APRIL 5, 2009
DIRTY TRICKS ONLY SHOW REPUBLICAN DESPERATION!
Please forward this email WIDELY!!
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Wolves in Sheeps' Clothing Coming to a Democrat's Mail Box Near You.
Although this particular piece was sent to Democrats in Downers Grove, we suspect it may crop up elsewhere. As you can see, the operatives behind this (illegal) campaign piece, have adopted our Turn Blue concept to confuse Democratic voters to vote for their NOT blue candidates. We are filing this piece and another containing the text you'll see further down with the State's Attorney next week just to be on record. REMIND folks you talk to that UNLESS a flier says that it is paid for by the DPDC or a Township Organization and has a Union bug, it is NOT from us or anyone associated with the Democratic party.
- Here is the text of a letter that has also come out recently. It's message is convoluted to the extreme (see notes below)
- "Dear Fellow Democrat: As you know, the office of Downers Grove Village Commissioner has always been a non-partisan position. We think that tradition should continue. That's why we are concerned that a Republican Party activist, Bob Barnett, is one of the four candidates running. While we realize that some of the other candidates are Republicans as well, we're concerned that somebody who is part of the DuPage Republican machinery is seeking office. You have a chance to vote for three commissioners and there are four running. We urge you to vote for Schnell, Norris and Waldack, rather than for a Republican Party activist. Let's keep the local village race non-partisan. Sincerely, Democrats for Local Government"
- NOTES:
- This is not from any Democrats known to Downers Grove or the DPDC.
- Actually, we have heard from local dems that Mr. Barnett is, in fact, a fair person to work with which is probably why they want to get rid of him.
- Mr. Norris, the "non-machine" candidate, is in fact endorsed by the following people:
Illinois State Senators
Dan Cronin ·
Dan Rutherford · Kirk Dillard
Illinois State Representative
Jim Durkin
DuPage County Auditor
Bob Grogan
DuPage County Board Commisioners
Mike McMahon ·
John Curran
DuPage County Forest Preserve Commisioner
Linda Painter
- WHAT YOU CAN DO.... Call these people and ask them if they support this kind of behavior and, if not, to find out who did it and to renounce it to the local press TODAY. Also, please remind them that this kind of "campaigning" is highly illegal. Marilyn Schnell: (630) 960-1673 Jim Norris (630) 969-3159 Bill Waldack (630) 969-9191
- FOR THE BLUE PIECE ABOVE: Please call: Sallie Ann Lupescu (630) 985-4783 Deborah Boyle (630) 719-9483 Alexandros Leventis (630) 968-8462 Mark Nowak 630-832-9440 Michael LeDonne (630) 495-9187 and them also to repudiate this piece publicly.
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SINGLE PAYER SUPPORTERS
LET'S UNITE!!
RALLY TOMORROW
Tell President Obama and Congress:
"Put single-payer health care on the table!"
Don't let the insurance companies dictate health reform
HR 676 & HB 311 NOW!
Rally in Solidarity with L.A. Demonstrators on Monday, April 6
Noon - 1 p.m.
Federal Building Plaza (Adams and Dearborn), Chicago
With Dr. Quentin Young
Bring Your Single-Payer Signs and Gear!
For Questions or to Endorse the Rally: mark@pnhp.org / 312-782-6006
What can YOU do to support this effort!
BECOME part of a DPDC group focused DIRECTLY on moving single-payer HEALTHCARE for all in Illinois forward. Watch for the first meeting coming at the end of APRIL.
STAND WITH DR DEAN
Howard Dean now has a little free time and is getting back to what good doctors do, helping people get and stay well!
Please consider signing his petition with this basic premise:
Any legislation without the choice of a public option is only insurance reform and not the healthcare reform America needs.
CLICK here to sign today
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ELECTION NIGHT PARTIES AND THIS WEEK'S OFFICE HOURS!
