Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady traveled up the Fox River Valley to talk to McHenry County Republicans Wednesday night. The event was held at the Prairie Isle Golf Club in Prairie Grove. A good number of countywide elected officials … Continue reading
Although they are not going to be put in the mail until Friday, McHenry County Treasurer Bill LeFew’s web site has tax bills on the internet already. At least they were when I tried about an hour ago. I’m getting … Continue reading
The fourth page of the Sunday McHenry County GOP newspaper insert is about those running for countywide office: Keith Nygren for Sheriff Bill LeFew for Treasurer Katherine Schultz for Clerk Joe Williams for County Supt. of Schools Again, click to … Continue reading
$4,690 raised. Plus the $497.44 she had in her committee on July 1st, left over from a bruising primary election. $4,179.29 spent. Useful information, wouldn’t you say? Tina Hill filed a form that made sense. She didn’t have to reveal … Continue reading
Who would have ever thought that how public officials parade in McHenry County would become big news? The same Chicago Tribune reporter, Robert McCoppen, who wrote the article on the fight between the forces grouped behind Sheriff Keith Nygren and … Continue reading
This is the first time I have paid my taxes at the Treasurer’s Office in decades. When I walked in McHenry County Treasurer Bill LeFew was over by a side counter with his “paid” stamp accepting real estate taxes. He … Continue reading
Arriving in the mail yesterday way an invitation to an annual fundraiser put on by McHenry County Treasurer Bill LeFew. It’s held at D’Andrea Banquets and the intersection of Routes 14 and 31. The date is Thursday, October 14th. The … Continue reading
The committee created by former McHenry County Republican Chairman Jack Schaffer to channel money into it that wouldn’t be examined too closely is called the Republican County Republican Foundation Committee. In June 2010, Bill LeFew was listed as chairman, but … Continue reading
Yesterday I digressed to relate how I didn’t brag about being an employee of the Executive Office of the President when Lyndon Johnson was in office when I ran for McHenry County Treasurer in 1966. How could that have helped … Continue reading
When my Crystal Lake Community High School Class of 1960 held its tenth reunion, I was on the committee. We put together a questionnaire and one question this then-late twenty-something guy came up with was “What do you want on … Continue reading
Happened upon the endorsement of State Senator Kirk Dillard by Crystal Lake’s State Rep. Mike Tryon. If anything has been made of it, except listing it on Dillard’s web site in a press release announcing that the Sangamon County Republican … Continue reading
Maybe I’m sensitive about the question because I was McHenry County Treasurer as a child way back from 1966 to 1970. As you might guess, the question is arising in Grafton Township as the four trustees try to garner the … Continue reading
For several election cycles, McHenry County’s Democratic State Representative Jack Franks has been given a pass by local Republicans. One time ex-Republican County Chairman, Bill LeFew, even attended his fund raiser. Now McHenry Grade School Board and Library Board member … Continue reading
Should he or shouldn’t he? Run for governor or some other statewide office, that is. That will be the question this Labor Day Weekend among State Representative Jack Franks’ family and friends. My guess is that he runs for re-election, … Continue reading
Crystal Lake’s McHenry County Associate Judge Gordon Graham, who is running for the Republican nomination for circuit court judge, will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the charges that taxpayer resources were used in McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s … Continue reading
While the McHenry County Young Republicans met Sunday in Crystal Lake’s Veterans Acres for a Petition Party, they will meet tonight at 7 PM at the upscale 1776 Restaurant on Route 14 in Crystal Lake. The YR weekly newsletter reports … Continue reading
As you can see, McHenry County Treasurer paid the Northwest Herald to put a Don’t ForgetREAL ESTATETAXES DUEJUNE 4THGot Questions?Call 815-335-4260McHenry County TreasurerWilliam LeFew Wonder how much it cost? This appeared before the robo calls from Washington, D.C., that people … Continue reading
A Crystal Laker got a phone call from McHenry County Treasurer (and Tax Collector) Bill LaFew today. It was a robo call from Washington, D.C., caller ID said. The number was 202-495-7118. LeFew wanted to remind my friend that property … Continue reading
Slim advertising have apparently loosened standards for political inserts at the Northwest Herald. I can’t remember the campaign (one in the Cary area pops into my mind), but a former managing editor pledged that a political insert would no longer … Continue reading
On our way back from Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport, we drove through Woodstock on Route 47. There was a big back-up as we entered and left Burger King. As we paused at the McConnell Road stop light, here’s what I saw … Continue reading
