You think there is drama in McHenry County politics. It cannot compare to what is going on in Will County. A former female County Board member is trying to obtain compromising photos of herself taken by a former flame. She … Continue reading
Category Archives: email
Read this letter in reply to McHenry County Blog’s request for an email from President Vicky Smith to Trustee Chris Jenner about the threats posed by media and blogs to McHenry County College. It was mentioned during a public meeting. … Continue reading
New Northwest Herald Editor Jason Schaumburg agrees that the email sent to all McHenry County Board members was political in nature. (Read the email here.) Here is the top part of his comments about the McHenry County Ethics Commission decision: … Continue reading
Meeting this afternoon at the Administrative Building, the McHenry County Ethics Commission voted 4-0 that Cal Skinner’s ethics complaint against Undersheriff Andy Zinke was not sufficient. The Commission gave no idea to the public or the parties why they reached … Continue reading
Contrast the Northwest Herald’s editorial with the article about my complaint about Sheriff’s candidate Andrew Zinke’s using his office email at 3:40 on Wednesday, July 10th, to explain his showing him giving the finger to those along Crystal Lake’s Independence … Continue reading
Ten days ago, I filed a Freedom of Information request with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department asking the following question: “Under the FOIA I request all documents that authorize Andy Zinke to use his official email for campaign purposes.” The … Continue reading
I mailed the complaint last week and the McHenry County Ethics Commission will hold its hearing next Thursday: The ETHICS COMMISSION has scheduled a meeting for Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. to conduct a hearing to determine sufficiency … Continue reading
Below is an email from Undersheriff Andy Zinke sent from his place of work…even though he talks about his “candidacy” and “my run for office.” I believe campaigning on the taxpayers’ dime is against the law. (Sentences in some paragraphs … Continue reading
Besides the 6 PM meeting at McHenry County College at which the lame duck Board seems destined to renew President Vicky Smith’s contract, there are other meetings people might find of interest. Each of McHenry County’s 17 Townships will hold … Continue reading
Gmail has filtered out most of the spam emails I used to get. What comes now is mainly from friends’ hacked accounts. Take a look at the warning that came along with a request that I help someone get home … Continue reading
A full court press is being put on by Andy Zinke, Keith Nygren’s anointed successor for McHenry County Sheriff. Nygren, of course, was elected two years ago and has a term that does not expire until 2014. Nevertheless, Zinke filed … 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
In our examination of political emails involving the re-election of Grayslake School Board members Mary Garcia, president of a Skokie school district’s union, and Sue Fackham, we are now about two weeks away from the April 5th election. Fackham was … Continue reading
That’s what the Trib Local scribe Andrea Brown is reporting. An official investigation has begun. You may remember that the Special Prosecutors of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi spent $225,000 we know of looking into the alleged use of … Continue reading
I became interested in a series of emails from and to incumbent candidates running for re-election on the Grayslake Unit School District 46 Board. They are of interest, first, because they were sent on two school district email accounts and, … Continue reading
What caught my interest today was an article on the Lake County Tea Party site by Paul Mitchell about Grayslake Unit School District 46. It is based on emails sent to and from the school district’s email server and shows … Continue reading
When Woodstock Advocate blogger Gus Philpott went to Rockford Federal Court to object to Sheriff Keith Nygren’s attempt to get all of his emails to and from any number of people, Philpott challenged the decision and won his motion to … Continue reading
State Senator Dan Duffy, who spoke forcefully against the Democrats 67% income tax hike bill, has issued the following statement in which he asks people to email House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton. The statement follows: “In … Continue reading