First there was District 5’s Republican Virginia Peschke filling out the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s conflict of interest form. Now her District 2 colleague Democrat Paula Yensen has done so, too. Neither had to do so anymore than … Continue reading
Category Archives: Alliance for Land Agriculture and Water
Endorsements from the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has endorsed folks for the McHenry County Board. Here is the group’s press release: The Alliance for Land Agriculture and Water (ALAW) is pleased to recommend the following candidates for McHenry County … Continue reading
Now there are two candidates for countywide office who have filed the conflict of interest forms prepared by the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water. The first was Zane Seipler, the Republican challenging McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren for his … Continue reading
Patriots United held its Town Hall Candidates’ Forum last night at McHenry County College. Panels of county board candidates introduced themselves and answered questions. All were asked if they had filled out the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s conflict … Continue reading
The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has received its first completed conflict of interest form from a county board member not up for election. Her name is Virginia Peschke and she represents District 5. In addition, another candidate for … Continue reading
There are 27 people running for the McHenry County Board. As of now, over half the candidates have filled out questionnaires aimed at identifying potential conflicts of interest–14 in all. Might this be an indicator that those wanting to serve … Continue reading
At the McHenry County Board’s Management Services Committee this morning, the members received a January 8th memo from the State’s Attorney’s Office on the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s proposal to require county officials to reveal Here’s what Assistant … Continue reading
So far thirteen candidates for the McHenry County Board have filed the conflict of interest forms that the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water have suggested be applied to all county officials. Yesterday, Zane Seipler, who is challenging three-term incumbent … Continue reading
With the submission of the ALAW conflict of interest form, the total now stands at eleven of those county board members who have opened up financial aspects of their personal lives. Republican Veronica Armstrong, who is running for a District … Continue reading
Maybe the times they are a changing. The following press release from ALAW, the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water tells of two new aspirants for the McHenry County Board having answered the questions on the income and asset disclosure … Continue reading
You read what the Woodstock Independent, the Northwest Herald and the Daily Herald want to know about and from candidates. Here’s what the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water are interested in learning about those running for the McHenry County … Continue reading
Want to know how comprehensive the ethics ordinance proposed by ALAW, the Alliance for Law, Agriculture and Water is? Read what candidates, appointed and elected officials and consultants would have to file with the McHenry County Clerk: Disclosure of Economic … Continue reading
Thursday, McHenry County Blog told of the conflict of interest and economic interest ordinance proposed by the reform group ALAW. Short for the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water, the group ALAWproposed wide-ranging conflict of interest notification for McHenry County’s … Continue reading
Looks like my raking leaves instead of attending the McHenry County Board meeting Tuesday resulted in not only missing the debate on whether or not to ban video slot machines (“video poker” to proponents of gambling expansion), but also a … Continue reading
This is the third installment of McHenry County Board candidates’ answers to the joint McHenry County Defenders and Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s county board answers to their questionnaire. The topic today is the goals of the candidates. Only … Continue reading
This is the third installment of McHenry County Board candidates’ answers to the joint McHenry County Defenders and Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s county board answers to their questionnaire. The topic today is the goals of the candidates. Only … Continue reading
McHenry County is not destined to get water from Lake Michigan, so what county board members do on water policy is an important issue. Some forces want to take water from the rural parts of the county (mainly District 6) … Continue reading
McHenry County is not destined to get water from Lake Michigan, so what county board members do on water policy is an important issue. Some forces want to take water from the rural parts of the county (mainly District 6) … Continue reading
Besides the Daily Herald, the Northwest Herald, the Chicago Tribune and the Woodstock Independent, the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has prepared a questionnaire for McHenry County Board candidates to answer. The questionnaire has a lot of thoughtful questions. … Continue reading
Besides the Daily Herald, the Northwest Herald, the Chicago Tribune and the Woodstock Independent, the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has prepared a questionnaire for McHenry County Board candidates to answer. The questionnaire has a lot of thoughtful questions. … Continue reading