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Election Results / Tues., April 9, 2013.
By the Numbers: DuPage County / Will County
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Naperville Community Unity School District 203 The following candidates will vie to fill four four-year terms on the 7-member board. Terms will expire in April 2017: Susan Crotty ** Jackie Romberg ** Kristin W. Fitzgerald ** Derek Krauss Heather Rajamoney Charles Cush Sabina A. Qadir Neil Samuels Donna Wandke ** John “Jay” Fisher Jr. David Fish CANDIDATES CONNECT ON NCTV-17 Indian Prairie Unit School District 204 Vote to fill five seats on the 7-member board of education. The following candidates will vie to fill four four-year terms that will expire in April 2017: Cathy Piehl ** Vasavi Chakka Krishna Bansal Michael Raczak ** Sotiria Kapsis Maria Curry ** Jazmin Santillan Benjamin White ** CANDIDATES CONNECT ON NCTV-17 The following candidate will be on the ballot to fill the two-year term that will expire in April 2015: Justin Karubas Naperville City Council The following candidates will vie to fill four two-year terms that will expire April 30, 2015: Doug Krause ** Paul Hinterlong ** Kevin Coyne Jeff B. Davis Wayne Floegel Tom Glass Bill Habel John Krummen Jo Malik Dave Wentz ** Judith Brodhead **CANDIDATES CONNECT ON NCTV-17 Naperville Park District- No Contest – Four 4-Year Seats Unopposed Mike Reilly ** Kirsten Young ** Gerry Heide ** Bill Eagan ** College of DuPage Board of Trustees Candidates for two open spots for 6-year positions on the District 502 College of DuPage Board of Trustees. David “Dave” Carlin, Naperville ** Katharine “Kathy” Hamilton, Hinsdale ** Edward R. Agustin, Naperville Joseph C. Wozniak, Naperville Frank Flores, Jr., Glendale Heights Mike Lanners, Lombard Six (6) Townships serve Naperville / Victors are marked by ** DuPage County (Four Townships) Lisle Township – Victors are marked by ** East of Washington at Modaff Township Supervisor Vote for 1 Richard J. Tarulis (R ) ** Township Clerk Vote for 1 Robert J. Klaeren (R ) ** Alice Wilson (D) Township Assessor Vote for 1 John D. Trowbridge (R ) ** Township Highway Commissioner Vote for 1 Charles B. Clarke (R ) ** Township Trustee Vote for not more than 4 K. “Sharon” Connell (R ) ** Ed Young (R ) ** Michael A. Tams (R ) ** Michael E. Riedy (R ) ** Sookyung “Soo” Chang ( D) Tony Fuscone (D) Kaleshia “Kay” Page (D) Anna Schiefelbein (D) Milton Township – Victors are marked by ** Small section on Naperville’s north side Township Supervisor Vote for 1 O. Chris Heidorn ( R) ** Township Clerk Vote for 1 Gail Peironnet Hinkle (R) ** Township Assessor Vote for 1 Chris E. Levan ** Township Highway Commissioner Vote for 1 Gary L. Muehlfelt ** Township Trustee Vote for not more than 4 William R. Adams (D) Yadav “Nick” Nathwani ( R) ** Sal Falbo (R ) ** Martin “Marty” Keller (R) ** Patrick Kehoe (R) ** Naperville Township – Victors are marked by ** West of Washington at Modaff Township Supervisor Vote for 1 Steve Purduski (D) Rachel Ossyra (R ) ** Township Clerk Vote for 1 Rose Johnson (D) Barry Greenberg (R ) ** Township Assessor Vote for 1 Warren L. Dixon, III (R ) ** Township Highway Commissioner Vote for 1 Paul Mandrik (D) Stan Wojtasiak (R ) ** Township Trustee Vote for not more than 4 Max Bochmann (D) Ronald “Ron” Allen (D) Richea Dougherty (D) Robert “Bob” Fine (D) Bob Wegner (R ) ** Paul J. Santucci (R ) ** Janice Marie Anderson (R ) ** Kerry Malm (R ) Winfield Township – Victors are marked by ** Small section on Naperville’s north side Township Supervisor Vote for 1 Dona L. Smith (R ) ** Township Clerk Vote for 1 Clifford A. Brown ( R) ** Township Assessor Vote for 1 Mark W. Malay (R) ** Township Highway Commissioner Vote for 1 Dennis P. Clark (D) John S. Dusza (R) ** Township Trustee Vote for not more than 4 Gerald (Jerry) Ruzicka (R) ** Mary Ann M. Manna (R) ** Dave Tornga (R) ** Donald R. Voelz (R) ** Will County (Two Townships) DuPage Township – Victors are marked by ** East of Modaff, south of 87th St. DuPage Township Supervisor Vote For: 1 William M. “Bill” Mayer (R ) ** Barbara Osborne (D) DuPage Township Clerk Vote For: 1 Patricia Mayoral Stach (R ) ** DuPage Township Assessor Vote For: 1 John E. Randall (R ) ** DuPage Township Collector Vote For: 1 Pattie “McCartan” Holloway (R ) ** DuPage Township Trustee Vote For: 4 Alyssia Benford (R ) ** Ken “Smokey” Burgess (R ) ** Maripat Oliver (R ) ** Sheldon Watts (R ) ** Jacqueline A. Clisham (D) John Seale (D) Shirley Grove-Valevicius (D) Melvin R. Holmes, Sr. (D) Wheatland Township – Victors are marked by ** West of Modaff, south of 87th St. Wheatland Township Supervisor Vote For: 1 Chuck Kern (R ) ** Marc Poulos (D) Todd A. Morse (I) Wheatland Township Clerk Vote For: 1 Bill Alstrom (R) ** Christine Wawronowicz (D) Wheatland Township Assessor Vote For: 1 David Monaghan (R ) ** Kelli Lord (I) Wheatland Township Highway Commissioner Vote For: 1 Mark Troyanowski (R) ** Dawn DeSart (D) Dayton E. Jarnagin (I) Wheatland Township Collector Vote For: 1 Ben H. Peterson (R) ** Margaret Tyson (D) Wheatland Township Trustee Vote For: 4 Deb Holscher (R ) ** Michael Crockett (R ) ** Raquel Mitchell (R ) ** Darren E. Bennefield (R ) ** Nick Palmer (D) Thomas Mikesell (D) Thomas J. Verdone (D) Michael J. Allen (D) Catherine E. Bisher (I) Gary Brooks (I) Aatif Rahman (I) John F Weiffenbach (I)
Ballot Measure Proposition – Elect City Council at Large YES!
DuPage County Total Votes – 10,793 / Yes – 7,735 / No – 3,058
Will County Total Votes – 3,820 / Yes – 2,037 / No – 1,783
Yes At Large has proposed a referendum question stating, “Shall the city of Naperville elect city council at large instead of part of the councilmen at large and part of the councilmen from districts?”
Earlier Post
This listing includes only the candidates running to be elected for governing bodies that serve Naperville voters in the Consolidated Election on Tues., April 9. It’s getting down to the wire. Talk to friends and neighbors. Help educate and inspire informed voters to head for the polls by 7PM April 9.
Upon request, PN gladly linked up every candidate’s website to this Election Guide.
A website that is up-to-date and accessible to all around the clock is a great starting off point for all voters to get to know the individual candidates. If a candidate has no intention to create a website available 24-7 on the Internet, voters might want to question the candidate’s thoughtfulness, accountability and serious commitment to let local residents know his/her community interests, stands on issues and qualifications that will make the individual worthy to serve on one of Naperville’s governing bodies. Many of the candidates also have pages on Facebook.
