v In another attempt to grab headlines, McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks has proposed a resolution to prevent current countywide elected officials from participating in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund pension program According to the Will County State’s Attorney’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Will County Board
Will County has the type of government Jack Franks wanted–a strong elected County Executive. Its County Executive is a Democrat, a former State Senator. With a 16-10 majority, apparently the Republicans on the Board see the need for someone to … Continue reading
The Daily Southtown is reporting that Will County elected officials are the poorest paid in the collar counties. The poor dears haven’t had a raise in eleven years. The paper says that “the circuit court clerk, coroner, recorder of deeds, … Continue reading
Having read Kevin Craver’s article about the changes in the County Board’s rules after the 2016 at-large election of a McHenry County Board Chairman, I have concluded that were we in the 1770’s most members would have been Loyalists to … Continue reading
The vote was 13 Will County Board Democrats voting “Yes” and 11 Will County Republicans voting “No” when the budget was passed. That’s what the SouthtownStar reported yesterday. The County Board’s budget vote took the maximum amount allowed by law … Continue reading
As McHenry County Board members seem unified in not raising taxes on current county residents, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Democratic Party Will County Board Chairman Larry Walsh “urged board members to adopt the plan under which the county … Continue reading
Tea Party activists are prominent in Will County. Tea Party folks aren’t keen on any level of government prying into what they consider their private affairs. Maybe that explains why there was a County Board movement to ban the use … Continue reading
This is the time of the election cycle that pay raises come before county boards for discussion. In Will County, proposals to raise the county board and the countywide officials were advanced by the at-large elected County Board Chairman’s Chief … Continue reading
An article in the Southtown Star last week about the Will County Board’s consideration of higher pay for countywide officials and county board members leads me to wonder if the McHenry County Board will raise the salaries of the Clerk … Continue reading
You think there is drama in McHenry County politics. It cannot compare to what is going on in Will County. A former female County Board member is trying to obtain compromising photos of herself taken by a former flame. She … Continue reading
I asked for a Will County take on Democrat Jack Franks’ claim that Will County taxes were lower than McHenry County taxes and Republican Party Chairman Edward Ronkowski sent me the following email: “In a nutshell, Will County taxes are … Continue reading