With Judge Michael Caldwell’s decision on the Grafton Township separate of power suit due to be announced Monday morning, it seems appropriate to take a look at what the dispute has cost Grafton Township taxpayers in legal fees. Ancel Glink, … Continue reading
There were two 2010 candidates for McHenry County Sheriff at Republican State’s Attorney’s Lou Bianchi’s, but Republican incumbent Keith Nygren was not one of them. You may remember I was arriving at last year’s event as Nygren was leaving. I … Continue reading
After the six sections on ten pages of Linda Moore’s separation of powers suit against the Grafton Township Trustees and their primary Ancel Glink attorney Keri-Lyn Krafthefer, Moore’s attorney John Nelson sums up the case: “Supervisor Moore and her counsel … Continue reading
Say anything you want about Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore’s attorney John Nelson, but he writes an entertaining brief. Over the next couple of days, I’ll go share his rebuttal with you. The first part addresses Moore’s “right to terminate … Continue reading
“Who can obligate the township?“ is one of the key questions in the Grafton Township separation of powers lawsuit that Supervisor Linda Moore filed against the four Township Trustees and Ancel Glink partner Keri-Lyn Krafthefer. Supervisor Linda Moore has refused … Continue reading
In the Grafton Township separation of powers case the term “advise and consent” came up. There was so much questioning and testimony, I can’t remember who brought up the subject, but the context was whether the township supervise can dismiss … Continue reading
In March, Ancel Glink billed Grafton Township $36,432. Think that’s high? In April, the bill was for $39,994.88. There was $5,226.25 to advise on “Corporate” matters. Another $28,373.75 to prepare for the separate of powers suit filed by Supervisor Linda … Continue reading
I managed to stay awake during the Linda Moore part of the trial today. It didn’t start until shortly after 1 PM because Moore attorney John Nelson wanted a court reporter present. Once in a while some new information popped … Continue reading
The trial to determine how much power the township supervisor and township trustees have in Grafton Township starts tomorrow in Judge Michael Caldwell’s courtroom at 9 AM. By now several tens of thousands of dollars of legal time has been … Continue reading
The second page of the Ancel Glink March bills for the Annual Town Meeting, which was held April 13th, is the subject today. First, we finish up March 10th: “Correspondence to Pam Fender with memo to board regarding annual town … Continue reading
Although the Grafton Township Annual Town Meeting occurred on April 13, 2010, Ancel Glink billed $8,328.22 for that purposed during the month of March. One can only wonder how many thousands of dollars more were billed in April when the … Continue reading
We have been looking at the details in the Ancel Glink invoice to Grafton Township for the month of March, 2010. So far, we have finished what Ancel Glink calls the “Corporate” and “Linda Moore v. Grafton Township” portions of … Continue reading
It was the 30th day of the month of March where we left off looking at the Ancel Glink bill for defending the four Grafton Township Trustees in Linda Moore’s Separation of Powers suit against them and Township Attorney Keri-Lyn … Continue reading
This article covers the third page of the $18,000.73 bill from the Grafton Township law firm Ancel Glink for services regarding the Separation of Powers suit filed by Supervisor Linda Moore against the four Township Trustees. We are now on … Continue reading
Yesterday, we presented the bill for the first two days of the Linda Moore v. Grafton Township Trustees suit that was filed on March 10th. Lots of action on the part of Ancel Glink to defend the Trustees who did … Continue reading
In the next section of Grafton Township Attorney Ancel Glink’s bill we get to the juicy parts. This part, totaling just over $18,000 is entitled, “Linda Moore v. Grafton Township.” This concerns the Township Trustees’ reaction to Supervisor Moore’s Separation … Continue reading
After reading some of the detail of Grafton Township Attorney Ancel Glink’s March legal bill of over $36,400, it was pretty obvious that Keri-Lyn Krafthefer was communicating with Huntley Police Detective Kevin Keane about an investigation of Grafton Township Supervisor … Continue reading
One thing is certain. Grafton Township officials make enough use of law firm Ancel Glink’s services that readers of the legal fee invoices can discover a lot of what is happening on a day-by-day basis. Today’s bill covers the last … Continue reading
Let’s tiptoe through the Grafton Township Attorney’s legal billing for the month of March, 2010. Because it’s so long—14 pages totaling $36,432.14—I’ll break it up for you so your eyes won’t glaze over. Or at least they’ll have to glaze … Continue reading
Pete Gonigam’s First Electric Newspaper has been given a scoop about the Grafton Township Trustees ‘ continuing efforts to reverse last year’s election results, which ousted their leader, Supervisor John Rossi. Just one day after being knocked out by Electors … Continue reading
