Local Election Results: College of DuPage Board of Trustees

With about 1 percent of the vote left to count Tuesday night, the open seats at the College of DuPage board of trustees was comprised of all newcomers to the board.

Preliminary results showed that Charles Bernstein of Wheaton, Frank Napolitano of Bloomingdale and Deanne Mazzochi of Elmhurst were elected to fill the three open seats. The three ran as part of The Clean Slate campaign.

“We’re really excited for what that means for College of DuPage,” Clayton Turner, campaign manager for The Clean Slate said. “Everyone is saying that business as usual is done at the College of DuPage.

“Bernstein, Napolitano and Mazzochi as well as trust Kathy Hamilton are excited to get to work for the College of DuPage, for taxpayers, students and faculty.

The three candidates of The Clean Slate were celebrating at a local banquet hall on Tuesday night. Hamilton was with them. They are hoping to address some of the issues that have come out at the college recently.

• In January, school board members voted to send the community college’s president Robert Breuder away with a $762,000 buyout. That was funded by taxpayers.
• Then there were the business dealings at the college radio station and a move to censure a board member.
• Earlier in March, it was revealed that nearly $200,000 was charged in food and liquor costs at the college’s fine dining restaurant, Waterleaf.
• By the end of March, the college allegedly awarded signage contracts to a foundation member without going to bid for the jobs.
• Then, on March 31, it was revealed that there are three active subpoenas against the college.
• Finally, in April, academic numbers were questioned.

Preliminary vote totals are as follows:

• Nancy Svoboda (I): 19,149
• Kim Savage (I): 14,826
• Charles Bernstein: 29,680
• Frank Napolitano: 35,928
• Deanne Mazzochi: 44,887
• Claire Ball: 11,013
• Roger Kempa: 5,005
• Dan Bailey: 15,327
• Matt Gambs: 14,168
• Joseph Wozniak: 12,575
• Dan Carlin: 15,327
• Sandra Pihos: 28,413