connor has pledged to fire Marzullo after he's sworn in.
It also means a coming shakeup of the city's Building Department, where O'Connor's father formerly worked as an inspector and where O'Connor has pledged to replace appointed department head Mark Fiebig.
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