Following in his father Chuck’s and his grandparents Millie and Howard Ruth’s footsteps, as well as his Great Grandfather’s, Eric Ruth won the Republican nomination for McHenry County’s Grafton Township Supervisor in Tuesday’s Primary Election. Ruth decisively defeated Joseph Holtorf. … Continue reading
A press release from political arm of of the Illinois Farm Bureau: Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR endorses Allen Skillicorn BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) ACTIVATOR today announced Allen Skillicorn, republican candidate for the 66th state representative district, has … Continue reading
The fractured Republican Party in Grafton Township manged to elect its Chairman Tom Poznanski Road Commissioner and Al Zielinski Assessor, but failed to get enough votes to put three-way GOP primary winner Pam Fender in office. Independent Jim Kearns got … Continue reading
The group of Independent candidates grouped under label “Restore Grafton Township” invite the public to meet them at the Boulder Ridge Country Club this Thursday night from 7-9. … Continue reading
Sign stealing is a park of the dark side of local politics. Though despicable, it happens every election. I’m hoping that it was just the very strong winds that were at fault for the loss of the signs referred to … Continue reading
Into my possession have come six petitions for Grafton Township Office. Since it is too late to file in the Republican primary, I presume the candidates are running as Indpendents. The candidate for Supervisor is James A. Kearns. The candidate … Continue reading
In March, Ancel Glink billed Grafton Township $36,432. Think that’s high? In April, the bill was for $39,994.88. There was $5,226.25 to advise on “Corporate” matters. Another $28,373.75 to prepare for the separate of powers suit filed by Supervisor Linda … Continue reading
The Township Trustees’ law firm, Ancel Glink, has sent a bill for over $36,000 for the month of March. That doesn’t count the time spent preparing all the resolutions that weren’t voted upon at the Annual Town Meeting and the … Continue reading
With a wish fulfillment that newly-elected Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore would go poof and disappear in the night in the Huntley Park District meeting room last night being unattainable, the other four members of the township board decided to … Continue reading
Getting rid of the deals that went down to build a new town hall on Haligus Road without a referendum was the primary campaign promise that propelled challenger Linda Moore to a 30-vote Republican primary victory over Grafton Township Supervisor … Continue reading
An all-female panel of Illinois’ Second Appellate Court ruled today that McHenry County Circuit Court Judge Michael Caldwell was right when he stopped the building of a new Grafton Township Hall which was approved without public notice or vote by … Continue reading
A fight has been between Republicans who want to borrow about $5 million to build and finance a new Grafton Township Hall on Haligus Road in Lake in the Hills and those who don’t. On the one side was insurgent … Continue reading
Back in late February Dan Ziller, Jr., put signs up in Crystal Lake and elsewhere in support of his write-in candidacy for the Grafton Township Board. On the bottom of the signs was No $3.5 Mil Town Hall Before that, … Continue reading
No one ever said that Democracy was supposed to be neat and tidy and Tuesday night’s annual Grafton Town meeting certainly was messy. The Huntley Police were in an adjacent parking lot just in case there was more trouble than … Continue reading
Dan Ziller, Jr., a write-in campaign for Grafton Township Trustee against four candidates nominated in the first Republican Party primary election, ramped up his campaign Sunday. First there were yard signs. Then there was a telephone survey asking whether residents … Continue reading
There are six people who figured out sixty days before the election that they could run a write-in campaign and registered such an intention with the county clerk. That’s what a new state law requires. Two of the six write-in … Continue reading
The candidates nominated in the Grafton Township Republican primary election don’t have any opposition on the ballot, but Dan Ziller, Jr., is running one of the more high profile write-in candidacies in recent memory. Early last week, there was an … Continue reading
