I miss you guys. I miss writing for this forum. I want it to continue in some form. I may someday to return to it — in fact, the events of recent days make that almost a certainty. At any rate, I’ll have more to say when I have more than five minutes to pull [...]
Entries Tagged as '2010 election'
Politicians and public servants
February 4th, 2010 · 17 Comments · 2010 election, Politics
I think people have become so disenchanted with the process; the constant negative (and poorly composed) commercials, the repetition of the same anecdotes and clichés (“I’ll clean up Springfield”), the blind clinging to ideology and inability to see any issue from more than one perspective, the oversimplification where every and any issue is condensed into [...]
Cronin, Krajewski win big
February 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off · 2010 election
State Sen. Dan Cronin and former mayor Brian Krajewski came out on top in their races in DuPage County, each netting nearly 50 percent of the Republican votes cast in Tuesday’s primary. Cronin will face Democrat Carole A. Cheney in the contest for DuPage County Board chairman, while Krajewski will go up against Karol Sole [...]
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Turnout numbers
February 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · 2010 election, County Politics, Local politics, Politics, state politics
DuPage County- Registered Voters 548,771 Cards Cast Democratic Party Primary 40,990 7.47% Cards Cast Green Party Primary 382 0.07% Cards Cast Republican Party Primary 94,559 17.23% Total primary ballots 135,931 24.77% County Board District 2 two year term (includes N side of DG) D 8.4% of total vote, 19.9% of D Dupage County voters R [...]
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Results posted over there
February 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off · 2010 election
Because Ryan has done such an artful job arranging today’s races and promises to update them every 10 or 15 minutes and because there seems to be no good reason to duplicate his exhaustive effort and because I’m lousy at creating tables in WordPress, I’m encouraging readers to check in at Ups in Downers Grove [...]
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Snowed in?
February 2nd, 2010 · 18 Comments · 2010 election
How much will today’s gentle, but unrelenting snowfall impact election results? Turnout for early voting was reportedly light, according to poll workers at Village Hall. Today’s snowstorm may deter some would-be voters, although conventional wisdom says the diehards will cast their ballots come rain or snow or sleet or hail. What’s your prediction: light voting [...]
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Last day for early voting
January 28th, 2010 · 29 Comments · 2010 election
Early voting ends today in advance of Tuesday’s primary election. The Village Hall polling site will remain open until 4:30 p.m. today for those who may want to avoid the lines on Election Day. Whether those lines will materialize remains to be seen. Turnout for early voting has reportedly been light throughout the county despite [...]
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Tully endorses Krajewski
January 25th, 2010 · 38 Comments · 2010 election, County Politics
Former Commissioner Martin Tully has endorsed Brian Krajewski for the District 3 seat on the DuPage County Board. Tully served as mayor pro tem for several years when Krajewski was mayor of Downers Grove. In his letter, Tully commends Krajewski as a “very competent, diligent and honest public servant who will bring both integrity and [...]
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