Here is an analysis by a commented calling him/herself “Out of Towner:” Re: “Democratic Party candidates for Congress won McHenry County.” Due to the efforts of [Kristina] Zahorik and McHenry County Committeemen or due to what a Politician can do … Continue reading
Category Archives: Campaign Expenditures
Lake County Board member Tom Weber is running against Trisha Zubert. Earlier, an analysis of Zubert’s campaign finances showed that 73% of her contributions came from public employee unions. This article is about where Weber has gotten his money since … Continue reading
Starting July with $1,528.85 in the bank, State Senate candidate Craig Wilcox raiser $19,940.26 during the three months ending in September. He spent $15,251.97 during the quarter. That meant he started with only $6,217.14 available for the last month of … Continue reading
Democratic Party State Senate candidate Mary Mahady took in $16,165 during the third quarter of the year. She spent $19,579.49 during the same July-August-September period. To do so, she had to draw down a bit over $3,000 from her July … Continue reading
$1,531.37 was what was in the bank account of the McHenry County Republican Central Committee at the beginning of July. Since then, Citizens for Rauner has kicked in another thousand. Contributions above $150 in April, May and June follow: $3,000 … Continue reading
Add in a $5,000 in-kind expenditure from Liberty Outdoor Advertising for billboards and the total rises to over $129,000. In addition, there is a $35,000 loan from the candidate reported on April 4th. The committee has debts from the candidate … Continue reading
One would think that a man who has been dealing with the filing of reports mandated by State law since 1997 would be able to meet deadlines. However, McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks did not do so on Monday, … Continue reading
I found a useful tool today–Aldertrack. It totals what has been spent in each legislative district. When I looked at the 66th State Rep. race in which these four candidates Carolyn Schofield Paul Serwatka Allen Skillicorn Dan Wilbrandt are facing … Continue reading
Having decided to run for re-election as State Representative, let’s take a look at Barbara Wheeler’s campaign finances. The amount she has in her campaign is about the same as she started the year with–$18,000 That didn’t mean she didn’t … Continue reading
Note – After looked at Bill Prim’s D-2 again, I noticed that I had not added the in-kind contributions to his expenditure total. That is now reflected. = = = = = Campaign disclosure reports were due on Thursday. The … Continue reading
A number of candidates for McHenry County Board did not file reports with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Candidates are not required to file such reports unless they bring in or spend $5,000. Among those not meeting that threshold … Continue reading
District 3 former McHenry County Board member Kathy Bergan Schmidt had but $220 in her bank account on July 1st, according to what she filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections. During the previous three months, she spent down … Continue reading
Newcomer to McHenry County politics, Chuck Wheeler, got his County Board campaign off to a great start with a $5,000 contribution from Sage founder Vince Foglia. He followed that up with a McHenry fundraiser which, along with other contributions, brought … Continue reading
District 4’s John Hammerand is the third candidate seeking the office of McHenry County Board Chairman. He won a hotly-contested race with teacher union-backed Crystal Lake South High School auto mechanics and manufacturing technology teacher Arne Waltmire. Waltmire had over … Continue reading
District 2’s Joe Gottemoller is one of three people running for Chairman of the McHenry County Board. This is the last year that the twenty-four members of the Board will have more say than you or I. Starting in 2016, … Continue reading
With three members of the McHenry County Board seeking to lead its members for the last two years when the twenty-four members will have more say than you and I have at the ballot box, it seems appropriate to take … Continue reading
It has been most frustrating to have to fight McHenry County Conservation District referendums. As I have mentioned previously (see Why Odds Against Taxpayer if Conservation District Goes to Referendum), the frustration comes from having to fight money that should … Continue reading
McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren continues to spend down his campaign fund, his most recent campaign disclosure report shows. Of the $719.23 in expenditures, $320.12 was identified. It went for cell phone service. No money was donated to candidates. He … Continue reading
Before reading this press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on a second inner city Democratic Party State Rep. under Federal indictment, reflect upon the 2006 date for which he is charged with using ill-gotten money to pay for campaign … Continue reading
Here is a press release explaining the successful conclusion–from a taxpayer’s point of view–of a suit to stop taxeating local governments from promoting their tax increase referendums. Although it did not originate in McHenry County, it will affect school districts, … Continue reading