McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller has apparently decided not to put next year’s levy ordinance on the Board Agenda without a positive vote from the Finance and Audit Committee. As you can read exclusively here, the vote was 3-3 … Continue reading
Category Archives: Larry W. Smith
In District 1 after about 3,150 early and absentee ballots were added to in-person ballot results from last night, newcomer Andrew Gasser of Fox River Grove defeated incumbent Democrat Nick Chirikos of Algonquin by 382 votes. That increased his 169 … Continue reading
Selecting about the most northwest venue in McHenry County–the settlement of Lawrence northwest of Harvard–Republican candidate for Sheriff Bill Prim had a good crowd. One estimated the turnout at about 125 people at the House of Lawrence. In her introduction … Continue reading
I have encouraged candidates who want to make it easy for those seeking information about them on the internet to send me their campaign pieces. District 6 Republican challenger sent what you see below: On the top is the statement, … Continue reading
There is a new threshold below which a candidate does not have to file a campaign disclosure form. It is now $5,000 for new committees, up from $3,000 previously. In the western, mostly rural (with apologies to Marengo, Harvard, Union … Continue reading
A press release from District 6 Independent candidate for the McHenry County Board: COUNTY BOARD CANDIDATE MEETS WITH STATE INSURANCE OFFICIAL Larry W. Smith, Independent candidate for McHenry County Board Dist. 6, recently met with Dick Allender of the Illinois … Continue reading
Expressing dissatisfaction at the lack of uniformity in voting from Republicans in District 6, Larry W. Smith, former owner of Re/Max Heartland North has decided to run for the McHenry County Board. “I’ve recently sold my business,” he told me, … Continue reading