Local government officials make decisions that affect every person in this community where it matters in our schools, the municipality, parks and recreation, etc. Now is the time to begin learning how and why every candidate wants to serve.
Also note that city council, school board and park district elections are nonpartisan. Township elections slate candidates with party affiliation.
Now that all the candidate forums are completed and NCTV-17 interviews are taped, we have their links below. Yes. It takes time to be an educated voter.
Thanks for reading, getting to know all the hopefuls and supporting the candidates of your choice with your educated vote.
Early Voting ended April 6
After nearly two weeks, Early Voting ended at noon Sat., April 6, at the Naperville Municipal Center for voters in DuPage County and Naperville residents in Will County. The tally for votes in DuPage County was 1,436 voters. Even though the polling place looked busy with all booths filled as the clock was approaching 12-noon, April 6, that’s very low turnout for 12 days of operation.
Registered voters who take time to review the candidates will find that this campaign season features some very qualified candidates who want to serve our community on school boards and city council. It seems unfair to all the folks running that officials who predict such things think few citizens care to give the election a look, much less head for the polls as informed voters to cast ballots on Tuesday. We could go on and on. We just hope you remember that We the People need to voice our informed opinions at the ballot box.
PN POST: Judge supports decision
UPDATE: On Wed., April 3, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, issued a 21-page order affirming that on Tues., April 9, 2013, Naperville voters will vote on the issue as to whether City Councilmen should be elected at large. Polls will be open from 6AM-7PM Tues., April 9, for the 2013 Consolidated Election.
Attend public forums and debates / Scroll PN’s Event Calendar for Individual Candidate Meet & Greets
Get to know every candidate’s skill set and qualifications to serve during meet and greet events featured on PN’s community calendar by request of the candidate. Be prepared to ask questions in civilized discourse and exchange of ideas. Be mindful of the impact every governing body has on your total tax property bill in Naperville. The City of Naperville tax rate represents 11 to 13 percent of a citizen’s total tax property bill. The township, county, county forest preserve, park district, College of DuPage and school taxes (approximately 75 percent of the tax bill are school taxes) make up the rest. Decisions made locally are the ones with the biggest impact on your quality of life.
Feb. 12 / The Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation will take an in depth look at the issues behind the Referendum Question on whether or not part of the Naperville City Council should be elected on a district, rather than completely at-large, basis at 7PM on Tues., Feb. 12, in the City Council Chambers of the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. SEE THIS FORUM RE-BROADCAST ONLINE!
Feb. 27 / Meet candidates for the Naperville Community Unit School District 203 Board of Education at 7PM on Wed., Feb. 27, in the City Council Chambers of the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. Forum hosted by the Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation. SEE THIS FORUM RE-BROADCAST ONLINE!
March 4 / Meet 204 Candidates from 7 to 9PM Mon., March 4, at Waubonsie Valley High School, 2590 Ogden Ave., Aurora. Hosted by Indian Prairie Education Association. SEE THIS FORUM RE-BROADCAST ONLINE AT 204TV.ORG.
March 7 / School District 204 Candidate Forum will be held 7 to 8:30PM Thurs., March 7, in Council Chambers at the Naperville Municipal Building, 400 S. Eagle St. Hosted by Naperville Area Homeowners Association. SEE THIS FORUM RE-BROADCAST ONLINE!
March 13 / Meet prospective candidates for the Naperville City Council at 7PM Wed., March 13,in the City Council Chambers of the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St. Hosted by Naperville Area Homeowners Association. During this forum, nine of the 11 candidates expressed support of the referendum question to keep city council elections at large. SEE THIS FORUM RE-BROADCAST ONLINE!
March 14 / Meet 204 Candidates from 7 to 8:30PM Thurs., March 14, at the Crouse Education Center, 780 Shoreline Drive in Aurora. Hosted by Indian Prairie Parents’ Council and the League of Women Voters. SEE THIS FORUM RE-BROADCAST ONLINE AT 204TV.ORG.
