COD - My $2.05 worth

The comment was made to my previous post "Why $2.05? Most provide their two cents!" I chose that number because that's how much the board of trustees over at COD took from my pocket via taxes and gave to president Robert Breuder to fund his "golden parachute."

There are 371,252 households in School District 502. School District 502 is comprised entirely of the "Community" College of DuPage.  We each "donated" $2.05 to Breuder's exit fund.

A sarcastic thanks to those board members who spent my money for no tangible purpose and did so prior to the election for the sole purpose of circumventing the will of the electorate and the community. Those people are:

Erin Blair of Wheaton, who is Board Chair
Joseph C. Wozniak of Naperville
Allison O'Donnell of Winfield
Dianne McGuire of Naperville
Kim Savage of Darien
Nancy Svoboda of Downers Grove

A sarcastic "well done" to each of you for pushing through Breuder's "golden parachute" prior to the election. You proved where your allegiance was and it certainly wasn't to higher public education via a "community" college and the taxpayers and residents of DuPage county and those others in the district.


To Omar Escamilla, who was Student Trustee during the recent machinations, I offer my sympathy. However, I am sure you learned some things about dysfunctional boards, CEOs from hell,  and a lack of fiduciary responsibility during your tenure. I hope you put your education to good use. I and the other 371,251 households supporting the College of DuPage have paid a very high price for your education.  Those hundreds of millions of dollars of bonds we allowed the college to borrow for your education, to build a "fine dining" restaurant to compete with local establishments and a hotel? We'll be paying for those for decades. After all, they were a loan and must be repaid.

$232 Million Isn’t Enough at College of DuPage - "It's a spending and taxing machine"

The Following video was published on June 30, 2014

"Adam Andrzejewski lays out the College of DuPage Pay-To-Play With Governor Quinn- election votes for $20 million Construction Grant? The public comment at a board of trustees meeting is based in full on an email from President Robert Breuder to trustees detailing a political strategy to concoct a scheme to secure funding for an un-needed project."

The following is dated June 24, 2014 by the group "For the Good of Illinois" This post has highlights of an article over at that website and a brief video of an excerpt from a COD Board of Trustees meeting dated May 22, 2014.. The full article is on the forthegoodofillinois.org website here:

Clicking will open a  New Window> COD is a taxing and spending machine

The next video: "FREEZE PROPERTY TAXES, FREEZE STUDENT TUITION 

College of DuPage (COD) is a community college in Northern Illinois. It’s a spending and taxing machine… QUESTION: “Whose home is worth more today than in 2008- at the height of the DuPage County real estate market?” ANSWER [from the audience] : NONE.

FACT: Since 2008, College of DuPage hiked property taxes by 59% while home values declined. QUESTION: ”Who believes that a community college president- anywhere in Illinois- should cost taxpayers $500,000 per year?” ANSWER [from the audience]: NONE 

FACT: COD President Robert Breuder costs us nearly $500,000 yearly."

http://forthegoodofillinois.org/blog/2014/06/232-million-isnt-enough-at-college-of-dupage/

Video - Freeze Property Taxes, Freeze Student Tuition
Adam Andrzejewski, founder and Chairman of For The Good of Illinois gives public comment at College of DuPage budget meeting [on May 22, 2014].. Spending $160 million dollars leaves $72 million in the bank. That's enough to rebate a full year of property taxes or free student tuition. Andrzejewski only calls on the board to stop the hikes in taxes and tuition!