Whenever I see a contract being let, I wonder if campaign contributions might have been made to anyone close to the awarding of that contract. Today I looked at the McHenry County Transportation Committee agenda, which you can find here. … Continue reading
There was a transparency vote on the McHenry County Board that mystified me. It was a change in the County Board Rules which would have required the posting of County Board member expenses. The County Board annually budgets $1,000 per … Continue reading
Here’s a venue that hasn’t been used for a fund raiser before. McHenry County Board member Ken Koehler is using The Breakers, a superb Chinese restaurant north of Route 176 on Tuesday, October 29th. The cost is $50 ($75 per … Continue reading
Former Congressman Donald A. Manzullo was honored for his twenty years of service to McHenry County at a reception at Crystal Lake’s d’Andrea’s Monday night. Sixty-some people, including the two Congressman who replaced him, gathered to offer laudatory comments. A … Continue reading
With Independents and Democrats running against Republican Township candidates, I was interested in who got contributions from McHenry County Republican Party Chairman and State Rep. Mike Tryon. The answer is two Grafton Township Republican candidates, one before the primary election … Continue reading
The McHenry County Liquor and License Committee met Monday morning with an audience of liquor license holders pretty much filling the room. According to Committee chairman Ken Koehler, there were 15 people testifying in favor of a vote on a … Continue reading
Monday morning video poker (or slot machines, if one wants to be accurate) returns to the Liquor & License Committee again. Opponent John Hammerand isn’t Chairman any more. Now, proponent Ken Koehler has the gavel. The other members are VC … Continue reading
Here are the McHenry County Board members who signed Nick Provenzano’s petition to call a special meeting on Friday, January 18th at 9 AM to consider whether voters should have a shot in April at passing a referendum on whether … Continue reading
OK. You can say another effort to legalize slot machines and video poker is not likely. But, before you or I come to that conclusion, let’s look at what happened to the Liquor & License Committee make-up for the next … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board’s Committee on Committees met today and made the following recommendations for committee assignments and chairmanships and vice chairmanships. Click to enlarge either image. Recommendations for other Board assignments follow: Can you spot any changes from the … Continue reading
Woodstock’s Tina Hill has taken the gavel that Crystal Laker Ken Koehler wielded for the last eight years. Elected as Vice Chairman was Jim Heisler, who held the same post under Koehler two years ago. When the vote was taken … Continue reading
The pretty secret jockeying to be Chairman of the McHenry County Board for the next two years will culminate tomorrow morning in Woodstock. After the 9 0.clock swearing in, three, perhaps four, perhaps more people will have their names entered … Continue reading
Guess I didn’t read the Sunday Daily Herald article on the contest to be Chairman of the McHenry County Board. There is a vibrant three-way race consisting of current four-term Chairman Ken Koehler Tina Hill and Ersel Schuster with Nick … Continue reading
It’s a comment from County Board Chairman candidate Tina Hill. I found it in a Sunday Daily Herald article. “I’m not going to have any comment on that because it’s an internal thing,” she said. “I don’t deny what I … Continue reading
The article just belowthis one tried to figure out who would support whom for McHenry County Board Chairman. There are three active candidates: Ken Koehler Tina Hill Ersel Schuster I figure no one has a majority. The first choice of … Continue reading
One big fight last week was over whether voters should follow Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks’ leadership and create a County Executive form of government. (See “Jack Franks Gets Spanked.” When I wrote my article predicting the outcome, it … Continue reading
There were differences between the totals on which I based the earlier articles I wrote last night and the ones that now appear on the McVote election results web site. Added in at the end of the counting were 31,091 … Continue reading
There are two precincts who vote at the Crystal Lake Park Districts Main Beach House–Algonquin 7 and Algonquin 19. Let’s start at the top of the ticket, knowing that the results do not include 86 absentee and early votes. Neither … Continue reading
I’ve been complaining about the lack of political mail when most people would just be delighted to be merely subjected to television ads. Today, my neighbor down the street Jim Roden, or someone working for him dropped off a door … Continue reading
This morning’s ribbon cutting for Rakow Road had a bit better weather than the snowy day when the road was inaugurated. The sides to the tent weren’t lowered today. No participation, but wind strong enough to lift the unweighted tent … Continue reading
