Dear Friend, The Republican primary election is this Tuesday, March 20th! Some of the Election Day polling sites have been changed. Check here to see where the changes have occurred and the new locations. Otherwise, click here to obtain the list of polling … Continue reading
Car problems got me to The Cottage in Crystal Lake too late for the main event. Too late for any event, in fact, except cooling pizza. Tom Cross, running for the GOP nomination for State Treasurer, held a Meet & … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member Donna Kurtz is holding a fundraiser to finance her third campaign for the office. It will be held at Lou Malnati’s Pizza in Lakewood from 6-8 on Wednesday, November 13th. The cost for the “It’s a … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Board member Donna Kurtz: Donna Kurtz Announces Her Re-Election Bid for McHenry County Board – District 2 CRYSTAL LAKE, IL – Donna Kurtz, R-Crystal Lake, is announcing that she will seek re-election to the … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board’s Management Services Committee meeting yesterday started at 8:30 and was scheduled to end at noon, when two members said they had to leave for other meetings. The Committee heard budget presentations for three hours, then decided … Continue reading
Having seen Scott Summers, their choice for the 708 Board replacement for the person who resigned to go to work for Pioneer Center, a 708 Board-funded agency, the Public Health & Human Services Committee will try again. Committee Chairman Donna … Continue reading
The usual expectation is that campaign signs should be taken down by the Saturday after the election. Driving around Crystal Lake and Cary, the candidate with the most signs still up is Dee Beaubien. Also saw signs for the two … Continue reading
While voting at Crystal Lake’s Main Beach House (thank you Park District officials for putting democracy in front of renting out the room for karati!), a confused young man was pointed to me. He wanted to know whether the precinct … Continue reading
Dee Beaubien (Ind.-Madigan) has a campaign disclosure report that is too complicated to analyze tonight. But there is one line that caught my attention. It’s for “Transfers out,” that is contributions or payments to other candidates or Political Action Committees. … Continue reading
Out of the woodwork stepped Thomas Wilbeck of Lakewood. His unexpected entry into the Republican primary means the three incumbents and publicly-announced newcomer will have to put on real campaigns. Incumbent Scott Breeden is not running for re-election, concluding for … Continue reading
The post I ran about pro-abortion Personal PAC’s endorsements for the McHenry County Board was incomplete. Instead of going to the Personal PAC endorsement page, I relied on the eVote web site. It is clearly unreliable, as I guess I … Continue reading
McHenry County Board members Nick Provenzano and John Jung lost their seats two years ago in District 3 and District 5. It wasn’t that Provenzano and Jung didn’t have signs up supporting their re-election. In retrospect, I believe it was … Continue reading
One of the roles McHenry County Blog plays is alerting daily newspapers of stories they otherwise might not think of. This might be one of those articles. The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water came up with an idea to … Continue reading
In one of the first county board fund raisers of the year, McHenry County College Board member Donna Kurtz gathered supporters at The Cottage at the corner of Crystal Lake Avenue and Brink Street Thursday night. Kurtz is running to … Continue reading
For the second meeting in less than a month, I left the room whistling, “Ding, dong the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch…” And, this time I even came up with appropriate words before I got home … Continue reading
For the second meeting in less than a month, I left the room whistling, “Ding, dong the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch…” And, this time I even came up with appropriate words before I got home … Continue reading
