For Immediate Release
Barbara Dahl
Democratic Candidate
DuPage County Board District 2
(630)785-2560
dahl_4_dupage@comcast.net

Villa Park, IL - December, 10 2007 - Barb Dahl of Villa Park, a 40-year resident of DuPage County, is announcing her filing for the Democratic primary for a District 2 seat on the DuPage County Board.

Born and raised in Elmhurst, Dahl has a long history of grass-roots activism in her community, more recently relating to road safety, graffiti removal, and demanding utility company equipment maintenance to put a stop to chronic power outages. "I want to be the voters’ voice, not a partisan pawn, on the County Board," Dahl said. "The fiscal situation under the all-Republican board is a disgrace, and those responsible should not be rewarded with re-election. The taxpayers of this county need true representation." Dahl is critical of the board's sales-tax increase referendum they’re calling a "Public Safety Referendum."  
"I will work to rectify unbalanced priorities so that public safety and health, which should top budget priorities, will no longer be held ransom for the passage of a business-busting sales tax increase. I will also fight to prevent a home-rule attempt by Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom that would add insult to injury by broadening the power to mismanage our future. Unlike the many full-time attorneys on the current board, I'll make this my full-time job. The people of this county work hard to pay their property taxes; I'll work hard to cut the fat, find new revenue sources, and get the taxes working for the people on needed services instead of pet projects."

Carol Davis, first vice-chair of York Township Democratic Organization, recruited Dahl in part because of her record of tireless advocacy. "Barb Dahl is a doer, not a political poser," Davis said. "She's worked hard to bring about a number of improvements in our community. As a health professional, she'll prevent the threatened cuts, due to past pork overspending, that will jeopardize the health and safety of DuPage residents. The people of County Board District 2 - and all of DuPage - will be well-served by Barb's representation." Barb is an Illinois-licensed registered nurse. Barb's husband Erv is a NECA-IBEW union member, and was a popular contestant on ABC-TV's "The Next Best Thing." They have three children.

District 2 covers all of parts of Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Lombard, Lisle, Oakbrook, Oakbrook Terrace, Woodridge, and Villa Park. For more information contact: Barb Dahl at (630)785-2560 or dahl_4_dupage@comcast.net

For the first time in living memory, yesterday the DuPage Democrats outvoted DuPage Republicans in a Primary Election.  The countywide vote totals were 131,345 to 107,769. 

 “DuPage County is rapidly changing,” said Rob Bisceglie, Chairman of the DuPage Democrats.   “Voters have been excited about our Democratic presidential candidates.  But there is also a strong desire for change at the local level.”

“We have doubled our number of precinct committeemen this year.  We have a record number of local Democratic candidates.  We broke a fundraising record in 2007, which was an off-election year.  These are all signs of increasing Democratic fervor in DuPage County”

 “We anticipate a heated November election.  We will be working hard to continue turning Democratic citizens into Democratic voters.”

 

 

To find out more about the energy of The Democratic Party of DuPage County, the second largest Democratic county in Illinois with 115,691 registered Democrats, call 630-629-1125, the email is info@dupagedemocrats.org and the web site is http://www.dupagedemocrats.org/.

The headquarters of the Democratic Party of DuPage County is located at 1000 Rohlwing, unit 7, in the North Gate Mall on the northwest corner of North Avenue and Rohlwing in Lombard . The headquarters is in the middle of the south side of the mall and faces North Avenue . The mailing address is P.O. Box 185 , Lombard , IL 60148 .

 

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