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Before the word “activist” had been invented, Julie Covert, who spent most of her life in Algonquin and Cary, was one. I don’t know when my father and mother met Julie, who just died at age 96, and her husband … Continue reading
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McHenry County Sheriff candidate Zane Seipler is levying the same charge against his opponent Keith Nygren that Nygren’s candidate for State’s Attorney Dan Regna made against Lou Bianchi: Using his office for political gain Here are the details from the … Continue reading
That’s the headline that the Northwest Herald put on a letter from my 90-something friend Julie Covert in Saturday’s paper. I suspect that Julie would have preferred How Dare They! There certainly wasn’t any doubt in her mind when we … Continue reading
In the 1970’s when my legislative office was across from the train station in Mike Janek’s old automobile dealership (at the corner of Woodstock and Brink Streets), a man rode up on a balloon tire bicycle. He parked his bike … Continue reading
In the 1970’s when my legislative office was across from the train station in Mike Janek’s old automobile dealership (at the corner of Woodstock and Brink Streets), a man rode up on a balloon tire bicycle. He parked his bike … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog related how McHenry County Board Chairman Watson Lowe told her it was time to leave the county board room when business was about to get under way Later, when Lowe, an Assistant Supervisor from Algonquin Township, … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog related how McHenry County Board Chairman Watson Lowe told her it was time to leave the county board room when business was about to get under way Later, when Lowe, an Assistant Supervisor from Algonquin Township, … Continue reading
Juliet Covert was a good friend of my parents. They were allies in efforts to reform politics in Algonquin Township and McHenry County. Julie attended one of my first coffees when I ran for McHenry County Treasurer in 1966 To … Continue reading
Juliet Covert was a good friend of my parents. They were allies in efforts to reform politics in Algonquin Township and McHenry County. Julie attended one of my first coffees when I ran for McHenry County Treasurer in 1966 To … Continue reading