Past Republican Party County Board members can take full credit for overtaxing local residents for the county’s nursing home, Valley Hi. Voters passed a referendum to build a new complex and Board members decided to keep the money rolling in … Continue reading
Category Archives: John Hammerand
Former County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller was has been recommended for appointment to replace Mike Walkup, who resigned late last year. Gottemoller was bested for the opportunity to run against Franks for Board Chairman in the 2016 GOP Primary Election … Continue reading
With the retirement of McHenry County Board member Craig Wilcox to assume Pam Althoff’s seat in the Illinois State Senate McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks has the statutory duty to appoint a replacement. The only checks on this power … Continue reading
While retiring from the Illinois State Senate, Pam Althoff is letting people know that she is going to run for the McHenry County Board is District 4. Long-time member John Hammerand is not running for re-election. One-term incumbent Chuck Wheeler … Continue reading
Wonder Lake’s John Hammerand served on the Finance Committee for over a decade until Joe Gottemoller did not re-appoint two years ago. Jack Franks didn’t see fit to make use of his accumulated knowledge either. Hammerand has been campaigning for … Continue reading
The McHenry County Transportation Committee rejected the staff proposal to approve spending $10 million to “expedite” right-of-way purchase for an expansion of Randall Road. The article announcing proposal can be found here. Also contained in the article is how $5.7 … Continue reading
The all-Republican McHenry County Board Tuesday night voted unanimously to cut the tax levy for the Valley Hi Nursing Home to zero. The significant amendment did not even require a roll call, as County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller called for … Continue reading
Peter Austin unveiled graphic results of Valley Hi Administrator Tom Annarella’s modeling efforts Tuesday. All versions assumed that the levy would be cut from $3 million to $2.250 million. The first version, seen below, shows the Valley Hi bank account … Continue reading
What a difference five days makes. On Thursday, the members of the McHenry County Board’s Finance Committee voted 4-3 against lowering the $3 million Valley Hi Nursing Home levy by one penny. First-term member Chuck Wheeler, who was recently appointed … Continue reading
Led by McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller, thirteen members tacked the lid on the coffin of the township consolidation movement. During the lengthy public comment period, in which the opponents of township consolidation dominated the podium, County Board members … Continue reading
After cutting jail expenses since he took office in December, McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim asked County Board approval to continue housing ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and U.S. Marshal detainees and prisoners for another six months. Wonder Lake’s John … Continue reading
Below are the August 4th County Board minutes of the discussion of hiring a consultant to made recommendations on the future of Valley Hi. The County nursing home, an enterprise account (meaning it is separate from other parts of McHenry … Continue reading
In a 24-0 vote Tuesday night, the McHenry County Board voted not to take the inflationary increase allowed by the Property Tax Cap Law. This past year, the Consumer Price Index increased 8/10 of one percent. According to the Tax … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member John Hammerand has been added to the Triton College Hall of Fame. Here’s what is written about him: How has Triton College made an impact on your life? Triton gave me the tools to be a … Continue reading
Candidates are already lining up to win the Republican Party primary for Recorder of Deeds next spring. After all, petition passing for next year’s primary election starts around the first of September. Long-time incumbent Phyllis Walters is expected to retired. She … Continue reading
When the McHenry County Board met Tuesday, people went away talking about what Patriots United leader and, now, McHenry County Sheriff’s Commission member Joe Alger said in his public comments. He covered the committee interview when he applied and was … Continue reading
I think State Rep. Jack Franks has decided to run for State Comptroller in 2016. Why? He didn’t show up at the College of DuPage Board meeting to chastise six of the seven Trustees who were about to approve a … Continue reading
At the meeting before last, John Hammerand’s request to participate by phone was denied on a 10-10 vote. (You can read the email exchange obtained through a Freedom of Information Request here.) That roll call can be seen below: The … Continue reading
Earlier this month John Hammerand was denied the opportunity to participate by phone in a County Board meeting. Fellow member Ken Koehler asked whether Hammerand had handed in a note from his doctor, according to the Northwest Herald. Reading that, … Continue reading
This comes from a new commenter, who calls himself PartickinCary: While the analysis of the ADA is interesting (though, being more than passably familiar with it – I should say incomplete…the ADA doesn’t guarantee rights to elected officials; the only … Continue reading