This week’s action-packed calendar
Be forewarned, up to the primaries next month, this blog will probably be discussing more politics than usual…
If you’ve moved or are a new voter, Tuesday is the last day to register. If you somehow miss that date, worry not, just trek down to Geneva (or downtown Chicago, if you are in Cook County) and you can take advantage of grace period registration. If you do the grace period registration, you’ll need to vote at the same time, so know who you’re voting for before you get down there.
Tuesday is also, I think, the first time the 14th congressional district candidates will line up before an audience. The St. Charles League of Women Voters will host the candidates forum at the Norris Cultural Arts Center at 7:00pm. Go see Chris Lauzen and Jim Oberweis duke it out.
Wednesday is the usual Elgin City Council meeting, starting at 6:00pm for the Committee of the Whole. I’m sure it promises to be as spectacular as usual :)
Thursday at 7:00pm at the Batavia City Hall, the St. Charles League of Women Voters will again host a forum, this time for candidates in state and county races. This will be a good opportunity to see Jim Krenz and Tim Schmitz side by side. Krenz, the owner of Amy Plumbing, is an Elgin-born, Carpentersville resident who is giving Schmitz his first primary fight in ten years. By now, you may have received mailings from the Krenz campaign and seen his ads in the paper. Now you can see him live, and decide if he’s your man. Aside from other issues, Krenz is campaigning on the promise of better representation for the Elgin area. He, like many others, thinks Schmitz, a Batavia resident, has been AWOL for too long.
The Elgin League of Women Voters have only a tentative date for their own forum, January 15th (7:00pm at the Gail Borden Public Library).
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