McHenry County Board Democrat Paula Yensen is holding a $40 fundraiser at Malnati’s Pizzeria in Lakewood on Monday night starting at 5:30 . That’s what the web site of the McHenry County Democratic Party says. Yensen has been elected to … Continue reading
There were a group of people wearing Paula Yensen campaign buttons who spoke in favor of approving Democrat Jack Franks’ appointment of Paula Yensen, the only Democrat elected to the County Board, as Chairman of the Human Resources Committee at … Continue reading
With Republican County Board members disturbed that McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks has hired two Democratic Party patronage workers without County Board authority, a majority was not satisfied that Human Resources would be chaired by Democrat Paula Yensen. Seeing … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman is trying a second time to make Lake in the Hills County Board Democrat a committee chairman. Paula Yensen was nominated by Franks to head the Public Health Committee, but a majority of Republicans on the … Continue reading
District 4 County Board member Craig Wilcox made a motion to switch the roles Chairman and Vice Chairman for the Human Resources and Community Services Committee. County Chairman and State Representative Jack Franks nominated Paula Yensen, the Board’s only Democrat, … Continue reading
The McHenry County Committee on Committees held its meeting today and the following Finance& Audit – Mike Skala (District 5) Internal Support and Facilities (formerly Management Services) – Yyonne Barnes (District 1) Law and Government – Michele Aavang (District 6) … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks made significant progress in convincing Board members to lower the number of committees from twelve to seven. Can’t imagine why readers might be intereste, but here’s an attempt to list the proposal: Finance Internal … Continue reading
There are so many aspects of the December 5th McHenry County Board meeeting that there will be stories coming for a while. One that was overshadowed by the activies of newly-elected Chairman Jack Franks was the swearing in of the … Continue reading
There is a provision in the McHenry County Board Rules that allows its Chairman to appoint ad hoc committees. It was designed, according to one member of the Management Services Committee who was there when the language was added, to … Continue reading
This is the last County Board comparison piece that McHenry County Democrats produced, but apparently did not have enough money to mail widely. Only in District 6 was the comparison widely distributed. You can see both sides–one for countywide candidates, … Continue reading
The all-Republican McHenry County Board will certainly have Democrat Jack Franks as its Chairman, but at this point in the counting, only one Democrat will win a district seat. She is Paula Yensen, who has served before and who is … Continue reading
With endorsements completed yesterday for the McHenry County Board, in its District 5 picks, the Northwest Herald has endorsed its second Democrat who is a lawyer. (The first was District 3’s Diane Johnson, a former Crystal Lake Grade School Board … Continue reading
Here’s what District 5 Democrat Paula Yensen is passing out: … Continue reading
In the Northwest Herald today, a letter to the editor reveals that Woodstock Mayor Brian Sager has endorsed Democrat Paula Yensen for County Board. Yensen, of course, is the wife of McHenry County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Bissett. Sager also … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Board member Kathy Bergan Schmidt has agreed to run for the McHenry County Board in place of Kenneth Miller, who died last Friday. Schmidt served one term, but was defeated when she ran for re-election four years … Continue reading
Having found big money going from Vince Foglia to Republican County Board candidates, I decided to look at what Democrats have received. Reports must be made if a candidate raises or spends $5,000, so a lot of campaigns, especially local … Continue reading
Yesterday Republicans in Algonquin’s Founders Day Parade were featured. Today we look at the Democrats. Behind the banner was a young man carrying a “Thank You Bernie” sign, plus one opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement being pushed by … Continue reading
Maybe I missed a story earlier, but the one I read that was run by the Northwest Herald after Hillary Clinton was named the Democrats’ Presidential candidate did not mention that McHenry County’s own State Rep. Jack Franks was a … Continue reading
While McHenry’s Fiesta Days Parade was blistering hot last Sunday, Algonquin’s Founders Day Parade Saturday had a pleasant temperature, was cloudy and had a good breeze. In short, the day was comfortable. I parked near Port Edward, where dignitaries ate … Continue reading
Petitions have been filed to the McHenry County Board candidates that the Democratic Party Central Committee slated at that meeting they wouldn’t let me attend. New candidates are District 1 – Kathryn Potter District 2 – Jim Roden District 3 … Continue reading
