At Thursday morning’s Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce governmental forum, there was a question and answer session. There was a well-researched question asking about what tax districts were doing about duplication of services: “From 2009 through 2012, Countywide Equalized Assessed … Continue reading
The Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce held its first Town Hall meeting Thursday morning. It was the usual time for such meetings, set so business people can attend before business hours. This time the public was allowed to come. There … Continue reading
Democrat Mary Margaret figures it takes three mailings to crack through the Republican Party dominance in the McHenry-Richmond-Burton Township County Board District in which she is running. Saturday, the third piece is scheduled to hit mailboxes in this five-way McHenry … Continue reading
I hate to tell you, “I told you so,” but the McHenry County Republican Party’s failure to allow Tonya Franklin to try to get on the ballot to oppose Jack Franks has indeed allowed him to play around more than … Continue reading
The Democrat challenging Republican hegemony in McHenry County Board District 4 is Mary Margaret Maule. She is running against four Republicans in a district that now has four GOP County Board members. One, Pete Merkel, is retiring. Bob Martens is … Continue reading
The Republican who ran first in the GOP Primary Election last March has become the target of the only Democrat running for the McHenry County Board in District 3, which runs from southern McHenry all the way north to the … Continue reading
One of the problems that State Rep. Jack Franks has with passing his pet referendum is that he does not have a unified Democratic Party behind him. Take, for example, Paula Yensen, the wife of the McHenry County Democratic Party … Continue reading
An email from District 4 Democratic Party McHenry County Board candidate Mary Margaret Maule, although not in her capacity, reminds people of this Friday’s CASA McHenry County fund raiser at the Turnberry Country Club in Lakewood: “Join us for a … Continue reading
The following expresses the position of Mary Margaret Maule, the Democratic Party County Board candidate in District 4, on the County Executive referendum put forth by State Rep. Jack Franks: “I have walked numerous precincts and the voters of McHenry … Continue reading
Maybe it’s not tea leaves. Maybe it’s newspaper clippings to which I should allude. In any event, the first two McHenry County Board endorsement editorials got me thinking. McHenry County’s paper of record has suggested dumping Board Chairman Ken Koehler … Continue reading
At least one candidate in each McHenry County Board district. The rumor mill was right. An article has already been run on District 1’s Nick Chirikos. In District 2 there are two challengers, Jim Roden and Jim Kennedy. District 3 … Continue reading
Jack Franks brought colleagues to his home town of Marengo Saturday to the hard-to-find new Marengo High School for a reapportionment hearing whose process will be completely controlled by Democrats in the General Assembly and Governor’s Mansion. To reach the … Continue reading
Today, after the rain stopped, I found four Democrats walking a precinct in Lake in the Hills. One of them was McHenry County Board member Jim Kennedy, who is up for re-election in District 5. He is running against fellow … Continue reading
Since it is impossible to be two places at the same time, I rely upon the following press release to tell you what happened Wednesday night at the organization convention of the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee. The meeting was … Continue reading
Since it is impossible to be two places at the same time, I rely upon the following press release to tell you what happened Wednesday night at the organization convention of the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee. The meeting was … Continue reading
Last year, Mary Margaret Maule put on a full-court press to win a seat on the McHenry County Board. She, like Jim Kennedy in District 5, targeted the male Republican in the race, Pete Merkel. The McHenry County Democratic Central … Continue reading
Last year, Mary Margaret Maule put on a full-court press to win a seat on the McHenry County Board. She, like Jim Kennedy in District 5, targeted the male Republican in the race, Pete Merkel. The McHenry County Democratic Central … Continue reading
Franks’ co-chairmanship of Democrat Robert Abboud’s campaign against Republican Congressman Don Manzullo may well mean that the energetic door-to-door campaigner will be doing in the 16th district what he did for Melissa Bean in the 8th when David McSweeney challenged … Continue reading
Franks’ co-chairmanship of Democrat Robert Abboud’s campaign against Republican Congressman Don Manzullo may well mean that the energetic door-to-door campaigner will be doing in the 16th district what he did for Melissa Bean in the 8th when David McSweeney challenged … Continue reading
After State Rep. Jack Franks finished talking to Republican County Chairman Bill LeFew and McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren, he was standing next to me waiting to get into the courtroom where the new 22nd judicial circuit would be celebrated. … Continue reading
