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ForestParkReview.com Vol. 105, No. 35
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REVIEW AUGUST 31, 2022
Sal Stella, bluecollar guy with a white-collar title Promoted from within, Stella runs public works
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By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter
Salvatore (Sal) Stella has been the Director of the Forest Park Public Works Department — what you might call a white-collar management position — for about a year now. When asked if he sees himself differently now that he has been promoted, Stella replied, “I have a white-collar job but at heart I’m a blue-collar guy.” Labor Day, which we celebrate on Monday and became a federal holiday in 1894, is more than just a day off for the recently promoted public works director. It is also a day to recognize the contributions and achievements of men and women who work with their hands. Stella traces his sense of who he is back to his father who was born in Sicily, moved to the Chicago area in his forties and worked long hours in a factory to support his family. Looking back at life in his working-class family, he said, “I always had what I needed. When I was a kid, I got toys if they could afford it. Once in a while we See SAL STELLA on page 8
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