Whenever Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks makes a promise, his constituents ought to get nervous. I admit that I wasn’t paying attention to Franks’ first campaign against appointed State Rep. Mike Brown in 1998. I had a fall race … Continue reading
Back in the spring of 2002, at a press conference in Jim Tobin’s National Taxpayers United of Illinois office, he and I held our first press conference in our Libertarian Party quest for the Governor’s and Lt. Governor’s Office. The … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Barb Wheeler: Barbara Wheeler Signs on to Support Term Limits SPRINGFIELD… State Rep. Barbara Wheeler (R-Crystal Lake) has signed on as a co-sponsor of House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 9, which would enforce term … Continue reading
At the Huntley Area Tea Party meeting last week, former Congressman and current WIND Talk Show Host Joe Walsh said he was going to endorse a candidate in the Republican Primary for Governor. He said it would be in a … Continue reading
Republican candidate for State Representative Steve Reick is calling incumbent Democrat out for breaking his 1998 campaign promise only to serve three terms. Reick has posted a sign on Route 14 between town and Centegra Hospital that says, State Representative … Continue reading
In Part 1 we got to neither of the topics mentioned in my headline. We’ll get to the first today. At Joe Walsh’s Town Hall Meeting in Crystal Lake’s McHenry County College, he was focusing on the fight between supporters … Continue reading
Turnberry Country Club was the location of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner’s introduction to the business community of McHenry County. The Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Director Gary Reece made a glowing introduction: “The first time I saw this … Continue reading
The non-involved public wasn’t ready to hear Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner, but twenty-some hard core faithful were. Everyone in the room, though was a person that others ask for their political opinions. Rauner laid out his four priorities: Restoring … Continue reading
Thoughts from District 3 Republican candidate Michael Walkup, an attornehy,for the McHenry County Board: “The recent debate at the County Board over the possible election of the County Chair at large has raised an interesting question about term limits. “The … Continue reading
There was a long debate over whether the County Board should put a referendum on the fall ballot asking voters is they wanted to elect the County Board Chairman in an at-large election. Before that several citizens provided input. District … Continue reading
Below are the comments of District 3 McHenry County Board candidate Mike Walkup made to the Board this morning: Yesterday Jack Franks filed his petition to establish a county executive in McHenry County. I was at the County Fair over … Continue reading
I’ve heard Congressman Joe Walsh say it in person, but here’s a press release setting out his position on term limits: Rep. Walsh Stands Up for Term Limits WASHINGTON – Congressman Joe Walsh (IL-8) released the following statement on the … Continue reading
This was found on a car of a businessman who attended the second meeting of the McHenry County Business Committee at McHenry’s American Community Bank: … Continue reading
Found this on Illinois Review. The story is about former Cheers’ and Frasier star Kelsey Grammer’s deciding to shoot the television series “The Boss” in Chicago. Here’s what caught my attention. Creator Farhan Safinia comments on the lack of constitutional … Continue reading
At its meeting earlier this week, the McHenry County Board shot down two “reform” measures and supported one. The movement to limit the number of terms that a County Board Chairman can serve, started by Union’s Randy Donley in his … Continue reading
Randy Donley talked a lot about term limits when he was nominating Marc Munaretto. He said the strong consensus was there should be a limit on the number of terms a person could serve as McHenry County Board Chairman. “I’m … Continue reading
Previously McHenry County Blog reported on the results and the roll call for the post of McHenry County Board Chairman. Challenger Marc Munaretto was pitted against incumbent Ken Koehler. The temperature outside was about 10 degrees. Some of the relationships … Continue reading
I haven’t covered the U.S. Senate race to any great extent. The prohibitive favorite, U.S. Congressman Mark Kirk has been to 1776 for a morning “vetting” by Republican Party insiders. I didn’t get much feedback, but when a candidate is … Continue reading
At the McHenry County Board meeting during the public comment period a couple of weeks ago, District 5 McHenry County Board challenger Dave Frederick laid out a preliminary outline for a “Contract with McHenry County Taxpayers.” The idea seemed patterned, … Continue reading
At about 10:45 yesterday morning I caught a little of Dennis Miller’s nationally broadcast interview of McHenry County State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo). Apparently Miller made a pitch for term limits. And Franks, considering a run for Congress after reapportionment, … Continue reading
