Newly-appointed State Senator Don DeWitte is holding a fundraiser hosted by RTA Board member Blake Hobson at his business, Image Industries at 11, 220 E. Main Street in Huntley Thursday, October 4th. The cost is $100 apiece. Kirk Dillard, RTA … Continue reading
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What follows are the results from the only contested Republican Party Precinct Committeeman race in Grafton Township: Grafton 6 Blake Hobson – 150 John Otlewis – 119 Hobson is the county’s representative on the Regional Transportation Authority. … Continue reading
Here’s another post card from Carolyn Schofield’s campaign. She says she is “supported by business leaders because she’ll grow jobs.” RTA Board member Blake Hobson, a manufacturer, praises her. On the back, Schofield points to her newspaper endorsement from the … Continue reading
More of the Crystal Lake Independence Day Parade. The Republican Party float followed the Walsh Freedom walkers. Many of those on and around it were also followers of Walsh. Tailing the Republicans was McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller. The … Continue reading
State Rep. Mike Tryon has retired as Chairman of the McHenry County Republican Central Committee, but from the attendance at his Huntley Fish Boil. you couldn’t tell it. Tryon’s district stretches down the Randall Road corridor to St. Charles now. … Continue reading
The establishment Mix and March on the Woodstock Square was the place where McHenry County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill held her fundraiser Thursday night. I was at the Oakwood Hills power plant zoning hearing while Hill’s fundraiser was taking place, … Continue reading
Here’s the press release from WIND: Former Congressman Joe Walsh Elevated to Afternoon Drive on Chicago’s AM 560 The Answer July 2, 2013 – Chicago, IL – AM 560 The Answer (WIND/Chicago) announced today that beginning July 3 former Illinois … Continue reading
For the second Thursday night in a row, Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria was the site of a Republican event. More sales tax revenue for my revenue-starved Village of Lakewood was one of my thoughts. Last week, it was for State Senate … Continue reading
This is the second part of the Mike Tryon Fish Boil story. Part 1 is here. Mike Tryon gave a short talk at his third Huntley Fish Boil. Then, he introduced the elected officials. After he was finished with the … Continue reading
Taxpayers complained about the golf course tax throughout the 1990’s. It was the approximately $500 a year property tax that I and other village residents paid that sensitized me to non-referendum bonds. At a village board meeting I was told … Continue reading
Besides the transfer of fire protection from the privatized service provided by American Emergency Service Corporation to the Woodstock Fire Protection District, the other issue I found interesting was that the village golf course is in financial trouble. The result … Continue reading
When the Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority was meeting somewhere near I-80 was meeting to approve the bonds for the McHenry County SportsPlex in Lakewood, it didn’t seem like it was worth the time to drive down to see … Continue reading
Yesterday, we saw the first part of Lakewood Village Trustee Ken Sankowski’s report on the November 9th village board meeting. He covered the tax levy and the dam in Turnberry. In today’s installment, he covers the SportsPlex and stimulus bonds. … Continue reading
Yesterday was one of the biggest fundraisers for the McHenry County Republican Central Committee. My guess is that parking along the road during previous golf outings has led to the “No Parking” signs there now. Time was that late comers … Continue reading
The Lakewood Village Board used to have a 4-3 balance. Village President Erin Smith headed the ruling coalition. The minority consisted of Dorothy and John Pfeuffer (elected in separate years) and Ken Santowski. They lost every contested vote I observed, … Continue reading
The summer letter from Lakewood Village President Erin Smith has arrived and I share it at the bottom of this article. Missing from this second newsletter since the possibility of a SportsPlex near the intersection of Routes 47 and 176 … Continue reading
At last year’s Little Miss Peanut Pageant in the basement of the Home State Bank building near Route 14, I took lots of photos, but my computer crashed and I never got around to writing an article. Not so this … Continue reading
After an Executive Session, Village President Erin Smith appointed former Village President Julie Richardson and Blake Hobson, former Nunda Township Trustee and McHenry County Board member, appointed Ways and Means Vice Chairman of the McHenry County Republican and a member … Continue reading
Last Monday I showed you head hair growth on Crystal Lake Kiwanis member Mike Splitt. He put together the St. Baldrick’s fund raising effort for children’s cancer research. Today, take at look at Blake Hobson, who raised $1,310, second only … Continue reading