Wonder Lake activist-barber Bob Anderson got a referendum on the November without having to go door-to-door. The question was on an issue upon which Governor Pat Quinn built his political career. Until he had to depend upon double-dippers to advance … Continue reading
He wasn’t at the front of the parade but the owner of Port Edward, Ed Woloweic, was the Grand Marshall. The parade took about an hour, truncated because of construction south on Route 31. Most of the politic entries which … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member Marc Munaretto decided not to run for re-election. The Algonquin man also is Algonquin Township Clerk. $17,173.70. Good pay for attending and writing up minutes for about 13-14 meetings a year, plus sitting in on the … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board failed to break with the “increase the tax take as much as possible” crowd, but they came close. Barb Wheeler made the motion to remove the CPI and Nick Provenzano seconded it. Wheeler is a candidate … Continue reading
There was “a Scribner’s error” in the county offices’ pay hike resolution some argued. It passed October 18th. In that first vote, County Board members voted 19-4 to raise County Board salaries to $21,500 per year. That’s about where all … Continue reading
Having been vindicated by not one, but two verdicts of acquittal in Circuit Court, McHenry County State’s Attorney has decided to seek voter approval of his stewardship of the office he first won in 2004. Speaking at his annual fund … Continue reading
Kevin Craver is reporting in the Northwest Herald that five McHenry County Board members conducted an illegal meeting. The five made sure that the majority of a committee were not in the room at the same time. The committee in … Continue reading
In an 18-4 vote, the 24-member McHenry County Board approved a redistricting that was recommended by its Legislative Committee. The four on the minority side of the question were Anna May Miller, who presented an amendment to include all of … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published an email request from Algonquin McHenry County Board member Marc Munaretto to spin the boundaries counterclockwise in the Southeastern part of McHenry County. This is the reaction of Brent Smith, the Republican Township Chairman of … Continue reading
An email from Algonquin’s McHenry County Board member Marc Munaretto: Dear Fellow Legislative Committee member: I am proposing a few modest changes to District 1 that more closely align with the priorities established by the Committee to follow both municipal … Continue reading
At its meeting earlier this week, the McHenry County Board shot down two “reform” measures and supported one. The movement to limit the number of terms that a County Board Chairman can serve, started by Union’s Randy Donley in his … Continue reading
Previously McHenry County Blog reported on the results and the roll call for the post of McHenry County Board Chairman. Challenger Marc Munaretto was pitted against incumbent Ken Koehler. The temperature outside was about 10 degrees. Some of the relationships … Continue reading
If you are interested in the inner workings of the McHenry County Board, peruse the four roll calls today for McHenry County Board Chairman and Vice Chairman. Today, we’ll look at the votes for County Board Chairman for 2008 and … Continue reading
As predicted Saturday, Ken Koehler won re-election as McHenry County Board Chairman. He was challenged by Marc Muneratto, who mustered eight votes, up from two in his 2008 challenge. The vote was 15-8 with one absence, Virginia Peschke. The Vice … Continue reading
You might think not much has been happening on the political front since the November 2nd election. You’d be wrong. Not only are candidates passing petitions for municipal, school and special district office, but two men are vying to be … Continue reading
Multiple sources have confirmed that the man who placed third in the contest to be named McHenry County Board Chairman is running again. The vote in 2008 was sixteen for Ken Koehler, six for Barb Wheeler and two for Marc … Continue reading
Finance Committee Chairman Marc Munaretto began the debate over whether to provide the developers of the McHenry County SportsPlex three more months to round up people to loan them money. Mary McCann took up the cause of those living off … Continue reading
Led by Finance Committee Chairman Marc Munaretto, the deadline to have borrowed the money allocated by the McHenry County Board under the subsidized Federal Stimulus Program was extended until the end of December for three projects previously approved: $15 million … Continue reading
Yesterday was one of the biggest fundraisers for the McHenry County Republican Central Committee. My guess is that parking along the road during previous golf outings has led to the “No Parking” signs there now. Time was that late comers … Continue reading
I was really zonked when I got home yesterday after the last of five tiring days of testimony which seemed to me could have been condensed into far less time. And staying up late to write up the fourth day … Continue reading
