They may be on the ballot as independents, but three candidates are certainly running as a slate.

This “Barrington Hills Bulletin” makes that pretty clear.

You can tell that from this post card that has been shared with McHenry County Blog.

I’m a bit amused at the complaint that their opponents are spending big money.

The post card you see was sent First Class mail.

With the election in April, most campaigns would use Third Class mail to send a post card in order to save money.

No one would suggest that both sides will not have enough money to campaign anyway it wants to.

Mailing to Barrington Hills from the Save5Acres slate. Click to enlarge.

Let me enlarge the two sides you have a better chance at reading it.

Here’s the left side:

And the right side:

The names “Patty, Karen and Joe” are mentioned as the candidates this mailing supports.

Patti Meroni, Karen Selman and Joe Messer, one would presume.