Donna Kurtz continued her public service career when she was sworn in as McHenry County Treasurer last week. Replacing Republican Glenda Miller, she defeated Democrat Amin Karim and Libertarian Jim Young, gaining 56.6% of the vote to Karim’s almost 40% … Continue reading
Category Archives: Donna Kurtz
From Donna Kurtz: Donna Kurtz Seeks the Republican Nomination for the McHenry County Treasurer Donna Kurtz Donna Kurtz (R-Crystal Lake) formally announces she will seek the Republican nomination for McHenry County Treasurer. The Primary Election will be held on June … Continue reading
Thinking through the unintended and/or intended consequences of State Rep. David McSweeney’s bill to provide McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks with line item veto power, I’ve come up with come up with another possibility. Remember how Franks wanted to … Continue reading
There was a second 2017 hit piece aimed at critics of McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks. It was directed against District 2 incumbent Republicans Donna Kurtz and Jim Heisler. Below is most of the article about it: Covering the … Continue reading
Behind State Rep. Allen Skillicorn were Rosemary Kurtz and her daughter Donna. Donna is a member of the McHenry County Board and served on the McHenry County College Board previously. Rosemary Kurtz served as Crystal Lake City Treasurer, then beat … Continue reading
We’re back to McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks’ paranoia. He thinks he is important enough that someone would want to kill him. [Cue canned laughter.] He pretends that he was scared for his life (and his family’s) when a … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog reported in a timely fashion the names of those McHenry County Board members who voted to approve the highly irregularly hired patronage employees by Jack Franks last Christmas, but they seem worth posting against they are again before … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member Donna Kurtz is officially announcing her retirement. Donna Kurtz Will Not Seek Re-Election to the McHenry County Board Donna Kurtz (R-Crystal Lake) formally announces she will not seek reelection for a fourth term to the McHenry … Continue reading
Found this story on LyingJackFranks.com, a campaign web site that seems to have legs. Its title is “Lying Jack Franks Using ‘County Employee Surveys’ As a Means to Indoctrinate County Workers On Taxpayer Dime” It seems, according to County Board … Continue reading
Two incumbents–Jim Heisler and Donna Kurtz–who have served on the McHenry County Board for more than one term have decided not to see re-election. On the Board going on 24 years is Jim Heisler. He served as Vice Chairman under … Continue reading
Above is one of the votes taken electronically at Thursday’s McHenry County Board Committee of the Whole meeting. At least two times, the tote board did not show Jim Heisler’s vote. One member suggested the meeting could have been over … Continue reading
Surround by local political influentials and friends, McHenry County Board member John Reinert announced his candidacy for State Senate. In the crowd were current State Senator Pam Althoff, former State Rep. Mike Tryon, County Board members Chris Christensen, Joe Gottemoller, … Continue reading
Cary Village Trustee Jim Cosler reached out to some nearby McHenry County Board members to discover why they did not attend Wednesday’s McHenry County Board meeting on patronage hiring and the privatization of Valley Hi. What he found is below: … Continue reading
A press release about the call for special McHenry County Board meetings by Republican County Board members: Special Meetings, McHenry County Board Two Special Meetings of the McHenry County Board have been called by Republican members for Wednesday, August 23, … Continue reading
Don’t have a photo of Jack Franks’ vehicle at The Framery in Ridgefield, but a Friend of McHenry County Blog saw it parked there. And who owns The Framery? Jim Roden. He ran for McHenry County Board twice in District … Continue reading
In a move of which no McHenry County Board member attending State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally’s fundraiser last night was aware, Jack Franks has asked for Requests for Proposals to lease Valley Hi, the County nursing home. One member of the … Continue reading
Missed my phone yesterday, but others in Crystal Lake received a robo-call bashing McHenry County Board member Jim Heisler for raising taxes. “Paid for by Drain the Swamp” the caller said. Heisler and Donna Kurtz have terms expiring next year. … Continue reading
McHenry’s Chuck Wheeler is another McHenry County Board member that Democrats are targeting. His four-year term is up next year. He was subject to a hit piece last month, which is below: The piece is put out by “Drain Swamp … Continue reading
Covering the area around the old Aldi’s in Crystal Lake (Algonquin Township Precinct 2) were crude leaflets attacking McHenry County Board members Donna Kurtz and Jim Heisler. Notice the attempt to make people think it comes from conservative Republicans. The … Continue reading
Remember the article about Peter Austin, County Administrator, and John Jung, Human Resources Chairman, not complying with County Board Rules? Well, it seems to be happening again.. After the May 23rd HR meeting both Jung and Austin refused to schedule … Continue reading