Post by doctorwho on Feb 15, 2007 8:36:25 GMT -6
I found this pretty funny when the president says she had a hard time finding out who the candidates are for park district and school boards. I guess she does not read the newspapers , or have access to school board web sites for addresses etc. How lame can she get ?
Also someone needs to remind people like her that a part of Naperville is in SD 204. Seems to be overlooked at times by some groups
Candidates say group didn't ask them to forum
February 15, 2007
By Jennifer Golz Staff Writer
Although local elections are nonpartisan, the Naperville Area Republican Women's Organization is weighing in.
A candidates forum for the upcoming city, Park District and school district races was hosted by the group Wednesday night - but it appears not all the candidates were invited.
As of Wednesday afternoon, all three mayoral hopefuls and all six City Council candidates had confirmed they would attend the event. However, only three of five Park District candidates and three of nine School District 203 board candidates had confirmed. Not one of the seven Indian Prairie School District 204 candidates was listed.
NARWO President Liz Martinez said there's a logical explanation.
"The mayoral candidates and those running for City Council - that was easy to know who they were," she said. "It was more difficult to know who was running for Park District and the boards of education. Even once we knew who they were, finding them was yet another issue.
"But I believe they have all been invited now," Martinez said Wednesday afternoon.
However, that was not the case with incumbent Park District Commissioner Ron Ory, one of five candidates vying for three seats.
Ory has been a commissioner for 12 years and is listed in the phone book. He did not receive an invitation to the event at his home or at Park District offices.
"If they were trying to contact the candidates for the Park District, I would have thought they would go to the secretary of the board or the person who collects the (election) packets," Ory said.
Lynne Bandyk, Park District executive administrative assistant, said no invitation for Ory or any commission candidates had been received, nor had NARWO made contact about the event.
"They haven't gone out of their way to extend an invite to a few folks," Ory said.
But it appears the group did make a concerted effort to reach some candidates.
Park District candidate Suzanne Hart, who is also listed in the phone book, said she received a call from a NARWO member the last week of January asking her to participate in the forum.
In the past the organization has hosted similar forums for state and county government candidates; this was to be its first venture into nonpartisan local elections.
Martinez said NARWO may make candidate endorsements after the Feb. 26 mayoral primary, but added that is not the purpose of the forum; rather, it is for education.
Tom Wronski, chairman of the Naperville Township Democratic Organization, said members of his group have been asked to help several local candidates and while they may so on an individual basis, it won't be done at an organizational level.
"It's a nonpartisan election and we believe people can and should choose their own representatives in terms of their own neighborhood concerns," he said.
Also someone needs to remind people like her that a part of Naperville is in SD 204. Seems to be overlooked at times by some groups
Candidates say group didn't ask them to forum
February 15, 2007
By Jennifer Golz Staff Writer
Although local elections are nonpartisan, the Naperville Area Republican Women's Organization is weighing in.
A candidates forum for the upcoming city, Park District and school district races was hosted by the group Wednesday night - but it appears not all the candidates were invited.
As of Wednesday afternoon, all three mayoral hopefuls and all six City Council candidates had confirmed they would attend the event. However, only three of five Park District candidates and three of nine School District 203 board candidates had confirmed. Not one of the seven Indian Prairie School District 204 candidates was listed.
NARWO President Liz Martinez said there's a logical explanation.
"The mayoral candidates and those running for City Council - that was easy to know who they were," she said. "It was more difficult to know who was running for Park District and the boards of education. Even once we knew who they were, finding them was yet another issue.
"But I believe they have all been invited now," Martinez said Wednesday afternoon.
However, that was not the case with incumbent Park District Commissioner Ron Ory, one of five candidates vying for three seats.
Ory has been a commissioner for 12 years and is listed in the phone book. He did not receive an invitation to the event at his home or at Park District offices.
"If they were trying to contact the candidates for the Park District, I would have thought they would go to the secretary of the board or the person who collects the (election) packets," Ory said.
Lynne Bandyk, Park District executive administrative assistant, said no invitation for Ory or any commission candidates had been received, nor had NARWO made contact about the event.
"They haven't gone out of their way to extend an invite to a few folks," Ory said.
But it appears the group did make a concerted effort to reach some candidates.
Park District candidate Suzanne Hart, who is also listed in the phone book, said she received a call from a NARWO member the last week of January asking her to participate in the forum.
In the past the organization has hosted similar forums for state and county government candidates; this was to be its first venture into nonpartisan local elections.
Martinez said NARWO may make candidate endorsements after the Feb. 26 mayoral primary, but added that is not the purpose of the forum; rather, it is for education.
Tom Wronski, chairman of the Naperville Township Democratic Organization, said members of his group have been asked to help several local candidates and while they may so on an individual basis, it won't be done at an organizational level.
"It's a nonpartisan election and we believe people can and should choose their own representatives in terms of their own neighborhood concerns," he said.
