A petition arrived today from former DuPage County State’s Attorney Joe Birkett announcing his candidacy for the 2nd Illinois Appellate Court. Birkett, who had run statewide at least twice, promises to uphold “the American ideal that ‘We are a nation … Continue reading
Earlier this week McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren won a Federal Appellate Court decision because the lawyer handing the case for the plaintiff wrote such a bad brief. Today Nygren lost a State Appellate Court decision because his side of … Continue reading
Yesterday I wrote about how Winnebago County’s board had decided they, as part-time employees didn’t deserve to have pensions. Today, the Sunday Chicago Tribune has a front page article by Christy Gutowski, Joe Mahr and Joseph Ryan entitled, Quite a … Continue reading
If you looked at the front page of the Chicago Tribune Sunday, you saw five candidates on top of the page. They are ones that the Tribune’s poll found leading in both the Democratic and Republican Party primaries. It was … Continue reading
Another pig roast at Irene Napier’s Valley View Road home will be held on Sunday June 28th. (Click to see the details on my invitation.) Last year’s was at Resurrection Center. This is a political fund raiser, which is apparently … Continue reading
April 14th, a pollster called one of McHenry County Blog’s friends in Algonquin. Here’s my contact’s description of the phone call: She said she was located in Asia and representing Western Wats. I tried to jot down her questions, not … Continue reading
Freshman State Senator Dan Duffy, a businessman from Lake Barrington in Lake County, was touted for governor in Chicago Sun-Times columnist Steven Huntley’s column yesterday. In an piece entitled, “GOP looks to unusual suspectsfor gov race,” Duffy’s name pops up … Continue reading
I didn’t. But, today while waiting for the vote on the impeachment of Rod Blagojevich and listening to Channel 9’s DNA paternity show, the following press release from Patrick Fitzgerald arrived. Fox has also covered the entire proceedings so far. … Continue reading
I didn’t. But, today while waiting for the vote on the impeachment of Rod Blagojevich and listening to Channel 9’s DNA paternity show, the following press release from Patrick Fitzgerald arrived. Fox has also covered the entire proceedings so far. … Continue reading
Looking through recent filings with the State Board of Elections, I ran across the McHenry County-based Pro-Life Victory Fund. All of the expenditures big enough to identify for the PAC were for the pig roast at Resurrection Center. Those contributing … Continue reading
Looking through recent filings with the State Board of Elections, I ran across the McHenry County-based Pro-Life Victory Fund. All of the expenditures big enough to identify for the PAC were for the pig roast at Resurrection Center. Those contributing … Continue reading
Traffic congestion will only get worse in McHenry County regardless of what local and state governments do. There is no way that lane growth can keep up with population growth in a county where developers are primary sources of political … Continue reading
Traffic congestion will only get worse in McHenry County regardless of what local and state governments do. There is no way that lane growth can keep up with population growth in a county where developers are primary sources of political … Continue reading
The most interesting political development at the Resurrection Center Pro-Life Victory PAC Pig Roast was the appearance of Dave Bachmann, Democratic Party candidate for McHenry County Coroner. Bachmann was even allowed to give a speech like the other statewide (actual … Continue reading
The most interesting political development at the Resurrection Center Pro-Life Victory PAC Pig Roast was the appearance of Dave Bachmann, Democratic Party candidate for McHenry County Coroner. Bachmann was even allowed to give a speech like the other statewide (actual … Continue reading
This is the final installment of pictures of Republican notables I took a week ago in Decatur at the Illinois Republican Convention. Somehow I missed House Minority Leader Tom Cross on the way down the line. When I went back, … Continue reading
This is the final installment of pictures of Republican notables I took a week ago in Decatur at the Illinois Republican Convention. Somehow I missed House Minority Leader Tom Cross on the way down the line. When I went back, … Continue reading
The week before last, the Kane County Board decided how to spend the RTA sales tax dollars that no collar county board member has to take any heat for. 82% will go to transportation, 15% to public safety and 3% … Continue reading
The week before last, the Kane County Board decided how to spend the RTA sales tax dollars that no collar county board member has to take any heat for. 82% will go to transportation, 15% to public safety and 3% … Continue reading
Not your birthday hat. Your thinking cap. I told you you can’t get rid of Mayor Aaron Shepley’s 75% Crystal Lake Sales Tax Hike by covering it up. You say you don’t know where it is? Well, we who shop … Continue reading
