In these times of divisive partisan politics of the Presidential elections kind it’s supposed to be difficult to find something both sides will agree to. Not really. How about protecting the status quo?

HB 2009 passed the Illinois House in March 2012 with a 75 to 38 vote and in short order it passed the Senate March 29, 2012 with a 53 to 3 vote. Locally, Robert Pritchard, Joe Sosnowski, Christine Johnson and Dave Syverson all voted in favor of the measure. Gov. Pat Quinn quickly signed the bill which amends the Illinois election code to prevent a potential candidate from switching parties during a general election cycle into law.

But wait, there’s more… (more…)

Daily Chronicle editor Jason Schaumburg wants to see DeKalb and all other townships just go away. He opines that cronyism runs rampant in township government and its services could be absorbed and more efficiently performed by the county. He also thinks the proposed advisory referendums on the agenda of the annual meeting of the DeKalb Township electors is a colossal waste of time.

Schaumburg might be the best editor the Chronicle has had since the mid-70s in my opinion. He’s like a good umpire back in my old DeKalb Youth Baseball coaching days. You know it’s a good ump if the fans sitting behind both dugouts are complaining. The coverage is more balanced than ever.

But I’m a 180 on his position on townships and advisory referendums. (more…)

A most relevant Illinois Primary Election 2012 came to a close with a higher than expected turnout thanks in part to the contest between Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. In DeKalb County 12,527 of 53,602 registered voters (23.37%) cast their ballots.

Eighty-three percent (10,419) of the ballots cast in DeKalb County were for Republican candidates. Only 1,983 ballots (by 3.7% of the registered voters) were cast for Democrats. Sean P. Smith (3,447) got almost twice as many votes as President Barack Obama (1880). Unfortunately for Smith, his opponent Clay Campbell, got almost twice as many votes (6,227) as Smith. DeKalb County State’s Attorney Clay Campbell awaits a yet to be caucused opponent (D) in his bid for re-election in the General Election in November. (more…)

TODAY is Election Day! Please go do your civic duty and VOTE!

For voting information like polling places, candidate information and for the election results tonight, please visit the DeKalb County Clerk’s office on the web here.

Reject Government Sponsored Slamming of your Electric Bill

Article Submitted by: Denise Cattoni Illinois Tea Party

On March 20, 2012, residents in nearly 200 communities throughout Chicagoland and Northern Illinois will face a referendum on the ballot that will essentially ask them if they would like their local City Council or County Board Members to select an electricity provider for them. This program called Municipal Aggregation is being touted as an opportunity for communities to band together and purchase electricity at a wholesale rate on behalf of their residents. As a united group of concerned Citizens, we believe this is a blatant and gross intrusion from Governments in Illinois. We are also very concerned that although this program may seem like reasonable propositions on the surface, the rush to roll out it out to numerous communities all at once leaves many questions unanswered. We feel the lack of full understanding of these programs by the voters will result in negative consequences for the residents of Illinois were passed.

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