McHenry County State’s Attorney Holds Turnberry Fund Raiser

I got to McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s fund raiser at the Turnberry Country Club after the speeches. The parking lot was full.

While talking to McHenry County Board member Ed Dvorak on the front steps of the club house, McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren walked by. I wasn’t quick enough with my camera, as you can see.

When I entered the room, Bianchi was chatting with Doninic Buttitta. It was a good new, bad news story, the younger man told me when I asked his name. He spelled his father’s name and then told me the good news was that he was a “junior.” Being a “junior,” I understood perfectly.

I was mainly interested in getting photos of assistant state’s attorneys so I put faces on what those individuals do on specific cases and duties, but I did catch a few political types.

State Rep. Mike Tryon, who serves as McHenry County Republican County Chairman, arrived from Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair after I got there. I caught him with Republican Precinct Committeeman Eileen Marhoefer.

Tryon said he had more fun defending the rights of the more populated counties at a Republican County Chairman’s Association meeting. Chairman of the smaller counties wanted to do something that would seem to give their point of view more importance than Tryon thought it deserved and won the dispute.

“It was more fun than anything else I’ve done as county chairman,” he said.

The funniest thing I saw was Bianchi’s grandson bedecked in name tags.

Then, it was off to the Crystal Lake Park Board, which held an animated discussion of the Crystal Lake City Council’s rejection of its request to re-zone Viking Dodge for use as a community center.

The board adjourned without reporting to those gathered what the discussion consisted of.


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