Incumbent Naperville Mayor George Pradel had a lot to smile about tonight - he captured 70% of the primary vote for mayor, beating the combined vote of his two challengers by more than two to one. City Councilman Doug Krause maintained a small lead to hold second place in the count from about 9 […]
Naperville City Council candidate Patricia Meyer is having a fundraiser this Thursday at Quigley’s in downtown Naperville from 5:30 - 7:30 PM . Read the details at her website. I discussed some campaign issues with her earlier.
One person I know in the 42nd Ward has received at least 26 direct mail pieces (mostly the full-color 8×10″ postcard types) that are running 16 pro-Brendan Reilly pieces to 10 Burton Natarus in the current stack from the last few weeks. Both Forrest Claypool (for Reilly) and Mayor Richard M. (and wife Maggie) […]
DuPage County GOP Chair and State Senator Kirk Dillard has been around a while, serving in both the Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar administrations. While I’ve followed him only relatively recently, I’ve been impressed over the last few years with his political instincts and savvy - even if I have often (but not always) […]
A lot of eyebrows on both sides of the aisle got raised when Hillary Clinton went to a Fox News anniversary party last April. Rupert Murdock, Chairman of Fox News‘ parent company News Corporation, later returned the favor by hosting a $1,000 a plate breakfast fundraiser for Hillary Clinton.
Now Moveon.org, in partnership with Robert […]
Courtesy of TPMCafe’s Greg Sargent:
“Obama communications director Robert Gibbs just released the following statement in response to the Clinton camp’s broadside this morning over David Geffen’s anti-Clinton comments:
‘We aren’t going to get in the middle of a disagreement between the Clintons and someone who was once one of their biggest supporters. It is ironic […]
Last Sunday the Daily Herald endorsed incumbent Mayor George Pradel and challenger Councilman Doug Krause in the Naperville Mayoral Primary over Councilman Mary Ellingson, arguing that Krause represents a “different…approach to governing” and a “distinct choice” for mayor. The editorial contrasts George Pradel’s “facilitator and mediator” approach to governing and his “cheerleader” […]
There is no small irony in last Friday’s Chicago Tribune front page story:
Bush: Strike at Taliban
The four word title begs the question what, in the almost six years since September 11, 2001, has the U.S. president done to the political group harboring the terrorists that attacked us to make “striking” them front page news? Six […]
I’m playing catch-up after losing much of last week to stomach flu and having caught last Thursday’s Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation Mayoral Forum on cable TV. For those undecided and trying to pick a candidate, the forum was largely about two basic questions: ‘How can you change Naperville as mayor?’ and ‘Why should we […]
Bridget Dooley, who has been working as field director for Greg Brewer’s aldermanic campaign in the 50th Ward, records Alderman Bernard Stone’s daughter and Chief of Staff, Ilana Stone Feketitsch, saying less than kind things to the competition. Not smart.
