There were two questions asked of all candidates who participated (only Mary McCann did not) in the McHenry County League of Women Voters candidates’ forums for County Board: Pensions (and insurance the second time around) Homelessness I’ll deal with the … Continue reading
A press release from Governor Bruce Rauner: After AFSCME Rejections, Administration Appeals to Labor Board Labor Board to Determine if Parties at Impasse SPRINGFIELD – Last week, AFSCME refused to seriously negotiate for the 24th bargaining session in a row on … Continue reading
After at least an hour and a half of public comment and fifteen minutes of power point information from the school board’s side, the McHenry High School Board and its teacher union went back into negotiations behind closed doors. According … Continue reading
State Rep. David McSweeney is featured in an article about legislators’ health insurance in an Illinois Network News article. (The Illinois News Network is a part of the Illinois Policy Institute.) The headline is GA health benefits cost taxpayers $1.2 … Continue reading
This evening at five, the Human Services Committee will meet to consider employee health insurance costs, among other topics. This coming year, employees paid out of the General Fund will contribute $2,329,999 Taxpayers will pay the rest: $12,392,849 All those … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald ran a front page article Saturday announcing Lakewood Village Trustee Paul Serwatka’s candidacy for State Representative. Serwatka, East Dundee Village Trustee Allen Skillicorn, West Dundee Village Trustee Dan Wilbrandt and McHenry County Board member Carolyn Schofield are … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: Former President of Chicago Construction Company Indicted in $1.9 Million Union Fraud Scheme CHICAGO — The former president of a Southwest Side construction company paid off-the-books cash wages to workers and under-reported … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board has provided a really, really good health care program for its employees and themselves. It is so good that the magazine Governing features McHenry County, along with Boston, in an article about the extra cost imposed … Continue reading
When Governor Jim Edgar passed Kids Care in the mid-1990’s, I remember having lunch in the legislators’ dining room and telling her if he wanted it to really succeed, he would let insurance agents sell it. Instead, Edgar and Blagojevich … Continue reading
During the Republican Primary Election campaign, two candidates from District 1 vowed not to take McHenry County health and pension benefits. They were Andrew Gasser and David Stieper. Stieper lost the primary election, but Gasser didn’t and went on to … Continue reading
Illinois Policy Institute Director of Health Policy Naomi Lopez Bauman has written an article about the 10-10 rejection of over $500,000 of Obamacare navigator money by the McHenry County Board. It’s topical because there is going to be a re-vote … Continue reading
The Human Resources Committee of the McHenry County Board is scheduled to consider increasing the cost of insurance for employees (including themselves) at Tuesday’s 8:15 AM meeting. Premiums for employees are scheduled to increase 5%. For HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FORMER SUBURBAN CHIROPRACTOR AND HIS WIFE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR $1 MILLION HEALTH INSURANCE FRAUD SCHEME CHICAGO ― A former suburban chiropractor and his wife, who was a fitness instructor and … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune continues to put pressure on the Naperville City Council to remove the fringe benefits that council members receive. This time the Chicago Tribune article is about health insurance for the $12,000 a year, part-time elected officials. The … Continue reading
Images of an upcoming mailing have been received from McHenry County Board candidate David Stieper. He is seeking one of two Republican nominations in the southeastern-most District 1. (Other candidates who would like to share their campaign materials are welcome … Continue reading
When the last compensation chart was published, left off were totals and how much more than the base salary that members were receiving. That is rectified below: … Continue reading
When I looked at the annual compensation provided to McHenry County Board members made readily available by county government, I noticed that pensions and Social Security were not included. Health insurance was included in the figures, but not the taxpayer-financed … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam, who represents Algonquin Township in McHenry County: Roskam Invites Hoffman Estates Women Who Lost Health Insurance Under Obamacare to State of the Union Address WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) announced … Continue reading
McHenry County Board members get paid a salary of $20,815.86 a year. The average salary is almost $33,000 when health and dental insurance is included. And, even more if the County Board member is participating in the Illinois Municipal Retirement … Continue reading
That’s not the whole picture, but it is the part of the United Health Care plan that stuck out the most. There is a $47.56 a month premium in addition to whatever retired educators are payoing for Medicare. Prescription drugs … Continue reading
