From Joseph Monack of Woodstock: Libertarian Party Nominates Dr. Jo Jorgensen for President On Saturday, May 23rd, 2020, the Libertarian Party nominated Dr. Jo Jorgensen for president at a virtual convention with about 1,000 delegates from 50 states and D.C. … Continue reading
From the McHenry County Health Department: “As of May 25, 2020, there have been 1437 identified cases of COVID-19 in McHenry County and 69 deaths. “The death(s) reported today: 0.” … Continue reading
From Wirepoints: Never mind the courts, says Pritzker. Only his views of the “science and data” matter. By: Mark Glennon* “The Governor of Illinois owes it to the people of Illinois to allow his state’s courts to adjudicate the question … Continue reading
From Wirepoints: No cuts, record spending, and hoping for a bailout. Six things you need to know about Illinois’ 2021 budget. – Wirepoints By: Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner The Illinois General Assembly has finally passed an emergency budget for … Continue reading
From State Rep. Steve Reick: “Mort de la Guerre” Over forty years ago while bicycling through eastern France, I took a break and walked into a small grove of trees which grew in the middle of a wheat field. There, sitting … Continue reading
McHenry County Libertarians are passing petitions to put candidates on the fall ballot for County Auditor and Coroner. Their County Auditor candidate is Jim Young of Crystal Lake. Running for Coroner is Greenwood Township Trustee Kelly Liebmann. If either receives … Continue reading
From the McHenry County HeLTH dEPARTMENT: “As of May 24, 2020, there have been 1407 identified cases of COVID-19 in McHenry County and 69 deaths. “The death(s) reported today: 0.” … Continue reading
From Gov. JB Pritzker: … Continue reading
One of the elements of Jim Edgar’s campaign for Secretary of State was a promise to get ride of elevator operators. Now comes the possibility they may return: Junior Button Pusher: JPMorgan said it might designate workers to push elevator buttons in its … Continue reading
From State Rep. Dan Ugaste: Ugaste Strongly Opposes Partisan Budget SPRINGFIELD—Today the House of Representatives passed a partisan budget, which appropriates roughly $42.8 billion in spending for FY2021. State Representative Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) voted against the budget, and released the … Continue reading
From State Rep. Thomas Bennett: House passes unbalanced budget, adjourns session State budget more than $6 billion out of balance The House voted Saturday evening to pass an unbalanced $42.9 billion budget. Presented to us late in the afternoon, the … Continue reading
From State Senator Dan McConchie: McConchie statement on end of session SPRINGFIELD – Senator Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) offered the following comments as the Illinois Senate wrapped up its Spring 2020 session. Dan McConchie “You can’t make this stuff up. … Continue reading
Under the article announcing her drive-in petition campaign, Democratic Party candidate Marci Suelzer, running to replace retiring David McSweeney against Marty McLaughlin, wrote the following comment about her candidacy: Hi Everyone!! I am the potential candidate AND I am not … Continue reading
This map from The Hill pretty much tells it all about Governor JB Pritzker’s handling of the Covid-91 pandemic: All three outliers are governed by Democrats. And from Wirepoints on May 21, 2020, comes this analysis: COVID-19 Appears to Have … Continue reading
Well, it’s really a village, the Village of Lakewood, At the meeting of the Lakewood Village Board scheduled for May 26th, the agenda calls for another censure of Trustee Bryan Younge. This time it is for an email he says … Continue reading
Jim Oberweis Lauren Underwood Oberweis misses opportunity to lead and distinguish himself from Underwood’s record on Vote-by-Mail During the just completed special session, the Illinois General Assembly passed changes to Illinois’ vote-by-mail (VBM) program for the November elections. The House … Continue reading
From the McHenry County Health Department: “As of May 23, 2020, there have been 1375 identified cases of COVID-19 in McHenry County and 69 deaths. “The death(s) reported today: 0.” A new metric rolled out today is for Covid-19 hospital admissions since … Continue reading
Lisa Arvanites From supporter Lisa Arvanites, Democratic Party Precinct Committeeperson from Huntley’s Grafton 1: Introducing Marci Suelzer. She has stepped up to run in the 52nd District against Martin McLaughlin (R) Village President of Barrington Hills. The seat is currently held … Continue reading
Dream Riders at 4701 N. Oak Street in Crystal Lake (right before Hillside) has a flooding problem and is seeking about $2,000 more of a $5,000 Go Fund Me goal. Here is their request: In the midst of a pandemic … Continue reading
Right before the scuttling of Jack Franks’ heavily-promoted plan by the Northwest Herald to cut McHenry County Board salaries by 10%, seven County Board members authored two op-ed pieces there. Two in favor and five in opposition. I asked all … Continue reading
