In an editorial today, the Daily Herald calls for an end to health benefits for suburban county board members. Kane County Democratic Board member Mo Iqbal brought up the subject two years after Republican Chairman Chris Lauzen got no positive … Continue reading
Category Archives: Daily Herald
From the Daily Herald: Senate Dist. 26: McConchie The Illinois Senate 26 race pits incumbent Republican Dan McConchie of Hawthorn Woods against real estate manager and retired Army colonel Tom Georges of Mundelein, a Democrat whose fiscally conservative and socially … Continue reading
The Daily Herald has endorsed former Republican McHenry County Board member Craig Wilcox, recently appointed to replace Pam Althoff in the State Senate, over Democratic Party McHenry Township Assessor Mary Malady. Here’s part of the endorsement: Mahady would like to … Continue reading
This is from the Peter Roskam Campaign: Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald agree – Peter Roskam best represents Sixth District WHEATON, IL — This weekend, Editorial Boards from both the Daily Herald and the Chicago Tribune announced their endorsements of Peter Roskam for the Sixth Congressional District … Continue reading
That’s what this editorial says: Endorsement: Roskam for Congress in 6th District The Daily Herald endorses incumbent Republican Peter Roskam for Congress from the 6th District. Full Story … Continue reading
Jake Griffin of the Daily Herald racked up school spending to lobbying organizations in a recent article. Fox River Grove spend $5,293–the least of any local school district–on the school board and school administrators organization. Cary spent $11,583, joining the … Continue reading
It’s probably not a big surprise that most readers of newspapers–the paper ones–tend to be older than the average citizen. So, it was a surprise when the Daily Herald featured an article today about why taxing retirement income is a … Continue reading
The Daily Herald, which rarely writes stories about McHenry County College, has endorsed two candidates with past experience as Trustees. Incumbent Linda Liddell was favored, along with former Board member George Lowe. None said they favored raising taxes, although Liddell … Continue reading
Lying Jack Franks used the following to try to influence newspaper readers to vote for him: Although the fraudulent “Cut 10” logo still appears on the literature, it is almost too small to see. The lie continues to be stated … Continue reading
That’s what my search engine tells me. Endorsement: Kenneally for McHenry County state’s attorney Chicago Daily Herald We also like Kenneally’s work with the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition in starting a walk-in program, similar to one recently begun in … … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County: Ralph Sarbaugh, CFO of the Year Our very own Ralph Sarbaugh, Associate County Administrator – Finance, has been selected as one of nine honorees for this year’s Daily Herald CFO of the Year Award. Beginning his … Continue reading
Embedded in an article in the Daily Herald about how mainstream media articles about Donald Trump got more and more negative as his Primary Election campaign got better and better results is the ad you see below: There is a … Continue reading
Candidates court newspaper endorsements. They fill out questionnaires. I remember enjoying matching wits with the Chicago Tribune folks most…especially the year when they asked questions about education funding. (The statistics did not favor the answer the questionnaire wanted. Naturally, I … Continue reading
Here’s another post card from Carolyn Schofield’s campaign. She says she is “supported by business leaders because she’ll grow jobs.” RTA Board member Blake Hobson, a manufacturer, praises her. On the back, Schofield points to her newspaper endorsement from the … Continue reading
The Daily Herald has endorsed Grafton Township Supervisor Jim Kearns and incumbent Mary McCann for Republican nomination to the McHenry County Board. There was a time when the Daily Herald’s Editorial Board would not endorse someone who held another elective … Continue reading
The Daily Herald seems to be the only daily newspaper endorsing County Board candidates. There is some irony in that, since the DH does not sent a reporter to County Board meetings and has less and less of a stake … Continue reading
There is a three-way primary fight for the Democratic Party nomination in the 14th Congressional District. Spring Grove resident John Hosta, Plainfield resident Jesse Maggitt and Jim Walz of Gurnee are facing off. The Daily Herald has decided to support Walz. … Continue reading
The Daily Herald endorsed McHenry County Board Chairman for the at-large election of the post. … Continue reading
The Daily Herald rolled out two more McHenry County endorsements today. For State’s Attorney Dan Regna was endorsed over Patrick Kenneally. For Recorder of Deeds, Tina Hill got the nod over Joni Smith and Joe Tirio. … Continue reading
Incumbent Congressman Peter Roskam was endorsed over challenger Jay Kinzler by the Daily Herald. The Daily Herald has a bigger footprint in the 6th Congressional District than any other publication. … Continue reading