Yesterday, it was pointed out that a good number of votes in McHenry County did not show up in the race for Governor. Bruce Rauner won McHenry County with the following results: A Friend of McHenry County Blog found the … Continue reading
Category Archives: DuPage County
The Daily Herald had an article last Tuesday about the DuPage County Board’s efforts to eliminate the small Highland Hills Sanitary District. It’s located near Lombard, supplying water and collecting sewage for about 465 homes and businesses. (Lake in the … Continue reading
The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform has calculated average salaries paid by Illinois county governments. McHenry County came in third highest: Ten Counties with the Highest “Average Salary” for Employees … Continue reading
Found this article about the DuPage County budget for next year. What struck me was that the DuPage County Board is levying less money than McHenry County–less than $70 million. From the article in the Bugle: Paul Fichtner, Chairman of … Continue reading
Andy Shaw of the Better Government Association bragged that Jack Franks’ bill that would allow the McHenry County Board to do what the DuPage County Board had done with regard to governmental consolidation deserved “a shout out.” I remember Franks’ … Continue reading
A Bloomberg News analysis of Census data shows that the Chicago Metropolitan Area is losing a higher percentage of its residents than any other Midwest metropolitan area. The time period was between July 2013 and July 2014. The loss was 69/100 … Continue reading
Over the years, McHenry County politicians have done their best to turn McHenry County into DuPage County. The big recession threw up a roadblock. We are no longer the fastest growing county in Illinois as we were three or four … Continue reading
When non-Establishment candidate for the office of McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim speaks, he usually talks about the excessive overhead at the Department being run by his opponent Andy Zinke. Often the Affirmative Action Officer is brought up as a … Continue reading
According to the Daily Herald, the DuPage County Ethics Commission even has an investigator. The article says that twenty of twenty-four local governments have aligned their ethics rules with the county policy. “They also have agreed to use the DuPage … Continue reading
It took Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown to point it out, but there are some high regional stakes in the fight over who controls mass transportation in the metropolitan area. The same fight occurred in 1974 and in the early … Continue reading
This was in the Daily Herald Tuesday: “DuPage County homeowners can expect to pay more property taxes to school districts and other local governments, even though land values continue to plummet. “The overall value of land in DuPage decreased last … Continue reading
With all the talk about how Jack Franks’ County Executive form of government would concentrate power in the hands of one person, what the DuPage County Board did might be of interest. The Daily Herald is reporting that the DuPage … Continue reading
Actually, when I did the math from the Chicago Tribune article, DuPage County’s budget cut is 1.85%–$8 million cut from a $432 million budget. So, how much is the McHenry County Board cutting its budget? … Continue reading
In a post, the candidate reveals, “There are now EIGHT Republican candidates in THREE separate districts throughout DuPage County that publicaly support this initiative led by Rafael Rivadeneira for DuPage County Board. “The YouTube pitch from DuPage count Board candidate … 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
The Tax Foundation has some remarkable work comparing property tax burdens across the United States. Want to know what part of the country to look at for retirement, if cutting your property taxes is one of your goals? Take a … Continue reading
Yesterday I wrote about how Winnebago County’s board had decided they, as part-time employees didn’t deserve to have pensions. Today, the Sunday Chicago Tribune has a front page article by Christy Gutowski, Joe Mahr and Joseph Ryan entitled, Quite a … Continue reading
You’ve read about how the Democrats in Springfield are going to try to eliminate the deficit voters inflicted on their congressmen and women in the 2010 election. Concurrently, Mike Madigan and John Cullerton will be trying to perpetuate their control … Continue reading
McHenry County popped up as number one in front page stories in the Chicago Sun-Times Sunday and the Chicago Tribune Monday. News about food stamp use increasing was the page one story in the Sun-Times. Foreclosures on homes was the … Continue reading