A Mundelein village board candidate who dropped out of the race after being criticized for comments he made about people of different cultural backgrounds has decided to re-enter the contest.
"After careful consideration, decided to resume my campaign effective today," Ramesh Sharma wrote Monday in an email to the Daily Herald."The people of Mundelein will decide the outcome."
Although Sharma announced in late February he was dropping out of the race, he never filed the required paperwork with the village. His name was to remain on the April 4 ballot in any case, because the legal deadline for withdrawing a candidacy passed in January, a Lake County election official said.
After complaining about the lack of Asian Americans on the village board, Sharma claimed few are on the village payroll. by signing up you agree to our terms of service Schwenk asked Sharma to confirm he had just said Asian people are smarter than others.When asked to elaborate, Sharma said Asian people are more educated than those who are Latino, white or Black.
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