Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski didn’t disappear from the public arena after he lost to Bill Brady. He formed an organization that posts government salaries and pensions, among other information. The latest crusade of his Open the Books organization … Continue reading
Category Archives: Federal Government
This weekend I pointed out that the McHenry County Board has a shift of property taxes from business to homeowners in the 2016 Action Plan to be voted on Tuesday. In addition, important questions about the future of the County … Continue reading
It will probably come as no surprise to most that McHenry County taxpayers have more money extracted from their checking accounts than is returned. But here comes news from county government that we got some back. When one adds up … Continue reading
From Fox News: “So a new GS-15 would have started this year at about $124,000. After a year on the job, that government worker’s step-pay increase would lift that salary to about $128,000, even with the President’s pay freeze. And … Continue reading
Today, USA Today wrote an article verifying the information published on McHenry County Blog Monday. Here’s the start of the article: Many federal workers would still get pay raises the next two years despite the limited salary freeze President Obama … Continue reading
You will be reading about President Obama freezing federal workers pay for two years. It is mostly a P.R. gimmick. Why? Because it isn’t a real pay freeze. The White House said it will not impact pay increases from either … Continue reading
I’m not much into writing about national politics. I’ve only touched upon immigration enforcement by local officials when McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren joined other suburban sheriffs in agreeing to do so. (See April 14, 2010 article entitled, “Nygren to … Continue reading