March 16 / School District 204 Candidate Forum will be held 7-9M, Sat., March 16, hosted by Naperville Chinese Women’s Group at Truth Lutheran Church, located at 110 S. Washington St., Naperville.
March 21 / The Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce will host “Meet the Candidates” at the Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center, 305 W. Jackson Ave. The two-hour event where very candidate running for local office is welcome to have a tabletop display runs from 5:30-7:30PM Thurs., March 21. SEE MEET THE CANDIDATES EXPO OVERVIEW PN POST.
April 2 / School District 203 Candidate Forum will be held 7-9PM Tues., April 2, at Naperville Central High School Auditorium.
Pay attention!
If the candidates are incumbents, pay attention to their attendance and voting records. The citizens you elect will determine public policy and approve budgets. Will they serve your best interests? Do they have personal agendas? Are they one-issue candidates? What skills do the candidates bring to the governing body they want to serve?
Has the candidate served on other boards or commissions? Has the candidate shown that he/she previously has had time to volunteer and make the commitment it takes to serve? Is the candidate articulate? What are the candidate’s passions and special interests? What has attracted the candidate to want to serve now at this time in the history of this city, schools, parks, etc.?
We appreciate the time, commitment and financial obligations it takes to petition and run for elected office. That’s why we also urge all voters to talk to friends and neighbors as they become acquainted with the candidates vying to be on the ballot in the Consolidated Election on Tues., April 9.
Thanks for doing your homework early and often. That’s the best way to make a difference with an educated vote.
Attend public forums and debates
DuPage County Voter INFO: www.dupageco.org/election.
Will County Voter INFO: www.thewillcountyclerk.com.
Meanwhile, hopefuls have lined up to run in DuPage and Will counties to serve City Council, School Boards 203 and 204, Naperville Park District, College of DuPage and six townships serving Naperville. Become educated about all candidates on the ballot. Meet candidates when and where they are available.
Also understand candidates can be stretched to the limits trying to meet as many registered voters as possible. They cannot be everywhere, nor can they attend every public forum during the election season. Sometimes citizen voters have to make the decision to go the distance to meet them, even if it’s to visit their website online.
All that said, consider that your freedom to vote for the candidate of your choice includes the freedom not to vote for any or every candidate at all. Freedom to exercise the right to vote is a respected privilege, but that freedom to vote is not a duty. Still, in a city that touts its highly educated population and dedication to excellent public schools, it’s a wonder why some citizens hesitate to become informed voters in time to exercise that privilege at the polls on Election Day.
Thanks for paying attention where government matters the most—locally.
Endorsements & more
The Daily Herald has begun placing its endorsements online at Election News and Information. For Election Night coverage, visit the Daily Herald web site throughout the evening for results. DAILY HERALD.
The Naperville Sun is not featuring endorsements, but longtime columnists Tim West and Bill Mego likely will add their opinions, insights and some choices from column to column until Sun., April 7, to help get out the vote on Consolidated Election Day on April 9.
The Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee, NACPAC, released its endorsements on March 21.
This week the Naperville League of Women Voters also sent a Letter to the Editor in support of voting yes for the ballot measure to keep at-large representation for city council.
Note: Web sites linked to this page were requested by the candidate or campaign organizers.
Note also that PN does not endorse candidates. Our aim is to provide links and other information for voters to learn, think and decide independently.
To register to vote you must produce two pieces of identification one of which must be a photo ID and the other must show your current address. The last day to register for the Consolidated Election on April 9 was March 12. Voters may register at the Naperville City Clerk’s office located at the Municipal Center at 400 South Eagle St. Again, the last day to register was March 12. Voter registration will be closed March 13 – April 10, 2013.
Early voting will take place from March 25 to April 6. (ID is needed for Early Voting) The Consolidated Election Day is Tues., April 9.
Thanks for being an educated voter and urging other voters to be the same.
