Looking at the map of mayors and village presidents who endorsed State Rep. Jack Franks for McHenry County Board Chairman, I see a third one who bit the electoral dust–Lake in the Hills Village Paul Mulcahy. He was beaten by … Continue reading
Advanced to Marengo Mayor by appointment, Dennis Hammortree won back his Ward 4 seat a couple of years ago and Tuesday retained it. Hammortree was a vociferous critic of Mayor Don Lockhart, who lost his re-election bid. Hammortree beat challenger … Continue reading
Commenter “Brett Stephans” offers this analysis of the defeat of Don Lockhart as Mayor of Marengo by John Koziol: Honestly, saying that Jack Franks endorsement cost Lockhart the Mayor of Marengo position. (Here is the article under which this comment … Continue reading
Coming after the election is information telling me that McHenry County Board Chairman made a robo-call on behalf of his Republican Precinct Committeeman ally Marengo Mayor Don Lockhart. Lockhart supported Franks in his run as a Democrat for McHenry County … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks’ fingerprints haven’t been identified in any of the April 4th contests, but there are three contests where he lost. The first was in his hometown of Marengo. Republican Precinct Committee and Mayor Don Lockhart, … Continue reading
Newcomer to the Marengo political arena John Koziol defeated multi-term incumbent Don Lockhart by eight percentage points in the April 4th election. The vote was 479-391 with third candidate John Arient getting 230. … Continue reading
Marengo Mayor Don Lockhart has endorsed Lying Jack Franks for McHenry County Board Chairman. He is an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman. Woodstock Mayor Brian Sager is also endorsed Franks. At the time of his endorsement, Sager was also an elected … Continue reading
The weather for the Settlers Days Parade was perfect. The temperature was in the 70’s. There wasn’t much wind. I plunked my lawn chair down at the corner across from Brandt’s Pharmacy. It was also, for the first time, really … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks is holding his annual breakfast fundraiser this Saturday morning at Donley’s south of Union. The price is $40 per person, but the Democrat is willing to accept more. $2,500 is listed on the back. Committee members … Continue reading
Marengo Mayor Don Lockhart has his campaign fund in Marengo. No big surprise there. As of the first of the year, he had $1,277.83 in his checking account. He had $50 less at the end of March. The difference can … Continue reading
Partisan politicians were few and far between community organizations and commercial entries in Marengo’s Settlers Days Parade Sunday. Not counting the Mayor of Marengo, Don Lockhart, and Union Village President Robert Wagner, there were only five politicians in the town’s … Continue reading
There were thirty people who waged write-in campaigns for Republican Precinct Committeeman. This is an attempt to put all of the results in one place. Here are the results of Mickey Barnas’ campaign. Joe Stecker’s success in Algonquin 19 has … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Treasurer candidate Glenda Miller: “Centsible” Choice for County Treasurer Glenda Miller, currently Chief Deputy McHenry County Treasurer and Republican candidate for County Treasurer garnered several endorsements in the past week. Miller, 57, recently announced … Continue reading
Marengo is one of two cities in McHenry County that have the aldermanic form of municipal government. The terms that are expiring follow:Terms that are expiring are: Mayor – Donald B. Lockhart Clerk – Constance J. Boxleitner Ward 1 – … Continue reading
With some contests showing up in Crystal Lake for City Council, I called Marengo to find out about the requirements for getting on the ballot. For Mayor and Clerk its a minimum of 57 signatures and a maximum of 107, … Continue reading
There were Federal, state and county board politicians at the Settler’s Day Parade, but most interesting thing I found was the absence of prospective McHenry County 14th Congressional District nominee Randy Hultgren. In this very open territory, 8th District Republican … Continue reading
$4,559.58 is how much McHenry County Board Chairman had in the bank at the beginning of July. Koehler is up for election in a three-way race with Donna Kurtz, the woman who bested him and the second incumbent Lyn Orphal, … Continue reading
We are almost halfway through the alphabet of those featured on the invitation to State Rep. Jack Franks’ fund raiser. Today we look at the L’s and M’s: Dr. Philip and Helene LambruschiRonald J. LapinskiVeronica LapinskiMaureen LarsonChief LauferFred LearmanCody LeBaronSusan … Continue reading
