There’s talk on the McHenry County Board to getting rid of the Addendum to the County’s Statement of Economic Interest. Here’s what I found in minutes of a Management Services Committee meeting: Discussion: Statement of Economic Interest/Addendum Form Ms. McClellan … Continue reading
It’s up and down for Wonder Lake’s Bob Anderson. He won his claim that the McHenry County Board violated the Open Meetings Act when it allowed Michele Aavang and Mary McCann to vote by telephone. Then he charged that County … Continue reading
The following letter is reprinted with permission of the author: The Nepotism and Patronage in Algonquin Township To the editor: Today a situation exists where one family controls almost every State and Federal Transportation dollar in McHenry County. Robert Miller … Continue reading
Wonder Lake Republican Precinct Committeeman Bob Anderson has filed two Ethics Complaints, one against McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller and the other against County Board member Anna May Miller Both Gottemoller and Miller are on the March 15th Republican … Continue reading
There were two questions asked of all candidates who participated (only Mary McCann did not) in the McHenry County League of Women Voters candidates’ forums for County Board: Pensions (and insurance the second time around) Homelessness I’ll deal with the … Continue reading
Tom Wilbeck ran unsuccessfully for the McHenry County Board in District 2 a couple of years ago. Then he ran a successful campaign for the McHenry County College Board, which comprises all of District 155. Since then he moved out … Continue reading
Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller and his wife, McHenry County Board member and Transportation Committee member Anna May Millers had their annual wine and cheese fundraiser Thursday night. As befits a regional power broker, many came to pay tribute. Highlighting … Continue reading
From the McHenry County Board tape of Tuesday’s meeting during the consideration of allowing the at-large elected Chairman to make all committee appointments: The following ensued after Mike Skala and Anna Mae Miller introduced an amendment to the proposed Board Rules … Continue reading
You’ll be hearing more about the contents of the following resolution, which passed the McHenry County Board on a 16-5 vote Thursday morning. Voting against the resolution were Tina Hill Mary McCann Anna May Miller Mike Skala Bob Nowak The … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Board member Marc Munaretto failed to get a contract to handle real estate deals with the County at Tuesday night’s meeting. This was the second time the resolution to approve him made it to the Board floor. … Continue reading
Algonquin Township is in the spotlight (scroll down in linked page) in a recent Open the Books report. The not-for-profit is run by Adam Andrzejewski, a 2010 candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor and one who sought Bruce Rauner’s … Continue reading
The last article on McHenry County Board Committee assignments by newly-elected Chairman Joe Gottemoller focused on what those who supported his opponent Jim Heisler ended up. This will look at how the winners were rewarded. Again requests that were granted … Continue reading
Interviews of five applicants for the McHenry County Ethics Commission vacancy were held this week. Bull Valley resident John Guanci emerged as the Management Services Committee choice. He was the last one interviewed. Others were Tamara DeModica Diana Daniel Cynthia Schenk … Continue reading
To buttress her support of approving the Phase II resolution to widen Randall Road and improve the Algonquin Road intersection, McHenry County Board member Anna May Miller passed out the poll to which she had referred at the Audit and … Continue reading
Here’s the invitation to a $50 1-3 Saturday afternoon Algonquin fundraiser for McHenry County Sheriff’s hopeful Andy Zinke at Cucina Bella Restaurant: The Host Committee consists of the following: Keith Nygren Dennis Adams Anna May Miller Bob Miller Robert Nowak … Continue reading
Next up in the McHenry County Board debate on the widening of Randall Road and the reconstruction of its intersection with Algonquin Road was Mike Walkup. Walkup complained about the excessive population figures used in the analysis. He urged the … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog brought the County Board’s consideration of the $9 million Phase II contract up to the debate on the Randall Road resolution. Transportation Chairwoman Anna May Miller read a prepared statement which referred to a poll on … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published the compensation of those in Nunda Township who have total compensation of more than $75,000. Today, you can read that information for Algonquin Township. If you would like to compare the highest paid folks in … Continue reading
Today the McHenry County Board approved Phase II of the probably the biggest capital improvement project in McHenry County history. The vote was 15-7, with Michele Aavang, Yvonne Barnes, Diane Evertsen, John Hammerand, Donna Kurtz, Ersel Schuster and Michael Walkup … Continue reading
A Meet and Greet is being held in Cary for GOP Sheriff’s candidate Andy Zinke. July 25th is the date and the time is 5-7:30. The place is 1415 East Main in Cary. Bob Miller is Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner … Continue reading
