Sandi Tenglin, an 81-year old widow, wrote a letter to the editor of the Northwest Herald which raised the hackles of then Democratic Party State’s Attorney candidate Jim Harrison. Today the case was settled with the case being dismissed and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Jim Harrison
As Jack Franks is sending out 25,071 copies of a taxpayer-finance newsletter, he has apparently gotten rid of one of his problems. I’ve been told that Franks was none too happy to be paired with Jim Harrison, the candidate slated for … Continue reading
Campaign Disclosure Reports are not due to the State Board of Elections until midnight April 15th–Friday night. But, having just finished my quarterly torture, I started looking for reports from other local committees. Jack Franks, now running for only one … Continue reading
There was an invasion of green-backed Patrick Kenneally for State’s Attorney folks at Crystal Lake’s Independence Day Parade. I looked and could see no sign of Jack Franks’ running mate, Jim Harrison, Kenneally’s Democratic Party opponent for McHenry County State’s … Continue reading
Readers have an image maker willing to share them with us, if people will post them on social media (pintrest, facebook, instagram, and twitter). Sounds like a reasonable request to those of you who are conversant with such modes of communication. … Continue reading
I have no idea how “Observer” managed to post a photo in a comment under the story about Democratic Party State’s Attorney candidate Jim Harrison’s suing a woman for writing an uncomplimentary letter to the Northwest Herald, but I hope … Continue reading
A press release from Republican McHenry County State’s Attorney candidate Patrick Kenneally: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR STATE’S ATTORNEY SUING ELDERLY WOMEN FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PATRICK KENNEALLY EXPRESSES NEED FOR EXERCIZING FREE SPEECH Prosecutor and Republican candidate for McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick … Continue reading
As predicted, the name of the Democratic Party’s candidate for State’s Attorney was announced in the Northwest Herald. The name didn’t make the headline on either page 16 or page 17. The headline was Democratic Party chooses candidates for several … Continue reading
After the November, 2014, election, I wrote a story asking whether Independent Sheriff’s candidate Jim Harrison was really running for McHenry County State’s Attorney. You can read the article by clicking on its title below: Was Harrison Really Running for … Continue reading
Here’s what is listed on the web site of the McHenry County Democratic Party: Local party leadership Chairman: Mike Bissett Vice-Chair: Kristina Zahorik Treasurer: Mary Mahady Secretary: Kathy Bergan Schmidt General Counsel: James Harrison Fundraising Chair: TBA Membership Recruitment Chair: … Continue reading
From the get-go in Bill Prim’s campaign for McHenry County Sheriff, he promised to set himself aside from most public officials by not participating in the pension program to which he would be entitled. Recently, State Rep. David McSweeney has … Continue reading
Guess I should have stayed up later. I packed it in at 11:11 last night, disappointed that I could not write a combined article about spending in the McHenry County Sheriff’s race between Bill Prim and Jim Harrison. Harrison filed … Continue reading
Note – After looked at Bill Prim’s D-2 again, I noticed that I had not added the in-kind contributions to his expenditure total. That is now reflected. = = = = = Campaign disclosure reports were due on Thursday. The … Continue reading
There seemed to be three significant parts of Jim Harrison’s campaign for McHenry County Sheriff. The first two were guilt by association articles on the front page of the Northwest Herald. I think it is fair to say that without … Continue reading
Here’s an analysis that looks at whether Republican Precinct Committeemen in McHenry County as a whole made a difference in campaigns. Conclusions? U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis did better with a committeeman. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner did worse with a … Continue reading
With 199 of 212 precincts reporting in-person vote results, Republican candidate for Sheriff Bill Prim declared victory over Independent Jim Harrison. The incomplete vote totals (209 out of 212 precincts) now show the following: Prim – 41,320 Harrison – 27,028 … 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
It appears that the thrust of Jim Harrison’s Independent campaign for McHenry County Sheriff does not include direct mail. Based on McHenry County Republican primary candidate Glenda Miller’s successful direct mail campaign, it costs about $10,000 to cover the county. … Continue reading
A citizen in Spring Grove got a call Wednesday asking questions about the McHenry County Sheriff’s race. Here’s a description of the call: They asked if I was a registered voter, my age, gender, if I was likely to vote … Continue reading
After September 30th, the only indication of how much money candidates raise are their reports of $1,000 or higher contribution. Contributions of less than that don’t show up until January. Not terribly transparent–in fact, less transparent than before the most … Continue reading