Keeping the Northwest Herald Honest

There’s editing and there’s editing. The Northwest Herald asks potential candidates to answer their questions and posts their answers online. Usually newspapers want answers that have reasoned explanations. In the Northwest Herald’s case, the editors didn’t want their previously endorsed … Continue reading

School Board Majority Hostility Evident at Sun City Huntley School Board Forum

On Saturday morning Sun City hosted a candidates’ forum for Huntley school board candidates. There is only one contested race. Larry Snow, who is running for re-election, versus Mike Skala, who as board president was voted out of office in … Continue reading

Huntley School District Releases Sexual Harassment Checks

In response to a Freedom of Information request I made after the Huntley School Board majority refused to place the issue of sexual harassments settlements on its agenda the first week of March, I received the following. I can understand … Continue reading

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Spanish-born, but American-educated philosopher George Santayana is credited with coming up with that truism. It seems relevant to the Huntley School District 158 board race between elected incumbent Larry Snow and appointed incumbent Mike Skala. This was found on the … Continue reading

Huntley Teachers Union Lays Down Debate Rules; Snow Says, “Unfair!” – Part 3

This is the final segment of the email exchange between Huntley School Board member Larry Snow and Huntley Education Association spokeswoman Jen Weichle. (See Part 1 and Part 2.) Below Snow finishes his reasons for declining to participate in last … Continue reading

Huntley Teachers Union Lays Down Debate Rules; Snow Says, “Unfair!” – Part 2

Yesterday, the first part of an interchange of emails between Huntley School District 158 board member Larry Snow and Huntley Education Association Spokeswoman Jen Weichle was presented. In it, Weichle lays down ground rules which prohibit opening statements and comparisons … Continue reading

Huntley Teachers Union Lays Down Debate Rules; Snow Says, “Unfair!” – Part 1

I have received a series of emails between Huntley School District 158 board member Larry Snow and a representative of the Huntley Education Association. The interchange concerns whether the candidates will be able to compare and contrast their performance in … Continue reading

Reflections on the Kim Skaja King Maker Article

From the reaction of Huntley School Board member’s friends to my article about Kim Skaja’s being the king maker who induced Rob LaPorta (Grafton Township trustee candidate for re-election and candidate for the District 158 board) to step aside, I … Continue reading