Just keeping you informed.
“First African American to be sworn into office in the U.S. Senate by Vice President Dick Cheney” was suggested by a reader of Capitol Fax Blog.
Another pointed out that wouldn’t work because President-Elect Barack Obama probably was already sworn in by Cheney.
Here’s my suggestion:
First African American to be sworn into office in the U.S. Senate by Vice President Dick Cheney on Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Today, his senior colleague, U.S. Senator Dick “Flipper” Durbin escorted Roland Burris down the Senate aisle so that Cheney could swear him in.
Durbin, of course, was smiling broadly.
No shame whatsoever.
There are all sorts of questions about the new Senator from Blagojevich.
But the one of interest today is
“What will he put on his tombstone?”
The following press release has been received from 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo. In it he and Fred Upton (R-Michigan) take the “make cars cost less to encourage their purchase” approach to economic recovery.
Manzullo’s district contains the Belevidere Chrysler Assembly Plant.
As former State Representative and Con-Con Delegate Harlem Rigney told me as we were sitting at a table on the grounds of the State Ag Director’s house on Republican Day during the Jim Thompson Administration,
“That’s tax relief I can see on my kitchen table.”
Thompson later signed Rigney’s bill to exempt farm machinery from state sales tax. Rigney was a farmer from the Freeport area elected to the Illinois House first in 1972, the same year I was. We both represented Boone County.
Manzullo’s legislation is too late for the Skinner household, however.
Being hit by a semi on July 4th on the bridge across the Mississippi within sight of the St. Louis Arch resulted in our purchasing a new (well, not quite) car this summer.
Fortunately, there were no fireworks on the bridge.
(WASHINGTON) U.S. Reps. Don Manzullo (R-IL) and Fred Upton (R-MI) today introduced legislation to stimulate the economy and create jobs by giving Americans tax incentives to purchase cars and trucks.
The Get America Moving Again Act of 2009 (HR 550) would bolster American manufacturing and spur vehicle sales and production by giving Americans tax credits of $5,000 to purchase a new vehicle and $2,000 to purchase a used vehicle through Dec. 31, 2009.
The tax credits would be cut in half in 2010 and expire on Dec. 31, 2010.
The tax credits would be limited for vehicles that cost under $50,000 and would only be allowed for households with an adjusted gross income of $250,000 or less.
The automobile industry and its suppliers account for 13 million American jobs, 20 percent of all U.S. retail sales, and billions of dollars in state and local sales taxes.
The drop in U.S. vehicle sales from 16.2 million in 2007 to 10.5 million in 2008 removed $175 billion directly from our economy and has been one of the leading causes of America’s economic downturn and huge job losses.
“If we can get cars and trucks to start selling again, inventory will move from factory lots and dealers’ showrooms and manufacturing can start again.
“It pays salaries of all the vehicle assembly workers, dealers, and employees, and their thousands of suppliers. It replenishes local and state sales tax receipts.
“It restarts manufacturing and supply chains and the economy begins to boom again because vehicles are the second biggest consumer item after housing,” said Manzullo, co-founder and co-chair of the House Manufacturing Caucus.
“Folks are struggling in Michigan and across the nation – and this measure provides families in Middle America a helping hand as they seek to replace their older, gas guzzling vehicles, with newer, more fuel efficient cars. Encouraging folks to buy now will also help our nation’s automakers start selling vehicles again and create jobs, all the while boosting our ailing economy. This legislation will help put families and the nation’s economy back on the road to recovery,” said Upton, co-chair of the Congressional Auto Caucus.
Manzullo and Upton are also working on a second bill that will move the tax credit concept to a voucher system so that consumers can see the immediate benefit of the incentive at the point of sale of a vehicle.
“First African American to be sworn into office in the U.S. Senate by Vice President Dick Cheney” was suggested by a reader of Capitol Fax Blog.
Another pointed out that wouldn’t work because President-Elect Barack Obama probably was already sworn in by Cheney.
Here’s my suggestion:
First African American to be sworn into office in the U.S. Senate by Vice President Dick Cheney on Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Today, his senior colleague, U.S. Senator Dick “Flipper” Durbin escorted Roland Burris down the Senate aisle so that Cheney could swear him in.
Durbin, of course, was smiling broadly.
No shame whatsoever.
There are all sorts of questions about the new Senator from Blagojevich.
But the one of interest today is
“What will he put on his tombstone?”
The following press release has been received from 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo. In it he and Fred Upton (R-Michigan) take the “make cars cost less to encourage their purchase” approach to economic recovery.
Manzullo’s district contains the Belevidere Chrysler Assembly Plant.
As former State Representative and Con-Con Delegate Harlem Rigney told me as we were sitting at a table on the grounds of the State Ag Director’s house on Republican Day during the Jim Thompson Administration,
“That’s tax relief I can see on my kitchen table.”
Thompson later signed Rigney’s bill to exempt farm machinery from state sales tax. Rigney was a farmer from the Freeport area elected to the Illinois House first in 1972, the same year I was. We both represented Boone County.
Manzullo’s legislation is too late for the Skinner household, however.
Being hit by a semi on July 4th on the bridge across the Mississippi within sight of the St. Louis Arch resulted in our purchasing a new (well, not quite) car this summer.
Fortunately, there were no fireworks on the bridge.
(WASHINGTON) U.S. Reps. Don Manzullo (R-IL) and Fred Upton (R-MI) today introduced legislation to stimulate the economy and create jobs by giving Americans tax incentives to purchase cars and trucks.
The Get America Moving Again Act of 2009 (HR 550) would bolster American manufacturing and spur vehicle sales and production by giving Americans tax credits of $5,000 to purchase a new vehicle and $2,000 to purchase a used vehicle through Dec. 31, 2009.
The tax credits would be cut in half in 2010 and expire on Dec. 31, 2010.
The tax credits would be limited for vehicles that cost under $50,000 and would only be allowed for households with an adjusted gross income of $250,000 or less.
The automobile industry and its suppliers account for 13 million American jobs, 20 percent of all U.S. retail sales, and billions of dollars in state and local sales taxes.
The drop in U.S. vehicle sales from 16.2 million in 2007 to 10.5 million in 2008 removed $175 billion directly from our economy and has been one of the leading causes of America’s economic downturn and huge job losses.
“If we can get cars and trucks to start selling again, inventory will move from factory lots and dealers’ showrooms and manufacturing can start again.
“It pays salaries of all the vehicle assembly workers, dealers, and employees, and their thousands of suppliers. It replenishes local and state sales tax receipts.
“It restarts manufacturing and supply chains and the economy begins to boom again because vehicles are the second biggest consumer item after housing,” said Manzullo, co-founder and co-chair of the House Manufacturing Caucus.
“Folks are struggling in Michigan and across the nation – and this measure provides families in Middle America a helping hand as they seek to replace their older, gas guzzling vehicles, with newer, more fuel efficient cars. Encouraging folks to buy now will also help our nation’s automakers start selling vehicles again and create jobs, all the while boosting our ailing economy. This legislation will help put families and the nation’s economy back on the road to recovery,” said Upton, co-chair of the Congressional Auto Caucus.
Manzullo and Upton are also working on a second bill that will move the tax credit concept to a voucher system so that consumers can see the immediate benefit of the incentive at the point of sale of a vehicle.
This is what you saw on TV:
But later, this is what happened. Below you see Governor Rod Blagojevich practicing hypnotizing the members of the Illinois State Senate:
For a closer view of the tee shirt, click here.
= = = = =
Thanks to Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter for his manipulation of images.
Raising $18,200 during the last six months of 2008 and spending $11,400, Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller had $63,090 for the spring township election.
No wonder Algonquin Township Democrats did not decide to run anyone against him.
