John Garrido campaign website launched

A campaign website has been launched on behalf of John Garrido, a canddiate for the McGing vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit. That's a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has been added to the blog Sidebar.

Garrido has been licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 2006, according to ARDC. He currently practices with the firm of Garrido & Stoppa, P.C.

According to his campaign website, Garrido has also been with the Chicago Police Department for 29 years, currently serving as a watch operations lieutenant in the 16th District.

The campaign bio notes that, in 2013, Garrido helped establish an annual charity event called "Rock the Badges," putting bands from the Chicago Police and Fire Departments on stage to raise money for the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation and Ignite the Spirit. In 2015, Garrido helped organized Gladstone Park’s first ever music festival, the Throwback Music Festival.

Garrido has served as a Director of the Gladstone Park Chamber of Commerce and, in 2017, according to his campaign bio, Garrido and his wife Anna established the Garrido Stray Rescue Foundation. According to the campaign bio, since its inception, the Foundation has helped rescue over 600 dogs and cats, returning approximately 82% of them to their families.

This is Garrido's first campaign for judicial office -- but it is not his first campaign. He ran for alderman of the 45th Ward in 2011 and 2015. The outcome of 2011 campaign was at issue in Garrido v. Arena, 2013 IL App (1st) 120466.

Garrido faces two opponents in his bid for the McGing vacancy, Jon Stromsta and Maire Aileen Dempsey. (The links here are to these candidates' respective websites.)