Another Memorable Parade

If someone who was unfamiliar with DuPage County's political landscape happened to follow Operation: Turn DuPage Blue as its members marched in Elmhurst's Memorial Day Parade, chances are they would assume that the Democrats were in power locally, or at least a few of them were in office. For as was the case in Elmhurst's St. Patrick's Day Parade, OTDB was met with plenty of rousing cheers, very little negativity and handed out everything it brought -- in this case, approximately 500 business cards. And aside from marching bands, OTDB seemed to have one of the larger contingents in the parade, with far more marchers than accompanied U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam. In a humorous twist, and hopefully a foreshadow of things to come, leading into the parade's main drag, OTDB's 60+ marchers were positioned directly behind a car containing Dennis Rebolletti, the Republican who had barely beat out Joe Vosicky for an Illinois state house seat in Elmhurst's district. Clearly uncomfortable at being dwarfed by the OTDB contingent, Rebolletti -- accompanied only by a driver -- frequently looked behind him with dismay until, thankfully for him, other groups provided a buffer as the parade moved down York St. Watch out Dennis, objects in your rear view mirror may be closer than they appear.