For Will County:

October 22, 2004
In other races:

Circuit Court clerk: Incumbent Pamela McGuire has improved the operation of an office once embroiled in problems, and she is endorsed over GOP challenger Cathleen Wiegmann-Doran.

Our endorsements in countywide races

Sunday, October 17, 2004

Today the Southtown publishes its endorsements in the Nov. 2 countywide races in Will County and Cook County.

WILL COUNTY

In the election for Clerk of the Will County Circuit Court, we endorse incumbent Pamela McGuire, a Democrat, who is seeking her third term heading the county court system's record-keeping department. She has performed effectively in the post, reducing the lag time in distributing court revenues to county offices, distributing child support funds more quickly and integrating the functions of five separate computer systems in her office. She's made the office easier to use for the public and for attorneys, both in person and on-line.

McGuire is challenged by Republican Cathleen Wiegmann-Doran, a first-time candidate who says she could offer a fresh perspective on the office but has no criticism of McGuire's performance. We recommend McGuire.

Sunday, October 17, 2004

Will County voters are confronted with several difficult choices as they fill administrative offices on Nov. 2. That is especially true in the contests for county executive and state's attorney, the two most visible and politically volatile in the fastest-growing county in Illinois.

Democrat Pam McGuire for clerk of the Circuit Court, who is running for a third term. The incumbent has brought many automated improvements to the office, has worked hard to return unclaimed child support, tightened a number of office systems. Republican challenger Cathleen Weigmann Doran is an attractive candidate with a wealth of community service, but without a lot of preparation for this post.