Contributions came from the following:
- Robert Abboud, Fox River Grove – $250
- Allied Benefit Systems Inc, Chicago – $250
- Michael & Elizabeth Barnas, Cary – $250
- Harold Bauer, Cary – $215
- Behm Pavement Maintenance Inc, Crystal Lake – $250
- Bless & Associates Ltd., Palatine – $500
- Bollinger Lach & Associates Inc. Itasca – $250
- Celske, Anthony and Diane, Fox River Grove – $250
- Chris’ Coach House, Cary – $500
- Fox Mechanical Inc., Fox River Grove – $250
- Geske & Sons Inc., Crystal Lake – $715
- Gummerson & Rausch LLC, Woodstock – $160
- H.R. Stewart Inc., Cary – $1,000
- Jennifer Helman, Cary – $250
- Hi-Viz Inc., Elgin – $560
- William Igyarto, Algonquin – $300
- Thomas Kane, Cary – $250
- Matuszewich Kelly & McKeever LLP, Crystal Lake – $500
- PAKO Corporation, Arlington Heights – $250
- Smith Engineering Consultants Inc., McHenry – $250
- SNI Solutions, Genesco – $250
- Standard Equipment Company, Chicago – $570
- 10/23/2008 Individual Contribution
- Randall O. & Holly Voss, Cary – $250
- Nick Wellenstein, Cary – $500
The following press release has been received from the office of 16th district Congressman Don Manzullo:
(WASHINGTON) – Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) voted today against legislation that could threaten the quality of health care for millions of children by crowding them out of high-quality, employer-paid health insurance plans in favor of government-run health care that limits medical choices.
The legislation is a Democrat leadership attempt to massively expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Manzullo supports the reauthorization of the current SCHIP program that provides health care benefits to 6 million of our nation’s neediest children.
But he opposes the expansion bill that would provide taxpayer-funded health care benefits to children of families earning up to $83,000. The expansion bill (H.R. 2) also would:
- Provide an incentive to move 2.4 million children out of high-quality private health insurance plans when employers learn they no longer have to pay the benefits to employees whose children qualify for government health care, according to a non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study.
- Continue to provide taxpayer-funded health care coverage for up to 780,000 adults until at least 2012 while 500,000 poor children continue to go uncovered, according to the CBO.
- Make it easier for illegal immigrants to get taxpayer-funded benefits by eliminating ID verification in the current program.
- Fund the $73 billion expansion bill with an increase in the federal cigarette tax by 61 cents per pack, requiring 22 million Americans to start smoking the next several years to meet the revenue projections, according to a Heritage Foundation study. The opposite will occur and people will stop smoking because of the tax increase, leaving the expanded program with huge revenue shortfalls.
- Create a budgetary gimmick by dropping 65 percent of SCHIP funding in 4 ½ years, requiring more tax increases or cuts elsewhere to continue the program
- Limits health care choices for seniors by banning new physician-owned hospitals (similar to the Mayo and Cleveland Clinic) from participating in the Medicare program and places severe restrictions on the expansion of existing hospitals.
Last Monday, Manzullo co-signed a letter to the Speaker and President-elect Obama urging them to work in a bipartisan manner to draft a SCHIP reauthorization bill that places a priority on serving eligible low-income children first, protects private insurance options, establishes a stable funding source, and prevents benefits from going to illegal immigrants.
Unfortunately, that request fell on deaf ears. As an alternative, Manzullo voted for a motion to H.R. 2 that incorporates these suggestions and extends the current SCHIP program through 2015 by putting poor kids first.
“I strongly support the extension of the existing SCHIP program that helps provide health care to our neediest children, but the bloated Democrat bill over-promises and under-delivers,” Manzullo said.
“It would provide taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, increase taxes, cut senior’s access to some hospitals, continue to cover up to 780,000 adults while 500,000 poor children go uncovered, and actually cause many families in America to lose their high-quality private health insurance in exchange for government-run health care.
“Social Security is short by $13 trillion and Medicaid and Medicare are already stretched.
“This massive expansion of SCHIP would shortchange these existing health care programs and continue the raid on the incomes of our children and grandchildren.
“I care about our future generations and don’t believe we are doing them any favors today by saddling them with these huge costs in the future,” Manzullo added.
This is what you saw on TV:
But later, this is what happened. Below you see Governor Rod Blagojevich practicing hypnotizing the members of the Illinois State Senate:
For a closer view of the tee shirt, click here.
= = = = =
Thanks to Heck of a Guy blogger Allan Showalter for his manipulation of images.
Raising $18,200 during the last six months of 2008 and spending $11,400, Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Bob Miller had $63,090 for the spring township election.
No wonder Algonquin Township Democrats did not decide to run anyone against him.
