A Friend of McHenry County Blog, John Pletz, provides the following information about the Crystal Lake High School Board’s teachers’ contract action last night: 4 to 2, teachers win 12% over 3 year “2019 through 2022 agreement between the board … Continue reading
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Published first in the Northwest Herald, thisLletter to the ditor is republished here with author John Pletz’ permission: Who I am supporting in election It’s “Verbal Abuse Season” again as some honest people choose to run to be public servants, … Continue reading
You can tell an election contest is close when one side stops putting out positive pieces about its candidates and starts attacking the other side. Consider this literature found at the Crystal Lake Jewel on Saturday: I think this is … Continue reading
From Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board of Education candidate Donna Kurtz, who currently serves on the McHenry County Board: COST CUTTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISTRICT 155 As usual Susan Handelsman provides an excellent blueprint for how District 200 can … Continue reading
Here is what was delivered to my mailbox today: It is a sample ballot from the Algonquin Township Republican Central Committee. For the first time the Republican Party is officially endorsing candidates running in non-partisan races. Apparently, the party has … Continue reading
Here’s the video: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1502891689740750&id=1397809310248989&hc_location=ufi … Continue reading
Watch Channel 7 tonight and you might see interviews from a Donald Trump Inaugural Party at Pablo’s Mexican Restaurant. Experienced political reporter Charles Thomas and a cameraman drove northwest for the story. And the trip to Crystal Lake may have … Continue reading
In a press release run nowhere but on McHenry County Blog, GOP candidate for County Board Chairman Mike Walkup called his opponent State Rep. Jack Franks “Lying” Jack Franks. It apparently set Franks off. The release compared the Democratic National … Continue reading
My friend Pete Castillo and I decided to take in the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce’s Business Expo Saturday. Greeting folks was John Pletz of ServiceMaster by Peltz (815-455-John). He was standing there next to former Chamber Executive Director John … Continue reading