Politics: February 2008 Archives

As recently as a few days ago, DuPage County clung to its belief that it was the greatest Republican stronghold in Illinois and one of the nation's reddest counties by hosting not one but two of the GOP frontrunners for the presidential nomination--John McÇain and Mitt Romney. Then election day came, and for the first time in history more voters in DuPage picked Democratic ballots than Republican. What's going on?

Okay, it's time for the post-mortem. The results are in and who's happy, sad or mad? Dist. 203 got its referendum passed. To say that it was a hot topic in this forum in the weeks and months running up to the vote is a bit of an understatement. So, how do you feel now? Sure, property taxes will be going up. The question is, are those higher property taxes worth it, especially given the fact that as many have pointed out, the District had a ton of cash on hand already? Well, the voters answered that one. And what about the other races? Are you satisfied with their outcomes? Were the right candidates chosen? Did enough people vote? Did anyone get any kind of a mandate? These are all questions that The Sun would like to get your views on. So, let the conversation begin.