New Kane County Board member Mohammad Iqbal, a new Democrat, is pushing to end health care benefits for his part-time colleagues. That was one of his campaign issues. “Several members have boosted their salary with health and dental insurance benefit packages … Continue reading
Category Archives: Chris Lauzen
Look what a Friend of McHenry County Blog shared with me recently: Lying Jack Franks continues to make the pitch that he will “reduce property taxes in McHenry County 10%.” The message is a bit milder than previously. Now it is … Continue reading
August 20th is the date for Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen’s annual fundraiser. Called the “Porky Picnic,” it has been held indoors since a rainy day a couple of years ago. The price is $35. … Continue reading
With State Rep. Jack Franks putting out feelers to discover traditionally Republican support for a run for McHenry County Board Chairman, I thought the following opinion from the Kane County State’s Attorney might be of interest: … Continue reading
Probably because I have contributed to Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen, I received a letter inviting me to his 11:30 AM January 19th announcement of his candidacy for re-election. Lauzen notes that four years ago he promised to freeze … Continue reading
Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen has scheduled his annual fundraiser for Saturday, August 8th. The invitation, complete with map, is below: … Continue reading
The details are below about Chris Lauzen’s annual fundraiser, the Porky Picnic. The cost is $30, will be held at the Vaughan Athletic Center in Aurora from 4-8 next Saturday, August 9th. … Continue reading
Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen continues to be able to pack ’em in to his annual fund raiser. 700 was the approximate count of those who enjoyed the bar-b-cued pork chop and chicken dinner, complete with corn on the … Continue reading
Somehow I missed Kane County Board Chairman’s Aurora Porky Picnic invitation. The event is tomorrow and costs $30 apiece $50 per couple. Political folks from up and down the Fox River Valley and even into the flatlands east and west … Continue reading
A press release from the Huntley Area Tea Party indicates that Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen will address the group Wednesday night at 7 at the Huntley Park District building. HUNTLEY AREA TEA PARTY Welcomes Kane County Board Chairman … Continue reading
Elgin’s Daily Courier-News reports that newly-installed Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen is insisting on local voters approving a referendum in 2014 before giving his support to build a toll bridge south of Algonquin. Pretty much every municipal board, plus … Continue reading
Newly-installed(after being elected at-large) Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen has included Latino Democrats as committee chairmen. All committee chairmen serve on what Kane County calls an “Executive Committee.” The following article, written by a Kane County Friend of McHenry … Continue reading
A view of the Kane County elections from a Friend of McHenry County Blog: “Here are a couple of items you may have heard about, including the result of creating a vacancy on the Elgin Community College (ECC) Board of … Continue reading
No way to sneak past Sarah and Chris Lauzen at Chris’ fund raiser in Aurora Saturday. All the guests were funneled through one door. Outside was Sarah greeting everyone. Just inside was Chris greeting them again and posing for a … Continue reading
State Senator and now Republican Kane County Board Chairman candidate Chris Lauzen has sent out invitations for his annual Porky Picnic. As last year, when Lauzen announced his retirement from the State Senate and his candidacy for the Kane County … Continue reading
A press release from State Senator Dan Duffy: Springfield, IL. – State Sen. Dan Duffy is among a group of lawmakers who are banding together to promote common sense government. “We are coming together and uniting our efforts to promote … Continue reading
A press release from Chris Lauzen, Republican candidate for Kane County Board Chairman: DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin Endorses Chris Lauzen for Kane County Board Chairman Aurora, IL (March 2, 2012): State Senator Chris Lauzen announced today the endorsement … Continue reading
Geneva, Illinois, is not Milwaukee County. But both local governmental entities have email improprieties. The one in Milwaukee has gone criminal. The probe by state prosecutors in Wisconsin is of the administration of now-Republican Governor Scott Walker. The problem in … Continue reading
Early this morning, McHenry County Blog did its best to describe contents of over 100 pages of email exchanges involving Kane County Board Chairman Kevin Burns and supporters in his campaign against Chris Lauzen. Now, a Geneva press conference has … Continue reading
Into my inbox yesterday dropped over a hundred pages of email exchanges between Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns and others. A combination of official and campaign emails for Burns show up in the following exchange after the campaign learned that Congressman … Continue reading