A press release from newly-sworn in McHenry Township Assessor Mary Mahady: New McHenry Township Assessor Takes Office After winning in the April 2013 election, Mary Mahady took the Oath of Office as McHenry Township Assessor on Sunday December 29, 2013 … Continue reading
Petitions are circulating for Bill Downs to run on the Democratic Party ticket against State Representative David McSweeney. Downs lives in Fox Trails. Last year, McSweeney came in first in a three-way GOP Primary Election, but was challenged by Dee … Continue reading
OK. We’ve taken care of the coming out of the closet part of the headline. Today the Whigs enter the story. Let’s see what else former Congressman and now-WIND talk show host had to say in Crystal Lake on Saturday. … Continue reading
It took long enough, but Illinois wage earners will start seeing the extra two percent taken out of their checks this month. At the same time the Democratic Party’s income tax hike went into effect two years ago, the Feds … Continue reading
It wasn’t a one-two punch. It was a one-two-three punch. There were two mailings. One was from the Democratic Party of Illinois. “To extremist David McSweeney Women’s Health is just another political game.” [I’m sure that Dave McSweeney considers his … Continue reading
It’s Monday, so there must be another direct mail piece in the mail box. Today’s is from David McSweeney, the GOP candidate. And he’s doing his best to point out the Democratic Party financing of his opponent Dee Beaubien (Ind.-Madigan). … Continue reading
The mailings from Mike Madigan’s Democratic Party of Illinois are getting stranger and stranger. One promoted windmills that anyone with a brain knows that if proposed for her home town of Barrington Hills would cause her neighbors to go ballistic. … Continue reading
After sending out about a half dozen “positive” pieces, Republican State Rep. candidate Dave McSweeney sent out a piece that arrived on September 19th that criticizes candidate Dee Beaubien (Ind.-Beaubien) for characterizing the 67% income tax hike her patron Mike … Continue reading
Monday another mailing from “Independent” Dee Beaubien arrived in 52nd State Rep. District mailboxes. It was again financed by House Speaker Mike Madigan’s Illinois Democratic Party. This oversized post card takes on Medicaid fraud, which has been at the 10% … Continue reading
After looking at the mailing that arrived today for Dee Beaubien (Ind.-Madigan) from the Democratic Party of Illinois, I continue to wonder if the Barrington Hills resident is suggesting that windmills should be allowed in her hometown. And, if the … Continue reading
Two mailings the last week of August and now one the first week of September has been delivered in Cary. The first two cost $2,669 each. Nothing has been reported on the cost of the third one. And, it a … Continue reading
Of the candidates for the Illinois General Assembly having parts of Lake in the Hills, only State Senator Dan Duffy showed up in person. State Rep. Mike Tryon, who has no opponent, sent a car with his name on the … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks may be the leading Democrat in McHenry County, but his support among other Democratic Party activists isn’t sufficient to get other leading Democrats to support his referendum to switch from a weak Executive to a strong … Continue reading
That brought howls from me as New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez said them on TV tonight at the Republican National Convention. She told of uttering those lines to her husband after two Republicans took her and her husband to a … Continue reading
There were three political party booths at the McHenry County Fair: Republicans Democrats Libertarians Sometimes the Republican Party booth was manned (or womaned, as is the case above). Sometimes it wasn’t. No indication that there is a Presidential election this … Continue reading
Earlier this month, the percentages of precincts for which people filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman was published. Republicans, you may remember filled 49% of McHenry County’s 212 precincts, while Democrats had candidates in 19%. Today we look at how the … Continue reading
A while back McHenry County Blog took a look at how the Republican Party was faring, based on the number of people who filed GOP Precinct Committeeman petitions. Let’s take a walk down that same path with McHenry County Democrats. … Continue reading
With the rumor circulating that the Democrats will file at least one candidate in each of the six McHenry County Board districts, two have now filed petitions with the County Clerk’s Office. The first was newcomer Nick Chirikos from District … Continue reading
The following announces Democratic Party State Reps. Jack Franks, Lou Lang and Frank Mautino will take testimony in Marengo Saturday concerning the drawing of congressional and legislative map lines for the next decade. No Republicans are on the panel, which, … Continue reading
In Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times, columnist David Roeder, “The Curious Investor,” has a couple of paragraphs in his column headed, “Taxing Talk,” which I think worth re-printing: “TAXING TALK: Most companies let the chamber of commerce do the talking when a … Continue reading
