UPTOWN — Amid claims he is “missing” on the job, State Rep. Hoan Huynh is defending his decision to close his district office — and is taking to social media to frequently prove he’s still performing his duties.
Since the spring, flyers have appeared in Huynh’s 13th Illinois House district — which includes parts of Uptown, Ravenswood and Lincoln Square — as well as in Springfield that feature Huynh’s image and parody a missing person’s poster, according to photos posted on social media and sent to Block Club.
The flyers, which don’t include information as to who created or disseminated the material, say Huynh “stopped showing up for work” in March after he unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary for the 9th Congressional District seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky. He got about 1.8 percent of the vote.
The flyer said his district office is closed and the former office’s phone line was disconnected. NBC5 Chicago first reported on the anonymous flyers and complaints from critics that Huynh is unreachable and not performing his duties as an elected official…