Eight compete for 3 seats on ECC board
Elgin Community College has a competitive race for its board of trustees, with eight candidates filing for three open seats.
Among those eight are two incumbents: board President Eleanor MacKinney and John Duffy. MacKinney and Duffy are running on a slate with Elgin attorney John Dalton.
Dalton, who ran unsuccessfully for 16th Circuit judge this year, has said he was recruited to replace Trustee Phyllis Folarin, who is not seeking re-election.
Folarin is a former board chair who was first elected in 1999.
“I just feel that this time, it's time for a different direction in my life,” Folarin said. “I felt I had contributed much on the board. I just wanted to do something different.”
The other challengers are L. Robert Russell, Darwin Adams, Richard Geary, Robin Lisboa and Edgar Pereda.
Lisboa ran unsuccessfully for the ECC board in 2009, while Russell ran unsuccessfully for Kane County Sheriff this year.
ECC trustees serve 6-year terms.