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$4,559.58 is how much McHenry County Board Chairman had in the bank at the beginning of July. Koehler is up for election in a three-way race with Donna Kurtz, the woman who bested him and the second incumbent Lyn Orphal, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Al Jourdan
Take a look at the headline in the Chicago Tribune about Sheriff Keith Nygren’s belated release of Al Jourdan’s 911 call about Phil Pagano’s possible suicide. Then, take a look at the emphasis in the Northwest Herald’s headline. Which do … Continue reading
Read the press release as it was sent: MAHON NOTES 911 TAPE SHOWS NYGREN STANCE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION Candidate for McHenry County Sheriff Mike Mahon Friday said that incumbent Sheriff Keith Nygren’s initial refusal to release the 911 tapes surrounding … Continue reading
Why Sheriff Keith Nygren refused to release the 911 call made by former McHenry County and State Republican Party Chairman Al Jourdan is beyond me. Now, almost most four months after Metra Exec Phil Pagano committed suicide by stepping in … Continue reading
What follows is what the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department provided when I filed a Freedom of Information Report for the report on Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano’s suicide. The farther down you got, the more interesting it gets. One suicide … Continue reading
When’s the last time that you heard of a government not seeking more power. Think municipalities annexing property. Think village trustees not being able to wait to have a population of 25,000 certified so it can be a Home Rule … Continue reading
There is a $125 fund raiser on June 29th at Rocks Bar & Grill, located across from1776. State Rep. Mike Tryon is sponsoring it. Co-Hosts are former Illinois and McHenry County Republican Party Chairman Al Jourdan and Engineer John Smith. … Continue reading
In his Sunday column, columnist John Kass talks about what happens to politicos “after the music stops and there’s no safe place to sit.” He is, of course, stimulated to write of it because of the Crystal Lake suicide of … Continue reading
Over 40 years ago I noticed a lot–hundreds of acres–of land changing hands west of Richmond. I was McHenry County Treasurer and my office changed the addresses on the Address-o-Graph plates. We got the deed transfers which had the new … Continue reading
Former McHenry County and Illinois Republican Central Committee Chairman and McHenry County Auditor Al Jourdan’s political action committee had little action during the last six months of 2008. Jourdan made a $100 campaign contribution and spent $140 elsewhere. Both contributions … Continue reading
Former McHenry County and Illinois Republican Central Committee Chairman and McHenry County Auditor Al Jourdan’s political action committee had little action during the last six months of 2008. Jourdan made a $100 campaign contribution and spent $140 elsewhere. Both contributions … Continue reading
As I mentioned in the first article I wrote on the subject, it would have come earlier had I not had a Cub Scout meeting to attend the night that Bill Cellini made his successful pitch to be the TIF … Continue reading
As I mentioned in the first article I wrote on the subject, it would have come earlier had I not had a Cub Scout meeting to attend the night that Bill Cellini made his successful pitch to be the TIF … Continue reading
I’ve been getting some interesting anonymous tips through the mail lately. One was about the politically active Operating Engineers Local 150 union. It advised me that the Feds were about to do something soon. Then, on Saturday, I saw this … Continue reading
I’ve been getting some interesting anonymous tips through the mail lately. One was about the politically active Operating Engineers Local 150 union. It advised me that the Feds were about to do something soon. Then, on Saturday, I saw this … Continue reading
Over a month ago I went to the Crystal Lake City Hall to file a Freedom of Information request. I decided to apply for my free train (not likely, I’ll ever take a Pace bus) ride card at the same … Continue reading
Over a month ago I went to the Crystal Lake City Hall to file a Freedom of Information request. I decided to apply for my free train (not likely, I’ll ever take a Pace bus) ride card at the same … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler has appointed former McHenry County Republican Central Committee Chairman Al Jourdan to the Regional Transportation Authority Board. Jourdan was GOP county chairman in 1974 when partisan political leaders fought the formation of the RTA. … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler has appointed former McHenry County Republican Central Committee Chairman Al Jourdan to the Regional Transportation Authority Board. Jourdan was GOP county chairman in 1974 when partisan political leaders fought the formation of the RTA. … Continue reading
Someone passed on a letter from early October from Brent Smith, whose letterhead said “McHenry County Republican Party Treasurer.” In it, Smith said that he had been appointed treasurer of the GOP Central Committee by “Chairman LeFew.” He said he … Continue reading