John Hammerand and Chuck Wheeler, the two Republican candidates for McHenry County Board in the McHenry-Richmond-Spring Grove have started distributing their door-to-door literature. It is a piece designed to hand on one’s door handle. The emphasis is on “Lower Taxes … Continue reading
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McHenry County Board member John Hammerand has been actually reading the proposed Unified Development Ordinance. His most recent observations appear below: This ordinance is faulty in its construction and premise. We restrict what should be unrestricted and free that which … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member John Hammerand is often a “No” vote on the McHenry County Board. He is one of the ones who pushed for the County’s tax take to remain constant. In his invitation to his $50 Monday, September … Continue reading
Today I went to the 8:30 AM meeting of the McHenry County Board’s Public Health Committee. Lots of interesting information surfaced as budgets from various departments were outlined. During the public comment time, I asked for an explanation of the … Continue reading
Someone sent me a link to this house in Holiday Hills. The address matches where McHenry County Board member Mary McClellan lives. I thought she lives in the Village of Holiday Hills and would not be affected by the proposed … Continue reading
If you store your recreational vehicle or boat in your driveway in the off season, you are in for some serious changes. The McHenry County Board is considering a Unified Development Ordinance. One of the significant differences between today’s rules … Continue reading
McHenry County Board members are working their way through the proposed Unified Development Ordinance, known as “UDO” by anyone talking about it. Wonder Lake member John Hammerand found something he doesn’t like at all on page 242. The topic is … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member John Hammerand is holing a $50 fundraiser on Monday, September 8th. The event will be held in Wonder Lake at the Grand Old Mill from 5-8 PM. … Continue reading
State Rep. Mike Tryon has retired as Chairman of the McHenry County Republican Central Committee, but from the attendance at his Huntley Fish Boil. you couldn’t tell it. Tryon’s district stretches down the Randall Road corridor to St. Charles now. … Continue reading
Learned at the County Fair that McHenry County is the only one in the six county area prohibiting the distribution of Bibles on a cell to cell basis. When he heard that, McHenry County Board member John Hammerand said, “That’s … Continue reading
I have not read the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) being considered by the McHenry County Board, but member John Hammerand has. He turned up an anomaly that caught my interest. Looking at summary pages, he discovered that it is harder … Continue reading
Last year, the premier political event in McHenry County was probably the annual Pro-Life Pig Roast at Irene Napier’s farm. All four gubernatorial candidates for the Republican nomination courted voters. No one running for statewide office came this year, but … Continue reading
I attended my first Milk Day Parade since I served the area in the 1970’s in the Illinois General Assembly Before the parade, I noticed petitions being passed for the Independent candidacy of Jim Harrison for Sheriff. Libertarian candidate for … Continue reading
Arne Waltmire, an unsuccessful candidate for the McHenry County College Board during the spring of 2013, has filed as a Democrat to run for the McHenry County Board in District 4. Wlatmire was endorsed by the MCC instructors and staff … Continue reading
John Hammerand, the County Board member who first pointed out (twelve months ago) that the county was losing big bucks by housing Federal prisoners, spoke next: “You cannot manage what we don’t measure. “I’m thinking of [the need to] swear … Continue reading
The debate on Tuesday about housing Federal prisoners in the McHenry County Jail started with Law & Justice Committee Chairman Sue Draffkorn trying to set the terms of debate. With regard to the ten-year agreement with the Feds, Draffkorn pointed … Continue reading
Challenger James Romano leads McHenry County Board member John Hammerand 39-37 among those who voted in person in McHenry 33. Early and absentee ballots are still to be added. REP MCHENRY 33 PCT COMM Vote for 1 Precincts Reporting 1/1 … Continue reading
I’m going to put up as many of the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water questionnaires as I can get to. Endorsed candidates are District 1: Andrew Gasser District 2: Donna Kurtz District 3: Nancy Gonsiorek District 4: John Hammerand … Continue reading
A press release from Patricia Kennedy, President of the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water: ALAW County Board Candidate Endorsements The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water (ALAW) endorses seven candidates for McHenry County Board: District 1: Andrew Gasser District 2: … Continue reading
One of the signature accomplishments claimed by outgoing McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren is the build-out of the unfinished top floor of the jail with the help of $6.5 million in Federal funds. Now, figures from the Sheriff’s Department show … Continue reading