Wheaton Election Central: 2013 Elections

Patch has your guide to Wheaton's local elections in 2013.

COD Board Candidate Was Fired from College After Sexual Harassment Charges

Frank Flores, Jr. was terminated from the College of DuPage for a disorderly conduct incident; he claims the investigation was “cursory” and the charges “malicious and unsubstantiated.”

A candidate in the contested election for College of DuPage Board of Trustees was previously fired from the college’s aquatics department after multiple people alleged incidents of verbal and/or physical sexual harassment, the Daily Herald reports.  According to the paper, Frank Flores Jr. was employed as a temporary assistant aquatics manager in fall 2010 until a female lifeguard reported verbal sexual harassment, a claim corroborated by another female student, and a male student who also alleged physical harassment. A patron filed a separate complaint that Flores had made comments to her like, “I want to taste you” and “I peed in the pool,” the paper said.  No criminal charges were filed, but after an investigation, Flores was fired on …

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Jim Court

9:13 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013

Danielle, Somehow you slipped passed the sensors. Was it a Freudian slip or???? Take care   more ›

Staff Endorsements a Factor in College of DuPage Election

The Friends for Education COD Faculty Association PAC is endorsing challengers over two incumbents; the incumbents warn of the danger of a faculty-endorsed Board.

A College of DuPage faculty political-action committee has endorsed challengers Ed Agustin and Frank Flores Jr. for the COD Board over incumbents Dave Carlin and Joe Wozniak (and other candidates Kathy Hamilton and Mike Lanners). The endorsement has become a bone of contention between the candidates, the Daily Herald reports. According to the paper, the endorsements made by Friends for Education COD Faculty Association PAC are notable, contentious and perhaps a double-edged sword in an election coming after 16 months of negotiations that led to a teachers' contract imposed on faculty without union approval last May. Both sides worked out a new deal that was unanimously approved in June. "The board is elected by the community. It's not …

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Dan F.

11:40 am on Saturday, April 6, 2013

If there were D's and R's behind their names at least there would be more honesty and information for the voter. As for the "Faculty Association" http://www.codfaculty.org/ It's a union.   more ›

Candidate Filing Period Ends Today

The deadline to file petitions for a vacant Wheaton City Council Seat is today.

Weekly News Recap

Wheaton Grand Theater, Election, Butterfield Construction: This Week

Patch recaps top news stories from the week of Nov. 4-10.

Here are some the top Wheaton Patch stories from last week: Teen Charged With Arranging to Meet Girl, 12, for Sex at Library to Undergo Sex Offender Evaluation Butterfield Construction: Crews to Shift Lanes on Naperville Road, Project Expected to Extend to Spring 2013 Wheaton Grand Theater to Close Nov. 30 City OKs Group Care Home Plan for Downtown Wheaton Former Councilman, Mayoral Candidate Seeks to Return to City Council in 2013 Your Vote 2012: Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, Lisle Election Results Obama's 2nd Term Means Uncertainty for Wheaton Business Owners Jeanne Ives Elected to 42nd State Representative District Election Results: DuPage County Board, Forest Preserve Roskam Re-Elected to 6th Congressional District Seat The Race for President: …

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Former Councilman, Mayoral Candidate Seeks to Return to City Council in 2013

Former Councilman and mayoral candidate John Prendiville will run for election to Jeanne Ives' seat on City Council in the 2013 municipal election.

Former Wheaton City Councilman and Mayoral candidate John Prendiville wants back in on local government. Prendiville will run for his former seat as Councilman At-Large, which will open as Jeanne Ives takes office as state representative in the 42nd district. “I enjoy being on (the) Council (and) have a lot to offer,” Prendiville said. “I think we need it—I think we need some strong leadership on (the) council.” Prendiville lost in the 2011 mayoral race to Mike Gresk, forfeiting his seat on the Council.  Prendiville was vocal about the proposal to build senior housing at Courthouse Square, and introduced the idea of building a public recreational center at the former Hubble school when plans for the site were still unclear. Let Patch save …

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Election Results: DuPage County Board, Forest Preserve

DuPage County voters elected eight newcomers to the county board, along with the the first Democratic forest preserve commissioner in a decade.

DuPage County voters rejected a proposition Tuesday that asked whether elected officials should be able to hold more than one office at a time. With all 748 precincts reporting, unofficial results show that a resounding 90 percent (332,657) of DuPage County voters rejected the proposal. Only 36,571 voted "yes." The question was placed on the general election ballot after Elmhurst Mayor Peter DiCianni and Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso announced their plans to run for DuPage County Board seats in Districts 2 and 3, respectively. Both DiCianni and Grasso were declared winners Tuesday. DiCianni plans to resign his current position to serve the county board. Grasso has said he wants to hold both offices. Winner: Chris Kachiroubas (R) Republican …

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DuPage County Officials: Voter Turnout on Par with Previous Elections

No major issues were reported as of 4 p.m., according to Bob Saar, executive director of the DuPage County Election Commission.

As DuPage County enters its final hours of voting, election officials said they are expecting turnout to reach levels seen in the last three presidential elections. "We checked in with polling places around 2 p.m., and from what we can tell turnout was around 55 percent," said Bob Saar, executive director of the DuPage County Election Commission. In previous general elections, the voter turnout in DuPage County ranged from 74 to 77 percent, Saar said. "We're still expecting the after-work crowd, so there's no reason to believe we won't reach that level—or maybe even exceed—by the time the polls close," he said. Prior to Tuesday, about 80,000 DuPage County residents had taken part in early voting, Saar said. Counting absentee, military and …

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Under the Tower

Paulette Delcourt: My Dog Ate My Column, Then the President Ate My Dog

Dog "crate gate" deflects attention away from pressing issues and towards a now infamous Irish Setter.

More than an average sized poodle-bomb hit the fan for both Romney and Obama when the “crate gate” scandal broke. The story hinges on a personal story Romney shared as an example of his ability to manage a crisis. In 1983, Romney strapped his dog Seamus’ crate to the roof of his car and headed off on vacation with his family. Seamus thanked the Romney family for taking him along by dumping the contents of his intestines all over the family vehicle. Romney did not comment on whether or not the windows were open. “Served him right” you say? Not so fast. 1983 was the same year Chrysler introduced the first minivan, but most moms and dads still drove station wagons or large sedans. With five sons, the Romneys probably had a wagon. With Ann …

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