The Huntley Area Tea Party is holding its next meeting in Huntley, rather than in Algonquin. Featured at the 6:30 event on April 27th at the Huntley American Legion will be a documentary film on the TEA Party movement, as … Continue reading
Category Archives: TEA Party
In Part 1 we got to neither of the topics mentioned in my headline. We’ll get to the first today. At Joe Walsh’s Town Hall Meeting in Crystal Lake’s McHenry County College, he was focusing on the fight between supporters … Continue reading
A press release from Lennie Jarratt, a prominent Lake County Tea Party activist who ran unsuccessfully for a Republican State Senate nomination last year: Is the Government Using Banks to Target Conservatives Groups? Since the IRS scandal broke it is … Continue reading
Tennessee Estes Kefauver held hearings with crime syndicate witnesses in the 1950’s. While kids now have far more exciting video games to occupy their time, then I was glued to our small black and white television screen listening to repetitive, … Continue reading
Tonya Franklin, the woman who was willing to run against Jack Franks for State Representative as a Republican but was denied that opportunity by the McHenry County Republican Central Committee, sent an interesting photo of her home. It was taken … Continue reading
Accompanying a Tuesday Chicago Sun-Times column by Chris Mooney entitled “Conservatives are happier,” is a photo featuring Mary Alger and Tonya Franklin. Folks will remember Alger as head of the Crystal Lake Tea Party and a former candidate for the … Continue reading
There must be a dam at the Illinois-Wisconsin border. The water from Wisconsin’s boiling tea kettle didn’t spill over the state border last Saturday when the McHenry County Republican Party decided no candidate against Jack Franks was better than Tea … Continue reading
An email from Sharon Meroni, who organized the effort to get Tonya Franklin on the ballot to oppose Democrat “Chainsaw Jack” Franks. Meroni, a write-in candidate for Republican Precinct Committeeman in Fox River Grove, did something I have seen no … Continue reading
Tomorrow is the day that willing Republican State Representative candidate Tonya Franklin learns whether she is authorized to seek 500 “good signatures” in two days The meeting, to which the public is invited, will be held Saturday at 9 AM … Continue reading
The invitation said the Huntley Area Tea Party Income Tax Day demonstration on Saturday afternoon would be cancelled if it rained. But the temperature was perfect with a beautiful breeze to keep the flags fluttering. Congressman Joe Walsh headlined the … Continue reading
In light of Congressman Don Manzullo’s loss to Adam Kinzinger, a freshman deemed more liberal that Manzullo by every organization that did a ranking and more compliant with national House Republican Leadership’s wishes, as evidenced by Eric Cantor’s contributions and … Continue reading
Here is the press release: ILLINOIS TEA PARTY ENDORSES DON MANZULLO FOR CONGRESS The Illinois Tea Party is pleased to endorse Don Manzullo to represent Illinois in the 16th congressional district. Congressman Manzullo has an excellent voting record of focusing … Continue reading
“All politics is local,” said Democratic Party House Speaker Tip O’Neill. Too many Tea Party people haven’t figured that out. You can tell by the signs at the early demonstrations. Most were aimed at President Obama and Obamacare. True, elements … Continue reading
Earlier this weekend, I ran an article about how McHenry County Democrats had been encouraged to go to Wisconsin to work on the Recall Scott Walker effort. Saturday Lori Lee White and her husband went to a Wisconsin rally for … Continue reading
Into my inbox today arrived the results of the Rockford Tea Party online Presidential survey. To its credit, the organization reveals the number of participants–281. As you can see most were Republicans. Two-thirds self-identified themselves as such. Significantly, however, the … Continue reading
Yesterday, this story was posted from information provided by McHenry County Blog readers. Now a reader has forwarded a reply that she got from Crystal Lake Joint Venture Partner Bob Irons: “Thank you for contacting the Outback Steakhouse website. My … Continue reading
A post on FaceBook from Tonya Franklin, the mother of a waitress fired by Crystal Lake Outback Steakhouse, led to a demonstration at the restaurant Sunday afternoon. Most of the message follows: Boycott Outback Steakhouse ~ Don’t Tread On Me! … Continue reading
You may have read that incumbent State Senator Suzi Schmitt, the one who seemed to throw around her weight when calling 911 about a domestic argument, decided not to run for re-election. Now Tea Party leader Lennie Jarratt is announcing … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh: Congressman Joe Walsh Slams President Obama for Comparing Occupy Wall Street to the Tea Party Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh released the following statement in response to President Obama’s comments yesterday comparing the Occupy … Continue reading
Illinois Democrats have succeeded in one of their goals–making sure at least one of the five freshman Congressman won’t return to Washington. The following email to friends and supporters of 8th District Congressman Joe Walsh announces that he will be … Continue reading