Reprinted with permission from Illinois Leaks: Local Government – Social Media and FOIA BY KIRK ALLEN ON FEBRUARY 20, 2019 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) McHenry Co. (ECWd) –Questions have been raised regarding official social media sites of government entities and their content and/or access … Continue reading
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Republished with permission from Illinois Leaks: Algonquin Township Trustee Lawrence spreads lie about court filing by Kirk Allen ON DECEMBER 22, 2018 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) McHenry Co. (ECWd) –Nothing like waking up on a Saturday before Christmas to the phone ringing instead … Continue reading
Local Democrats are trying to pick off Republican McHenry County member Michael Rein with public union leader Carlos Acosta. Acosta put a really strange image up on his Facebook page that Orville Brettman found and posted with a campaign piece … Continue reading
Marathon Pundit brought my attention to this Tucker Carlson video: … Continue reading
Here’s an interesting April 22, 2018, Cary Police Department “incident/offense report.” The subject? “Harassment by electronic communication.” There are lots of blank spots and no names are given, but the text says that “threats via message and Facebook.” The person … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Possession of Child Pornography Arrest On Wednesday, October 4, 2017, Domenique D. Hines* (20) of 955 Golf Course Road #4, Crystal Lake, IL, was arrested on a warrant subsequent to an ongoing … Continue reading
In a Facebook ad that kicked off his campaign for McHenry County Board in District 6, Orville Brettman pictured himself as a RINO hunter. For those of you who don’t know what the acronym means, it stands for “Republican in … Continue reading
This 4th of July weekend, McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks posted a photo of himself with a big pike. He, his father and Democratic Party poohbahs go fishing in Canada the end of each June. Nothing wrong with that, … Continue reading
The Republican Primary Election is not until March, but McHenry County Board candidate Orville Brettman is already advertising on Facebook. The ad follows: … Continue reading
I had heard about ads like this making it look as if Democratic Party McHenry County Board candidates were running against Mike Walkup, but not being a Facebook guy, I hadn’t seen one until a Friend of McHenry County Blog … Continue reading
Look what popped up on Facebook: At least the Realtors didn’t perpetuate Lying Jack Franks‘ story line that he is a Republican, as they did in their mailing. … Continue reading
Readers like to connect dots. Those who take part in the comment section of McHenry County Blog know that. One has emailed me pointing out right after people started posting negative comments about Jack Franks and anti Franks memes on … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Sheriff’s Department Captain Tony Cundiff left me a message about a week ago. We finally got in touch today. When he called he had just learned that his wife’s Facebook page had been hacked. A post had … Continue reading
The opponents of the gas generated electric power plant in Oakwood Hills have not forgotten that McHenry County Board member Joe Gottemoller was the attorney for the company that wanted to build it. While Gottemoller dropped out as attorney, hard … Continue reading
So, a woman was beheaded Friday at a vegetable processing plant in Moore, Oklahoma. The man who did it had just been fired. He had served time in prison. He was a Muslim. He was an African-American. He was “aggressively” … Continue reading
A press release from the campaign of McHenry County Sheriff candidate Bill Prim: PRIM CAMPAIGN RUNNING AWAY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA RACE BY WIDE MARGIN If “likes” and page-clicks were votes, Bill Prim would be the Republican candidate for McHenry Sheriff … Continue reading
Reading the Chicago Tribune today, I discovered a sheriff had fired a deputy for liking an opposition candidate on Facebook. “It is the internet equivalent of displaying a political sign in one’s front yard, which the Supreme Court has held … Continue reading
If Undersheriff Andy Zinke is posting on his campaign Facebook page during office hours, does that mean he is violating the law? By firing Zane Seipler for a second time, the Keith Nygren-Zinke team have provided Seipler with a lot … Continue reading
There’s at least one person commenting on the article about the politicians in McHenry’s Fiesta Days Parade contenting that Andy Zinke was not there for political reasons. That person(s) certainly has little experience in politics. Anything a public official or … Continue reading
In response to an anti-Rick Santorum Facebook posted by a Carmel alumni that was widely publicized by Chicago media, a couple of Carmel Catholic High School students have started up a Facebook page in support of the graduate who is … Continue reading