1 day Ago By Samantha Moilanen
More than 50 people packed the dining room of a Tinley Park restaurant Tuesday night, rallying in support of Mayor Michael Glotz as he seeks a second term, along with his One Tinley Park slate. Families gathered around tables draped in checked tablecloths, sipping drinks and enjoying a buffet spread at the Italian eatery. Others crowded the bar or squeezed between tables, drink in hand, chatting with friends and fellow supporters.
When Glotz walked in around 7:50 p.m., the room erupted in applause, with his supporters rising to their feet, clapping and cheering.
Unofficial results show Glotz leading with 59% of the vote in Cook County with all 31 precincts reporting, and 67% of the vote in Will County, with 66% of precincts reporting. Also leading is Glotz’s One Tinley Park slate, which includes Village Clerk Nancy O’Connor, with 58% of the vote in Cook County and 67% in Will County, according to unofficial results. Trustees William Brady, Dennis Mahoney and Colleen Sullivan are each leading with over 4,000 votes in Cook County and more than 500 in Will County, unofficial results show.
Unofficial results show Michael Maloney, a former union executive challenging Mayor Glotz, trailing the incumbent with 41% of the vote in Cook County and 33% in Will County. Maloney led the Tinley Together slate, running with clerk candidate Cynthia “Cindy” O’Boyle and trustee candidates Melissa Sanfilippo, Eric Schmidt, and Matthew Walsh. A crowd gathered in support of incumbent Tinley Park Mayor Michael Glotz at Gatto’s Restaurant and Bar aApril 1, 2025.
(Samantha Moilanen/Daily Southtown) Glotz, 55, elected in April 2021, is a member of Operating Engineers Local 150. Maloney, 66, is the former president of Pipefitters Local 597 and was named by the Tinley Park-Park District last year to oversee remediation of the 280-acre former Tinley Park Mental Health Center, which the Park District plans to redevelop for recreation uses. Tinley Park mayoral candidate Michael Maloney, second from left, talks in the parking lot of polling place St.
Stephen Deacon and Martyr Catholic Church, April 1, 2025, in Tinley Park.(Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown) When casting their vote for mayor, Tinley Park voters said property taxes, a police contract and improving park district relations are top of mind.
Several voters who supported the One Tinley Park slate expressed satisfaction with Glotz’s work in the village, praising his efforts to maintain the property tax levy, his outreach to seniors after reassessments shifted much of the tax burden from businesses to homeowners and the sense of safety they feel in the community. Some voters expressed concerns about Maloney’s campaign, citing a lack of trust due to the involvement of state Sen. Michael Hastings and state Rep.
Bob Rita, who both made significant contributions to the Tinley Together campaign. Other voters who supported the Tinley Together slate cited tensions with the Park District and the police contract as key factors, including Maggie Garrity, the wife of a Tinley Park police officer, who said the lack of a contract was the main reason she voted for Maloney. In a video posted on the Tinley Together Facebook page, Walsh, former Tinley Park police chief and running on Maloney’s slate, said police officers have gone more than 700 days without a raise and have been without a new contract for a year.
Kathy and Rick Gutierrez, who are fairly new to the village, said they are not very familiar with the town’s politics, but Maloney showed up to their doorstep and they appreciated the old school method of door-to-door canvassing. Tinley Park residents Kathy and Rick Gutierrez leave St. Stephen Deacon and Martyr Catholic Church after casting their vote April 1, 2025.
(Samantha Moilanen/Daily Southtown) George and Joan Crosse, neighbors of Maloney, said he has the village’s best interests at heart. The couple also said they were not fond of the messaging from One Tinley Park, feeling it focused too much on attacking the opposition. “I think the issue with the Park District and the mayor’s office really not speaking, that’s kind of disturbing,” Joan Crosse said.
“I think they should all get along in those capacities.” Omar Musa watches his mother Samar Rashid takes a photo of herself with an “I voted” sticker after casting her ballot at St. Stephen Deacon and Martyr Catholic Church on April 1, 2025, in Tinley Park.
(Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown) Glotz makes $32,000 as village president, according to the village’s 2024 compensation report. The village president receives compensation that is set from “time to time” by the Village Board, and payments are made monthly, according to the village code.
In a text message, Glotz previously told the Southtown voters are concerned about inflation and their budgets. He added that the board has kept the village’s property tax levy stable for two years while also hiring new police and fire personnel. Tinley Together says it would tap into video gambling revenues and money the village realizes from its sole recreational marijuana dispensary to provide property tax rebates.
A woman casts her vote in a polling booth at St. Stephen Deacon and Martyr Catholic Church on April 1, 2025, in Tinley Park. (Vincent D.
Johnson/for the Daily Southtown) In a message shared on the Tinley Together slate’s Facebook Tuesday morning, Maloney wrote the village is ready for a change in leadership, arguing village leaders misled residents about freezing property taxes, dodged questions about increasing water bills and did not support police with a new contract. Tinley Together said it would reduce the number of TIF districts in the village so property tax dollars may go toward essential services such as schools, parks and libraries. The slate also claims they do not support giving multi-million dollar tax incentives to developers and corporations.
Campaign finance reports show labor unions contributed heavily to both slates. In One Tinley Park’s most recent quarterly filing for the October-December quarter of last year, the slate reported to the state election board it had more than $243,000 available to spend. Since the end of December, filings show some $15,000 in contributions received.
Contribution reports from January to March show the slate raised significant funds from restaurants, engineering firms and labor unions. Notably, the slate received a more than $54,000 donation from the Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor Management political action committee, which was reported to the election board on March 29. In Maloney’s slate’s most recent quarterly filing for the October-December quarter of last year, One Tinley Park reported to the state election board it had $500 available to spend.
However, since the start of this year, Tinley Together has raised over $120,000, including a $20,000 transfer from the Pipefitters Association Local 597 and a $72,800 transfer from the United Association labor union. Sen. Hastings, contributed $50,000 through his election committee, while Rep.
Rita made at least $50,000 in in-kind contributions through his campaign committee, covering costs for polling, printing and postage, according to campaign finance reports filed with the state. [email protected].
