Continuing on McHenry County Blog’s coverage of Sunday’s Marengo Parade, the next entry was the McHenry County Libertarians.
They also distrbuted “We want beer” fans ahead of the parade.
On the back of the fan, Libertarian candidates were promoted.
On the back of the truck was another sign:
The Harvard Milk Days float followed the Libertarians,
The third band in the parade, the Rock Falls Marching Band, came after the Harvard Milk Days float.
The Marengo Park District entered a truck and at least one woman passing out candy.
A long line of tractors from days past followed.
The Crystal Lake Strikers entered a teen ensemble.
Grizzy’s Pumpkin Farm continued the Prohibtion theme.
Last year State Senator Dave Syverson worked the crowd in the rain.
The next political entry was for the Republican Party.
I ran around the float to photograph the signs on its other side.
Campaigning in person was Illinois Supreme Court candidate Mark Curran.
I also caught McHenry County Clerk/Recorder Joe Tirio on the hustings. He was passing out small American flags.
Strangely, I saw no evidence of the two incumbent Republican County Board members–Jim Kearns and Mike Skala, neither of which currently represent the Marengo area.
Aurora’s Marian Academy band was next.
Probably part of the Joe Tirio contingent, Dan Weise was handing out small American flags next to the band.
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More coming.
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Sun Returns to Marengo Settlers Days Parade – Part 2, including Libertarians and Republicans — 3 Comments
The “Libertarians” caved when rubber hit the road.
They caved on mask mandates and vaccine mandates.
Aren’t they supposed to support LIBERTY ???
LOL….not when the elites give them a command.
“Libertarians”….my ass.
How about a ‘Speakeasy’ themed story from the old days?
Gather round kids and I’ll tell a story, from my heady days of bartending in the old Rush Street area, as a poor student living in Chicago.
A tale I heard several times, was this Speakeasy on Wabash that was converted to one of the bawdy clubs 50’s Chicago was famous for.
Now Chicago was a destination for Conventions and were even a big deal when I bartended, but it wasn’t McCormick Place and Hotels that attracted the Conventions, it was the ‘nightlife’ and it’s ‘chrome pole circuit’.
Said converted Speakeasy was the 606 Club owned by some Dem apparatchik, later convicted of Voter Fraud, but was still able to keep his clubhouse for his Dem pals.
It’s supposed to be the site as the story goes, where a young Mass. Pol named Jack Kennedy and one of those Daley fellows, hatched their plan to ‘deliver’ enough Chicago votes for the 60 Election.
True?
Who knows.
But it came from several ‘reliable’ drunken sources that I attended, in several old-timey walks of life.
Too add a sidebar, a young publisher who frequented the 606, used it as his template for his new club he opened in 60 called the Playboy Club.
They also caved on their Jesse White for Secretary of State candidacy.
The “Libertarians” caved when rubber hit the road.
They caved on mask mandates and vaccine mandates.
Aren’t they supposed to support LIBERTY ???
LOL….not when the elites give them a command.
“Libertarians”….my ass.
How about a ‘Speakeasy’ themed story from the old days?
Gather round kids and I’ll tell a story, from my heady days of bartending in the old Rush Street area, as a poor student living in Chicago.
A tale I heard several times, was this Speakeasy on Wabash that was converted to one of the bawdy clubs 50’s Chicago was famous for.
Now Chicago was a destination for Conventions and were even a big deal when I bartended, but it wasn’t McCormick Place and Hotels that attracted the Conventions, it was the ‘nightlife’ and it’s ‘chrome pole circuit’.
Said converted Speakeasy was the 606 Club owned by some Dem apparatchik, later convicted of Voter Fraud, but was still able to keep his clubhouse for his Dem pals.
It’s supposed to be the site as the story goes, where a young Mass. Pol named Jack Kennedy and one of those Daley fellows, hatched their plan to ‘deliver’ enough Chicago votes for the 60 Election.
True?
Who knows.
But it came from several ‘reliable’ drunken sources that I attended, in several old-timey walks of life.
Too add a sidebar, a young publisher who frequented the 606, used it as his template for his new club he opened in 60 called the Playboy Club.
They also caved on their Jesse White for Secretary of State candidacy.