Obviously, there is no way that I can keep up with campaigns and other political events through out McHenry County.
What you will read below came from a Friend of McHenry County Blog.
Not living in McHenry County Board District 1, I would not have received the mailing you’ll see from Anna May Miller.
That’s why I ask candidates to send press releases, campaign handout, mailings, etc., that are pretty much guaranteed not to see the light of day anywhere else on the internet.
However, the savvy candidate knows that when someone Googles his or her name, press releases posted here will show up.
You would not believe the traffic McHenry County Blog gets as elections draw nearer.
(That, by the way, is why ad prices go up in the last month before an election. Instead of $50 a month for the ads on the side of the page, the price doubles. And banner ads, instead of costing $10 each, increase to $20 per insertion.)
By posting the press releases I am trying to recreate what newspapers did when I first ran for office in 1966.
Then, there was so much advertising that papers were searching for copy.
No more.
Candidates within the last decade could expect three mentions in the Northwest Herald:
- Upon announcing
- In response to a questionnaire
- In a pre-election summary of who was running against whom
Now, a candidate is lucky to get two mentions–the pre-election piece and in a questionnaire, assuming that one is not running for a non-partisan office, when there are just too many candidates and two few NWH reporters to provide significant coverage.
Announcements have pretty much disappeared from the Herald’s pages…unless it is a really important office like State’s Attorney.
So, if a candidate wants to get his or her message out, how does one do it on the internet?
The candidate’s web site is one way.
And McHenry County Blog is another way.
So, a re-invitation to candidates to send press releases.
I’ll do my best to get them up, but toward the end of the election season that may become impossible.
What follows is a letter County Board member Anna May Miller sent to candidates for Republican Precinct Committeeman:
Should she be using the county shield???
McHenry County needs an ordinance prohibiting candidates for office from using the County’s official seal.
It’s ridiculous that she’s free to use the seal in a campaign letter, giving her sales pitch the impression that it’s an official government communication.
“Certainly one of the most important jobs of any public official includes using your tax dollars wisely.”
That’s why she works at Algonquin Township for her husband with her two sons in law.
I can’t believe that someone whose family sucks hundreds of thousands of dollars of salary and benefits from the taxpayers could say that with a straight face.
“Certainly one of the most important jobs of any public official includes using your tax dollars wisely.”
That’s why she works at Algonquin Township for her husband with her two sons in law.
I can’t believe that someone whose family sucks hundreds of thousands of dollars of salary and benefits from the taxpayers could say that with a straight face.
Where is the statement: “Paid for by________________________”?
Those of you not happy with the nepotism at the Township, put your shoes on, pound on doors and campaign for Wilbeck and Barnes.
It is that simple!!
Maybe it wasn’t paid for by her campaign.
Could have been paid for by taxpayer dollars.
VOTING FOR WILBECK!
The letter is unreadable to me but I can’t imagine there being anything of truth or value in the contents.
No, she should not use the county seal because it coveys the sense of a sanctioned communication, but then when did dishonesty ever stop the millers ?
I can’t vote for them, but here’s to Barnes and Wilbeck’s success come Election Day!!!!
Quoting Cal,
Someone said that when Cal ran, the reason for the increase in prices was that papyrus was hard to manufacture and they had difficulty making change for beads and wampum.
Her letter is nice actually.
I find it a bit odd though that she voted against transparency.
It rubs me the wrong way coming from a politician pledging to spend tax money respectfully.
It’s hypocritical in a way.
Also whom did she send this to?
She’s repping my district and I haven’t received anything.
Voters of District 1 – Make a vote for better and more transparent government, support Barnes & Wilbeck.
Bob & Anna May Miller are, and have been, in business for themselves and their children, son-in-laws, friends, and contributors.
Only the voters can remedy the situation.
@K
Read the second paragraph.
She wrote this to precinct committeemen and aspiring precinct committeemen.
Nice Seal.
That long ribbon like paper in the eagles beak, is a property tax bill right?
Granny May Miller should hang it up, but she won’t.
She and her husband (and kids, inlaws) have all gotten rich of you Algonquin. Township!!!!
I took a trip into the city with a couple of Republican’s who keep voting for these ethically challenged politicians known as the Redneck Royalty of Algonquin Township because they claimed they liked the few special favors they get.
But at WHAT COST!?
I had just met these people and lost respect for them within the first 1/2 hr. of meeting them.
How can people be so stupid?
Can her ass, and pants/spank/and boot her husband out too.
This county has been soaked long enough!
@I read it
I read it too.
Just not understanding why she’s campaigning to committeemen
Some of them actually talk to their constituents.
“No officer or employee shall intentionally use any property or resources of the County of McHenry in connection with any prohibited political activity.” McHenry Co. Ethics Ord., Sec. 3.
Intentional violations of that section of the ethics ordinance carry a penalty of up to a year in jail and a $2500 fine.
I always imagined the Millers as hypershrewd politicians, who know exactly where the line is and get as close to it as possible.
Maybe they aren’t and are idiots like the rest of us.
It would be incredible if they get taken down by a stupid “vote for me” letter.
Who wants to get the ball rolling and file a complaint with the ethics commission?