A friend of McHenry County Blog received the piece you see from the RGA, the Republican Governors Association, which apparently doesn’t want its identify known. It hasn’t arrived in my mailbox yet, but I expect it will. It is a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Bill Brady
It was 91% before the Chicago Tribune poll was put in the mix. Now Nate Silver sets the odds for victory for Republican Bill Brady at 79%. (Polls are listed on the New York Times web site at the link … Continue reading
Here’s the message from the campaign: Saturday, our next Governor Bill Brady will be at the Broken Oar Marina Bar & Grill (614 Rawson Bridge Road, Port Barrington, 60010) starting around 11:30AM. He will be getting escorted to the event … Continue reading
What you see is the side of the agenda for the McHenry County Concealed Carry rally held Thursday night at the Operating Engineers Lakemoor Banquet Hall. I see four candidates for Congress were present or representated. From the 16th District, … Continue reading
State Senator Pam Althoff and State Representative Mike Tryon held a Town Hall meeting at the Crystal Lake City Hall Tuesday night. Yesterday McHenry County Blog ran Part 1. Tryon advocated a radical overhaul of Medicaid, pointing out to qualify … Continue reading
Yard signs don’t vote, but the people inside homes with them on the front yard might. Last night I received a four question robo-call from GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady. The Republican candidate for Governor said he was seeking sign … Continue reading
While newspaper editors urge candidates to discuss the issues, Governor Quinn has resorted to making what car Bill Brady drives a focus of a T.V. ad. It symbolizes political desperation. It also shows how little influence editors have on Dems … Continue reading
Thanks to Capitol Fax Blog for pointing me to these statistics estimating the odds of Bill Brady’s winning the gubernatorial election. Click to enlarge the image. Think it might suck some air out of Pat Quinn’s fund raising efforts? … Continue reading
Well, glory be. The Chicago Tribune has decided to include third party and independent candidates in its political poll. Rick Pearson, power party acolyte called “reporter” by the Tribune, wouldn’t even mention my name when I ran as the Libertarian … Continue reading
Two years ago, it was at the old Pauly Toyota place near the entrance to Vulcan Lakes. This year it will be the old Century 21 next to the Pontiac dealership. No activity Saturday between noon and one. Four signs … Continue reading
Rep. Jack Franks supported and endorsed Governor Quinn’s primary opponent Comptroller Dan Hynes. Quinn wasn’t enough of the organization Democrat he goes fishing with in Canada, I guess. Too unpredictable. So, it shouldn’t be a big surprise that Franks is … Continue reading
When we left my Family PAC cruise experience yesterday, I hadn’t even gotten on the boat. I saw Cook County Commissioner Liz Gorman talking to someone on the pier. Sandy Rios isn’t a politician, but since she is well-known and … Continue reading
In this email comment to one of my articles, District 4 Democratic Party Board member Jeff Thirtyacre demonstrates the problem that Pat Quinn has winning the election this year: Jeff Thirtyacre says: 08/18/2010 at 5:43 am (Edit) Between Quinn and … Continue reading
Yesterday, I started telling you about my annual Family PAC cruise. I ended that installment before we boarded the boat. Before walking up the gangplank, I got a couple more politicians’ photos. Next was Randy Hultgren. I met Rich Morthland … Continue reading
Today, the Illinois Republican Party is holding its day at the State Fair. Busloads are people are heading that way as I write this article. When I went, it was called Governor’s Day. That was back in Jim Thompson’s time. … Continue reading
As soon as it was revealed that Governor Pat Quinn had let criminals out on the street, I thought of the revolving door television ad that ran when Michael Dukakis ran against the first George Bush. The issue was sure … Continue reading
An email from the Illinois Libertarian Party appears below: Illinois Libertarian Party Statewide Slate Survives Challenge, Seems to Have 33,545 Valid Signatures The Libertarian Party statewide slate of candidates in Illinois submitted approximately 45,000 signatures at the end of June, … Continue reading
State Senator Brady accepted the gubernatorial endorsement from of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce in Chicago today. The organization has 3,500 members. … Continue reading
The following memo from Bryan Javor outlines what those supporting State Senator Bill Brady for Governor are doing and/or planning to do: A few weeks ago the very first Brady for McHenry County meeting was held. Approximately sixty people attended … Continue reading
Why not? I saw one from another state on our vacation in June, but the photo didn’t turn out. July 5th, Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill to allow “Share the Road” license plates. A minimum of 1,000 would have … Continue reading