Outside of lottery outlets, church bingo, not-for-profit casino nights and the off-track betting parlor in McHenry, there is little legal gambling in McHenry County. The passage of the non-threateningly named “video poker” will put video slot machines most taverns and … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter rightly thought I might have missed this story on McSweeney’s. 24. I’m like a cat. A powerful, hungry cat. But I’m also a great man. A man who helps people. A … Continue reading
Crystal Lake Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter rightly thought I might have missed this story on McSweeney’s. 24. I’m like a cat. A powerful, hungry cat. But I’m also a great man. A man who helps people. A … Continue reading
Heck of a Guy Blogster Allan Showalter has come up with a list of Illinois-written songs appropriate for ill-starred Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Here are the first ten: “Kind of a Drag,” Buckinghams “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)” R. … Continue reading
Heck of a Guy Blogster Allan Showalter has come up with a list of Illinois-written songs appropriate for ill-starred Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Here are the first ten: “Kind of a Drag,” Buckinghams “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)” R. … Continue reading
Tina Hill was kind enough to remind me Sunday that her Management Services Committee would be considering candidates for McHenry County Seal yesterday morning. I made it in time and was asked to sit in the empty press session, where … Continue reading
Tina Hill was kind enough to remind me Sunday that her Management Services Committee would be considering candidates for McHenry County Seal yesterday morning. I made it in time and was asked to sit in the empty press session, where … Continue reading
That Heck of a Guy Crystal Lake blogger Allan Showalter surely has sharp eyes. So much negative advertising. I still can’t figure out how he can find these signs in McHenry County and I can’t. Now, he has found one … Continue reading
That Heck of a Guy Crystal Lake blogger Allan Showalter surely has sharp eyes. So much negative advertising. I still can’t figure out how he can find these signs in McHenry County and I can’t. Now, he has found one … Continue reading
Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter has found more than one sign in opposition to electing Dick Tracy for McHenry County Seal. Let him put it in his own words: “Still other signs play on the viewer’s sympathies, nostalgia, … Continue reading
Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter has found more than one sign in opposition to electing Dick Tracy for McHenry County Seal. Let him put it in his own words: “Still other signs play on the viewer’s sympathies, nostalgia, … Continue reading
The ever observant Allan Showalter of Heck of a Guy blog has spotted opposition to his campaign for Dick Tracy for McHenry County Seal. I wonder if this Mud Flap Girl sign was in Burton’s Bridge, where guys brought guys … Continue reading
The ever observant Allan Showalter of Heck of a Guy blog has spotted opposition to his campaign for Dick Tracy for McHenry County Seal. I wonder if this Mud Flap Girl sign was in Burton’s Bridge, where guys brought guys … Continue reading
The campaign by Alan Showalter of Heck of a Guy blog continues. The Crystal Laker got these marchers together to support his (our) campaign. Showalter says the march was “mostly peaceable.” … Continue reading
The campaign by Alan Showalter of Heck of a Guy blog continues. The Crystal Laker got these marchers together to support his (our) campaign. Showalter says the march was “mostly peaceable.” … Continue reading
That’s what Heck of a Guy blogger, Crystal Lake resident Allan Showalter says. Not in so many words. He writes, “Dick Tracy doesn’t just throw his hat in the ring – “He wears it there.” The ring, of course, is … Continue reading
That’s what Heck of a Guy blogger, Crystal Lake resident Allan Showalter says. Not in so many words. He writes, “Dick Tracy doesn’t just throw his hat in the ring – “He wears it there.” The ring, of course, is … Continue reading
The day after Barack Obama used the phrase “Lipstick on a Pig,” three liberal writers for the Chicago Sun-Times covered the subject. Two jumped to his defense. I can’t remember the time when columnist Mark Brown and columnist Neil Steinberg … Continue reading
The day after Barack Obama used the phrase “Lipstick on a Pig,” three liberal writers for the Chicago Sun-Times covered the subject. Two jumped to his defense. I can’t remember the time when columnist Mark Brown and columnist Neil Steinberg … Continue reading
The Dick Tracy for County Seal continues at Allan Showalter’s Heck of a Guy blog. Here is his latest post: Dick Tracy Campaign for County Seal Focuses On Experience Biden Boasts 35 Years Experience In The Senate McCain Points To … Continue reading