Contributions came from the following:
- Robert Abboud, Fox River Grove – $250
- Allied Benefit Systems Inc, Chicago – $250
- Michael & Elizabeth Barnas, Cary – $250
- Harold Bauer, Cary – $215
- Behm Pavement Maintenance Inc, Crystal Lake – $250
- Bless & Associates Ltd., Palatine – $500
- Bollinger Lach & Associates Inc. Itasca – $250
- Celske, Anthony and Diane, Fox River Grove – $250
- Chris’ Coach House, Cary – $500
- Fox Mechanical Inc., Fox River Grove – $250
- Geske & Sons Inc., Crystal Lake – $715
- Gummerson & Rausch LLC, Woodstock – $160
- H.R. Stewart Inc., Cary – $1,000
- Jennifer Helman, Cary – $250
- Hi-Viz Inc., Elgin – $560
- William Igyarto, Algonquin – $300
- Thomas Kane, Cary – $250
- Matuszewich Kelly & McKeever LLP, Crystal Lake – $500
- PAKO Corporation, Arlington Heights – $250
- Smith Engineering Consultants Inc., McHenry – $250
- SNI Solutions, Genesco – $250
- Standard Equipment Company, Chicago – $570
- 10/23/2008 Individual Contribution
- Randall O. & Holly Voss, Cary – $250
- Nick Wellenstein, Cary – $500
The following press release has been received from the office of 16th district Congressman Don Manzullo:
(WASHINGTON) – Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) voted today against legislation that could threaten the quality of health care for millions of children by crowding them out of high-quality, employer-paid health insurance plans in favor of government-run health care that limits medical choices.
The legislation is a Democrat leadership attempt to massively expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Manzullo supports the reauthorization of the current SCHIP program that provides health care benefits to 6 million of our nation’s neediest children.
But he opposes the expansion bill that would provide taxpayer-funded health care benefits to children of families earning up to $83,000. The expansion bill (H.R. 2) also would:
- Provide an incentive to move 2.4 million children out of high-quality private health insurance plans when employers learn they no longer have to pay the benefits to employees whose children qualify for government health care, according to a non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study.
- Continue to provide taxpayer-funded health care coverage for up to 780,000 adults until at least 2012 while 500,000 poor children continue to go uncovered, according to the CBO.
- Make it easier for illegal immigrants to get taxpayer-funded benefits by eliminating ID verification in the current program.
- Fund the $73 billion expansion bill with an increase in the federal cigarette tax by 61 cents per pack, requiring 22 million Americans to start smoking the next several years to meet the revenue projections, according to a Heritage Foundation study. The opposite will occur and people will stop smoking because of the tax increase, leaving the expanded program with huge revenue shortfalls.
- Create a budgetary gimmick by dropping 65 percent of SCHIP funding in 4 ½ years, requiring more tax increases or cuts elsewhere to continue the program
- Limits health care choices for seniors by banning new physician-owned hospitals (similar to the Mayo and Cleveland Clinic) from participating in the Medicare program and places severe restrictions on the expansion of existing hospitals.
Last Monday, Manzullo co-signed a letter to the Speaker and President-elect Obama urging them to work in a bipartisan manner to draft a SCHIP reauthorization bill that places a priority on serving eligible low-income children first, protects private insurance options, establishes a stable funding source, and prevents benefits from going to illegal immigrants.
Unfortunately, that request fell on deaf ears. As an alternative, Manzullo voted for a motion to H.R. 2 that incorporates these suggestions and extends the current SCHIP program through 2015 by putting poor kids first.
“I strongly support the extension of the existing SCHIP program that helps provide health care to our neediest children, but the bloated Democrat bill over-promises and under-delivers,” Manzullo said.
“It would provide taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, increase taxes, cut senior’s access to some hospitals, continue to cover up to 780,000 adults while 500,000 poor children go uncovered, and actually cause many families in America to lose their high-quality private health insurance in exchange for government-run health care.
“Social Security is short by $13 trillion and Medicaid and Medicare are already stretched.
“This massive expansion of SCHIP would shortchange these existing health care programs and continue the raid on the incomes of our children and grandchildren.
“I care about our future generations and don’t believe we are doing them any favors today by saddling them with these huge costs in the future,” Manzullo added.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s press release headline uses the word “kickback” to describe what was going on between owners of the Crystal Lake Open Advanced MRI, other centers and some referring doctors.
