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As the swim team folks say, “If you’re not in the pool, you can’t win the race.” And in McHenry County Board District 3, there is now one less Democrat in the race. A little over a week ago, Democrat … Continue reading
Category Archives: McHenry County Democrats
There were three political party booths at the McHenry County Fair: Republicans Democrats Libertarians Sometimes the Republican Party booth was manned (or womaned, as is the case above). Sometimes it wasn’t. No indication that there is a Presidential election this … Continue reading
In my comparison of the resources of the Republican and Democratic Parties in McHenry County, I just revealed what is in the official party treasuries. The Democrats look as if they have more. They reported having $7,620.53 at the end … Continue reading
The McHenry County Democratic Party reported having $7,620.53 on hand at the end of March. That number reported spending $1,047 for the invitation, but a number of contributions for last Saturday’s event don’t seem to have been booked by March … Continue reading
The McHenry County Democratic Party Central Committee held its meeting Wednesday night and re-elected all but one of its officers. Michael Bissett of Lake in the Hills will continue to be the Party Chair. Huntley’s Sam Melei will again be … Continue reading
Here’s an article on the web site of the McHenry County Democratic Party. Re-printed with permission, it tells of Chairman Mike Bissett’s fast to benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank from last Wednesday until his party’s annual Jefferson Day Dinner … Continue reading
The McHenry County Democratic Party Central Committee is holding a dinner April 14th. The Jefferson Day Dinner is a counterpoint to the annual Lincoln Day Dinner Republicans run. Reservations are due by April 7th. The price is $75, $600 for … Continue reading
Earlier this month, the percentages of precincts for which people filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman was published. Republicans, you may remember filled 49% of McHenry County’s 212 precincts, while Democrats had candidates in 19%. Today we look at how the … Continue reading
A while back McHenry County Blog took a look at how the Republican Party was faring, based on the number of people who filed GOP Precinct Committeeman petitions. Let’s take a walk down that same path with McHenry County Democrats. … Continue reading
With the rumor circulating that the Democrats will file at least one candidate in each of the six McHenry County Board districts, two have now filed petitions with the County Clerk’s Office. The first was newcomer Nick Chirikos from District … Continue reading
If you are a Democrat, you can become Precinct Committeeman in any precinct but Ringwood’s without opposition. That’s because only Marti Swanson filed for Committeeman as a Democrat on the first day possible. It takes only 10 valid signatures to … Continue reading
There is widespread misunderstanding about the tax process. Today, we won’t look at the assessment part. Instead we will examine what tax districts do to pry more money out of our pockets. News stories talk about levies this time of … Continue reading
What great timing I had. As I was arriving the parade was about ready to kick off and a helpful policeman, after figuring out that I really didn’t want to head down the street toward the front of the parade, … Continue reading
I was extremely impressed with the McHenry County Monopoly game board created by McHenry County Democrats two years ago. Now comes a similar take-off on the Democrats. While the provenance of the local version is clear, I don’t know who … Continue reading
Sunday, I posted a revealing article that originated with the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce’s Director of Advocacy, Don Gray. He spent a lot of time categorizing expenditures for the power parties in the twenty largest counties. You can see … Continue reading
The McHenry County Fair is a place that a politician can meet a lot of people. I loved working them while I was running for County Treasurer and in that office from 1966-70. Not to mention the 16 years I … Continue reading
The Democratic Party of McHenry County will hold a meet and greet for its candidates in the Woodstock Square immediately after the Woodstock Memorial Day Parade on May 31 at approximately noon. The event is open to anyone interested in … 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
The post of party precinct committeeman is usually not contested. One doesn’t get compensated. If one writes a precinct letter, one has to dip into one’s own pocket to pay for it. Look at the bottom of the sample ballots … Continue reading
I am pleased that the campaign staff of Democratic Party candidate for U.S. Senate David Hoffman has discovered that I cover Democratic Party politics in McHenry County. Although I am a Republican precinct committeeman, the intention of McHenry County Blog … Continue reading