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
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
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
A very interesting set of spreadsheets showed up in my mailbox. It’ll take some time to figure out what all the information means, but today I’ll share a comparison of 2008 household income among McHenry County’s 17 townships. Those earning … Continue reading
An observer in Hartland Township sent this “after clean-up” photo of Paulsen Road. Here’s the commentary that accompanied it: Interesting that on Monday morning Alden Road was closed to work on ONE tree that was felled during the storm on … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog sent the following photos of “storm damage on Paulson Road just south of Streit. Trees fell across the North-South Paulson Road. “Behind this tree, hidden from view are about 15 more covering the roadway. … Continue reading
Moving alphabetically down the list of 17 townships in McHenry County, we take a look at vacancies in Greenwood, Hartland, Hebron and McHenry Townships today. Greenwood and Hartland have one apiece. Marengo has none and McHenry has two. Just because … Continue reading
The 2010 assessed valuation has been totaled for McHenry County and it’s down almost 10%. That’s what a comparison of raw figures from the McHenry County Supervisor of Assessments Office indicate. McHenry County real estate taxes this year will be … Continue reading
Election petitions for school board junior college city and village park board fire protection district you name it are available for circulation. It doesn’t take many signatures. Two bits of advice from my father. He would ask people coming in … Continue reading
The only candidate in McHenry County’s rural 6th District who is providing information about the campaign is Diane Evertson. (Anyone else that wants to let me know what’s happening in their campaign anywhere in the county, please email me the … Continue reading
Last year at the third weekend in May Old Capitol Art Fair, I ran into two McHenry County artists. The first was Woodstock painter Sue Skowronski. I got a photo of her and her husband Paul. She will be exhibiting … Continue reading
