A Friend of McHenry County Blog listened to McHenry County Board member and Democratic Party State Rep. candidate Suzanne Ness’ Telephone Town Hall meeting.
Here are the notes:
County Board Member Suzanne Ness’s Digital Townhall
(Recorded April 16th)
What has board done?
-Passed ethics ordinance to include sexual harassment
-No nepotism part in ethics ordinance but they want to go back later and work on it
-Fees for cats. McHenry County will be compliant with statewide mandate to register cats
Do the census. Northern Illinois is doing better than the rest of the state.
COVID update
Board is set to vote on April 21st to waive property tax late fees
Underwood has been helping the county get CDBG funding [McHenry County was the only collar county not receiving earmarked money.]
County is sheltering 46 vulnerable people in hotels
McHenry county health department has info on COVID
See case number by zip code, updated daily
11,000 filed for unemployment in McHenry County
AJ Freund
1 year anniversary of his death on April 15th
Increased number of investigators and supervisors at local DCFS
More referrals to states’ attorney’s office
House was demolished
-Memorial being planned through park district
-Neighbors want single unit home built on old house property
State Senator Anna Moeller joined the conversation. She is on the DCFS Task Force.
DCFS is getting more funding now. They had 250 million cut since early 2000’s and a high turnover rate. Last year budget’s got 130 million more than year before. They’ve hired more hotline operators.
Moeller is working on a bill to allow DCFS to interview children in schools without approval of parents. She is working on a bill for tuition reimbursement for child welfare workers who stay in the trade for a while; some funds are available through federal government.
Alicia Wehby joined the call
stufftheduffel.com
The group gives to children
Lou Ness [Suzanne’s mohter] was on call
Lou and Anna discussed the conflict between keeping families intact vs child welfare
Pendulum has swung towards keeping families intact as a result of minority families being separated for low petty crimes
How you can help
Be a source of support
Volunteer (CASA, Big Brother/Sister, library)
Support local agencies
Write to representatives
Consider becoming a foster family
Post-COVID issues
-Shoring up social services
-Public health guidelines being followed until vaccine
-Maintain financial health (budget process has started)
-Regional participation
-Coroner position and Regional Office of Education
-Senior services
Goals for 2020
-Robust communication infrastructure
-More civic engagement
-Amending ethics ordinance
-Public health 3.0
-Regional participation
-Connection to state
-General election 2020
Sad part is that the dems are going to sweep our county for all of the major votes.
We need to put our self destructing Republican and tea party players out to pasture if we hope to have a grasp on this county in the future.
The old ways of business are over and we’re single handily being defeated by ourselves.
Change my mind…
It’s amazing that innumerate idiots, will still vote for someone whose main ideology, is lighting a giant tire fire of your money
Crooked elections bring crooked, improbable results.
Why doesn’t Tirio get off his butt and have the voting software forensically evaluated before were screwed with the ‘absentee vote harvesters.’?
All the roaring sunshine republikkklans on this sunshine blog honored AJ Freund on April 15 by…cheering our six-times-bankrupt, sexual-assaulter-in-chief tronald dump and his incompetency preventing the massive spread of Covid-19 all across our great United States. It is no coincidence our second amendment cat is featured in this post. We know these republikkklans too well…tic, tock, tic, tock, tic, tock, hug a blogger, tic, tock, tic, tock, meeeeeeoooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww…
Go join the Democrats Bullock because that is what you seem to stand for!
If you are a Republican than get out support them and help the Republican Party!
If you just want to whine then stay at home, shut your mouth and watch The View!
@again- it’s people like you who are the problem and not the solution.
You too need to be sent out to pasture because the future of the Republican Party doesn’t want you.
Nunda Township is run by RINOs.
As is Algonquin Township GOP.
McHenry Township GOP is run by a lazy jerk who showers 3x a year and who needs his butt wiped by a machine.
These developments make me understand Bullocks’ position.
And he or she is right!
again mentions the View. A tv talk program hosted by three left wing dumb people plus Megan for an equally dumb or dumber audience.
@Bullock tells us in your infinite wisdom what do you stand for?
You’re probably in the camp of Schofield!
Do you even support Trump?
Do you support Skillikorn, Ives or Oberweiss?
If you’re the savior of the Republican Party step forward!
@fathertime Just like bullock you both say Rinos and teaparty are destroying the party.
You covered the both ends of the Republicans so who is left?
You need to look at the leadership at the County Board!
Name any of the 19 Republicans that have done anything to push back on Franks!?
A handful!
The majority bow down to Franks and have let him have Executive Powers!
The future is the people that are willing to stand up to people like Franks!
If Buehler defeats Franks those same Republicans would be more willing to stand up against him than Franks!
That’s why those Republicans need to be voted out or step down in 2022!
Why not are you retarded?
Nothing wrong with tea party folk.
Just RINO eggheads like you!
Tea Party folks ARE NOT Republicans.
They’re a different sect of conservatism.
Change my mind…
Bullocks, the GOP in IL is DEAD!
We can talk about political theory until the harvest moon comes but this is still a Republican leaning county.
You haven’t passed the point of no return yet. For the most part, Republicans still win.
When they do lose, it’s mostly because they couldn’t do the basics right.
If you want an example of what to do, observe Ness.
She raises money, she networks all the time (not just when it’s election year), she doesn’t waste her time and political capital fighting with people in her own party, and she communicates with her constituents as opposed to running away from them like Peter Roskam used to do.
She isn’t a genius, she just does the basics right.
Republicans also nominate some seriously flawed candidates.
Do you expect Oberweis to win?
Reick?
You might as well hand those seats over to the Dems on a golden platter!