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Saturday, March 23, 2013

endorsements

Recap of our endorsements for mayor, City Council and school boards

The following is a brief summary of the editorial endorsements made last Wednesday and Friday for Tuesday’s election. For the board of education of Naperville School District 203 The Sun endorses the three incumbents seeking re-election — Terry Fielden, Mike Jaensch and Suzyn Price. We …

Fieseler, Wehrli, Chirico, McElroy endorsed for council

Unlike the Naperville Park District, which has no opposed races, and both school districts, which have a relatively few candidates, the Naperville City Council race features a large number of hopefuls. In the wake of last fall’s referendum vote, which will bring a ward system …

Pradel is endorsed for another term as mayor

If voters are looking for some large change in Naperville’s city government as a result of Tuesday’s mayoral election, they’re probably going to be disappointed. The current system of government and the candidates running both inveigh against it. Under Naperville’s form of council-manager government, the …

Fielden, Jaensch, Price endorsed in District 203

Considering the tough financial shape governments at all levels have found themselves in recently, Naperville School District 203 has managed to offer both a first-class educational system for Naperville students and also be fiscally stable. The district is only slightly above the state average in …

Bradshaw, Tyle, Price for District 204 board

With longtime Indian Prairie School District 204 board member Mark Metzger opting to retire from the board, there are only two incumbents out of the five candidates seeking the three seats up for election Tuesday. The incumbents are Curt Bradshaw, who is seeking his third …