A press release concerning McHenry County: UNPRECEDENTED REGIONAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND COOK, DUPAGE, KANE, KENDALL, LAKE, MCHENRY AND WILL COUNTIES LEADS TO METRO CHICAGO EXPORTS LAUNCH JPMorgan Chase pledges $500,000 to launch the initiative Cook County … Continue reading
Category Archives: Melissa Bean
Joe Walsh is nothing if not candid. The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that WIND pulled the plug on his radio talk show last night after about two hours on the air. The paper reports he tweeted: “Just got kicked off … Continue reading
A communication from the Village of Johnsburg: SEWER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDED At Thursday night’s board meeting, the Village Board accepted a bid from Glenbrook Excavating to install gravity sewer along Fairview Avenue from Chapel Hill Road to Church Street. Construction … Continue reading
Melissa Bean has used a Washington inside dopester publication Roll Call to reveal that she will not be trying to regain her old congressional seat in 2012. Although the closest race in the nation for Congress with a 291 victory … Continue reading
Former three-term Congresswoman Melissa Bean has been named to be the trade associated exec of the Executives’ Club of Chicago. The group has a $3 million budget and fifteen employees, the Chicago Tribune reports. She starts work March 21st. On … Continue reading
McHenry County was represented until after the 1962 election by Marguerite Stitt Church. She lived in Evanston and succeeded her husband Ralph when he died in 1950. Next came Robert McClory, who held office until re-apportionment in 1982, when he … Continue reading
National Journal columnist Josh Kraushaar made “Against the Grain Awards.” 8th Congressional District Congressman Joe Walsh won a mention for “Most Bang for the Buck.” Most Bang for the Buck Award Rep.-elect Joe Walsh, R-Ill., who eked out a 290-vote … Continue reading
The “news” at Congressman-Elect Joe Walsh’s first post-election Town Hall meeting in McHenry County was that he would not vote for the compromise tax bill being considered in Congress. But the take-away message was that constituents should expect a lot … Continue reading
Using her lame duck status to the max, 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean voted for the Dream Act, a bill opponents claimed was a form of amnesty. Other Illinois Democrats voting for the bill were Lame Duck Bill Foster Luis … Continue reading
That’s what Gapers Block reports: Earlier today the U.S. House of Representatives voted on whether to bring the Bush tax cuts up for debate. The ending tally was 213 in favor, 203 against. Thirty Democrats voted against and of those … Continue reading
It’s almost a month after the November 2nd election and blogger Nate Silver has finally gotten around to writing about 8th District Republican Joe Walsh’s victory over three-term Democrat Melissa Bean. Silver, whose blog “Five Thirty Eight” projected odds of … Continue reading
Don Surber of the Charleston Daily Mail wrote ten articles of advice after the campaign. Since some touch on the Joe Walsh-Melissa Bean contest in the 8th Congressional District. In retrospect, Walsh did what Surber suggests, while Bean didn’t. I … Continue reading
So far, I have not seen a Joe Walsh photo that shows the joy that he must feel from being elected to Congress. Likewise, I have not seen a Melissa Bean photo in which she looks at all sad. Just … Continue reading
Yesterday, Congressman Joe Walsh’s statement and questions about committee assignments and climate control were covered. Today the extent of Walsh’s mandate is discussed. The U.S. Representative-elect was asked about his 290 out of 200,000 vote margin. With the premise that … Continue reading
So, what’s a Congressman-elect’s first press conference like? For Joe Walsh’s, I was allowed to listen in and even ask questions, if I wished. My fingers tried to keep up with Walsh. What follows is what I got down. “I … Continue reading
I’m pretty certain he is quite please with his Congressional victory, but in the article about her concession of the 8th District race, Walsh is frowning. Could I be excused if I again point to media bias against this conservative? … Continue reading
And, here it is: “I’m pleased that the decision of the people of the 8th District voting on November 2nd has been confirmed. “Representative Bean telephoned me earlier this evening and congratulated me for winning the 8th District seat in … Continue reading
As you can imagine, I am not on Melissa Bean’s email. Unsurprisingly, the Daily Herald is. That paper reports that Bean has called Joe Walsh to concede. She has scheduled a press conference in Schaumburg tomorrow morning at 9:30. One … Continue reading
Melissa Bean won the late count of Lake County, McHenry and Cook County absentee and provisional vote contest. Here’s what I and the Daily Herald found resulted from the net counts today: +46 for Bean in Cook County +14 foe … Continue reading
It’s “Plus 5” in the counting of outstanding ballots in McHenry County’s portion of the 8th Congressional District. Here’s how the thirty extra district ballots were cast 17 – Joe Walsh 12 – Melissa Bean 1 – Bill Scheurer … Continue reading