Most Township Boards Ask for Less or Same Amount of Taxes as Last Year

Townships are a much maligned form of local government. Today we show you how much McHenry County’s seventeen townships will extract from pocketbooks this year compared to last year. Extensions are the amount of taxes which are billed.  The tax … Continue reading

Four GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Coming to Cuba Township

It’s not just Nunda Township that can attract candidates running for the Republican nomination for Governor in Illinois. The most southwestern township in Lake County, Cuba Township, population just under 17,000, has all four coming in the next two months. … Continue reading

Votes Cast But Which Won’t Be Counted Until the End of the Night

Those are the votes cast early and absentee. They will be added to the results you will be able to read here or on the McHenry County Clerk’s election return web site. To gauge the impact such votes will have … Continue reading

Dorr Township Assessor Commends Grafton Township Assessor Bill Ottley

This arrived in my email from Dorr Township Assessor Veronica Myers: “I would like to take this opportunity to personally commend Bill Ottley, Grafton Township Assessor. “I have been in the assessment profession since 1993. I began working with the … Continue reading

Dems Slate Attorney Phil Robertson to Run for Dorr Township Supervisor

McHenry County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Bissett informs me that Dorr Township nominated Phil Robertson has been nominate in the Dorr Township Democratic Party Caucus for Township Supervisor. Robertson is “an attorney and also the county party’s counsel, Bissett informs … Continue reading

Democrats Plan Caucuses in Dorr and McHenry Townships

From the Democratic Party of McHenry County: Notice of Democratic Caucus Dorr Township and McHenry Township Democrats are invited to attend a caucus on Tuesday, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. to nominate candidates for the Spring 2013 election for Township … Continue reading

Correction: Woodstock’s Frank Wedig NOT Leaving Green Party, but Running for Dorr Township Trustee

When I asked who was running for what in Dorr Township, I failed to ask if all the Trustee candidates were running as Republicans. My mind was so fixated on the Republican primaries in the townships with over 15,000 population … Continue reading

Dorr Township Republicans Face Township Trustee Contest

There will be no primary election for the main Dorr Township offices as the following face no challenger: Supervisor Bob Pierce Assessor Veronica Myers Road Commissioner Tom thurman Clerk Quinn Keefe But for the four Township Trustee spots, six people … Continue reading

Townships and Tax Caps

Let’s go through the townships in alphabetical order to see how the Real Estate Tax cap affects how much money they can collect. This information, as with previous articles about the Tax Cap, comes from the McHenry County Clerk’s web … Continue reading

Township GOP Primary Election Paperwork Not at County Clerk’s Office Yet

The Republican Parties in all of the five largest townships in McHenry County seem to have decided or soon will decide to hold primary elections in February, rather than hold caucuses. Those five are Algonquin Dorr Grafton McHenry Nunda Paperwork … Continue reading

Republican Precinct Committeemen Appointments in Dorr, McHenry & Nunda Townships

Just as those seeking to call a special meeting of the McHenry County Republican Central Committee were hitting deadline time to gain permission for 25% of the membership, new appointments arrived at the McHenry County Clerk’s Office. They are not … Continue reading

Tina Hill and John Jung to Lead Dorr Township GOP

McHenry County Board members Tina Hill and John Jung have been elected Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively, of the Dorr Township Republican Central Committee. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer are still open. Fifty percent of the fourteen precincts in … Continue reading

51% of McHenry County Precincts Have No GOP Candidates for Republican Precinct Committeeman

As I start formatting this information from the McHenry County Clerk’s Office about who filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman in what parts of the county, my first impression is that “No candidate filed” will control the GOP Central Committee after … Continue reading

BGA Goes After Township Government – Road Costs

A couple of weeks ago news media unloaded the latest attack on township government. They were working from a Better Government Association report. Most of the attention was aimed at Cook County townships. That’s where most of the land is … Continue reading

McHenry County’s Township Road Costs

Today let’s look at the cost of maintaining township roads. As you can see, the cost varies a lot,. So do the number of miles of roads for which the various township road commissioners are responsible for maintaining. The townships … Continue reading

How Much Do McHenry County’s Township Governments Cost?

Today McHenry County Blog looks at the cost of township government in McHenry County. The cost per person is the column that I find most interesting.  Below you will see them listed from lowest cost to highest cost for the … Continue reading