Want to be a Dorr Trustee?

Dorr Township has an opening for a trustee. Care to put on your armor and step into the arena?

Barry Lamb, Sr., resigned. I don't know the reason. I think I read elsewhere that he didn't like the direction in which things were going. Having attended a number of meetings last year, but none since Chris Cantwill was appointed, I wish the candidates well.

You know, running a township shouldn't be all that hard. The duties and obligations of a township are pretty simple and pretty clear.It ought to be a small-potatoes operation. If it's any bigger than that, then there ought to be a some serious qualifications for the elected position. Right now, all it seems to take is enough votes. Or, in the case of an appointment, enough favor on the existing board.

The Township requests that resumes be submitted by Friday, March 2. The Trustees will meet on March 13 to interview applicants, and those trustees who show up on March 13 will pick Lamb's successor, who will fill Lamb's unexpired term.

Applicants must be Republicans. Republican status is determined by the last time voted. I guess that means based on the party ticket pulled in a previous primary.

If you are not a Republican and want to be considered, then vote early for the upcoming Primary Election (March 20 is the regular voting day) and pull a Republican primary ballot. And, of course, you'll do that not because you are a RINO (Republican In Name Only); right?

My dad would have loved Illinois election laws. He frequently said that he would always vote for the best man, "as long as he was a Republican."

This same-party successor requirement is really dumb. Just look at the problems the County Board is having trying to appoint a successor as Superintendent of the McHenry County Regional Office of Education.