The McHenry County Board’s Committee on Committee’s consists of newly-elected Chairman Tina Hill at the right hand end of the table and, going around to the left, Donna Kurtz, Sue Draffkorn, Anna May Miller, Paula Yensen, Mary McClellan, Board Vice Chairman Jim Heisler (not a member of the committee) and Mary McCann (with back to the camera).
Near the end of Tina Hill’s Committee on Committees meeting Friday morning, she revealed her choices to lead the various regular committees.
At times, Chairman Tina Hill asked questions of members of the audience.
Building Projects
- Chairman – Nick Provenzano
- Vice Chairman – Robert Nowak
Finance
- Chairman – Mary McCann
- Vice Chairman – Donna Kurtz
Human Resources
- Chairman – Mary McClellan
- Vice Chairman – Yvonne Barnes
Law & Justice
- Chairman – Sue Draffkorn
- Vice Chairman – Mary McClellan
Legislative
- Chairman – John Jung
- Vice Chairman – Ken Koehler
Management Services
- Chairman – Paula Yensen
- Vice Chairman – Mike Skala
Natural & Environmental Resource Committee
- Chairman – Michele Aavang
- Vice Chairman – Robert Nowak
Donna Kurtz makes pitch for approval of Ersel Schuster for chairman of the Planning & Development Committee. It did not gain approval of Board Chairman Tina Hill.
Planning & Development
- Chairman – Joe Gottemoller
- Vice Chairman – Ersel Schuster
Public Health
- Chairman – Donna Kurtz
- Vice Chairman – Sandy Salgado
Transportation
- Chairman – Anna May Miller
- Vice Chairman – Paula Yensen
Hill made it clear that she reserved the right to make changes to the list above.
Interesting that not one conservative was appointed chair or vice-chair per the list above.
Is Tina Hill vindictive? You decide.
No conservatives? Hmmm, people here were talking Ersel Schuster as a conservative, but that was before her Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy came to light, the same day Chairman Tina Hill’s Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy and home foreclosure came to light.
People voted for her anyway.
Wonder when Mike Walkup had that well publicized meeting with Hill if the topic of her personal finances ever came up. Congressman Joe Walsh was crucified over his both in 2010 and this year.
Still wondering when the county board will put the at-large election of the county board chairman on the April 9th ballot.
Now it’s a Girls Club, what a joke. Are any of them qualified to run a multi-million dollar business? I don’t think so.
But government is a great place to practise because you don’t have to worry about losing your money.
“Jim,” I USED to think just like you……. It’s a man’s world, I wouldn’t hear otherwise. My mind set was exactly as you have just stated.
One day, I woke Up…..
Have we ever had a female U.S. President? How is that mind set working for ya now?
Enough said?
Respectively.
DB
What does the fact they are female have to do with anything? They are less qualified because she doesn’t have a penis?
Now I have heard everything.
The fact that they are all female has a lot to do with the emergent trend of exclusion on the basis of sex in county board leadership.
Imagine the cow you would have if Ken had systematically excluded the female members of the board during his tenure.
Also, with respect to the “Now I have heard everything” punchline, don’t.
Feigning shock and moral indignation is not a fitting activity for adults.
the only reason i didnt vote for mary margaret maule was because i thought she would use the word penis way too much and out of place on the county board. but if she would have been elected i would have asked her what her favorite committee was.
Tina aims to be a one-term chairperson.
And it has nothing to do with which reprodutive organs she possesses.
For all of you who are complaining about the quality of people who were elected; IF you are better qualified, why did you NOT run for office???
We are very thankful for those who did run for office.
Quit complaining, put your beer can down, get off the coach and GET Involved.
Take ACTION vs. whining like a baby.
I am seriously concerned about McHenry County and this concern is based upon the last several years of the actions by the McHenry County Board both male and female members.
We have not had the right people on the board both male and female.
We need strong finance people both male and female.
And we need people with the guts to say “NO” both male and female.