Former McHenry County Board member Nick Chirikos was employed by Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller during his last year in office. Chirikos beat Republican Bob Bless in 2012. Republican Andrew Gasser beat him four years later. Chirikos was hired … Continue reading
Category Archives: Bob Bless
Former GOP McHenry County Board member and Cook County Deputy Sheriff Bob Bless is suing in Federal Court to get back on the Sheriff’s payroll. That’s what the Cook County Reporter is saying. Bless is claiming he was fired for political … Continue reading
Fox River Grove’s Robert Bless came out of nowhere to win the Republican nomination for McHenry County Board in 2008. He beat two better known candidates: former Fox River Grove village president Bill Yocius, who ran against me in the … Continue reading
Pete Gonigam at the First Electric Newspaper reports that former McHenry County Board member Robert Bless has been let go by the Cook County Sheriff’s Department. That county’s Merit Commission, which apparently actually has meetings, unlike the McHenry County Sheriff’s … Continue reading
Arriving late last week to District 1 McHenry County Board voters’ homes was a post card from incumbent Bob Bless. You can see it below: … Continue reading
You can read the contents below: LAW OFFICES OF RONALD JUSTIN 102 N. EVERGREEN, SUITE 220 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL 60004 RONALDMJUSTIN@GMAIL.COM Nick Chirikos 10075 N. River Rd. Algonquin IL 60102 Notice to cease and desist Dear Mr. Nick Chirikos: Please … Continue reading
Getting as much money out of taxpayers is pretty much the goal of every tax district official, from school board member to township trustee. To do that, boards need to ask for more than the increase in the Cost of … Continue reading
Riding east Algonquin Road just east of Pyott Road, I saw my first rental sign for a McHenry County Board candidate. It’s for Bob Bless of Fox River Grove. … Continue reading
He wasn’t at the front of the parade but the owner of Port Edward, Ed Woloweic, was the Grand Marshall. The parade took about an hour, truncated because of construction south on Route 31. Most of the politic entries which … Continue reading
The upside is obvious. Democrat Jack Franks has to pay more attention to getting re-elected. That means Jack Franks will have less time to go elsewhere in Illinois to elect other Democrats who will vote to make Mike Madigan House … Continue reading
Still thinking about the implications of the McHenry County GOP interview committee’s decision to reject Tonya Franklin’s offer to run a high energy campaign against 7-term incumbent Democrat Jack Franks. Today Jack Franks is sighing a big “Whew.” The reason? … Continue reading
Columbia Journalism School grad Pete Gonigam, Editor of the First Electric Newspaper, wrote an article last Thursday about the legal problems of District 1 McHenry County Board member Robert Bless. Bless is running for re-election this fall, along with two … Continue reading
The Better Government Association includes a short article on McHenry County Board member Bob Bless in its half page report in the Chicago Sun-Times today. You can find the story on the BGA web site here. Reprinted with permission, it’s … Continue reading
On March 27, McHenry County’s Finance and Audit Committee discussed emergency appropriations: a pair of contracts for the Planning and Development Department – one for a computer program for their Permitting System and another for their Digital Plan Review in … Continue reading
While yours truly was tracking down Dee Beaubien’s impending state representative race against Dave McSweeney, The First Electric Newspaper’s Pete Gonigan was following up on McHenry County Boar member Bob Bless’ legal problems. You can read his story here. The … Continue reading
There was no Republican Party primary election contest in District 1, but since all the candidates are from outside the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills area, I thought folks might be interested in how votes were cast. These totals do not … Continue reading
With long-time McHenry County Board member and Ken Koehler opponent Marc Munaretto deciding not to run for re-election, the Republican Party will present four people who have served on the Board to the electorate. Three are current incumbents: Anna May … Continue reading
Nick Chirikos of 10075 N River Rd in Algonquin has filed papers to run for the McHenry County Board in the district that runs from Fox River Grove into Lake in the Hills. His Housewright Dura-Build firm sells an insulated … Continue reading
With the exception of any Democrats, most of those wanting to serve on the McHenry County Board filed petitions in the County Clerk’s Office today. An asterisk in front of a name means they filed at 8 AM when the … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board failed to break with the “increase the tax take as much as possible” crowd, but they came close. Barb Wheeler made the motion to remove the CPI and Nick Provenzano seconded it. Wheeler is a candidate … Continue reading