Here’s something I have not seen before. Three candidates for the Marengo-Union Library District Brianna Ray Chester Mazurkiewscz Tom Manigano promote their cut taxes platform with a recycled four-by-four foot sign. The sample ballot is below: MARENGO – UNION PUBLIC … Continue reading
Category Archives: Marengo-Union Library
Here’s what local libraries did to taxpayers last year and what can be expected when tax bills arrive this month: Libraries INCR / DECR INCR / DECR 2015 – 2014 2014 – 2013 IN TOTAL TAX IN TOTAL TAX BARRINGTON … Continue reading
Republican Precinct Committeeman Cynthia Allen Schenk was elected to the Marengo-Union Library Board as a write-in candidate. She got 17 votes. Those on the ballot who also got elected were Desiree Sierens – 702 Pablo Garcia – 514 … Continue reading
The biggest is the write-in challenge of Sascha Chadwick to Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley. As McHenry County Blog reported the night it happened, Shepley managed to convince his fellow City Council members that Chadwick, a CPA and entrepreneur. (See … Continue reading
Libraries that are not for a single municipality are governed by elected Library District Boards. They are spread all over McHenry County, with the exception of the Crystal Lake and Harvard area. Crystal Lake and Harvard have the only city … Continue reading
Given the lack of transparency shown by local governments like McHenry County College (think baseball stadium and the highest broadcast antenna in Illinois), it comes as a delightful surprise to read in the Northwest Herald that the Marengo-Union Library District … Continue reading