Here’s a campaign technique I have seen no other candidate be bold enough to merchandise except through word of mouth. Running against the Northwest Herald. I have written previously about what Mary Alger is doing in relationship with her sign … Continue reading
District 2 McHenry County Board candidate Mary Alger has come up with three new ideas during her campaign. First, she designed a Tea Party elephant to symbolize Tea Party Republicans. Then, when opponents started tearing down her signs, she printed … Continue reading
Location – Dundee Township Weather – Rain Goal – Vote and yard sign placement On this wet day, State Rep. candidate Danielle Rowe was knocking on doors in Dundee Township. It was wet. Finding people home must have been a … Continue reading
I became interested in a series of emails from and to incumbent candidates running for re-election on the Grayslake Unit School District 46 Board. They are of interest, first, because they were sent on two school district email accounts and, … Continue reading
Yard signs don’t vote, but the people inside homes with them on the front yard might. Last night I received a four question robo-call from GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady. The Republican candidate for Governor said he was seeking sign … Continue reading
I was headed toward Colonial Cafe on Route 14 in Crystal Lake, picking up a friend on the way. Above is what I saw at the busy intersection of McHenry Avenue and Lake Avenue. Three signs at the intersection. No … Continue reading
The sign war has begun in the McHenry County Sheriff’s race. Those driving through this neighborhood in Huntley could hardly fail to notice the advertisements for Mike Mahon, the Democratic Party’s challenger to Republican incumbent Keith Nygren. And look at … Continue reading
Unless former Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano drove east on Hillside Road before committing suicide on the East Hillside Road tracks, he wouldn’t have seen the signs in opposition to one of his last significant decisions. After giving Craig Steagall … Continue reading
The daffodils are up in Bull Valley and the Fleming Road preservationists have posted new signs. The best sign has been planted among the daffodils that the village gardeners have planted over the years and which makes a scenic drive … Continue reading
McHenry County Board members Nick Provenzano and John Jung lost their seats two years ago in District 3 and District 5. It wasn’t that Provenzano and Jung didn’t have signs up supporting their re-election. In retrospect, I believe it was … Continue reading
We see a two-fer today. On the back window of this car next to a garbage truck is a Ron Paulfor President window sticker. On the back ledge is a Ron Paul yard sign long enough to almost cover the … Continue reading
One of the reasons I ran for state representative in 1972 was the live debate I heard on WBBM Radio near the end of the legislative session one June, probably in 1968. I was living on Paddock Street, just down … Continue reading
Back to back rummage sales are being held in Crystal Lake, first by the First Congregational Church, one block off Route 14 across from Taco Bell, and second by the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake at the intersection … Continue reading
On the way to pick up my son from a sleepover for church, we drove past this StopGlobalWarming sign near South Elementary School in Crystal Lake. You will note my just-back-from-a-spring-break-in-Florida son is still wearing shorts. Some years people have … Continue reading
Hiding behind a pile of snow is one of many yard signs posted illegally in Congresswoman Melissa Bean’s district prior to the November election. It ways, Stop Global Warming There’s more, including a web site, but it’s hidden behind a … Continue reading
Hiding behind a pile of snow is one of many yard signs posted illegally in Congresswoman Melissa Bean’s district prior to the November election. It ways, Stop Global Warming There’s more, including a web site, but it’s hidden behind a … Continue reading
Word has reach McHenry County Blog that Barack Obama signs are not the only one in the area being vandalized. Friday night, I reported that an Obama sign on Birmingham in Crystal Lake had had its wires bent over. This … Continue reading
Word has reach McHenry County Blog that Barack Obama signs are not the only one in the area being vandalized. Friday night, I reported that an Obama sign on Birmingham in Crystal Lake had had its wires bent over. This … Continue reading
“Obama-Gentes” is what the new yard sign says. Have to wonder if signs like this will start showing up in all the state legislative districts where money seems to me no object. And, what will be the impact? Back in … Continue reading
Every once in a while I’ll hear of some candidate putting up a yard sign where he or she has not received permission. Word reached me today of a massive expansion of that tactic yesterday. Let me just reprint the … Continue reading
