Besides the McHenry County Republican Central Committee bank account, there is another called the McHenry County Chairman’s Circle.
Money from it, controlled by GOP Party Chairman Mike Tryon, goes to finance headquarters and other expenses that could be paid for by the Central Committee, if it had enough money.
On the 27th of this month, a Sunday, a $150 event ($500 for sponsors) will be held at Crystal Lake’s 1776 at 4:30.
It is billed as a “Scotch Tasting and Dinner to Benefit the McHenry County GOP.”
The invitation says that beer, wine and soft drinks may be substituted for scotch.
Newly-elected House Minority Leader Jim Durkin and Congressman Peter Roskam are the draws.
I haven’t looked at this Political Action Committee in a while. Let’s do so now.
First the amounts collected and spent by quarter in 2012 and 2013.
January-March, 2012
Collected – $11,550
Spent – $7,255.08
End of Quarter Balance – $6,551.90
April-June, 2012
Collected – $450
Spent – $2,790.65
End of Quarter Balance – $4,211.25
July-September, 2012
Collected – $1,742
Spent – $4,473.72
End of Quarter Balance – $1,479.53
October-December, 2012
Collected – $21,195.09
Spent – $20,065.50
End of Quarter Balance – $2,609.12
January-March, 2013
Collected – $300
Spent – $2,528.17
End of Quarter Balance – $380.95
April-June, 2013
Collected – $500
Spent – $631.63
End of Quarter Balance – $249.32
July-September, 2013
Collected – $540.92
Spent – $708.75
End of Quarter Balance – $81.49
Major contributors (over $150 in any quarter):
January-March, 2012
- $1,200 – Robert & Paula Gray, Prairie Grove
- $500 – Arlington Park Race Course
- $500 – Mathewson Right of Way Company, Chicago
- $500 – Gary Overbay, Crystal Lake
- $500 – Robert Stephenson, Barrington Hills
- $450 – Ernest & Cheryl Riggen, Morrison, IL
- $400 – James F. Bishop PC, Crystal Lake
- $300 – Susan Barkley, Crystal Lake
- $300 – Chas. Herdrich & Son, McHenry
- $300 – Exemplar Financial Network, LLC, Crystal Lake
- $300 – George R. Greenlee, Crystal Lake
- $300 – Innovative Component Sales, Inc. Huntley
- $300 – Heidi Kang, Algonquin
- $300 – Leslie Schermerhorn, Chicago
- $225 – John & Heather Horeled, Crystal Lake
April-June, 2012
- Nothing over $150
July-September, 2012
- $308 – Heidi Kang, Schaumburg
October-December, 2012
- $1,000 – Arlington Park Race Course
- $500 – Alliance Contractors, Inc., Woodstock
- $500 – Innovative Component Sales, Inc., Huntley
- $500 – Jeffrey R. Ladd TTEE, Woodstock
- $500 – Irene M. Napier, Crystal Lake
- $500 – Nina Stephenson, Barrington Hills
- $500 – Wight & Company, Darien
- $400 – Patrick & Katherine Keefe, Woodstock
- $300 – Exemplar Financial Network, LLC, Crystal Lake
- $300 – George R. Greenlee, Crystal Lake
- $300 – Craig & Alice Hesch, Crystal Lake
- $300 – Donald Lewis, Donald, Crystal Lake
- $300 – Liberty Outdoor Advertising, Crystal Lake
- $300 – Kirk & Kelly Peterson, Crystal Lake
- $300 – TMA, Park Ridge
- $250 – Jim Bishop, Crystal Lake
- $200 – Northwestern Sunrooms LLC, Crystal Lake
January-March, 2013
- $300 – Citizens for Karen McConnaughay, Saint Charles
April-June, 2013
- $500 loan – Committee to Elect Michael Tryon
July-September, 2013
- $500 loan – Committee to Elect Michael Tryon
Whoa – no one wants to donate to the Republicans?
Why?!
I have a message for Mr. Roskam. END THE MANDATE!
No deals that do not include ending the mandate!