That’s what Northwest Herald Editor Dan McCaleb write. But the topic of Cathleen Klocek’s letter does not seem to have been covered by McHenry County’s paper of record.
Neither was the Patriots United Candidates’ Forum that Friday night a couple of weeks ago.
You can read about it below; click on the headline. No charge, as it would be had a reporter been assigned the story by the NW Herald.
Here’s the letter the Herald wouldn’t publish.
On January 16th many of our McHenry County Board candidates attended a forum at MCC sponsored by Patriots United which was very informative. I encourage all voters to go to www.patriotsunited.com to view additional questions and answers pertinent to this all-important race. All of the candidates had an opportunity to submit their answers and those who responded will have their answers posted. Please avail yourself of this opportunity to become educated on the candidates and the issues which affect us most closely.
I would also like to encourage you to take a few minutes to peruse the Patriots United website and become familiar with this wonderful non-partisan organization which has grown to over two thousand members in a few short months!
Submitted by:
Cathleen B. Klocek
It would certainly seem that a data base of how a number of candidate’s stand on any number of issues would be important enough to share with the public.
Maybe, since the NW Herald has its own answers to questions online that it doesn’t want competition. I hope not.
Anyway, here’s the entry page to the questionnaires for both Patriots United and the conflict of interest forms submitted to the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water:
McHenry County Board Candidates’ Voter Information Guide
Patriots United has compiled the information asked of the Candidates running for the McHenry County Board. We are happy to provide this follow up after our hosting of the Candidats’ Debate.
All candidates from the 3 parties were invited to participate. As a follow up we sent a candidates’ questionnaire so we could delve into more specific questions regarding issues close to home.
Regarding transparency, candidates were also able to voluntarily submit a more in depth disclosure form which would reveal any potential personal or family conflicts of interest.
We have PDF links to the materials submitted by the candidate’s name.
Based on the above criteria we have grouped the candidates by their districts and submit the following key to the responses, party affiliation and status of candidate (incumbent, challenger):
Party = R, D, G – Republican, Democrat, Green
Status of Candidate = I, C, – Incumbent, Challenger
P = Participated / DNP = Did Not Participate / DNP+ NVR = Did Not Participate + No Voting Record
| District | Party | Status | Candidate | Debate | Questionnaire | Disclosure |
| #1 | R | I | Yvonne Barnes | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| #1 | R | I | Anna May Miller | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| #1 | R | C | Robert Nowak | P | DNP | DNP |
| #2 | R | I | Lyn Orphal | P | Orphal_Quest.pdf | Disc._Orphal.pdf |
| #2 | R | I | Ken Koehler | RSVP.pdf | DNP | DNP |
| #2 | R | C | Donna Kurtz | P | DNP | Disc._Kurtz.pdf |
| #2 | R | C | Ellen Brady Mueller | P | EBM_Quest.pdf | EBM_Disclose.pdf |
| #2 | R | C | Sandra DePaul | P | DePaul_Quest.pdf | Disc._DePaul.pdf |
| #3 | R | C | Karen Tynis | DNP | DNP + NVR | Disc_Tynis.pdf |
| #3 | R | C | Veronica Armstrong | P | DNP | Disc._Armstrong.pdf |
| #3 | R | C | Nick Provenzano | P | Provenz_Quest.pdf | Disc._Provenz.pdf |
| #3 | R | I | Barb Wheeler | P | Wheeler_Quest.pdf | Disc_Wheeler.pdf |
| #3 | R | C | Craig Steagall | P | Steagall_Quest.pdf | Disc._Steagall.pdf |
| #3 | D | C | Lori McConville | DNP | DNP + NVR | DNP |
| #4 | R | I | Sandra Fay Salgado | P | Salgado_Quest.pdf | Disc._Salgado.pdf |
| #4 | R | I | Peter Merkel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| #4 | D | C | Jeff Thirtyacre | P | Thirtyacre_Quest.pdf | Disc._Thirtyacre.pdf |
| #5 | R | I | Tina Hill | P | Hill_Quest.pdf | Disc._Hill.pdf |
| #5 | R | C | John Jung Jr. | P | DNP | Disc._Jung.pdf |
| #5 | R | C | Dr. Dave Frederick | P | DNP | DNP |
| #5 | D | I | James Kennedy | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| #5 | G | C | Frank Wedig | DNP | DNP | Disc._Wedig.pdf |
| #6 | R | C | Victor Narusis | P | Narusis_Quest.pdf | Disc_Narusis1.pdf |
| #6 | R | C | Richard Draper | P | Draper_Quest.pdf | Disc._Draper.pdf |
| #6 | R | C | Diane Evertsen | P | Evertsen_Quest.pdf | Disc_Evertsen.pdf |
| #6 | R | I | Daniel Ryan | P | Ryan_Quest.pdf | DNP |
| #6 | R | I | Mary McCann | P | DNP | Disc._McCann.pdf |
If the links don’t work go to Patriots United. Now, it is posted on the web site’s front page.