Prairie Isle Golf Club was the site for a Tuesday fund raiser for District 3 McHenry County Board candidate John O’Neill. O’Neill is one of five Republican candidates vying for four slots on the fall 2012 ballot. With incumbent Barb … Continue reading
I missed a good meeting of the Nunda Township Republican Central Committee earlier this month. Besides the main speaker, newly-appointed State Rep. Kent Gaffney, other candidates were present to announce their candidacies. McHenry County Board member Barb Wheeler was one … Continue reading
OK. You got me. It’s July 3rd. And it wasn’t sweltering hot. I found the shade most of the hour and a half 90-something entry parade. The biggest political entry was Congressman Joe Walsh’s. He followed Congressman Don Manzullo and … Continue reading
Jack Franks brought colleagues to his home town of Marengo Saturday to the hard-to-find new Marengo High School for a reapportionment hearing whose process will be completely controlled by Democrats in the General Assembly and Governor’s Mansion. To reach the … Continue reading
There’s a movement on the McHenry County Board to freeze their own, plus countywide officials’ salaries. And a counter-movement to raise the salaries of the McHenry County Clerk, Treasurer and Sheriff. There’s politics involved, of course, Those voting for such … Continue reading
Lack of inter-connectivity has always been the problem in delivering bus service to the suburbs. To get from one town to the next, you had to be able to get from your home to the bus stop. During the 1974 … Continue reading
At election night’s Crystal Lake City Council meeting, City Councilwoman Carolyn Schofield, elected last year, took the lead in getting a resolution on the agenda at tomorrow night’s meeting asking for recognition of the city’s Watershed Ordinance by county government. … Continue reading
OK. I was wrong. I predicted last night that the McHenry County Board would approved what proponents insist on calling video poker. But, this morning social conservatives on the board pulled off a 13-10-1 victory. That was with the help … Continue reading
The Illinois General Assembly tripled the RTA sales tax spring a year ago to bail out the CTA. (No McHenry County legislators voted for this tax hike.) Money to finance the gas for the bus you see above–about $5,800 a … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board meeting debate Tuesday was extraordinary in its lack of focus on the gambling issue. Algonquin’s Marc Munaretto put it best, asking why two resolutions, one to hold an advisory referendum on the issue and the other … Continue reading
Yesterday McHenry County Blog concentrated on the fun kids had at Crystal Lake’s Nunda Township Republican Picnic. Today, we’ll look at political activities. Going toward the food and drink, one could not miss Brent Smith. He was collecting petition signatures … Continue reading
Thanks to the Northwest Herald for assigning Kevin Craver to cover the county board. He writes today of the Finance Committee’s recommendation that the McHenry County Board vote to borrow $60 million on the Federal “come.” FREE MONEY TIME All … Continue reading
Slim advertising have apparently loosened standards for political inserts at the Northwest Herald. I can’t remember the campaign (one in the Cary area pops into my mind), but a former managing editor pledged that a political insert would no longer … Continue reading
The following press release explains the details: NASA Education Corporation Semi-Annual Stand Down for Veterans to take placeMarch 9th and March 10th, 2009 CRYSTAL LAKE – Veterans who are newly discharged, displaced, disabled, homeless or are otherwise in transition are … Continue reading
In these photos you can see Judge Michael J. Sullivan swearing in the eight McHenry County Board members who took office on Monday. From left to right are Randy Donley (R-Union), Jim Heisler (R-Crystal Lake), John Hammerand (R-Wonder Lake), Virginia … Continue reading
In these photos you can see Judge Michael J. Sullivan swearing in the eight McHenry County Board members who took office on Monday. From left to right are Randy Donley (R-Union), Jim Heisler (R-Crystal Lake), John Hammerand (R-Wonder Lake), Virginia … Continue reading
As expected, that hole in dike has manifested itself in District 5, where Republican turned Democrat Lake in the Hills trustee Jim Kennedy picked off Perry Moy two years ago. With 59% of the vote has counted, Paula Yensen is … Continue reading
As expected, that hole in dike has manifested itself in District 5, where Republican turned Democrat Lake in the Hills trustee Jim Kennedy picked off Perry Moy two years ago. With 59% of the vote has counted, Paula Yensen is … Continue reading
The two Republican candidates for McHenry County Board in District 3 have put up joint signs at their polling places. They are running against McHenry County Democratic Central Committee Chair Kathy Bergan Schmidt. … Continue reading
The two Republican candidates for McHenry County Board in District 3 have put up joint signs at their polling places. They are running against McHenry County Democratic Central Committee Chair Kathy Bergan Schmidt. … Continue reading
