Not only is Lee Jennings a narrow winner over Bridgett Provenzano for Nunda Township Supervisor but his wife Susan is a narrow loser to Angela Koscavage in the race Township Clerk.
You can see the results below.
Seven votes separate the two candidates for Nunda Township Clerk.
There may be some more absentee ballots trickle in before the canvass, but there won’t be many.
Here’s another submission by a candidate that I haven’t gotten to until now.
She is Angela Koscavage, running for Nunda Township Clerk.
Here is a
Angela Koscavage
Angela, and her husband Clem have resided in Nunda Township for the past 25 years. They have two children.
She was employed as secretary/corporate librarian to the V.P. of Finance of a public gas company for five years, where she took corporate board minutes and maintained library files.
For twenty years, at Family Tutoring, Angela served as a liaison between parents and teachers and maintained accurate records during I.E.P. meetings as well as privately tutoring learning differenced children in reading and writing skills.
Angela has served the township as an election judge over the last twelve years. She has also filled in at the Supervisor’s Office during sicknesses and vacations. She has removed her name off as an election judge while a candidate in the February 26th election.
Currently, Angela works for Willow Creek Community Church part-time as the
assistant to the Director of Community Care and Equipping. She aids with the Monday evening support classes and also serves as a care pastor. She feels she has a giftedness in offering compassion. Walk-ins and those phoning the church with financial and emotional needs are greeted by Angela. She maintains accurate in-take notes and also serves as a care pastor.
“I choose to treat everyone in need with dignity and grace. Everyone has a story and until you hear it or have walked in their shoes, you can’t judge.” Angela is also a cancer survivor.
When asked why she is running for Nunda Township Clerk she said, “I am qualified, experienced and realize the importance in collecting and maintaining verbatim minutes.
I was recently asked by one of the committeemen,
“What would you do if someone would approach you on changing the wording to the minutes..say the Supervisor? How would you respond?”
“I said, my answer would be NO.
“I’d rather step down from the position than to do anything that wasn’t right.
“Verbatim has one definition I go by.I am accountable to someone higher than Nunda Township employees…God.
“I’m not a politician..but a citizen of the township who knows I can treat the position with a great deal of professionalism and the people of our township with the respect and dignity they deserve.”
Angela enjoys photography and family time. There is nothing like watching a Star Wars marathon with the family.
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Koscavage is running against Susan Jennings.
I invite all the candidates in contested township races in McHenry County to share their mailings with readers.
The latest to send one in is Nunda Township Supervisor candidate Lee Jennings. He is running against Bridigett Provenzano.
When I looked at the address side, I see there is a sample ballot recommending the nomination of the following candidates:
This sample ballot for the Nunda Township Republican primary election appears on Lee Jennings post card.
This is the back side of Lee Jennings mailing.
A press release from the Nunda Township Republican Central Committee:
About a third of the crowd at the Nunda Township Republican Central Committee’s Candidates’ Night.
On February 13, 2013 the Nunda Township Republican Central Committee held a Candidate Forum at American Community Bank in McHenry.
All of the candidates running for the Republican nomination in contested races were asked questions submitted online and by audience members. The Forum was moderated by the Executive Officers Mark Daniel, Mike Shorten, Mary McClellan and Scott Brown.
The Nunda Township Republicans are committed to providing their voters all of the information that they need to nominate the most qualified candidates. To that end the forum was recorded and is now being made available online for all voters to view.
To access the videos, voters in Nunda Township can go to nundagop.org and click on the link on the main page or by scrolling over the ’2013 Candidate Forum’ menu option.
The Nunda Township Republican Central Committee is the grassroots of the Republican Party in Nunda Township. Made up of 29 elected and appointed Precinct Committeemen the Nunda Republicans are dedicated to connecting with voters in their precincts throughout Nunda Township to ensure the successful elections of Republican candidates. If you would like more information about Nunda Township Republican Central Committee please visit our website nundagop.org.
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The link to the comments by Supervisor candidates Bridgett Provenzano and Lee Jennings are here.
The link to the comments by Highway Commissioner candidates Don Kopsell, Ron Parrish and “Iron Mike” Lesperance here.
The link to the comments by Township Clerk candidates Angela Koscavage and Susan Jennings are here.
Two candidates running for Nunda Township Supervisor and Clerk are distributing literature in their quest for office.
Current Township Trustee Lee Jennings is running for Township Supervisor and his wife Susan is running for Township Clerk.
Their palm card can be seen below:
Lee and Susan Jennings’ literature.
Lee and Susan Jennings literature.
With the exception of John Heisler’s having been removed from the Republican primary ballot, this article tells who is running for what.
The Jennings’ web site contains the following information:
Are we are husband and wife? Yes, for 22 years.
Is this nepotism? No, these are elected positions. We truly believe that we are the right candidates for both positions. However, YOU, the voters, will be making this decision.
Are there any conflicts of interest? Generally speaking, the only time when there would be a conflict of interest is when there is a tied vote between 3 Trustees and the Supervisor regarding filling a vacant Trustee position. The Clerk would then have a tie breaking vote. This is a rare instance that we would try to avoid.
Why are we running for office? We believe that Township Government, when run properly, can be one of the best values in government. Township government is the most intimate level of government, where the funds are spent locally for services and programs that directly assist the taxpayers who are footing the bill.
Unfortunately, during the last several years, Nunda Township has been fraught with in-fighting, backstabbing and questionable accounting and personnel practices. This has resulted in legal fees that far surpass what the budget can handle, leaving the Town Fund immersed in debt.
This is totally unacceptable and has to stop! Now!
We need leaders that care about the residents, not just their own political agendas or egos. We need leaders that will work with residents and other local governmental bodies to make our community a better place to live and work.
We possess these values and are committed to the following goals:
- Fiscal Responsibility – Cutting Costs to Achieve a Balanced Budget
- 100% Transparency – post all Financial information on the Website
- Total Open Door Policy – this is YOUR Township!
Education, employment and community involvement information can be found here. Lee’s work in his neighborhood is really quite interesting.
John Heisler
Lee Jennings
Bridgett Provenzano
I have given up trying to understand Nunda Township Republican politics.
Township Supervisor John Heisler, a former McHenry County Board member, is being challenged by three people.
Heisler, whose family’s name has been associated with Crystal Lake since his grandfather started a shoe repair shop across from the railroad station in 1908, won his first election in 2001 with a write-in campaign running against Mike Walkup.
So, beating him will be a real challenge.
Usually, the more opponents, the better for the incumbent in a primary election.
Even so, three have lined for the opportunity:
Don Kopsell
Running for Highway Commissioner are
For Assessor, no one is challenging incumbent Dennis Jagla.
Two are running for the Clerk’s position, which Provenzano is vacating to run for Supervisor:
For Trustee there are only four candidates for the four positions:
Bowing out as Trustees are Joni Smith and Jim Schlader.
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