Anti-Masker Spits On Elmhurst Worker: Resident

Elmhurst IL

16 November, 2021

5:47 PM

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ELMHURST, IL – A Elmhurst woman told city officials Monday about how a man assaulted her teenage son while her son was working at a downtown business last week. It was after her son requested the man wear a mask. "When a patron entered without a mask, my son politely asked him to wear one," resident Maria Kresnicka told the City Council. "The man became belligerent and spat at my child. Police were called, but, of course, the coward fled." Over the weekend, Kresnicka said her son tested positive for COVID-19, while she tested negative "I actually shouldn't be here tonight. I was supposed to leave on a business trip this morning, But, hey, as long as some idiot who spat at my kid was able to not wear a mask for five minutes buying ice cream, hurrah for the lack of common sense," she said. "Now, I can't make a direct connection to what occurred last week with my son's positive COVID diagnosis." But she said she could make such a connection to some misinformation being spread by leaders in the community. She took to task a sign at Dulles Cleaners that suggested the coronavirus vaccine is poison. "On this very dais, when an alderman shows up to a protest about kids not wearing masks in school, what signal does that send to the community? It's a nod and a wink for people not to obey public health rules in the middle of a global pandemic," Kresnicka said. "I'm not sure what this council can do to safeguard this community from irresponsible citizens like the man who assaulted my son, but I think we can all demonstrate good behavior." In speaking about an alderman, she was referring to Ward 7's Mark Mulliner, who showed up at a rally in support of a Emerson Elementary School fifth grader who has chosen not to wear a mask. Mulliner and other aldermen did not comment after Kresnicka's speech. In an interview in his shop Tuesday, John Dulles of Dulles Cleaners denounced the man who spit on Kresnicka's son. "That is super wrong," he said. People can disagree on issues, he said, but should not assault others.