Todd Stroger withdraws from major

Former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger withdrew Monday from the March major after a problem to his petitions knocked him beneath the required variety of signatures. Stroger sought a seat on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board however fell 1,821 signatures in need of the 7,279 signatures wanted to get on the poll. Because of that, Stroger stated “at this point I don’t think there’s any reason to keep going on with the process.” “The Legislature should take this up,” Stroger stated concerning the county’s signature necessities. “[They] should do a committee or task force to look at other states that are more open, and make a system so that people who wanted to