From the Illinois News Network: As costs grow, cities push to consolidate hundreds of local public safety pension funds By Brett Rowland | Illinois News Network City leaders want to consolidate hundreds of local pension funds for police officers and … Continue reading
It is not uncommon for police officers and firefighters to get jobs after retirement. In my Village of Lakewood, experienced police officers have been hired that the village otherwise could not have afforded. When the Village Board concluded that the … Continue reading
An article by Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute: WHY YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL IS SO HIGH, AND HOW TO FIX IT Less than 50 cents of every additional property tax dollar over the last 20 years went to … Continue reading
An article by Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute: WHY YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL IS SO HIGH, AND HOW TO FIX IT Less than 50 cents of every additional property tax dollar over the last 20 years went to … Continue reading
A petition is circulating in Oakwood Hills to encourage the village board to eliminate its police department and contract with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department for protection. It says, We, the citizens of Oakwood Hills Illinois, demand that the Oakwood … Continue reading
The arrest of his wife Kim Zinke, led to a tip that former McHenry County Undersheriff and unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Sheriff, was working part-time for the Village of Lakemoor’s Police Department. That turns out to be … Continue reading
Our family went to Galena mid-week and, besides seeing skiers on Spring Break for the first time at Chestnut Ridge, I found a press release from the Public Access Division of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. It was in The … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Sheriff’s candidate Bill Prim: VETERAN POLICE COMMANDER BILL PRIM DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR SHERIFF; VOWS TO RECONNECT OFFICE WITH THE PEOPLE OF MCHENRY Veteran Police Commander and longtime McHenry County resident Bill Prim announced Wednesday … Continue reading
