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The Daily Herald doesn’t call it a scandal, but it is. Lenore Adkins has written a story about how gone, but not done gone, ex-McHenry County College President Walt Packard is still being paid what he was when he was … Continue reading
Category Archives: George Lowe
Yesterday I wrote a too long article about the McHenry County College MAP engaging the community meeting. I pointed out the history of St. Louis tax hike firm Unicom-ARC, which $137,750 for the ten-month project. In my headline yesterday, I … Continue reading
Faced with competing sellers, including perhaps the Crystal Lake Park District and a landowner a mile west in Woodstock, the McHenry County College Board voted unanimously, with Scott Summers absent, to sell 3.67 acres to BMB Communications Management for a … Continue reading
Beating the two-day mandated deadline, McHenry County College officials have posted the agenda for its special meeting to hear in public BMB Communications Management’s proposal to buy “3.67 acres of MCC real estate.” President John Macquire will make the presentation … Continue reading
Beating the two-day mandated deadline, McHenry County College officials have posted the agenda for its special meeting to hear in public BMB Communications Management’s proposal to buy “3.67 acres of MCC real estate.” President John Macquire will make the presentation … Continue reading
Crystal Lake City Clerk Roger Dreher is retiring after two terms. When I talked to him Monday morning, he told me only one person had filed to replace him in the $3,600 job. Nick Kachiroubas is the only one who … Continue reading
Crystal Lake City Clerk Roger Dreher is retiring after two terms. When I talked to him Monday morning, he told me only one person had filed to replace him in the $3,600 job. Nick Kachiroubas is the only one who … Continue reading
Long-time columnist for the Northwest Herald and predecessor papers Don Peasley revealed a bit over a week ago that “The fair board is a participant in developing a multi-purpose events facility in cooperation with a proposed minor league baseball stadium … Continue reading
Long-time columnist for the Northwest Herald and predecessor papers Don Peasley revealed a bit over a week ago that “The fair board is a participant in developing a multi-purpose events facility in cooperation with a proposed minor league baseball stadium … Continue reading
As readers of McHenry County Blog know, McHenry County State’s yours truly, Attorney Lou Bianchi sued the McHenry County College Board for kicking four citizens, including from out of its building while the trustees were meeting in top secret, hush, … Continue reading
As readers of McHenry County Blog know, McHenry County State’s yours truly, Attorney Lou Bianchi sued the McHenry County College Board for kicking four citizens, including from out of its building while the trustees were meeting in top secret, hush, … Continue reading
It’s time to pay the piper, in this case the owners of the Gilger property which the McHenry County College Board voted to purchase during a Crystal Lake City Council meeting on March 4th. MCC contract attorney Sandy Kerrick announced … Continue reading
It’s time to pay the piper, in this case the owners of the Gilger property which the McHenry County College Board voted to purchase during a Crystal Lake City Council meeting on March 4th. MCC contract attorney Sandy Kerrick announced … Continue reading
Notice how I am trying to catch up to the lingo of the younger generation in my headline. McHenry County Board member Scott Summers asked a couple of months ago for MCC staffers to explore and cost out whether th … Continue reading
Notice how I am trying to catch up to the lingo of the younger generation in my headline. McHenry County Board member Scott Summers asked a couple of months ago for MCC staffers to explore and cost out whether th … Continue reading
Some may remember my complaint that the McHenry County Conservation District stiffed the Crystal Lake area in its $68.5 million bond issue. (That was before last year’s $73 million bond issue.) Indeed the $90,000 parking lot dedicated to bike riders … Continue reading
Some may remember my complaint that the McHenry County Conservation District stiffed the Crystal Lake area in its $68.5 million bond issue. (That was before last year’s $73 million bond issue.) Indeed the $90,000 parking lot dedicated to bike riders … Continue reading
For the second meeting in less than a month, I left the room whistling, “Ding, dong the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch…” And, this time I even came up with appropriate words before I got home … Continue reading
For the second meeting in less than a month, I left the room whistling, “Ding, dong the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch…” And, this time I even came up with appropriate words before I got home … Continue reading
MCC President Walt Packard Sings Death Nell for Baseball Stadium For the second meeting in less than a month, I left the room whisting, “Ding, dong the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch…” And, this time I … Continue reading