Dupage Policy Journal

Wayne Township Highway Commissioner Martin McManamon put aside all the distractions this week to earn another term.

“Three-time winner,” McManamon posted on his Facebook page late Tuesday night after voters went the polls.

None of it came easy.

Throughout the campaign, McManamon was dogged by reports that he is now on his eighth female administrator in just over seven years, with three of his now former employees having sued him and won.  

In one instance, former DuPage County Board Member Kevin Wiley told the DuPage Policy Journal the female plaintiff was awarded in excess of $100,000, and all of the payments have been covered by taxpayers since the incidents allegedly took place in McManamon’s official capacity as a township commissioner.

“Martin knows how to present well in front of people, so you never hear about that, but if you dig into the records ...” Wiley said of McManamon, who also serves as Wayne Township Democratic Party Chairman. He added all of the legal proceedings are a matter of public record.

“It’s also a matter of public record that he’s had eight different administrators while his predecessor had just one in eight years,” he said. “We’ve been paying for his improper acts.”

Wiley said the Democratic Party also bears some of the blame for not taking a public position on the situation.

“The fact that it’s the chairman of the Democratic Party and the Democrats haven’t said anything to censure his conduct, that means they endorse it,” he said.