Eight media requests were apparently made to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department for copies of the suicide notes that Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano wrote to members of his family. Another was made by the Better Government Association. The one … Continue reading
Why Sheriff Keith Nygren refused to release the 911 call made by former McHenry County and State Republican Party Chairman Al Jourdan is beyond me. Now, almost most four months after Metra Exec Phil Pagano committed suicide by stepping in … Continue reading
Despite the negative comments that appear under articles published that remind folks that Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano’s highly publicized suicide by stepping in front of a commuter train, it seems others are of similar opinions. Tuesday, the Chicago Sun-Times … Continue reading
One of the comments under the Daily Herald article on a 17-year old boy’s train suicide near the Barrington High School yesterday morning follows: “Looks like Phil Pagano started a new trend.” Readers didn’t think it was appropriate, turning enough … Continue reading
My wife’s favorite line in the new version of “Alice in Wonderland” is “Off with their heads!” It’s been almost three months since Crystal Laker Phil Pagano, Metra’s crooked Executive Director killed himself by stepping in front of the last … Continue reading
A woman walked in front of a train in Mt. Prospect Friday night at 6:59 with predictable results. It was not a regular place that one would walk across the tracks. So, Crystal Lake’s Metra Director Phil Pagano’s May suicide … Continue reading
“Factoring (in retirement and health benefits), 524 employees — 18.4 percent of the rail agency’s 2,848-member work force — made $100,000 or more in total compensation last year,” Chicago Sun Times reporters Chris Fusco, Mary Wisniewski and Art Golab report … Continue reading
Now we apparently have the second copy cat suicide in McHenry County since Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano (“I love Metra”) killed himself by stepping in front of the last train from McHenry at East Hillside Road. A woman in … Continue reading
I can’t wait to read the report by Blackman Kallick about what went wrong over the ten years that Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano looted the agency. Here’s a post the firm has put on its web site. It’s the … Continue reading
I have no clue who Larry Higgins is, but he is a Metra Board member who has no grasp of reality. Referring to Phil Pagano’s theft of about $50,000 a year for ten years, he commented, according to the Chicago … Continue reading
Both the Cook County State’s Attorney and the United States Attorney have taken an interest in the overpayment of former Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano. First to serve a subpoena was the State’s Attorney. You see it below (click to … Continue reading
The Phil Pagano copy cat suicide number two was a twenty-something young man who stepped in front a a Metra engine heading to Fox Lake on the Milwaukee Line at about 1:35 on Sunday night. I am sure it will … Continue reading
McHenry County Coroner Marlene Lantz just revealed the name of the 51-year old man who killed himself by stepping in front of a Metra train yesterday near the Pingree Road Station. He is Crystal Lake resident Marty A. DiFusco. The … Continue reading
A lot has been written by others of the legacy that Phil Pagano left Metra. Having only ridden the Chicago and Northwestern line, I see less service since Metra took over, not more, except for the new Pingree Road Station. … Continue reading
When I was picking up my son from Bernotas Junior High this afternoon a little after 2, I had to wait a long time to get through Woodstock Street. Tree trimmers were out in force on Oak Street holding up … Continue reading
What follows is what the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department provided when I filed a Freedom of Information Report for the report on Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano’s suicide. The farther down you got, the more interesting it gets. One suicide … Continue reading
Take a look. Here’s what McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren released today. It’s typed in all capital letters and unsigned. Dear Carole and the Board- I am deeply sorry for all that I have put you through. With the exception … Continue reading
It isn’t often that a Chicago Tribune editorial mentions someone from McHenry County. It happens in legislative endorsements, but rarely elsewhere. Today former State Senator, now Metra Board member Jack Schaffer got quoted at the top of an editorial entitled, … Continue reading
When’s the last time that you heard of a government not seeking more power. Think municipalities annexing property. Think village trustees not being able to wait to have a population of 25,000 certified so it can be a Home Rule … Continue reading
Unless former Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano drove east on Hillside Road before committing suicide on the East Hillside Road tracks, he wouldn’t have seen the signs in opposition to one of his last significant decisions. After giving Craig Steagall … Continue reading
