Moffat Stays on 2 Geneva Ballots in April 9 Election

Reports: Geneva library officials say they won't take candidate's name off their ballot, even though he's running for both the Library Board and the Park Board.

OK, follow if you dare. Geneva library officials told the Daily Herald this week that Jay Moffat's name will stay on the April 9 Library Board ballot, even though he's running for a Geneva Park Board seat in the same election. The Library District had asked the Kane County Clerk's Office to look into whether the district should certify Moffat's name. Library Director Matt Teske said the board was concerned that the two offices might be incompatible. Moffat actually had submitted petitions to run for three Geneva offices on April 9, but he withdrew from the School Board race when the Illinois Attorney General's Office ruled that the Park Board and School Board positions were incompatible. Moffat was surprised by the Library Board's efforts …

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Jeff Ward

How to Lose Political Credibility in 3 Easy Steps!

Just because you can run for three electoral offices at the same time, that doesn't mean you should!

A few years ago, current mayoral hopeful Bob McQuillan chastised me for encouraging people to get involved and then scolding them when they did. But that’s exactly what a reasonable opinion columnist should do. Ya gotta keep ‘em honest, coming and going. Call me crazy, but once you make that superlative leap from the couch to a cause, a higher standard automatically applies. Sadly, as a mutual friend of Bob’s and mine likes to say, “When people run for office, they immediately lose 30 to 50 percent of their working brain cells.” And I’ve seen it happen over and over again. Don’t believe me? Then please explain the plethora of GOP hopefuls who went down in electoral flames due to their insistence on sharing their unevolved thoughts on rape …

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Jeff Ward

8:25 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013

Dale, I agree! Especially about Mayor Schielke. Though I think he's generally been a good leader, you're right, no one should have that job for life! I expounded on those very thoughts on my blog http://thefirstward.net/2012/12/16/nine-terms-that-aint-right/ Jeff   more ›