For Events throughout the county please click here
OFFICE HOURS
April 5th 10-5 April 6th 10-7 April 7th 5 a.m. til Party! ELECTION NIGHT PARTIES: Open to anyone who wishes to celebrate our work: 8 p.m. UNTIL ??? HERE at Dem HQ Pizza and beverages will be served. ADDISON AND YORK TOWNSHIP Anyway's 5 E ROOSEVELT OAKBROOK TERRACE BLOOMINGDALE TOWNSHIP WRITE TO ROSEOTHER TOWNSHIPS; contact the Chair Click hereApril 8th 12-4 April 9th EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IIT RICE LAKE 7:30 p.m. April 10-13th CLOSED April 14 12-6 PLEASE ARRANGE TO PICK UP LITERATURE, WALK SHEETS and CREDENTIALS FOR POLL-WATCHING DURING OFFICE HOURS WHEN POSSIBLE. PLEASE CALL AHEAD SO MATERIALS CAN BE PREPARED OR OBTAINED.
GOTV 24-7
GET OUT THE VOTE
call us to get involved 630-629-1125
ALSO, see entire listing OF OTHER EVENTS IN OUR AREA at MyBOBeginning March 1 IF you wish to have something appear in the DPDC e-blast you MUST send the notice to dpdcnewsletter at ameritech.net (receipt at other DPDC email addresses will not constitute notice) THANKS for your understanding! |
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POLLWATCHERS!
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WATCH!!! for tomorrow's email containing site information, statutes and check lists to make Poll watching as simple as it can be.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR CREDENTIALS!
We will be open from 10-7 tomorrow and hope you can stop in OR you can connect with your township chair to see what if they have them for you.
WE ALSO are asking people to pass palm cards if they can during the day to get our candidates names refreshed in voters minds as they hit the booth. We have those for Milton and some for Bloomingdale and York here at the main office. Other townships need to check with their Township chairs to get palm cards or chairs can get them up to office tomorrow.
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Dear DuPage Dems,
Well, it's been a wild day here at DPDC. Our Robo-calls went out about two hours ago and it sure has stirred some things up! We're excited and we're on a roll and, frankly, as you can see from the roll out of the underhanded tricks in Downers Grove, the Republicans are desperate and we have the better ground game. Please do what you can over the next 48 hours to contact as many Democratic voters as you know and make sure they know who their candidates are as well as the supported COD slate.
Please check out the poll-watching information further down in this letter. Let's get as many eyes as possible on this election because desperate Republicans may take desperate measures!
THANKS!
Bob Peickert, Chair DPDC
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TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO HELP US ELECT THESE PEOPLE!
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IF someone is not sure where their polling place is
send them to :
www.dupageelections.com
have them click "FOR VOTERS"
and then on the Red line
Lookup information on a particular address or send them this link:
http://cms.dupageelections.com/pages.asp?pageid=228
and have them fill in their information
Contact your township Chair to see how you can help these people win!
Click HERE
ADDISON:
Supervisor: Kathy Salzano
Highway Commissioner: Frank McGovern
Clerk: Mike Braun
Trustees: Bob Lascola, Kevin Allen, Barbara Allamian, Gary Nowak
BLOOMINGDALE:Clerk-Isabelle Baldwin
Hwy Commissioner-Chuck Auriemma
Trustees: Tom Suhrbur, Florencio Villegas Jr,
Janice Beckman, Pete Null
DOWNERS GROVE:
Supervisor - Mark Garrity
Clerk - Char Rinkuns
Highway Commissioner - Karol Sole
Trustees - Meg Kadlec, Christopher English, Chris Hotchkin, Carol DiCola
LISLE:
Supervisor Joe Heneghan
Clerk Virginia Wisdom
Trustee Don Ryan
Trustee Alice Wilson
Trustee Yin Hessefort
Trustee Eric Thompson
MILTON:
Trustees: Jack Boepple, Connie Sunderhaus, Phyllis Chapman
Highway Commissioner: Sylvia Hood Washington
NAPERVILLE:
Tom Wronski, Supervisor
Dianne McGuire, Clerk
Richard Novinger, Highway Commissioner
Loretta Burke, Trustee
Bharat Shah, Trustee
Alton Jay Mitchell, Trustee
Steve Ross, Trustee
WINFIELD:
Highway Commissioner: Tim Wyman
(website)
Trustee: Doug Henk
YORK:
Supervisor:Mark Anglewicz (website)
Clerk: Max Havlick
Highway Commissioner: Don Walsh
Trustees: Diane Millikan, Debra Briggs, Barb Dahl,
Nayana Patel Kleppe
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The DuPage Democrats are proud to endorse the COD Faculty Endorsed candidates for the April 7 Consolidated election.