The way the scheme worked,
“radiology centers entered into sham ‘lease’ agreements with doctors under which the doctors paid a reduced rate for MRI and CT scans, charged the patient’s insurance carriers a higher rate, and then pocketed the difference.”
No more.
And a penalty for doing so with the $840,000 state share going to “ will be being “distributed in grants to benefit low income persons in need of health care services.”
The rest will go to whistle-blower John Donaldson, who started the suit which Madigan joined. The press release is below:
ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN SETTLES MRI KICKBACK CASE FOR $1.2 MILLION
Settlement Would End Kickback PracticeChicago — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has reached a settlement with a group of fourteen Illinois radiology centers that allegedly paid illegal kickbacks to doctors in exchange for referrals. The settlement, entered in court today, is the result of a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General in 2007 and requires the defendants to stop paying the illegal kickbacks and to pay money damages, restitution and penalties.
Under the settlement, MIDI, LLC and fourteen Open Advanced MRI centers will pay a total of $1.2 million to settle the State’s lawsuit.
The State’s share – $840,000 – will be distributed in grants to benefit low income persons in need of health care services. The settlement also explicitly prohibits the radiology centers from operating under any kickback agreements with referring physicians in Illinois.
“When patients are referred to MRI facilities, they should be able to feel confident that the referrals were made for medical reasons only,” Madigan said. “This settlement sends a strong message that medical professionals cannot engage in schemes to line their pockets, at the expense of providing the best patient care,” Madigan said.
In 2007, Attorney General Madigan intervened in a lawsuit against various radiology centers and then filed an amended complaint against the centers.
The lawsuit alleged that the radiology centers entered into sham “lease” agreements with doctors under which the doctors paid a reduced rate for MRI and CT scans, charged the patient’s insurance carriers a higher rate, and then pocketed the difference. The lawsuit asserted that the defendants’ actions violated the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, as well as Illinois’ anti-kickback law, the Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act.
The 14 Open Advanced MRI Centers involved in this settlement are:
1.Open Advanced MRI of Chicago (150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago)
2.Open Advanced MRI of Tinley Park (Tinley Park, IL)
3.Open Advanced MRI of Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake, IL)
4.Open Advanced MRI of Round Lake (Round Lake Beach, IL)
5.Open Advanced MRI of Plainfield (Plainfield, IL)
6.Open Advanced MRI of Lincoln Park (1355 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL)
7.Open Advanced MRI of Deer Park (Deer Park, IL)
8.Open Advanced MRI of Skokie (Skokie, IL)
9.Gold Coast MRI at Washington Square (Chicago, IL) (facility is now closed)
10.Open Advanced MRI of North Shore (Skokie, IL) (facility is now closed)
11.Open Advanced MRI of Oak Brook (Westmont, IL)
12.Open Advanced MRI of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
13.Advanced Imaging of Deerfield (Deerfield, IL) (facility is now closed)
14.Open Advanced MRI of Wheaton (Wheaton, IL)In addition to the MIDI settlement, Madigan has settled with five other imaging companies.
Assistant Attorneys General Janet Doyle and Dalila Bentley of the Special Litigation Bureau are handling the case for Madigan’s office.
Previously, Madigan’s office made a settlement amounting to $56,817 with LLC in Lake in the Hills, according to the Daily Herald.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s press release headline uses the word “kickback” to describe what was going on between owners of the Crystal Lake Open Advanced MRI, other centers and some referring doctors.
The way the scheme worked,
“radiology centers entered into sham ‘lease’ agreements with doctors under which the doctors paid a reduced rate for MRI and CT scans, charged the patient’s insurance carriers a higher rate, and then pocketed the difference.”
No more.
And a penalty for doing so with the $840,000 state share going to “ will be being “distributed in grants to benefit low income persons in need of health care services.”
The rest will go to whistle-blower John Donaldson, who started the suit which Madigan joined. The press release is below:
ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN SETTLES MRI KICKBACK CASE FOR $1.2 MILLION
Settlement Would End Kickback PracticeChicago — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has reached a settlement with a group of fourteen Illinois radiology centers that allegedly paid illegal kickbacks to doctors in exchange for referrals. The settlement, entered in court today, is the result of a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General in 2007 and requires the defendants to stop paying the illegal kickbacks and to pay money damages, restitution and penalties.
