The Illinois Integrity Fund was not the first fake Political Action Committee to slither out of the depths Democratic Party slime in McHenry County. Here are three predecessors going all the way back to the 2010 election when John O’Neill … Continue reading
Category Archives: John O’Neill
Governor Bruce Rauner’s campaign for re-election is almost over. TV ads, fly-arounds, visits with local chambers of commerce, tours of factories, etc. But, why would Republicans want to re-elect him? In McHenry County Rauner showed no concern for the Republicans … Continue reading
Ronald Eck, a member of Jack Franks’ fundraising Host Committees in years past filed complaints against Joe Tirio and the McHenry County Republican Party concerning legal fees used to finance the suit against the Illinois Integrity (sic) Fund. The hearings … Continue reading
The McHenry County Republican Party put on quite a show at Harvard’s Mile Day Parade. … Continue reading
Here is the letter that former State Rep. candidate John O’Neill sent to his Chemung Township Precinct 3 neighbors: … Continue reading
At the NorWest Township Republican Party meeting last night at the Woodstock Public Library, former McHenry County Board member Ersel Schuster announced her candidacy for the 2018 election. There were other candidates as well. State Rep. Steve Reick talked of … Continue reading
Governor Bruce Rauner is ramping up his campaign for re-election. TV ads, fly-arounds, visits with local chambers of commerce, tours of factories, etc. But, why would Republicans want to re-elect him? In McHenry County Rauner showed no concern for the … Continue reading
No big surprise here. Mike Madigan poured big money to elect Justice Thomas Kilbride over a decade ago. He won what was a Republican district. Republicans counter-attacked in the southern most district and took it away from St. Clair County … Continue reading
The biggest political event of Friday was the Grand Opening of Steve Reick’s Campaign Headquarters for State Representative. It is right around the corner from the office of the man he seeks to replace–Democrat Jack Franks. I attended for the … Continue reading
In an article about Jack Franks deciding to run for McHenry County Board Chairman Reboot’s Madeleine Doubek wrote, He talked about the political games of passing bills only to see them die in the other chamber or somewhere down the … Continue reading
My camera is in for an expensive repair, so my motivation for attending Harvard’s Milk Day Parade was minimal. I was interested in how State Rep. Jack Franks would handle being on the ballot for two offices, but not enough … Continue reading
As reported yesterday, a no name pop-up committee called “Government for the People” had not registered with the Illinois State Board of Elections even though it had gotten $12,500 from the Illinois Education Association’s Political Action Committee called IPACE. The … Continue reading
Another article tomorrow tells of an effort in Kansas to find out the relationships of school board members to family members with jobs in their school districts and members who have jobs in other school districts. Under the article about Paul … Continue reading
When long-time incumbent John O’Neill resigned from the McHenry Elementary School District the Board had to replace him with an appointee. Tonight, Paul Santopadre, the incumbent who lost to Betty Davis, O’Neill and Mike Hettermann in the last election, was selected in a … Continue reading
The resignation of John O’Neill from the McHenry Grade School Board opens up an opportunity for someone else to step up and serve. The District 15 School Board has issued the following directions for doing so: McHENRY – The deadline for … Continue reading
In his most recent article on his blog Illinoyances, Steve Reick writes about lawsuit abuse. The title? Lawsuit Abuse: We’re #3! (From the Bottom) Last year Reick ran against Democrat Jack Franks for State Rep. In 2010, when John O’Neill … Continue reading
John O’Neill, the first home school parent to be elected to a McHenry County school board, has resigned from the McHenry Grade School Board. O’Neill told McHenry County Blog that he is “resigning due to a relocation of his family.” … Continue reading
A couple of comments from last week under the article Senate Override of Rauner’s Veto Might Put Franks on Spot gave thoughts about what it would take to beat Democrat Jack Franks. Here’s one for “Priest”: I read in an … Continue reading
Today, State Rep. Jack Franks is probably sweating more than he was when this photo was taken at the beginning of a McHenry Fiesta Days Parade in 2010. Then he was challenged by McHenry Grade School and Library Board member … Continue reading
It appears fiscal conservative Betty Davis has managed to unseat incumbent McHenry Elementary School Board member Paul Santoparde. (Paul Santopadre is wearing the off-white sweater on the right, between Pat Miller in the blue shirt and Amanda Geyer in green.) … Continue reading