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DuPage Republican Party: Secretive, Insular, Corrupt

July 29, 2011 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The nonsense going on in the DuPage County GOP is a perfect example of all that is wrong with the Illinois GOP. It all rather shows why the GOP is useless in the state of Illinois. The DuPage party organization took what could have been a great public relations opportunity and turned it into yet another secretive, back-room dealing that cut out voters and proved that even its own party rules make no difference to party powerbrokers. Worse, this isn’t the first time DuPage GOP has mishandled the same situation.

On July 18, a Monday, DuPage GOP Party Chairman Dan Cronin abruptly resigned from his post as chairman. It doesn’t seem to have been a long planned resignation — though Cronin had mentioned he would not run for reelection to the chairmanship — and it certainly was not one enacted with public note. In fact, no one outside of Cronin’s inner circle even knew it was coming until several hours beforehand when Dave Diersen reported the coming resignation the Sunday before Cronin stepped down.

After Cronin left his post that Monday evening, the nine GOP township chairmen in DuPage County unanimously voted to replace Cronin with Randy Ramey, the state representative for the 55th district as well as Wayne Township GOP Chair. Ramey is also the stepson of famed GOP politico Pate Philip, onetime powerful leader of the Illinois senate.
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Is Rafael Rivadeneira DuPage County’s Bad Hispanic?

February 9, 2011 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

The soap opera As the World Turns was canceled last summer, but apparently the political scene in DuPage County is trying to revive it. Well, if not the show than at least the drama. This one has a Hispanic twist, too. It comes in the person of conservative Rafael Rivadeneira, Tea Party favorite and President of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Illinois (“RNHA of Illinois”)…. or is he?

Over last weekend the RNHA held its annual convention in Dixon, Illinois. There Rivadeneira was reelected to the position of RNHA president. But apparently not everyone was happy with the outcome. OK, “not happy” is an understatement. Some were so mad that they spilt the event in half and marched over to another hotel and elected their own slate of leaders.

Now, that’s drama.
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Is Rafael Rivadeneira DuPage County’s Bad Hispanic?”

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An ‘Open Letter to the DuPage County GOP’ Protesting Sen. Scott Brown Visit?

January 21, 2011 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

Here is an interesting note from Frank Napolitano of the DuPage Conservatives. Apparently, the DuPage Conservatives are none too happy that a mushy-middleman like Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown is coming to speak to the conservative heart of collar counties.

I’d certainly agree with Mr. Napolitano that Scott Brown is in no way a conservative. I can’t imagine anyone mistaking him as one, either. He’s no more conservative than, say, oh, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney happens to be. I guess the main difference between Brown and Romney is that Brown admits to being a mushy-middleman whereas Romney is one, but won’t admit it. But… well… back to the subject…

Mr. Napolitano is wondering why Brown is speaking before an otherwise pretty conservative area of our fair state? I have to say, I wonder the same thing.
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An ‘Open Letter to the DuPage County GOP’ Protesting Sen. Scott Brown Visit?”

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Gov’t Waste: $250,000 for Green Roof for DuPage County Bldg (Illinois)

March 4, 2010 by

-By Warner Todd Huston

It’s stimulus, dontcha know? It’s gonna help us all, ya see? It’ll save the economy, of course. What is it? It’s $250,000 of wasted federal money going to plant some pretty foliage on top of the DuPage County, Illinois Administrative building to erect a “green roof” there.

That’s right, Illinois, your federal tax dollars are being wasted to plant some weeds on top of the DuPage County government building, plants that are supposed to save the county money in energy bills. Well, in about 20 or 30 years, that might actually be true when factoring in the $250,000 initial price tag.

Of course, one can easily assume that the DuPage County facility will have been torn down and a new boondoggle of a government building program will be stated to replace it long before that 30 years is up, right? In other words, the energy savings that might occur some 30 years from now will not likely be realized.

But, is it stimulus? Will it help anyone? Not really. This is money going to government from government. It is not money going to the private sector so that it can do something that will earn a return on investment. This helps no one but simply adds more tax money spent on more government.

And we all know that the most likely outcome of this whole “green roof” project will be a whole cadre off union louts hired to hold a rake or a watering hose for 7 hours a day, a cadre that will then retire at 50 with $50,000 a year pensions all paid courtesy of the Illinois tax payer.

Thank you Big Government Obama.
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