Newspapers go to a considerable amount of effort to offer recommendations for public office.
Sure, there’s favoritism and ideological bias and just plain bad judgment, but the process takes effort.
Here are the endorsements I pulled from the Daily Herald:
Cities, Villages and Townships
- Algonquin village board: Brian Dianis, Jerry Glogowski, Robert Smith
- Barrington Hills village president: Robert Abboud
- Barrington Hills village board: Colleen Konicek Hannigan, Michael Harrington, Fritz Gohl
- Cary village president: Bruce Kaplan
- Fox River Grove village board: Michael Ireland, Suzanne Blohm, Andrew Migdal
- Grafton Township Supervisor: James Kearns
- Grafton Township Board: Robert Wagner, Marcella Gordon, Dan Ziller Jr., Joseph Holtorf
- Huntley village board: John Piwko, Ronda Goldman, J.R. Westberg
- Lake in the Hills village president: Paul Mulcahy
- Lake in the Hills village board: Denise Barreto, Stephen Harlfinger, Robert Huckins
School Boards and Junior Colleges
- Cary D26 school board: Christopher Christensen, Josh Howel, Julie Jette, Floyd Myers
- Elgin Community College: Clare Ollayos, Rise Jones, Angela Causey, Nadia Daley
- Fox River Grove Consolidate Dist. 3: Patrick Riley, Timothy Hatfield, Stephen Pickering, Patrick Wall
- McHenry County College: Chris Jenner, Mike Smith, Tom Wilbeck