Grafton Township Assessor Al Zielinski, who angered the Township Board enough that they cut the office’s salary to $30,000 a year for the current term, came in with the second lowest margin of error in McHenry County for the taxes … Continue reading
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This is a press release from Grafton Township Assessor Al Zieliniski: Four more years of accurate and fair assessments for Grafton Township HUNTLEY, IL – Grafton Township property owners can look forward to four more years of accurate and fair … Continue reading
The following letter to Grafton Township residents was sent by Grafton Township Assessor Al Zielinski: Al Zielinski proposes leaving the Grafton Township Assessor’s Office in good, competent hands of Marty Kinczel, Certified General Real Estate Appraiser An open letter to Grafton Township … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune article on assessments has a comment on what constitute acceptable real estate assessment quality. It states that a 15% margin of error is “the highest acceptable coefficient of dispersion (margin of error).” Accuracy in your township Experts … Continue reading
A message from newly re-nominated Grafton Township Assessor Al Zielinski to GOP primary voters: Dear Grafton Township voters, Thank you for helping me reach the April 4th General Election ballot as your Grafton Township Assessor. Receiving four and a half … Continue reading
After being thrown off the Grafton Township Republican Primary ballot for not numbering the pages on his petitions, Assessor Al Zielinski decided to run a write-in campaign. He needed 50 votes (the number of petition signatures to get on the … Continue reading
Following in his father Chuck’s and his grandparents Millie and Howard Ruth’s footsteps, as well as his Great Grandfather’s, Eric Ruth won the Republican nomination for McHenry County’s Grafton Township Supervisor in Tuesday’s Primary Election. Ruth decisively defeated Joseph Holtorf. … Continue reading
The early returns in Grafton Township show the following (votes for Supervisor in headline): Supervisor ERIC RUTH (REP) 603 71.36 JOSEPH H HOLTORF (REP) 239 28.28% Clerk DINA FRIGO (REP) 323 38.78% KATHLEEN M WATSON (REP) 510 61.22% Assessor (write-ins) … Continue reading
With 303 votes cast for Supervisor, the early returns in Grafton Township show the following: Supervisor ERIC RUTH (REP) 209 68.98% JOSEPH H HOLTORF (REP) 93 30.69% Clerk DINA FRIGO (REP) 121 40.47% KATHLEEN M WATSON (REP) 178 59.53% Assessor … Continue reading
As I understand the law, write-in candidates in primary elections have to obtain at least as many votes as people had to obtain signatures to get on the ballot. That means that former Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore and Mathew … Continue reading
Every so often, it seems useful to share measurements of assessment quality among McHenry County Townships. These are basically measures of the work of township assessors, although the quality of their work can be increased or decreased by changes made … Continue reading
A press release from Grafton Township Assessor Al Zielinski: Alan Zielinski seeks re-election as a write-in for Grafton Township Assessor LAKEWOOD, IL (January 26, 2017) – When discussing the possibility of another term, many asked: “Why bother? “The “good ‘ol … Continue reading
The man who opponents thought was out of the running, put himself back in by filing as a write-in candidate for Grafton Township Assessor. Assuming he filed the correct paperwork, he will need about 50 votes to win re-election. Zielinski … Continue reading
For not numbering his petition pages, Grafton Township Assessor Alan Zielinski has been tossed off the February 28th Republican Primary Election ballot. Zielinski filed three petition pages with enough signatures, but did not number them. The same thing happened to … Continue reading
That is what one would conclude from reading the following on the Grafton Township web site: Notice of Public Hearing Grafton Township Electoral Board Notice is hereby given that a Grafton Township Officers Electoral Board meeting will be held on … Continue reading
Candidates have filed for each of the positions in the Grafton Township Primary Election, yet one office could be filled by a write-in campaign. For Supervisor, there are two running: Joe Holtorf, Huntley Eric Ruth, Huntley Incumbent Road Commissioner Tom … Continue reading
Last Wednesday night, the Grafton Township Republican Central Committee voted to hold a primary election next February to select candidates who will represent the part in April, according to Township Republican Chairman Jeff Thorsen. Not many people vote in a … Continue reading
An email from Grafton Township Assessor Al Zielinski: Appealing your 2014 taxes and your 2015 assessments Personally and via my presentations, I’ve explained and cautioned about the assessment games played at the county level. However, I never imagined to what … Continue reading
A press release from Grafton Township Assessor Al Zielinski: Grafton Township Assessor Laments a Return to Acrimony. HUNTLEY, IL (August 21, 2015) – “Maybe there’s something in the water preventing the township from working together in the interests of its residents.” … Continue reading
More people showed up at a property tax meeting with Grafton Township Assessor Al Zielinski Wednesday night than attended the AFSCME union rally in the Woodstock Square. The Lakewood Village Board indicated last month that it would invited Zielinski to … Continue reading