Stan Nord

Normal Mayor Chris Koos said the hefty margins of victory for moderates in school board and town council races and the Unit 5 referendum show the electorate rejects the negativity of recent years from the far right. Koos also ties McLean County results to state and national trends.

Normal Town Council incumbents Kathleen Lorenz and Karyn Smith, along with newcomer Andy Byars, defeated the opposition ticket of incumbent Stan Nord, Marc Tiritilli and Karl Sila in Tuesday's election.

While Stan Nord’s actions have drawn particular attention due to his status as an elected official, they are not the first instance of community members attempting to use communication, or contact with the Normal Police Department to impact the electoral process.

A legal memorandum to the Normal Town Council and mayor indicates dissident council member Stan Nord improperly used his position to try to influence the electoral process and could have placed himself in legal jeopardy. The memo came from town lawyer Brian Day with help from an outside law firm.

Normal Mayor Chris Koos is praising Bloomington for enacting auxiliary housing rules that allow a small second dwelling on a property.

The senior member of the Normal Town Council says it's reasonable that revisions of the town's sign ordinance will attract some heat, with competing interests to balance.

Normal town staff and council members called out council member Stan Nord on Monday night on several issues when he questioned town practices, including a bill for a drainage study in Uptown.

Normal City Manager Pam Reece said she is satisfied with the public way the town council debunked council member Stan Nord's unfounded ethics allegations against Reece during a special meeting on the topic last week. Reece said it was important for the morale of town staff to hear council members respond to Nord because such statements have an impact on any group.

Six members of the Normal Town Council excoriated the seventh, Stan Nord, for what some called bullying and others slander of City Manager Pam Reece.

Normal Town Council member Stan Nord has accused City Manager Pam Reece and Mayor Chris Koos of discriminating against him.WGLT has obtained a legal…