The McHenry County State’s Attorney is obviously out to convey the message that if you drive while you are drunk and get arrested, you will be prosecuted and convicted. This is the latest press release: McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office … Continue reading
There used to be a rundown house on west side of Route 47 near the intersection of Interstate 55 near Dwight. My father used to see structures like this and observe that it was listed by Century 19, a play … Continue reading
I can’t begin to tell you why two Lake County jailers told me last night that former Mayor Tom Hyde’s wife Sharon had posted 10% of a $400,000 bail–$40,000. I wrote my story after a 5:30 contract with the first … Continue reading
Details are not forthcoming, but Sharon Hyde, wife of ex-Island Lake Mayor Tom Hyde has had her bail set at a whopping $400,000. (Here is a more complete article written earlier today.) She has been charged with one count of … Continue reading
Last October, Island Lake Mayor Tom Hyde was arrested for forgery and misconduct for supposedly altering a liquor license so an establishment could remain open. Then, State Rep. Mark Beaubien’s Democratic Party fall opponent Rich Garling was arrested. See Island … Continue reading
Here’s what an Island Lake friend of McHenry County Blog wrote me about tonight’s village board meeting: If you visit the Island Lake Blog (What’s Happening in Island Lake?) you will see that tonight’s agenda was pass an ordinance that … Continue reading
After publishing my Island Lake Pig Farmer Pigapalooza story, I was informed by Bob Wargaski that it was not a “victory party,” as I wrote. I’ll let him speak for himself in his email, which is below: “Actually it was … Continue reading
May 3rd, the day my computer crashed, I attended Bob Wargaski’s Pigapalooza in Island Lake at the corner of Dowell and Darrell Roads. This is the site of the NIMBY pig farm. The pig farm was stimulated by Island Lake’s … Continue reading
You know, of course, that you can’t get swine flu from eating pork. Since a lot of people are not that knowledgeable and I like pork, I figure the cost of my meat will go down as the fraidy cats … Continue reading
Island Lake pig farmer Bob Wargaski. he who fought and beat “city hall,” lives outside the village limits, but obviously has “had it up to here” with the way the incumbents have run things there. He commissioned the cartoon you … Continue reading
Looks like there is a campaign in Island Lake. How dare they? This is the town that Mayor Tom Hyde, under arrest, runs with an iron hand, isn’t it? No pig farm is going to get in the way of … Continue reading
Let me first point out that village officials are elected on a non-partisan basis. But, in Island Lake there has been a bitter Republican-Democrat split. The Democrats are now in control. The news today is that a second Democrat on … Continue reading
Let me first point out that village officials are elected on a non-partisan basis. But, in Island Lake there has been a bitter Republican-Democrat split. The Democrats are now in control. The news today is that a second Democrat on … Continue reading
One tote over the Island Lake line resident Bob Wargaski didn’t lie down and take it when people made that suggestion to him. Be steamrolled by Mayor Tom Hyde and his majority? No way. And on December 23rd, the Illinois … Continue reading
One tote over the Island Lake line resident Bob Wargaski didn’t lie down and take it when people made that suggestion to him. Be steamrolled by Mayor Tom Hyde and his majority? No way. And on December 23rd, the Illinois … Continue reading
I didn’t have time to put together anything on my own, so I offer the following article from “What’s Happening in Island Lake?” “It’s official —Bob Wargaski won his battle against the Village of Island Lake over the well. “According … Continue reading
I didn’t have time to put together anything on my own, so I offer the following article from “What’s Happening in Island Lake?” “It’s official —Bob Wargaski won his battle against the Village of Island Lake over the well. “According … Continue reading
Prospective Island Lake pig farmer Bob Wargaski and he neighbors complained to various governmental agencies about the Village of Island Lake’s ungrouted well. This week they got a reply from Water Well Program Coordinator Lawrence J. Mackey of the Lake … Continue reading
Prospective Island Lake pig farmer Bob Wargaski and he neighbors complained to various governmental agencies about the Village of Island Lake’s ungrouted well. This week they got a reply from Water Well Program Coordinator Lawrence J. Mackey of the Lake … Continue reading
There is nothing worse that ridicule for a politician. Most don’t have very good senses of humor anyway. It comes from taking themselves wa-ay too seriously So, imagine how Island Lake Mayor Tom Hyde (now facing trial for official misconduct … Continue reading
