In today’s Northwest Herald article about McHenry County Board member Chuck Wheeler’s suit against those behind three 2016 Republican Primary Election hit pieces, McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks is quoted as the source of Wheeler’s health benefits and mileage … Continue reading
Category Archives: Mileage
Illinois legislators passed a bill to freeze their tax-free living expense subsidies while away from home overnight, as well as the reimbursements they receive for driving to and from legislative sessions and other official meetings. Here is Governor Bruce Rauner’s … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog pointed out that Jack Franks’ patronage employee Bridget Geenen received four $500 mileage payments (yesterday I assumed they were checks, but they could have been cash) from the County Chairman’s political committee. Today, take a look … Continue reading
Don’t know about you, but in those days I filed for mileage reimbursements, the amounts were always odd numbers. Not so with payments to Bridget Geenen from Jack Franks’ campaign fund. What do you think is going on? … Continue reading
In the last Republican Primary election two candidates campaigning on not taking pension and health benefits. They were District 1 candidates Andrew Gasser and David Stieper. Gasser won the primary and the election, while Stieper lost to incumbent Republican Robert … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board is moving toward raising the pay of Zoning Board of Appeals members, but plan to eliminate mileage. What’s the reason? The memo gives this reason: According to County Administration, processing mileage reimbursement payments for the ZBA creates … Continue reading
Pete Gonigam at the First Electric Newspaper reports that former McHenry County Board member Robert Bless has been let go by the Cook County Sheriff’s Department. That county’s Merit Commission, which apparently actually has meetings, unlike the McHenry County Sheriff’s … 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