Kiss-cam scandal brewing in Lyons Township between elected officials

Earlier this year, Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg, a Democratic candidate for Cook County Board, pushed for the installation of surveillance cameras at her Countryside government office at taxpayer expense. Footage from those cameras is now at the center of a bizarre political and legal dispute that’s becoming a campaign issue in Hoffenberg’s race — leading her to make accusations of extortion and dirty politics, while others question whether she used public property for private purposes…