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I believe one of the largest issues that we face as a county is affordability. For the past few years, we have seen large increases in our county budget which now rests above $650 million. Moreover, we have experienced minimal increases in residency in the same period of time. In some ways, stagnating residency and affordability issues tie with each other. While the county cannot directly influence approval of new housing within incorporated, as a member of the county board, I would be a voice for the creation of housing that can accommodate more people. Additionally, to take on affordability, I would act by speaking conservatively on what we should add/include to the budget.
For me, we need to factor in the different costs that make up the general expenditures of housing in DuPage. That being said, food, for example, takes a large portion of household expenses. So, to start addressing some of our issues involving housing insecurity, we should look towards strengthening food pantries and create partnerships with local businesses and non-profits in the county to promote such social services.
Otherwise, we can work with our local municipalities to encourage the creation of new apartment properties and townhouse communities for more, faster, and affordable housing. Of course, we can begin to realize this goal by first looking at our unincorporated areas
My main concern regarding the 2026 elections revolves around the office of our current county clerk. Recently, the clerk’s office has been under scrutiny with their on-going administration troubles such as her engagements with the county board over budgeting.
Since around 2018, election procedure powers have been transferred from the old independent election commission to the clerk’s office. Because the clerk’s office, which has been under rightful observation due to recent issues, is now the sole overseer of our elections, it does cause me to have a little concern for 2026. However, I emphasize that my concerns for the office come from their potential administrative mistakes for this year, such as acquisition of election equipment.
The main deciding factor is the people. They are the ones who would put the people on the county board, so they ought to have a say regarding data centers.
Specifically, I would consider how it would affect the quality of life of those living within close proximity to a proposed data center. Would the positives in the creation of new jobs and utilization of vacant properties outweigh the cons in lowering nearby property values and causing significant noise pollution? For me, I would say the development of data centers are a case-by-case issue and shouldn’t be understood as an “always” be pro-data center or “never”.
Really, I hope to play a healthy part in communicating with all relevant parties when considering data-center creation.
If we get to a point where some people are struggling to afford housing and food, then that demands a conversation and a renewal of how we understand that balance between services and affordability in DuPage
Recently, for example, there have been conversations within the board about allocating millions of our budget to fund food pantries in the county. When we get to that point, there is a huge need for us to get our people housed and fed first before we can reinforce our services. For me, we should be acting conservatively to ensure that the county does not expand too much in its social services as it will certainly cost our citizens even more money than is necessary. You cannot have the community if people cannot afford to live here.
