Yesterday I weighed in with my thoughts on McHenry County Board member Pete Merkel’s apparently harsh criticism of the Alliance for Lake, Agriculture and Water’s proposal for a conflict of interest ordinance. The group asked county board candidates whether they … Continue reading
Following in the footsteps of Crystal Lake City Councilwoman Carolyn Schofield is her colleague Jeff Thorsen. He has filed the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s ethics form. You can find it here. As with Schofield, Thorsen was elected last … Continue reading
In an interview with the Daily Herald, Sun City McHenry County Board member Dan Ryan blamed his refusal to disclose personal financial information requested by the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water and low turnout in his retirement community. “It … Continue reading
Apparently the advantage incumbency and the advantage that having a woman’s name on the ballot usually brings wasn’t enough to spare District 1 from the expense of a mailing. Both Yvonne Barnes and Anna May Miller have sent out mailings. … Continue reading
It’s the day before the election and time to do some reviewing of issues that McHenry County Blog has covered on the county level. Most attention was given to the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s conflict of interest questionnaire. … Continue reading
Two more county board candidates have filed their conflict of interest forms with the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water. That brings the total to 20 out of 27 candidates who have answered the ALAW questionnaire. 74%. Pretty amazing. District … Continue reading
Remember hearing about how forest fires sometimes jump fire breaks that are intended to contain them. That may have happened late last week with the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s conflict of interest ordinance. Originally presented to the McHenry … Continue reading
Now there are two candidates for countywide office who have filed the conflict of interest forms prepared by the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water. The first was Zane Seipler, the Republican challenging McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren for his … Continue reading
The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has received its first completed conflict of interest form from a county board member not up for election. Her name is Virginia Peschke and she represents District 5. In addition, another candidate for … Continue reading
There are 27 people running for the McHenry County Board. As of now, over half the candidates have filled out questionnaires aimed at identifying potential conflicts of interest–14 in all. Might this be an indicator that those wanting to serve … Continue reading
At the McHenry County Board’s Management Services Committee this morning, the members received a January 8th memo from the State’s Attorney’s Office on the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s proposal to require county officials to reveal Here’s what Assistant … Continue reading
With the submission of the ALAW conflict of interest form, the total now stands at eleven of those county board members who have opened up financial aspects of their personal lives. Republican Veronica Armstrong, who is running for a District … Continue reading
Maybe the times they are a changing. The following press release from ALAW, the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water tells of two new aspirants for the McHenry County Board having answered the questions on the income and asset disclosure … Continue reading
Want to know how comprehensive the ethics ordinance proposed by ALAW, the Alliance for Law, Agriculture and Water is? Read what candidates, appointed and elected officials and consultants would have to file with the McHenry County Clerk: Disclosure of Economic … Continue reading
Thursday, McHenry County Blog told of the conflict of interest and economic interest ordinance proposed by the reform group ALAW. Short for the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water, the group ALAWproposed wide-ranging conflict of interest notification for McHenry County’s … Continue reading
Looks like my raking leaves instead of attending the McHenry County Board meeting Tuesday resulted in not only missing the debate on whether or not to ban video slot machines (“video poker” to proponents of gambling expansion), but also a … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald published a long letter of resignation from former Cary School District 26 School Board President David Ruelle. He just resigned as the school district’s finances are tanking. One item in the letter was Ruelle pointing out; “For … Continue reading
It must be the silly season. The Huntley School District 158 Board of Education has decided to allow convicted felons bid on contracts like the hurry up, rush, rush one for snow removal. And Carpentersville District 300’s board has decided … Continue reading
It must be the silly season. The Huntley School District 158 Board of Education has decided to allow convicted felons bid on contracts like the hurry up, rush, rush one for snow removal. And Carpentersville District 300’s board has decided … Continue reading
Saturday, the Daily Herald editorially encouraged Carpentersville District 300 to pass a conflict of interest rule that would prohibit potential vendors from giving money to a pro-tax hike group from doing business with the district for two years. It uses … Continue reading
