McHenry County Board member Donna Kurtz will be gathering her supporters at Malnati’s Pizza in Lakewood tonight from 6-8.  The cost is $25 or $45 for a couple.

Kurtz seems to be pushing the Christmas season the same way some stores are, because the theme of her fundraiser is “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

Certainly, the McHenry County 708 Mental Health Board would have been different had not Kurtz, in her George Bailey role, not headed the Public Health & Human Services Committee and not had a majority willing to change its membership.

Maybe there will be a Salvation Army Kettle with someone ringing a bell.  After all the menu includes “Angel Wings.”