Why did the Town of Cicero buy 250 rubber chickens?
Or more than 200,000 pens, pencils and highlighters since 2005 when Town President Larry Dominick took office?
Or more than 9,500 backscratchers?
Or 6,000 custom balloons with the name and phone number of the Town of Cicero Rodent Control Department — just a portion of the more than 30,000 custom balloons it bought?
Not to mention the 1,200 beach balls with the same rodent information, out of a total of 11,200 beach balls that the town has purchased.
Those are just some of the hundreds of thousands of promotional items — many with Dominick’s name on them — that the Town of Cicero gives away at its many events for seniors, school kids and residents.
“We use them as promotional materials to promote the Town of Cicero,” said town spokesman Ray Hanania. “The public loves the items.” Some of the items go to town children as free school supplies.
It’s always amazing and very telling the kind of people attracted to working for Cicero.