He wasn’t at the front of the parade but the owner of Port Edward, Ed Woloweic, was the Grand Marshall. The parade took about an hour, truncated because of construction south on Route 31. Most of the politic entries which … Continue reading
Category Archives: McHenry County Reublican Central Committee
Just as there was not a quorum at the Special Meeting called to determine whether Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks would have Tonya Franklin as an opponent, there was no quorum Monday night. Gathering at the Algonquin Township meeting … Continue reading
I’ve written previously that McHenry County Board member Donna Kurtz was appointed March 29th as a precinct committeeman in Algonquin Township Precinct 20. (She lives in Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley’s precinct. Algonquin 10.) That was before Central Committee Chairman … Continue reading
The McHenry County Democrat who can do almost no harm, according to the Northwest Herald, is getting a free ride for the third out of four elections. Instead of allowing Tonya Franklin and her supporters to go out and see … Continue reading
Unlike the email from Mike Tryon sent twice before the Special Meeting to discourage attendance at the gathering called to select the two missing members of the 63rd State Rep. District Representative Committee, this email from GOP Executive Secretary Geri … Continue reading
As an operative for the Republican Party in McHenry County sends out (again, not to me) Chairman Mike Tryon’s letter discouraging attendance at the Special Meeting of the local GOP at d’Andrea’s Saturday morning at 9 AM (public is invited), … Continue reading
Editor Dan McCaleb was aiming his April 8th comments mainly at McHenry County Democrats, pointing out the minority party locally had until June 4th to fill slots. For some reason McCaleb didn’t mention the obvious gap on the Republican side … Continue reading
The following came into my email inbox from Algonquin Township’s Sharon Meroni, the new Precinct Committeeman who won a write-in campaign this past spring. Meroni is one of the people who convinced Tea Party-inspired Republican activist Tonya Franklin to volunteer … Continue reading
Over the weekend I became convinced that McHenry County Republican Party Chairman Mike Tryon is the only one who can either take steps to allow Tea Party activist Tonya Franklin a chance to get on the ballot to run against … Continue reading
The following have been appointed Republican Precinct Committeemen to fill vacancies resulting from no one running. (The number of GOP primary voters is shown in parentheses). MARENGO 1 – Chester Mazurkiewicz (Appt 3/29/12) 925 Randall Ct, Marengo (196) CORAL 3 … Continue reading
During the last three election cycles the McHenry County Republican Central Committee has forfeited the election to Democrat Jack Franks two-thirds of the time. Once was under GOP Chairman Bill LeFew in his last term; once under current Chairman Mike … Continue reading
At Wednesday night’s McHenry County Republican Central Committee meeting, newly re-elected Chairman Mike Tryon appointed two Vice Chairmen. They are Ways and Means: John McCrory Community Outreach: Michael Skala … Continue reading
If you’re not glued to McHenry County Blog and some cable TV network to find election returns, the McHenry County Republican Party faithful will be gathered in Crystal Lake at the southeast corner of Routes 14 and 31. Geri Davis, … Continue reading
[Either I can’t count or I typed 45 with I meant 54, as John Landon points out in a comment on another post. Correction has been made and I thank another citizen-editor.] As of noon Friday, more Republicans had filed … Continue reading
It’s an off year for partisan politicians, but you’d think parties and candidates would be trying to raise money. Must be a tough economy, because the McHenry County Democrats didn’t even try. No receipts and $5,140 in the bank. The … Continue reading
Here are the Republican Precinct Committeeman listed in the online version of the McHenry County Year Book as of October 5, 2011. The ones with no precinct committeeman are obvious. Less obvious are the ones where no one ran in … Continue reading
Port Edward has pleasant memories for me all the way back to visiting the Algonquin Jaycees back in the late 1960’s. Then it was only a small corner bar at Harrison and Route 62. Algonquin Founders Days luncheons, fund raisers, … Continue reading
While the teen were exploring other parts of the McHenry County Fair on Friday, I went looking for things political. Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks’ tent was first. It was closest to the free parking. Then, I saw the … Continue reading
Today we look at the last three McHenry County Townships alphabetically speaking. They are Nunda, Richmond and Riley Townships. Nunda Township gets a Gold Star for having precinct committeemen in every precinct. It is the only large township to attain … Continue reading
Look closely at the following announcement of Republican Fund Raisers. See anything that would tell you why I see irony? OK, I’ll tell you. McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools Joe Williams announced his resignation last Friday. The announcement for … Continue reading