I remember the bad old days when we couldn’t sleep with our windows open in Lakewood. During weekends, one could barely see across the road in our oak-hickory forest. Then Village President Juie Richardson had the courage to advance and … Continue reading
From the City of McHenry: Time Period: Thursday 10/10/2019 thru Wednesday 10/16/2019During this time period the McHenry Police Department: Handled 443 calls for serviceInvestigated 10 Motor Vehicle AccidentsConducted 127 Traffic StopsConducted over 91 Business Checks and Foot PatrolsHandled 12 calls for service involving Domestic DisputesHandled 7 calls for service involving crisis interventionArrested 9 individuals … Continue reading
From the pancake breakfast of Scout Troop 158, sponsored by the First Methodist Church of Crystal Lake: “A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent…and Hungry.” … Continue reading
From Schools of Philadelphia The 3rd quarter reporting of congressional candidates to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has come and gone. As predicted in an article here on McHenry County Blog originally published on September 16, the report cards are … Continue reading
Am I the ohnly one who remembers the Democrats did not include government’ bulk buying of drugs for Medicare and Medicaid in Obamacare. From this Tribune article, it seems clear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has forgotten that she could … Continue reading
Two Financial Disclosure (FD) statements were filed this week among 6th and 14th district candidates. A quick reminder, the filing of the FD is for congressional candidates to be compliant with the Ethics in Government Act (EIGA). Congressional candidates, upon … Continue reading
Dr. Willian Sander wrote a long piece for “NewGeography” wrote about population trends in Illinois. There is optimistic information about Illinois’ future, especially in the Chicago area, but there seems to be one element that he missed which might have … Continue reading
This is the last of a five-part series written in 2015 by John Biver. It is aimed at Republicans, but the points he makes about this route to influence one’s party are equally relevant to Democrats. Biver has his own … Continue reading
Sean Casten As multiple tweets, press releases and articles have gone up in the past two days concerning Congressman Sean Casten (D, IL-6) calling Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R, TX-2) a racist, there has been confusion over the context. Here is … Continue reading
Obviously from Disney World: “I don’t do matching shirts.” It should really feature Donald Duck. … Continue reading
Dan Crenshaw Republican congressional candidate Jeanne Ives keeps the heat on Congressman Sean Casten over the racist slurs Casten used in describing an amendment to a resolution Congressman Dan Crenshaw tried to incorporate earlier this year. Casten used the slur … Continue reading
From the campaign of Jeanne Ives: Dan Crenshaw Puts Ives on the National Map with an Exclamation Point October 17, 2019 – Texas Congressman and former Navy Seal Dan Crenshaw tweeted out his support for Republican Congressional Candidate Jeanne Ives … Continue reading
The first time around, the McHenry County Health Deprtment advanced its proposal to license cats in order to make sure they were vacinnated against rabies. No explanation of why cats kept indoors would be helped by such government interference and … Continue reading
Published with permission of Illinois Leaks: Algonquin Township & Road District – Benefits for former elected official – Elected officials and dependents receiving unauthorized benefits BY KIRK ALLEN ON OCTOBER 16, 2019 • ( 3 COMMENTS ) McHenry Co. (ECWd) – While reviewing Algonquin Township records, we … Continue reading
This is the fourth of a five-part series written in 2015 by Marengo native John Biver. It is aimed at Republicans, but the points he makes about this route to influence one’s party are equally relevant to Democrats. Biver has … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald never announced that Editor Jon Styf has decided to leave Crystal Lake fr what must have appeared to be the greener field of the State Capital, but The State Jouranl-Register did: Now Styf tweets about a current … Continue reading
Yesterday the Chicago Tribune ran a story about a Federal lawsuit filed against the Department of Children and Family Servies and two employees involved in making sure that AJ Freund, murdered in his home, was safe, Carlos Acosta and his … Continue reading
Attorney David Gervais was appointed to the Circuit Court by Supreme Court Justice Bob Thomas. State Supreme Court rules do not allow an apointed judge to begin raising money until a year before his first election…which is the March Primary … Continue reading
Source: Danny Malouf 2020 Facebook page Congressional candidate Danny Malouf has consistently supported President Trump’s decision to pull American troops out of Syria last week. In his own words: “I support Trump’s call to end Obama’s failed foreign policy in … Continue reading
This satirical cartoon from yesterday’s Chicago Tribune by Scott Santis puts the Chicago Teachers Union Strike into proper perspective: … Continue reading
