Tea Party Republican candidate for the McHenry County Board in District 2 seems to have gained more traction than I had thought. The evidence? Political opponents are stealing her signs. Her reaction has been by far the best I have … Continue reading
Category Archives: Mary Alger
After an overly long set-up yesterday, today we move into what office seekers who attended the McHenry County Young Republicans’ Candidates’ Forum said about the County Board’s having decided to maximize the amount of money it will take out of … Continue reading
“All politics is local,” said Democratic Party House Speaker Tip O’Neill. Too many Tea Party people haven’t figured that out. You can tell by the signs at the early demonstrations. Most were aimed at President Obama and Obamacare. True, elements … Continue reading
With the exception of any Democrats, most of those wanting to serve on the McHenry County Board filed petitions in the County Clerk’s Office today. An asterisk in front of a name means they filed at 8 AM when the … Continue reading
Mary Alger, one of the spark plugs for Patriots United, was passing a petition to put herself on the March primary ballot for a District 3 McHenry County Board seat. She did so at the pizza meet and greet that … Continue reading
The annual Pro-Life Pig Roast was held at Irene Napier’s Valley View Road farm northeast of Crystal Lake Sunday and there were candidates galore. With Governor Pat Quinn’s having just signed the Democrats’ reapportionment bill for for congressional districts, the … Continue reading
Without ballot integrity, democracy disappears. If you can’t be sure your vote is being counted correctly and only votes of others voting legally are being counted as well, what trust would you have in the governmental system? The Crystal Lake … Continue reading
Six citizens represented by McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s Defense Counsel Terry Ekl have asked to be interveners in Judge Gordon Graham’s secret supervision of Special Prosecutors Henry Tonigan and Thomas McQueen. The six, all supporters of Bianchi, are … Continue reading
Mary Alger, the spark plug of the Crystal Lake Tea Party and one of the people that Patriots United counts on to do whatever needs to be done, will be interviewed on Laura Ingraham’s radio show tomorrow about 11:35. The … Continue reading
I got a tip from the Northern Illinois Tea Party that the missing Wisconsin State Senators were meeting at the Heritage Inn and Suites at the intersection of Routes 14 and 23 in Harvard. Silly me, I went looking for … Continue reading
It’s not like some Republican state representative campaigns have seen, but over $35,000 coming into a campaign where his opponent millionaire Jack Franks spent more on White Sox tickets than Republican John O’Neill raised during the first half of the … Continue reading
I received the following self-explanatory email from Mary Alger yesterday, but didn’t get a chance to process it: I wanted to let your readers know that a clubhouse for McHenry County Iraq & Afghanistan War Veterans is opening this Saturday. … Continue reading
Saturday, the Patriots United Crystal Lake Independence Day float was finished. Ready to fly onto the parade route was the symbol of our country, the American Eagle. Mary Alger and her crew did a splendid job. The parade goes down … Continue reading
Governor Pat Quinn has said he started the tea party movement with his inundation of state legislators and Governor Jim Thompson’s office with tea bags when the Illinois General Assembly conspired with Thompson to raise legislative salaries 40% in 1978. … Continue reading
If you are not satisfied with the representation of Democrat Melissa Bean in the 8th Congressional District, you might was to head on over to McHenry County College’s Conference Center tonight at 7. All six of the GOP primary opponents … Continue reading