My Milwaukee niece is developing political ears. Sunday on the way to Union to show her son Thomas the Tank Engine and Mr. Topham Hatt, she hear on Wisconsin radio a discussion of our big-haired ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich’s selling his … Continue reading
Category Archives: Allan Showalter
Tucked away in the McHenry County College agenda for April 23rd’s meetings is this little factoid: Donna Magnani, Executive Director, Friends of MCC Foundation, has been on leave since March 13, 2009. Todd MacDonald, Assistant Vice President of Finance, has … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter rightly thought I might have missed this story on McSweeney’s. 24. I’m like a cat. A powerful, hungry cat. But I’m also a great man. A man who helps people. A … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter rightly thought I might have missed this story on McSweeney’s. 24. I’m like a cat. A powerful, hungry cat. But I’m also a great man. A man who helps people. A … Continue reading
Heck of a Guy Blogster Allan Showalter has come up with a list of Illinois-written songs appropriate for ill-starred Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Here are the first ten: “Kind of a Drag,” Buckinghams “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)” R. … Continue reading
Heck of a Guy Blogster Allan Showalter has come up with a list of Illinois-written songs appropriate for ill-starred Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Here are the first ten: “Kind of a Drag,” Buckinghams “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)” R. … Continue reading
$3,896.39, according to the latest campaign disclosure report filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections. The only contribution the the McHenry County Young Republicans during the last six months was from the Algonquin Township Republican Central Committee. The group … Continue reading
$3,896.39, according to the latest campaign disclosure report filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections. The only contribution the the McHenry County Young Republicans during the last six months was from the Algonquin Township Republican Central Committee. The group … Continue reading
That Heck of a Guy Crystal Lake blogger Allan Showalter surely has sharp eyes. So much negative advertising. I still can’t figure out how he can find these signs in McHenry County and I can’t. Now, he has found one … Continue reading
That Heck of a Guy Crystal Lake blogger Allan Showalter surely has sharp eyes. So much negative advertising. I still can’t figure out how he can find these signs in McHenry County and I can’t. Now, he has found one … Continue reading
Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter has found more than one sign in opposition to electing Dick Tracy for McHenry County Seal. Let him put it in his own words: “Still other signs play on the viewer’s sympathies, nostalgia, … Continue reading
Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter has found more than one sign in opposition to electing Dick Tracy for McHenry County Seal. Let him put it in his own words: “Still other signs play on the viewer’s sympathies, nostalgia, … Continue reading
The ever observant Allan Showalter of Heck of a Guy blog has spotted opposition to his campaign for Dick Tracy for McHenry County Seal. I wonder if this Mud Flap Girl sign was in Burton’s Bridge, where guys brought guys … Continue reading
The ever observant Allan Showalter of Heck of a Guy blog has spotted opposition to his campaign for Dick Tracy for McHenry County Seal. I wonder if this Mud Flap Girl sign was in Burton’s Bridge, where guys brought guys … Continue reading
The campaign by Alan Showalter of Heck of a Guy blog continues. The Crystal Laker got these marchers together to support his (our) campaign. Showalter says the march was “mostly peaceable.” … Continue reading
The campaign by Alan Showalter of Heck of a Guy blog continues. The Crystal Laker got these marchers together to support his (our) campaign. Showalter says the march was “mostly peaceable.” … Continue reading
That’s what Heck of a Guy blogger, Crystal Lake resident Allan Showalter says. Not in so many words. He writes, “Dick Tracy doesn’t just throw his hat in the ring – “He wears it there.” The ring, of course, is … Continue reading
That’s what Heck of a Guy blogger, Crystal Lake resident Allan Showalter says. Not in so many words. He writes, “Dick Tracy doesn’t just throw his hat in the ring – “He wears it there.” The ring, of course, is … Continue reading
The day after Barack Obama used the phrase “Lipstick on a Pig,” three liberal writers for the Chicago Sun-Times covered the subject. Two jumped to his defense. I can’t remember the time when columnist Mark Brown and columnist Neil Steinberg … Continue reading
The day after Barack Obama used the phrase “Lipstick on a Pig,” three liberal writers for the Chicago Sun-Times covered the subject. Two jumped to his defense. I can’t remember the time when columnist Mark Brown and columnist Neil Steinberg … Continue reading