Under the settlement, MIDI, LLC and fourteen Open Advanced MRI centers will pay a total of $1.2 million to settle the State’s lawsuit.
The State’s share – $840,000 – will be distributed in grants to benefit low income persons in need of health care services. The settlement also explicitly prohibits the radiology centers from operating under any kickback agreements with referring physicians in Illinois.
“When patients are referred to MRI facilities, they should be able to feel confident that the referrals were made for medical reasons only,” Madigan said. “This settlement sends a strong message that medical professionals cannot engage in schemes to line their pockets, at the expense of providing the best patient care,” Madigan said.
In 2007, Attorney General Madigan intervened in a lawsuit against various radiology centers and then filed an amended complaint against the centers.
The lawsuit alleged that the radiology centers entered into sham “lease” agreements with doctors under which the doctors paid a reduced rate for MRI and CT scans, charged the patient’s insurance carriers a higher rate, and then pocketed the difference. The lawsuit asserted that the defendants’ actions violated the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, as well as Illinois’ anti-kickback law, the Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act.
The 14 Open Advanced MRI Centers involved in this settlement are:
1.Open Advanced MRI of Chicago (150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago)
2.Open Advanced MRI of Tinley Park (Tinley Park, IL)
3.Open Advanced MRI of Crystal Lake (Crystal Lake, IL)
4.Open Advanced MRI of Round Lake (Round Lake Beach, IL)
5.Open Advanced MRI of Plainfield (Plainfield, IL)
6.Open Advanced MRI of Lincoln Park (1355 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL)
7.Open Advanced MRI of Deer Park (Deer Park, IL)
8.Open Advanced MRI of Skokie (Skokie, IL)
9.Gold Coast MRI at Washington Square (Chicago, IL) (facility is now closed)
10.Open Advanced MRI of North Shore (Skokie, IL) (facility is now closed)
11.Open Advanced MRI of Oak Brook (Westmont, IL)
12.Open Advanced MRI of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)
13.Advanced Imaging of Deerfield (Deerfield, IL) (facility is now closed)
14.Open Advanced MRI of Wheaton (Wheaton, IL)In addition to the MIDI settlement, Madigan has settled with five other imaging companies.
Assistant Attorneys General Janet Doyle and Dalila Bentley of the Special Litigation Bureau are handling the case for Madigan’s office.
Previously, Madigan’s office made a settlement amounting to $56,817 with LLC in Lake in the Hills, according to the Daily Herald.
Algonquin and Nunda Township Republican township trustees will face opposition in the April 7th election.
Three have been slated in Algonquin Township:
- James McTague of Cary, a psychologist who has run previously for county board
- Frank Hyden of Crystal Lake
- Bob Frank of Cary
No further information is supplied for Hayden and Frank.
In Nunda Township, two will be seeking seats:
- Meredith Reid Sarkees, who has a rural Crystal Lake address and is a former political science professor from DePaul University
- Patrick Murfin, secretary of the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee and who once ran for Crystal Lake City Council
The party’s press release follows:
CRYSTAL LAKE—Democratic voters from Algonquin and Nunda Townships assembled in caucus Tuesday evening to select candidates for township office in the April 7th local elections.
Algonquin Democrats meeting at the Lake In the Hills Village Hall nominated three candidates for township trustee. James McTague, a psychologist from Cary, has twice been a candidate for the County Board from District 1. He will be joined on the ticket by first time candidates Frank Hayden of Crystal Lake and Bob Frank of Cary.
Meanwhile Nunda Democrats meeting at the Township Hall selected Meredith Reid Sarkees and Patrick Murfin as candidates for trustee. Sarkees of unincorporated Crystal Lake is a ten year McHenry County Resident and a former professor of political science at DePaul University. Murfin of Crystal Lake is the Secretary of the McHenry County Democratic Party and previously ran for trustee in 2001.
Nunda Democrats identified groundwater preservation, open space, and regional planning as top issues in the upcoming campaign.
Nunda Township is seen on top of Algonquin Township.