McHenry County Blog

Keely Cat has been reading that Mayor Aaron Shepley and the Crystal Lake City Council voted unanimously to buy 25 Tasers the same night they voted 6-1 to raise their sales tax 75%.

He wonders if there is any connection?

When Catkins was fighting the McHenry County Republican Cat Tax, he kept looking for those rabid bats that the county board was trying to protect him from.

They won’t even let me go in the garage when I hear a critter in there.

Cat Mommy says my paws get too dirty.

Keely thought it would be fun to go bat hunting on the second floor, but he could never find a bat, rabid or not.

He laid in wait, but to no avail.

“Why did Crystal Lake buy Tasers the same day they hiked the Sales Tax?”

Keely wonders.

“Are they going to send Crystal Lake Police into Lakewood to make sure we keep buying cat food in Crystal Lake?”

Keely Cat has been reading that Mayor Aaron Shepley and the Crystal Lake City Council voted unanimously to buy 25 Tasers the same night they voted 6-1 to raise their sales tax 75%.

He wonders if there is any connection?

When Catkins was fighting the McHenry County Republican Cat Tax, he kept looking for those rabid bats that the county board was trying to protect him from.

They won’t even let me go in the garage when I hear a critter in there.

Cat Mommy says my paws get too dirty.

Keely thought it would be fun to go bat hunting on the second floor, but he could never find a bat, rabid or not.

He laid in wait, but to no avail.

“Why did Crystal Lake buy Tasers the same day they hiked the Sales Tax?”

Keely wonders.

“Are they going to send Crystal Lake Police into Lakewood to make sure we keep buying cat food in Crystal Lake?”

Keely has been worried since Cat Dad came home from another one of those meetings a week ago.

He hears Cat Dad talking under his breath in front of the flat light wall while Catkins is trying to convince Cat Dad to pick him up and scratch under his ears.

No luck late at night a week ago.

“Mayor Aaron Shepley and his 75% Sales Tax increase,” Cat Dad kept muttering under his breath.

“What to do?” Keely thinks.

Is this another Republican Party Cat Tax?

“How serious is this threat?”

“Do I need to start for hiding places again?”

“Should I contact my allies?”

“Will I end up in cat jail?”

“Where will Cat Mommy buy that generally delicious food in the little cans, if Cat Dad says, ‘Don’t shop in Crystal Lake because we don’t want to pay Mayor Aaron Shepley’s Sale Tax?’”

“There are all sorts of questions.”

“But, hey, I’m just a cat”

“I know most about sleeping.”

“What does Cat Dad mean when he talks about ‘eternal vigilance being the price of freedom?’”

Keely has been worried since Cat Dad came home from another one of those meetings a week ago.

He hears Cat Dad talking under his breath in front of the flat light wall while Catkins is trying to convince Cat Dad to pick him up and scratch under his ears.

No luck late at night a week ago.

“Mayor Aaron Shepley and his 75% Sales Tax increase,” Cat Dad kept muttering under his breath.

“What to do?” Keely thinks.

Is this another Republican Party Cat Tax?

“How serious is this threat?”

“Do I need to start for hiding places again?”

“Should I contact my allies?”

“Will I end up in cat jail?”

“Where will Cat Mommy buy that generally delicious food in the little cans, if Cat Dad says, ‘Don’t shop in Crystal Lake because we don’t want to pay Mayor Aaron Shepley’s Sale Tax?’”

“There are all sorts of questions.”

“But, hey, I’m just a cat”

“I know most about sleeping.”

“What does Cat Dad mean when he talks about ‘eternal vigilance being the price of freedom?’”

Keely Cat is worried about the Crystal Lake sales tax hike.

“Up 75%,”

he hears Cat Daddy mumbling.

Catkins is wondering if he needs to go back to the bad old days of keeping watch for the McHenry County Republican Cat Tax Collectors.

Keely Cat led the battle to kill the bad old Cat Tax.

And, he succeeded.

Oh, he hears Cat Dad give credit to Lyn Orphal, but he knows what made Cat Tax presenter Tina Hill use the words “Cat Tax” in her county board speech.

Will Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley send Sales Tax Inspectors to make sure Sales Tax has been paid on cat food Cat Daddy feeds him in the early morning hours.

And, what is a “receipt?”

Catkins is trying to relax on the top of his cat jail next to the window.

But he is wondering if something more terrifying than the monster created by that little big person he sleeps with will soon come peering in the window.

It’s really scary!

Should he be looking for hiding places again?

Keely Cat is worried about the Crystal Lake sales tax hike.

“Up 75%,”

he hears Cat Daddy mumbling.

Catkins is wondering if he needs to go back to the bad old days of keeping watch for the McHenry County Republican Cat Tax Collectors.

Keely Cat led the battle to kill the bad old Cat Tax.

And, he succeeded.

Oh, he hears Cat Dad give credit to Lyn Orphal, but he knows what made Cat Tax presenter Tina Hill use the words “Cat Tax” in her county board speech.

Will Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley send Sales Tax Inspectors to make sure Sales Tax has been paid on cat food Cat Daddy feeds him in the early morning hours.

And, what is a “receipt?”

Catkins is trying to relax on the top of his cat jail next to the window.

But he is wondering if something more terrifying than the monster created by that little big person he sleeps with will soon come peering in the window.

It’s really scary!

Should he be looking for hiding places again?