Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Newcomer to join incumbents on St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 Board of Education.
The St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 Board of Education will seat a new member in the weeks after Tuesday’s consolidated election. District 303 voters on Tuesday night re-elected frontrunner Corinne M. Pierog and fellow incumbents Steven L. Spurling and James Gaffney. New to the board is Edward McNally, an educator who with 2,999 votes finished the race in the No. 2 spot, according to unofficial tallies. Pierog finished in No. 1 with 3,216 votes. Spurling, with 2,848 votes, finished third, followed by Gaffney with 2,606. Among the remaining District 303 candidates, Nancy A. Muzzey finished No. 5 with 2,256 votes, James P. Conro with 2,071 votes, incumbent Michael A. Vyzral with 1,447 votes, and Richard A. Leidig Jr. with 1,…
Unofficial tallies show two former aldermen defeating 1st and 2nd Ward Aldermen Jon Monken and Clifford Carrignan.
St. Charles’ aldermanic races came in with largely tight tallies, according to Tuesday night’s unofficial tallies that indicated voters had unseated incumbents in the city’s 1st and 2nd wards, while holding onto three incumbents in the rest. Unofficial tallies showed 3rd Ward Alderman William Turned, 4th Ward Alderwoman Jo Krieger, who was unopposed, and 5th Ward Alderwoman Maureen Lewis retaining their seats, while two former aldermen unseated the incumbents in the 1st and 2nd Wards. In the 1st Ward, Ron Silkaitis, who has represented that ward before, appeared to be the winner. Silkaitis garnered with 266 votes, while incumbent Alderman Jon E. Monken secured 231 votes. First-time candidate Justin Osbourne trailed with 193 votes. “I give …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Third Ward alderman has clear 2-to-1 lead over nearest contender in St. Charles mayoral race, according to unofficial tallies.
Third Ward Alderman Raymond Rogina handily won St. Charles’ mayoral election Tuesday night by a convincing lead over the nearest of his three competitors in a vote that saw fewer voters turn out to the polls than the mayoral contest four years ago. With unofficial results showing him with 2,031 votes — more than a 2-to-1 margin over his nearest challenger, Rogina accepted the win with eagerness about the future and a measure of graciousness. “I was a\surprised at the margin,” Rogina said late Tuesday. “These were three great guys running against me. I’m elated with the margin of victory, but I’m humbled by it at the same time.” Rogina said throughout the campaign, he listened to and learned from his opponents — Jake Wyatt, John Rabchuk and…
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Log in to St. Charles Patch at 7 p.m. for live-blog coverage as the 10 aldermanic candidates for the St. Charles City Council meet the public for the first time as a group at Bridges Montessori Academy.
Can’t make it out to tonight’s forum for St. Charles aldermanic candidates? Then settle in and get ready to follow the discussion on your PC, laptop or mobile device. As we did with the mayoral forum on Tuesday, St. Charles will provide live-blog coverage of tonight’s aldermanic forum, which is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at Bridges Montessori Academy, 1713 Howard St. There are ten candidates seeking aldermanic positions on the St. Charles City Council. They are: 1stWard Jon E. Monken (i) Justin Osborne Ron Silkaitis 2ndWard Clifford X. Carrignan (i) Arthur J. Lemke 3rdWard William Turner Mario J. VanDerHeyden 4thWard Jo K. Krieger (i) No other candidate 5thWard Maureen Lewis (i) Kimberly Malay Let Patch save you time…
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Your guide to the St. Charles April 9 Consolidated Election.
Early voting in the Spring 2013 Local Elections begins Monday, March 25, and ends Saturday, April 6. Election Day is Tuesday, April 9. Election Central St. Charles is your guide to the ballot contests that affect St. Charles. ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE LOCAL DEBATE: Do you have something to say about the local election? Join Patch and post a Local Voices blog. VOTER INFO: To find out if you are registered, to find your designated polling location and to see your sample ballot, check:
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
March 14 forum planned at Bridges Montessori Academy.
Another community group has announced plans to host a March 14 forum to introduce the candidates for the five aldermanic seats on the St. Charles City Council. Ten candidates are vying for the positions, with only 4th Ward Alderwoman Jo Krieger unopposed. Concerned Coalition for Sensible Spending of St Charles Inc. has scheduled the resident’s forum for the entire slate of candidates for alderman. The forum is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at Bridges Montessori Academy, 1713 Howard St. Each of the 10 candidates will have three minutes to present his/her platform, followed by an informal question-and-answer session with residents. The entire St Charles community is invited to attend. To date, the West-Side neighborhood …
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Candidates to have time to introduce themselves, respond to questions during session at the Baker Community Center.
Saturday, February 9
St. Charles residents will have a chance to interview and learn more about the four men running in the April 9 election for St. Charles mayor during a candidates forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the auditorium of the Baker Community Center, 101 S. 2nd St. Alderman Ray Rogina, John Rabchuk, Jotham Stein, and Jake Wyatt are the candidates, and all have agreed to participate in a casual town hall-style format, where they will sit and discuss the issues and answer questions from St. Charles residents. This forum, which was planned by the West-Side neighborhood group 2R2R (for River to Randall, Railway to Route 64), marks the first time in recent memory that residents, rather than a political or municipal group like the League of Women …
Monday, January 28, 2013
Election season I upon us, and Patch can help you get the word out about your campaign for City Council, Township, Park District and School Board offices.
If you are running for election to political office in St. Charles, St. Charles Community Unit School District 303, the St. Charles Park District for St. Charles Township, St. Charles Patch wants to help you get your message out to voters. This is the age of new media, so we’re asking those candidates who have not been in contact with us yet to email St. Charles Patch editor Ted Schnell with your contact information — a phone number and an email address that you check regularly. In the coming weeks, we’ll be asking you to fill out a brief form about who you are, what office you are seeking and the issues you are pursuing as a candidate. Then we can post that information where the people who live and vote in this community can stop in to …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Political foes say Wyatt plan makes sense, resembles their own plans, policies in St. Charles.
Jake Wyatt’s call for informal, open house-formatted “meet-and-greets” between the mayor and residents was applauded Tuesday by one of his opponents in the St. Charles mayoral race, but both he and another said the suggestion either resembles their own policies or campaign proposals. Wyatt issued his call for monthly resident forums on Monday, pointing to the complaints being expressed that the City Council ignored residents’ voices when it approved the controversial Lexington Club development earlier this month. Third Ward Alderman Raymond Rogina, who earlier had called for greater advance public notice to residents of upcoming council votes on controversial developments, on Tuesday commended Wyatt’s proposal, saying it reflects his own …
Monday, January 21, 2013
Second mayoral contender announces initiative to give St. Charles residents a greater voice.
A second St. Charles mayoral candidate has promised an initiative targeting residents who feel their voices were not heeded on the controversial Lexington Club development, which received approval from a divided City Council earlier this month. A week after announcing his weekly “Coffee With Jake” campaign effort, Jake Wyatt said in a release issued Monday that he intends to continue the informal, open house-formatted “meet-and-greets” with residents if he is elected mayor. As part of his campaign, Wyatt announced he plans to hold the open house-style sessions at American Legion Post 342, 1150 N. 5th Ave., Suite C, from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays from Jan. 26 through March 30. “My goal is to make it as convenient as possible for …