McHenry County Board members get paid a salary of $20,815.86 a year. The average salary is almost $33,000 when health and dental insurance is included. And, even more if the County Board member is participating in the Illinois Municipal Retirement … Continue reading
Below is the statement read the the McHenry County Board Tuesday night: … Continue reading
Woodstock’s Tina Hill has taken the gavel that Crystal Laker Ken Koehler wielded for the last eight years. Elected as Vice Chairman was Jim Heisler, who held the same post under Koehler two years ago. When the vote was taken … Continue reading
This morning’s ribbon cutting for Rakow Road had a bit better weather than the snowy day when the road was inaugurated. The sides to the tent weren’t lowered today. No participation, but wind strong enough to lift the unweighted tent … Continue reading
Clint Eastwood handled one empty chair at the Republican National Convention. Had he attended the candidate’s night for County Board Districts 1, 2 and 3 Wednesday at McHenry County College, he would have had to deal with four of them. … Continue reading
Getting as much money out of taxpayers is pretty much the goal of every tax district official, from school board member to township trustee. To do that, boards need to ask for more than the increase in the Cost of … Continue reading
Wonder Lake activist-barber Bob Anderson got a referendum on the November without having to go door-to-door. The question was on an issue upon which Governor Pat Quinn built his political career. Until he had to depend upon double-dippers to advance … Continue reading
There was a long debate over whether the County Board should put a referendum on the fall ballot asking voters is they wanted to elect the County Board Chairman in an at-large election. Before that several citizens provided input. District … Continue reading
On March 27, McHenry County’s Finance and Audit Committee discussed emergency appropriations: a pair of contracts for the Planning and Development Department – one for a computer program for their Permitting System and another for their Digital Plan Review in … Continue reading
With almost 16% of the GOP primary votes counted in McHenry County Board District 2, all three incumbents are heading toward re-election. In addition, Crystal Lake City Councilwoman Carolyn Schofield is filling the fourth spot. Challenger Tom Wilbeck, who ran … Continue reading
What follows are District 2 candidate Jim Heisler’s answers to the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water’s Questionnaire. ALAW County Board Candidates Survey: 2012 Primary Election A. Land Use 1) Do you agree that new development should be located where … Continue reading
The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has issued its recommendations for the McHenry County Board. McHenry County Blog is in the process of publishing all of the candidate questionnaires that were turned in. Not all candidates chose to do … Continue reading
In a wrap-up article about the District 2 McHenry County Board contest in the Republican Party primary, Kevin Craver focused on a significant difference between the three incumbents running for re-election and challengers Tom Wilbeck and Carolyn Schofield. The incumbents, … Continue reading
Endorsements take a lot of work. That’s probably the real reason that the Chicago Sun-Times decided not to do them this year. Today, the Northwest Herald rolled out its favorites for McHenry County Board Districts 2 and 3. There are … Continue reading
The infrastructure of the McHenry County Republican Party had dinner at d’Andrea’s Saturday night Pretty much all the county elected officials were present and lots of candidates. Only five were introduced, however, except en masse. They were State Rep. Mike … Continue reading
After an overly long set-up yesterday, today we move into what office seekers who attended the McHenry County Young Republicans’ Candidates’ Forum said about the County Board’s having decided to maximize the amount of money it will take out of … Continue reading
As I mentioned in my short article Saturday, the records of incumbent County Board members and the positions of challengers on holding real estate taxes constant or even lowering them could become the issue of the March 20th Republican primary … Continue reading
Out of the woodwork stepped Thomas Wilbeck of Lakewood. His unexpected entry into the Republican primary means the three incumbents and publicly-announced newcomer will have to put on real campaigns. Incumbent Scott Breeden is not running for re-election, concluding for … Continue reading
With the exception of any Democrats, most of those wanting to serve on the McHenry County Board filed petitions in the County Clerk’s Office today. An asterisk in front of a name means they filed at 8 AM when the … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board failed to break with the “increase the tax take as much as possible” crowd, but they came close. Barb Wheeler made the motion to remove the CPI and Nick Provenzano seconded it. Wheeler is a candidate … Continue reading
