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Vol. 40, No. 33
Art at any age
August 20, 2025
North Riversider throws his hat in the ring for state legislature Eric Su is running as a Republican in District 21 By TRENT BROWN
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Hen party in Riverside
Riverside ups the count – from 4 to 5 – of how many hens you can keep By TRENT BROWN
Staff Reporter
For more than 20 years, North Riverside resident Eric Su has worked as a fitness trainer. Now, he’s taking an unexpected step in his career: running for public office. Su, 48, is running for state representative in District 21, vying for the seat held by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid since 2023. “For most of my life, I have never thought about it,” Su told the Landmark of making the move to run. According to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Su, who registered as a Republican, is so far the only candidate who’s filed to run in the district. If no other Republicans file to run, Su will automatically win the party primary in March and be fasttracked to the general election against the Democratic candidate next November if he earns the 500 signatures required to place himself on the ballot. As of Aug. 15, he’d collected about 200 of those signatures since petition circulaSee LEGISLATURE on page 10
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FAMILY AFFAIR: Eric Su and his family. Su plans to run for the state house in the Republican party.
As of this month, Riverside residents can own the same number of hens as they can cats and dogs. On Aug. 7, village trustees unanimously approved an ordinance raising the number of hens allowed on a property from four to five. In comparison, residents can keep up to five pets that are cats or dogs and up to five other outdoor pets or animals. The change was spurred after Trustee Elizabeth Kos pointed out to staff that the limit on the number of hens was inconsistent with other animals that can be kept in town, said Anne Cyran, Riverside’s village planner, at the meeting. “Staff did research and found that there wouldn’t be any negative impact of keeping five hens as opposed to four,” she said. There are currently four properties in Riverside that have been issued hen-keeping licenses, according to a village memo; staff have received neither complaints about the properties nor requests from the owners to keep more than four hens. See HEN PARTY on page 4
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