The Winnebago County Board decided to exercise its legislative power Thursday by stripping County Board Chairman Frank Haney of power a 12-8 majority thought he had abused. The Rockford Register-Star reported one Republican said the Chairman, a Republican elected at-large, … Continue reading
Category Archives: County Board Chairman
Here’s a man who believes those who don’t remember history might well relive it. State Rep. Steve Reick has posted the following on his web site: Putting the Brakes on County Board Chairman Excesses I’ve written the following letter to … Continue reading
Look at this commentary State Rep. Steve Reick posted on his web site: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Go to Springfield to Get Your Way In 2012 the voters of McHenry County voted down a referendum which would have … Continue reading
Word has gotten back to McHenry County Blog that Jack Franks is now actively courting the endorsements of Mayors and Presidents of villages and cities in McHenry County to challenge Michael Walkup for McHenry County Board Chairman. Walkup won his … Continue reading
59% to 41%, with over half of the precincts reporting: MCH CO SELECTION METHOD Precincts Reporting 115/212 54.25% YES 8164 59.26% NO 5613 40.74% … Continue reading
Below are the comments of District 3 McHenry County Board candidate Mike Walkup made to the Board this morning: Yesterday Jack Franks filed his petition to establish a county executive in McHenry County. I was at the County Fair over … Continue reading
Jack Franks has given another signal that he wants to be King of McHenry County. Today a robo-call poll asks whether people favor a McHenry County Board Chairman “elected by the citizens of McHenry County.” Here’s as close to the … Continue reading