Please read their recommendations at www.friendsforeducation502.org
for
6 year term
Kim Savage
Tom Wendorf
Nancy Svoboda
2 year term
Sandy Kim
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From the website of DuPage United:
http://www.dupageunited.org/
Why
should I care about what is happening at College of DuPage?
Background
>
College of DuPage (COD) is a major economic engine in DuPage County,
both in terms of the number of people employed there and the number of
students prepared for employment. It is a local treasure that offers
opportunities to residents of District 502: Associate Degrees in
everything from auto mechanics to philosophy, special certificate
training, nursing program, youth education, Older Adult Institute,
Continuing Education, GED prep, English classes, Career Service Center,
McAninch Arts Center entertainment, Suburban Law Enforcement Academy,
Business and Professional Institute, WDCB radio station, and a
community fitness center.
> The largest source of revenue for COD is property taxes of about $70,000,000, which fund about half of the budget.
Recent Actions by COD Board of Trustees
>The
forced resignation of President Sunil Chand last May captured the
public's attention. Prior to this unexpected event, the Director of
Facilities, Planning, and Construction and two Trustees had resigned
after conflicts with a few of the Trustees.
.> Taxpayers
are now paying the salaries of two Presidents until the contract with
Dr. Chand expires in December 2009. This is a repeat of what happened
with the President before Dr. Chand. In addition, the Board is paying
the former Interim President $60,000 for consulting. So in 2009 about
$600,000 is being spent on the current and former presidents.
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The Board decided to have just 3 board members vet all the candidates
and choose the finalists for the new president. DuPage United
repeatedly recommended during Public Comment at the Board of Trustees
meetings that the Board follow the procedure used in the past and
recommended by the governing body that gives accreditation to community
colleges.
>The Board responded by appointing an advisory
board, which had no binding authority or vote in the selection process,
and those on the advisory board were sworn to secrecy - they were not
even allowed to say if they felt it was a fair process. DuPage United
again spoke out, sharing our concern about the Board's proposed process
and explaining that the process was flawed and would create further
division and mistrust among the stakeholders.
> Trustee
Atkinson (who was appointed, not elected) filed complaints against 6 of
the candidates running for COD Trustee in April. Mr. Atkinson has
business connections with the current Chairman of the Board, Michael
McKinnon, who also chaired one of two electoral boards that decided if
those candidates could remain on the ballot. Mr. McKinnon is running
for reelection. Vice-Chair Mark Nowak, who is also running, chaired the
other electoral board.
>Outcry from faculty, students,
business community and residents erupted when Trustee Atkinson
submitted an entire rewrite of the Board policy manual. The new
President then edited the Board's version twice, with the following
impacts:
. Variable tuition. COD will charge more for courses that
have high demand or are expensive to support. This could discourage
people from entering the medical field, among other fields, which are
critical for the community.
. Complete control over outside speakers will rest in the hands of the President.
. Procedures to implement the policies are not included in the new manual.
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Revisions and changes to the policy manual was a key role of the
Leadership Council (elected leaders of each employee group, the Cabinet
and the President); however the Leadership Council has been disbanded
by the President. Leadership Council was an effective method for shared
governance, much different from the president sending the manual to
each group and asking them to look it over and make recommendations.
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COD Trustees are elected by the residents of the COD district. This
board has been hostile toward participation of voters at board
meetings, which is undemocratic. DuPage United is not interested in
setting policy; we simply demand true input from the stakeholders, and
accountability from the Board.
Paid for by the Democratic Party of DuPage County.
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www.dupagedemocrats.com
THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF DUPAGE COUNTY
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Our momentum can only build with YOUR help. Please talk to your Dem friends and neighbors and ask them to get involved. Please forward this email widely and ask folks to sign up at our website here.
Sincerely,
AMY TAUCHMAN
Executive Director
Democratic Party of DuPage County
1000-7 ROHLWING RD LOMBARD, IL 60148
630-629-1125
info@dupagedemocrats.com
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CELL IN EMERGENCY 630-699-5071
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