Candidates’ Opinions Differ On Abolishing the Auditor Monday was the last day interested persons could email their resume and cover letter to County Board Chairman Jack Franks for a chance at filling the Auditor position. CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner … Continue reading
Grasso Seeks Investigation of Corruption in the Cook County Property Tax System A press release from Gary Grasso, candidate for Attorney General: Chicago, IL – Gary Grasso, Republican candidate for Illinois Attorney General, has sent a letter to United States … Continue reading
Large Crowd Attends $100 Per Person Fundraiser A friend of McHenry County Blog sent the following pictures from Jeanne Ives’ fundraiser last night. If you would like to know more about Jeanne Ives’ positions on issues, you can read yesterday’s … Continue reading
Fundraiser Scheduled at Bull Valley Golf Club An invitation from Illinois Family Institute www.illinoisfamily.org Want to see a “political miracle that comes along once in a lifetime”? Those aren’t my words. They are Bill Whittle’s description of the Jeanne Ives … Continue reading
GOP Attorney General Candidate Grasso Challenges Opponent Erika Harold to Debates A press release from former Mayor of Burr Ridge, and current DuPage County Board Member Gary Grasso. Grasso is running in the Republican Primary for Attorney General against Erika … Continue reading
War Chest After Debate Victory is $500,000 Bigger Thanks to Donation From Conservative Lake Forest Businessman Richard Uihlein Jeanne Ives came out the victor in the Tribune debate against Governor Rauner for the Republican primary. You can read a previous … Continue reading
Robocall Asks Select Residents Seven Questions A friend of McHenry County Blog sent me information on a robocall they received yesterday. As best as their memory allows, here were the seven questions: Will you vote in the primary election March … Continue reading
First Debate Gives Peek at Rauner’s Primary Challenger John Kass had harsh words for Governor Rauner in his review of the Tribune’s Governor Debate. “Rauner is a tough guy, a man who’s made hundreds of millions of dollars in business … Continue reading
The petitions of four Republican Precinct Committeemen candidates were challenged as having insufficient valid signatures. Only ten people registered in a precinct need to sign a petition to get a person on the ballot for Precinct Committeeman. Previously, Erik Sivertsen’s … Continue reading
McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan has added new information to her web site. Now there is a place where one can find how many people have voted early and voted absentee. Here are the results as of Saturday afternoon: … Continue reading
Three of the largest townships in McHenry County are holding primary elections on February 28th to select Republican candidates for the April general elections. In all three townships–Algonquin, Grafton and Nunda–the Republican Primary is likely to pick the same people … Continue reading
The Illinois Education Association has endorsed State Senator Kirk Dillard for the Republican nomination for Governor. Champion News discovered that the IEA had made pitches to teachers at school and filed a boatload of Freedom of Information requests. I decided to … Continue reading
Madeleine Doubek, CEO of Reboot Illinois, has a column in the Chicago Sun-Times challenging people to voe in the Republican Primary Election for governor. Doubek, who was political editor of the Daily Herald when I began my second eight years … Continue reading
Algonquin Township is where I serve as the Republican Precinct Committeeman in the 7th precinct. It’s is located in the northwest corner of the township. Across my street is Grafton Township. When the canvass of the February 26th primary were … Continue reading
The long-rumored slate of Dan Shea Lowell Cutsforth Neils Kruse Bill Bligh popped up on some lawns recently. Shea and Cutsforth are currently on the Algonquin Township Board. Both voted to raise township salaries and, with the help of a … Continue reading
I have given up trying to understand Nunda Township Republican politics. Township Supervisor John Heisler, a former McHenry County Board member, is being challenged by three people. Heisler, whose family’s name has been associated with Crystal Lake since his grandfather … Continue reading
There will be no primary election for the main Dorr Township offices as the following face no challenger: Supervisor Bob Pierce Assessor Veronica Myers Road Commissioner Tom thurman Clerk Quinn Keefe But for the four Township Trustee spots, six people … Continue reading
Only Township Assessor Bob Kunz and Road Commissioner Bob Miller managed to avoid a challenge in the late February Republican Party Primary Election. Township Supervisor Dianne Klemm is being challenged by Township Clerk Marc Munaretto. Two are running for the … Continue reading
Earlier I calculated and posted the percentage turnout in the February 2nd Republican primary election for each precinct in Algonquin Township Grafton Township and Nunda Township The figures are not for the percentage that voted in all primary elections; rather, … Continue reading
Here are the citizens who have through Friday identified themselves as willing to serve the Republican Party. There are folks who have not filed for Republican precinct committeeman who will on Monday (I shall, for instance, file in Algonquin Township … Continue reading
