Here is Andrew Gasser’s attorney Robert Hanlon’s answer to Bob Miller’s attorney Tom Gooch’s question as to why David Diamond, the Executive Director of the Illinois Railroad Museum and Riley Township Road Commissioner, should be deposed in the case: … Continue reading
Here is Andrew Gasser’s attorney Robert Hanlon’s answer to Bob Miller’s attorney Tom Gooch’s question as to why certain Algonquin Township Officials should be deposed in the case: Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik is similarly listed. “Karen Lukasik will likely … Continue reading
The Daily Herald ran an article Thursday about the litigation in Algonquin Township. Not much, if anything, new in the piece, but you can find it here, if you want to read it. … Continue reading
Republican Precinct Committee in Algonquin Township elected Algonquin’s Glen Swanson to replace Andrew Gasser as Party Chairman. Here are his comments: For the last couple of years I have been the Precinct 62 Committeeman. As Precinct Committeeman my focus has … Continue reading
In yesterday’s article by the Northwest Herald about the misdeeds of former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller, it was written that the reporter had seen boxes of documents marked.”FBI.” Subsequently, Illinois Leaks’ Kirk Allen, having been referred by McHenry … Continue reading
Take a look at this November 8, 2017, email from Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser’s attorney Robert Hanlon to former Algonquin Township Commissioner Bob Miller’s attorney Tom Gooch: Mr. Gooch: In an effort to be as direct as I … Continue reading
Here is Andrew Gasser’s attorney Robert Hanlon’s answer to Bob Miller’s attorney Tom Gooch’s question as to why Bob and Anna May Miller’s daughters should be deposed in the case: … Continue reading
Continuing in presenting the answers that Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser gave former Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller. Today pertains to Miller’s wife Anna May. … Continue reading
The jockeying between current Algonquin Township Road Commissioner and the man he barely beat, Bob Miller, continues. Here is one of Gasser’s answers to questions asked by Miller attorney Tom Gooch: … Continue reading
Citing a promise made during his campaign for Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser presented the Township Board with a levy for next year that is 5% less than what was taxed this year. He was asked if it was … Continue reading
In the article on his web site, Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser explains that he is cutting the Road District levy by 5%. Then he urges other tax districts to cut their levies: My Challenge to Every Taxing Body … Continue reading
$3,729,762.70 is the amount that Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser will ask be levied for the Road District next year. This year, $3,926,154.18–almost $200,000 more–was extracted from property owners in Algonquin Township. Gasser proposes cutting the budget proposed by … Continue reading
Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser has re-posted the bid for the Edwards Road Bridge replacement project. The project was halted when Township Clerk Karen Lukasik contested the legality of the process. The bid opening information is below: … Continue reading
The failing Edwards Road Bridge project spearheaded by Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser has been delayed. The Fox River Grove Fire Department will not allow its equipment to cross the bridge. At least one home has been lost on … Continue reading
An email arrived from Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser in reply to some criticism from Clerk Karen Lukasik. [I have emailed Lukasik for the content of her criticism, but have not received a reply.] Here is Gasser’s reaction: Edwards … Continue reading
One of the arguments that Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser is making in his fight against imposition of the 5-year labor agreement that his predecessor and man he beat in the GOP Primary Election, Bob Miller, is that it … Continue reading
Last week, Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser replied to the latest court filing by Local 150 of the Operating Engineers effort seeking to enforce the 5-year contract that Bob Miller, the man Gasser beat, signed just before going out … Continue reading
While I was at Oberlin College my favorite professor was Aaron Wildavsky. He is best known for having written “The Politics of the Budgetary Process.” But he wrote another book about community power. I can’t find its title, but it … Continue reading
The Algonquin Township meeting on Wednesday was pretty peaceful. No Operating Engineers Local 150 balloon rats. No room crowded with angry citizens. The biggest issue was whether a bill could be paid for $23,512 to attorney Robert Hanlon for Township … Continue reading
A press release from Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Andrew Gasser: Paint Re-Cycling Returns to Algonquin Township (Crystal Lake, IL) The Algonquin Township Highway Department will be holding a specialized paint recycling drive for the entire McHenry County on Saturday, October … Continue reading
