Every month Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass trots out his “Moutza of the Month” column. Readers pretty much write it for him with their nominations. One from Bryan Surek was for “State rep. Chris ‘Mathman’ Welch, D-Madiganistan, for having hysterics … Continue reading
Haven’t read the print edition yet, but the following showed up when I looked at the electronic edition of the Chicago Tribune this Monday: … Continue reading
Chicago Tribune Eric Zorn dedicated not one, but two columns to State Rep. Steve Andersson’s vote in favor of Mike Madigan’s 32% income tax hike. Zorn obviously wants to help Andersson, but I’m pretty sure that columns like you see … Continue reading
State Rep. Steve Andersson was the subject of a supportive July 12, 2017, column by the Chicago Tribune’s Eric Zorn shortly after the vote to raise the state income tax by 32%. Although readership in newspapers is diminishing, this cannot … Continue reading
Anyone who thinks that the front page photo of Mike Madigan’s shaking hands with Republican State Rep. Steve Andersson after Andersson provided the deciding vote for the Democrats’ 32% income tax hike is living in la-la land. It takes 71 … Continue reading
Lying Jack Franks used the following to try to influence newspaper readers to vote for him: Although the fraudulent “Cut 10” logo still appears on the literature, it is almost too small to see. The lie continues to be stated … Continue reading
Reporters at the Chicago Tribune have added up what is in play on both sides in the race to replace State Rep. Jack Franks. The totals are Republican Steven Reick – $1,303,717 Democrat John Bartman – $304,795 = = = … Continue reading
Monday, the Chicago Tribune finished its endorsements for the U.S. Congress. Endorsed in the 14th Congressional District was incumbent Republican Randy Hultgren. Previously, the Tribune endorsed Republican Peter Roskam in the 6th District. … Continue reading
Trying to keep you up-to-date on newspaper endorsements, today the Chicago Tribune endorsed Congressman Peter Roskam of the 6th District for re-election. The 6th Congressional District is comprised of only Algonquin Township in McHenry County. … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune rolled out endorsements for the Illinois State Senate today. In districts with representation in McHenry County, both Republican Dan McConchie and Pam Althoff got the nod. Here’s what was said about McConchie: 26th District: This northwest suburban … Continue reading
Here’s what just popped up on my computer: Here is what ABC-TV’s Chuck Goudie reported today. … Continue reading
William Parrott of McHenry has a letter to the Chicago Tribune published today. It is reprinted below with his permission: It’s our republic — let’s remember that U.S. House oversight revelations with new details surrounding the travesty of Benghazi in … Continue reading
If I were running against Jack Franks, I would be knocking on doors of homes with Com Ed electric lines in front of them. Why? Because Jack Franks introduced House Bill 3884, a bill to allow Com Ed to chop down … Continue reading
This message was the bottom of a long message by Chicago Tribune Digital Editor Charles J. Johnson: Here is the Big Media Secret: We will generally do what you tell us to do. You, the reader, viewer, Tweeter, Facebooker currently hold more … Continue reading
“NWH,” by the way is short for the Northwest Herald. Relatively new Editor Jason Schaumburg, brought in from DeKalb, uses his valuable space on page 2 to take a pot shot at McHenry County Blog today. He seems irritated that … Continue reading
Candidates court newspaper endorsements. They fill out questionnaires. I remember enjoying matching wits with the Chicago Tribune folks most…especially the year when they asked questions about education funding. (The statistics did not favor the answer the questionnaire wanted. Naturally, I … Continue reading
What appears to be the TV ad that I have addressed previously is on the web page of the Chicago Tribune. I caught one slide: … Continue reading
Around the first of the year, the New York Times polled every congressional district in the country. The poll had a margin of error of almost 9%, but its findings were that Donald Trump was getting about a third of … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune is presenting its endorsements differently this year. Not only is there text, but now there are pictures. Livening up the Editorial Page. … Continue reading
When I posted the Chicago Tribune endorsements for State Senate candidate Martin McLaughlin and State Rep. candidates Steve Reick and Allen Skillicorn, I hadn’t opened by papers. After doing so, I see the Tribune has done something new. Besides text, … Continue reading
