Crystal Lake City Councilman Cameron Hubbard has scheduled a $40 fundraiser at the Crystal Lake Country Club from 4:30-7:30 for his campaign for McHenry County Board for Thursday, November 12th. The details are below: On the letterhead of the fundraiser … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley had the following reaction to the Illinois Supreme Court decision My reaction is that while this is a victory for property rights and due process of the law, there is little cause to celebrate because … Continue reading
A press release from the City of Crystal Lake in the wake of the Illinois Supreme Court’s upholding of the Home Rule city’s authority to exercise zoning and water run-off ordinances over High School District 155: Property rights victory at … Continue reading
Moving to zip code 60156, there are five Political Action Committees. Remember, please, that this series is only looking at campaign finance for the first three months of the year. Reports for the second three months are due before by July … Continue reading
When four-term Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley found out that he had the man that he banished from the ballot for not having numbered his four-pages of petition signatures– CPA Sasha Chadwick, was going to run a write-in campaign, he … Continue reading
In his write-in campaign for Crystal Lake Mayor, CPA Sascha Chadwick received 997 votes. Four-term incumbent Mayor Aaron Shepley got 2,428. Four years ago, with no opponent, he received 1,449 votes. … Continue reading
It doesn’t take a lot of predictive ability to conclude that write-in candidate Sascha Chadwick was unable to topple 16-year incumbent Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley. Shepley’s entire campaign consisted of signs. Plus a sticker on the front page of … Continue reading
Lot’s of political articles over the Easter Weekend: McHenry Aldermanic Candidate Scott Curry’s Literature Matthew Hardt MCC Campaign Piece FRG College Student Janna Wing Works Precinct on Spring Break Lakewood Trustee Campaign Moves to the Internet Two Billboards for WL … Continue reading
The largest circulation edition of the Northwest Herald is Sunday’s. Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley paid to have a sticker placed on the top of its front page today. Shepley has no opponent on the ballot, but the man he … Continue reading
I have told both Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley and his write-in opponent Sascha Chadwick that I would be willing to pass out their literature in the Crystal Lake portion of my Algonquin 7 precinct. Thus far, only Chadwick has … Continue reading
Judge Michael Caldwell has issued a preliminary ruling that the City of Crystal Lake did not legally pass its tax levy in 2013 (for taxes that were paid in 2014). At issue was whether having only three of the seven … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley held a fundraiser last Thursday at the Crystal Lake Country Club even though he has over $9,000 in the bank and no one on the ballot running against him. He does, however, have a write-in … Continue reading
A number of local business have filed suit against the City of Crystal Lake claiming that its Council didn’t have enough people voting in favor of the ordinance it passed in December of 2013. The plaintiffs cite a state law … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley, first elected in 1999, is the only one on the ballot and he had $9,035.60 in his campaign bank account as of the beginning of the year. He does have a write-in opponent, however. After … Continue reading
A press release from Sascha Chadwick: Sascha Chadwick Running Write-In Campaign for Crystal Lake Mayor CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Sascha Chadwick, CPA, CMCA, has filed as a write-in candidate for the City of Crystal Lake’s mayoral election. The filing was … Continue reading
Impossible to know why the Northwest Herald is making it possible for Shasha Chadwick to launch a high profile write-in campaign for Mayor of Crystal Lake. It can’t be his and his council’s hiking the city’s sales tax rate by … Continue reading
During a recess in the Crystal Lake Municipal Officers Electoral Board hearing prompted by Mayor Aaron Shepley complaint about opponent Sascha Chadwick’s petition adequacy, I had a chance to ask the challenger why he was running. Here’s Chadwick’s answer: We … Continue reading
There won’t be a ballot contest for the offices of Mayor and City Council in Crystal Lake. The only people on the ballot will be the incumbents running for re-election. The first Electoral Board decided to knock Mayor Aaron Shepley’s … Continue reading
Crystal Lake City Clerk Nick Kachiroubas reports the following filed for re-election in Crystal Lake: Mayor: Aaron T. Shepley Council: Ellen M. Brady Mueller Cathy A. Ferguson Brett Hopkins All four are incumbents. Potential opponents have until next Monday to … Continue reading
Because the City of Crystal Lake has a primary election if too many people file, it has a petition filing date earlier than village, park district, library district, fire protection district, schools and other governmental bodies. Crystal Lake City Clerk … Continue reading
