McHenry County Blog

In the furiously fought 26th state senate race to replace Bill Peterson, Republican Dan Duffy has reported receiving an additional $8,117.

Considering the bad publicity in both the Daily Herald and the Northwest Herald that his opponent Round Lake Mayor Bill Gentes has gotten for not telling the truth about having been let go by the Realtor Association of NorthWest Chicagoland, seeing $5,000 from the Illinois Association of Realtors go to his opponent must have galled Gentes.

Gentes did write a letter of apology.

In addition, Chris Reyes of Rosemont donated $2,500 and the Health Care Council of Illinois Politic paid Joe Cook of Wauconda $717 for consulting services and mileage.

The story with Bill Gentes’ big eyes comes from Round Lake Area School Board member Guy Finley’s blog, Stay the Course. Finley had a different “big eyes”-illustrated story yesterday.

In the furiously fought 26th state senate race to replace Bill Peterson, Republican Dan Duffy has reported receiving an additional $8,117.

Considering the bad publicity in both the Daily Herald and the Northwest Herald that his opponent Round Lake Mayor Bill Gentes has gotten for not telling the truth about having been let go by the Realtor Association of NorthWest Chicagoland, seeing $5,000 from the Illinois Association of Realtors go to his opponent must have galled Gentes.

Gentes did write a letter of apology.

In addition, Chris Reyes of Rosemont donated $2,500 and the Health Care Council of Illinois Politic paid Joe Cook of Wauconda $717 for consulting services and mileage.

The story with Bill Gentes’ big eyes comes from Round Lake Area School Board member Guy Finley’s blog, Stay the Course. Finley had a different “big eyes”-illustrated story yesterday.

What are the odds that 26th District Democratic Party state senate candidate Bill Gentes will get the Daily Herald’s endorsement after this?

An article by Bob Susnjara is headlined,

State senate candidate apologizes for ‘outright lie’

That does not sound auspicious.

The article reports that Gentes told the Daily Herald’s editorial board that he was “on a leave of absence from his full-time job as operations director at the Realtor Association of NorthWest Chicagoland.”

Checking that out, the reporter discovered the statement was not truthful.

According to CEO Peggy Kayser,

“On advice of counsel, I cannot give the terms of his separation, but Bill stating he is on a leave of absence is an outright lie.”

Oy vey!

In a subsequent interview with the Daily Herald, Gentes admitted he was fired in February and was embarrassed to be jobless and apologized for not telling the truth.

Partially as a result of the regional Realtors’ organization endorsement, Duffy got a $5,000 check from the state organization, the Illinois Association of Realtors.

What are the odds that 26th District Democratic Party state senate candidate Bill Gentes will get the Daily Herald’s endorsement after this?

An article by Bob Susnjara is headlined,

State senate candidate apologizes for ‘outright lie’

That does not sound auspicious.

The article reports that Gentes told the Daily Herald’s editorial board that he was “on a leave of absence from his full-time job as operations director at the Realtor Association of NorthWest Chicagoland.”

Checking that out, the reporter discovered the statement was not truthful.

According to CEO Peggy Kayser,

“On advice of counsel, I cannot give the terms of his separation, but Bill stating he is on a leave of absence is an outright lie.”

Oy vey!

In a subsequent interview with the Daily Herald, Gentes admitted he was fired in February and was embarrassed to be jobless and apologized for not telling the truth.

Partially as a result of the regional Realtors’ organization endorsement, Duffy got a $5,000 check from the state organization, the Illinois Association of Realtors.