Here re those who have filed for school board at the McHenry County Clerk’s Office through 5 PM on Wednesday, January 12th: CONSOLIDATED ELECTION APRIL 2, 2019 SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES FILED ** indicates simultaneous filing NIPPERSINK SCHOOL DIST 2 ** … Continue reading
Category Archives: School Board
A letter for the editor of the Northwest Herald, reprinted here with permission of writer Stephen Willson of Lakewood: Run for Office Editor: Our government is supposed to be a system of checks and balances. Locally, that means school boards … Continue reading
Continuing coverage of the League of Women Voters Candidates’ Night for those seeking State Senate seats looking at answers to the question of what to do with the State’s budget shortfall. And the candidates had a minute to answer the question … Continue reading
Continuing coverage of the League of Women Voters Candidates’ Night for those seeking State Senate seat looking at answers to the question of whether property taxes should be capped or reduced and “how do you propose to help schools and libraries–two … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks, having met with some school district officials privately June 6th, has sent our Freedom of Information requests seeking the following information from each school district for 2010 through 2017: The total number of district … Continue reading
Here are some participant notes about yesterday’s command performance performance: Jack Franks wanted to impart the message that we need to lower property taxes and that schools were the largest part of everyone’s tax bill. He talked about excess fund … Continue reading
The time was 11 o’clock. The place was the County Administrative Building. The participants had been summoned by McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Frnaks as part of his campaign to convince voters that he had not really promised that their … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published the press release McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks released about his invitation to nine school superintendents and board presidents to meet with him on Thursday. The superintendents said a number had scheduling conflicts, but … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks posted the following press release after it was published in the Northwest Herald. Franks asked for a meeting right after property tax bills would be received. Problem with that is Franks would have had … Continue reading
Commenter Swampbuggy offers this sage advice for how to cut property taxes: Right now the Teacher’s Union has discovered that you can run teachers for the school boards and then call all the parents and union members to come out … Continue reading
Crystal Lake High School Board Members Set Relatives’ Salaries A Friend of McHenry County Blog read an article in the Daily Herald concerning the conflict of interest in having relatives of school employees negotiating their salaries. Having relatives of school … Continue reading
In its article on the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board election Friday, the Northwest Herald did something I have not seen done before. It identified which candidates were endorsed by the teacher union. In my precinct letter, I … Continue reading
The Maine Township Republican Party is getting involved in its local high school board elections. That’s what is reported here in a publication called North Cook News. The editor of the local newspaper (Journal & Topics Newspapers) is on the … Continue reading
12-19-16 School Board Candidates for April Election Here are those who have filed for school board in every district but 300: CONSOLIDATED ELECTION APRIL 4, 2017, CANDIDATES FILED **SIMULTANEOUS FILING – 8:00 a.m. December 12, 2016 *** SIMULTANEOUS FILING – … Continue reading
Deadline for filing for office for tax districts that can raise your taxes is Monday at 5 PM. Teacher union-supported candidates have probably already filed. (You can see who has filed for school board here. It takes 50 signatures of … Continue reading
There are the people who have filed for school board in McHenry County (with the exception of District 300 candidates, who file in Kane County): CANDIDATES FILED **SIMULTANEOUS FILING – 8:00 a.m. December 12, 2016 There are the people who … Continue reading
The following have filed for the biggest taxing districts in McHenry County. They are running for school board, of course. Individuals have until next Monday at 5 o’clock to file for these offices, township offices, park board, fire protection district, … Continue reading
The following was written by John Biver for the Illinois Family Institute and is re-published with permission: Help Improve the Next Election by Running for Local Office The self-government called for in the first sentence of the U.S. Constitution (“we … Continue reading
From Governor Bruce Rauner: Statement from Governor Rauner on Property Tax Bills SPRINGFIELD – Governor Rauner issued the following statement as many homeowners throughout Illinois face a deadline today to pay property taxes: “Illinois residents are being hit with record … Continue reading
Campaign literature for the April election is beginning to surface. (If you see something that has not been published here, please scan and send it or mail it to 275 Meridian St., Crystal Lake, IL 60014). Here is what former … Continue reading