McHenry County Blog

The following press release has been received from McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi.

If you owe Circuit Clerk Kathy Keefe money, your next call could be from the new bill collector.

STATE’S ATTORNEY’S PURSUIT OF SCOFFLAWS TO HELP AID BUDGET DEFICIT

Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that, with the support of McHenry County Board Chairman, Ken Koehler, and McHenry County Circuit Clerk, Kathy M. Keefe, he has entered into a contract with Alliance One Receivable Management, Inc. to recover outstanding fines and fees owed by traffic and criminal offenders, due to McHenry County.

In light of ongoing pressures facing taxpayers and units of local government, the State’s Attorney is undertaking this collection program in order to ease that financial pressure by vigorously pursuing offenders who have outstanding fines to comply with their Court ordered payments.

In addition, there will be no costs to the taxpayers to institute this program since all costs of collection shall be attributed to the delinquent offender.

The following press release has been received from McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi.

If you owe Circuit Clerk Kathy Keefe money, your next call could be from the new bill collector.

STATE’S ATTORNEY’S PURSUIT OF SCOFFLAWS TO HELP AID BUDGET DEFICIT

Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that, with the support of McHenry County Board Chairman, Ken Koehler, and McHenry County Circuit Clerk, Kathy M. Keefe, he has entered into a contract with Alliance One Receivable Management, Inc. to recover outstanding fines and fees owed by traffic and criminal offenders, due to McHenry County.

In light of ongoing pressures facing taxpayers and units of local government, the State’s Attorney is undertaking this collection program in order to ease that financial pressure by vigorously pursuing offenders who have outstanding fines to comply with their Court ordered payments.

In addition, there will be no costs to the taxpayers to institute this program since all costs of collection shall be attributed to the delinquent offender.

It’s impossible to tell from pre-election campaign finance reports how much a political action committee has in the bank because most expenditures do not have to be reported.

The unopposed Republican candidate for McHenry County Circuit Clerk, Katherine Keefe, for example, had almost $19,200 on deposit on July 1st.

She gave Mike Tryon’s Chairman’s Circle $600 on September 15th and made other miscellaneous contributions to various candidates amounting to $400.

That would bring her total assets down to about $18,000, assuming she hasn’t spent anything else.

And, without an opponent, she may not have.

She reported having collected no contributions since mid-year.

It’s impossible to tell from pre-election campaign finance reports how much a political action committee has in the bank because most expenditures do not have to be reported.

The unopposed Republican candidate for McHenry County Circuit Clerk, Katherine Keefe, for example, had almost $19,200 on deposit on July 1st.

She gave Mike Tryon’s Chairman’s Circle $600 on September 15th and made other miscellaneous contributions to various candidates amounting to $400.

That would bring her total assets down to about $18,000, assuming she hasn’t spent anything else.

And, without an opponent, she may not have.

She reported having collected no contributions since mid-year.