Scorecard needed for 12 COD Board candidates

Getting folks to run for College of DuPage Board was no problem this year due to endless ongoing scandals, presidential hubris and an unanswered, unresolved NO CONFIDENCE vote by faculty. Fourteen started out and twelve made it to the ballot. How can one decide?

For starters, I excluded the four who are current/former incumbents or related to an incumbent. They had their chance to govern COD effectively and blew it; appearing to be both seduced and bullied by their primary employee, President Robert L. Breuder.

Of the eight others only two stand out: former six term state rep Sandy Pihos and COD alumnus, union member, union leader, and registered nurse, Dan Bailey. Pihos brings decades of commitment to education and a wealth of experience and knowledge of state government that will make it impossible for her to be bamboozled by Breuder and any successor. Bailey also has decades of community involvement and a passion for public service. He is the only candidate I've heard, besides Pihos, who has spoken up against the shameful lack of response to the COD Faculty Association's NO CONFIDENCE vote against the Breuder administration. For the other six, concern about faculty, the single most critical element in a successful educational institution, appears to be an afterthought.

While I'm still pondering my third and last vote, Sandy Pihos and Dan Bailey get my first two.