From the Huntley Police:
From State Rep, Steve Reick: Wait, Who Is Responsible for the High Utility Bills? As temperatures dip, we are beginning to see our utility bills go up, again. Everything is becoming more expensive, and I hear from more and more constituents about […]
The tally was 62% for Re;publican Jim Caris and 38% for incumbent Democrat Brad Schneider in McHenry County. Schneider lost every precinct.
Jerry Evans topped incumbent Bill Foster by five percentage points in McHenry County with all votes counted.
On election Republican Seth Cohen was leading incumbent Democrat Jan Schakowsky in Algonquin Township, the part of McHenry County gerrymandered into a congressional district with Evanston and part of Chicago. Adding in the provisional and mailed in votes, Schakowsky won McHenry County.
With a five percentage point spread in McHenry County over Democrat Maria Peterson, incumbent Republican Marty McLaughlin has been reelected. He is ahead of the woman the Democrats spent millions on by 47 votes.
The only close McHenry County Board race was in District 2 (Crystal Lake, Lakewood andLake in theHills). Former appointed Democrat John Collins regained his seat over incumbent John Reinert. The result is not changed significantly from Election night although Collins did end […]
When balloting was announced on Election Day, the totals were 74,761 to 74,981, with opponents ahead by 178 votes. With the mailed in and provisional votes added, tax hikers were ahead 77,614 in favor to 76,757 in opposition. So taxes for the […]
Running for office in Dorr Township are the following: Supervisor: Susan Brokaw Clerk: Brenda Stack Assessor: Tammy Benitez Highway Commissioner: Tom Thurman, John Fuller Trustees: Jon Sheahan, Patrick Keefe, Jim Brink, Ernie Hagenow
From State Rep. Steve Reick: Budget Woes are Back Again As state legislators in the minority party have been warning for years, the gravy train of “free” taxpayer money from the federal government is over, yet the appetite for spending by the […]
The filling period for local office is over, but McHenry County College still has not revealed who is running for its governing board. Priceless.
Thirty-some counties have voted in advisory referendums to leave Illinois and join another state. McHenry County is out-of-touch with the rest of the Chicago metropolitan area politically, While dissociating itself from Illinois is pretty much impossible, such a discussion and advisory referendum […]
From the U.S. Attorney: Chicago Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Three Banks at Gunpoint CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for robbing three banks at gunpoint. In 2020 and […]
That’s the through running through y head this morning. Donald Trump, Jr., had the same thought yesterday with this message on X: “The Military Industrial Complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has […]
From State Senator Don DeWitt: As Illinois braces for a projected budget deficit of more than $3 billion, Senate Republicans are calling on Governor J.B. Pritzker to commit to balancing the budget without raising taxes on Illinois citizens and businesses. A recent […]
From “Trump Train News:” Trump Gets China To Concede On Tariffs President Trump last week raged about China’s high tariffs against American products. The Mainstream media breathlessly predicted a devastating trade war — one the MSM gleefully declared the U.S. would lose […]
From the Woodstock Police: The first is at the movie theater; the second Walmart.
The last scene in “Thelma and Louise” exemplifies what the Mainstream Media have done to themselves: That description came fom Matt TabaII in the November 15th podcast after Walter Kirn spoke of the denial that the papers trafficked in about the economy […]
One of the disappointments to this new format is that images can’t be seen unless one clicks on the post’s title. This one is really amusing. It is taken from the Saturday Chicago Tribune editorial cartoon.
The publication “First Things” dissects why Cathoics supported a Republican on November 5th. What popped out was the first reason given: First, key Democratic party policies have been locked in combat with key Catholic moral teachings for a long time now—ever since […]
The candidates for four four-year terms: All are incumbents.
From the Woodstock Police:
Harvard’s Black Box ad:
I’m still chafing from liberal television networks having fposted the color red on Republicans Red is, of course, the chosen color of Communists and Democrats are closer to that ideology than Republicans. As I learned in my only overseas junket in 1976, […]
From Newsmaz: Just a coincidence, right?
From the McHenry County Libertarian Party: $300,000 in new real estates taxes could be relaced with money from the RTA Sales Tax, all of which now goes to transportation, but could be spent on law enforcement. Contact for County Board members follow:
From the McHenry County Libertarian Party: The property tax levy could be reduced by about $300,000 by taking the money to hire three new Deputy Sheriffs from the RTA Sales Tax proceeds, rather than from the real estate tax. Contact for County […]
Thanks to a bill crafted in 1973 by State Senator Jack Schaffer and myself, township parties in larger townships have the option of selecting tre;publicheir candidates in a party caucus or a party primary. In Algonquin and Nunda Townships, the Republicans have […]
McHenry County College is earning the title “Last Transparent Local Government.” MCC is refusing to release the names of those who have filed for election to its Board of Trustees. A simple request did not meet with a reply…as has been the […]
From Leapfrog comes ratings for how well they prevent medical errors, accidents and infections. Gaing “A” grades are the following local hospitals: