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Vol. 40, No. 19
New Riverside trustee
May 14, 2025
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Brookfield library trustee steps down Anti-Trump after 44 years of ‘getting things done’ ‘human chain’
protest will cut through Brookfield
Carol Vaughan Kissane first won her seat on the board in 1981 By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
When Carol Vaughan Kissane earned the second-most votes out of nine candidates for the then-Brookfield Public Library Board of Trustees in 1981, she said the possibility her tenure could last 44 years did “not even remotely” cross her mind. That tenure will come to a close at the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library’s May 28 board meeting. Kissane, who did not seek reelection, will leave her seat after four new trustees are sworn in at the Brookfield village board’s May 12 meeting. Those elected defeated four other candidates in last month’s consolidated election. This wasn’t the first time Kissane considered leaving her post. “Every time, I said I wasn’t running,” she told the Landmark Tuesday, May 6, about seeking reelection after each of her previous terms. “One time, it was beSee LIBRARY on page 10
Protestors will line the sidewalks of Ogden Avenue May 18 By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
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Carol Vaughan Kissane, is giving up her seat on the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library Board of Trustees after 44 years.
Protestors in black holding signs will take to the sidewalks along Ogden Avenue this weekend to protest the actions of the Trump administration that the vast majority of political scientists say are bringing the United States closer to authoritarianism according to NPR. The Hands Across Chicagoland protest will take place Sunday, May 18, from noon to 2 p.m. While not forming a literal human chain linked
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