Reprinted with permission from Illinois Leaks: Algonquin Township – What next from under the Circus tent? BY KIRK ALLEN ON AUGUST 8, 2018 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) McHenry Co. (ECWd) –Just about the time you think you have seen it all, up jumps another … Continue reading
Illinois Leaks’John Kraft filed a complaint with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office contending that the agenda of the last regular meeting of Algonquin Township was inadequate. Kraft contended that “Reconfiguration of Office Space” did not adequately inform the public that … Continue reading
After being thrown off the Grafton Township Republican Primary ballot for not numbering the pages on his petitions, Assessor Al Zielinski decided to run a write-in campaign. He needed 50 votes (the number of petition signatures to get on the … Continue reading
Following in his father Chuck’s and his grandparents Millie and Howard Ruth’s footsteps, as well as his Great Grandfather’s, Eric Ruth won the Republican nomination for McHenry County’s Grafton Township Supervisor in Tuesday’s Primary Election. Ruth decisively defeated Joseph Holtorf. … Continue reading
In response to my invitation to post candidate literature in the article about Grafton Township write-in candidate Linda Moore, Matthew Cooper, also seeking the office of Township Trustee via the write-in route, sent me his literature. You can see it … Continue reading
As I understand the law, write-in candidates in primary elections have to obtain at least as many votes as people had to obtain signatures to get on the ballot. That means that former Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore and Mathew … Continue reading
Last Wednesday night, the Grafton Township Republican Central Committee voted to hold a primary election next February to select candidates who will represent the part in April, according to Township Republican Chairman Jeff Thorsen. Not many people vote in a … Continue reading
There were various write-in victories throughout McHenry County. One was David Moore, former Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore’s husband. He ran a successful write-in campaign for the Huntley Library Board and recently attended his first meeting. In a reversal of … Continue reading
As we go to the polls (or don’t) it would be appropriate to remember the service that our departing World War II Veterans gave us so we can still choose our leaders. The obituary of Theo Moore, who loved to … Continue reading
The new Grafton Township Board that took office in May intended to get out of the lawsuit business. It pretty much succeeded until December. That’s when the law firm of Ottosen Britz of Napervilie sued Grafton Township. The firm seeks … Continue reading
As a result of an altercation after the October, 2010, Grafton Township Board meeting, David Moore, husband of then-Supervisor Linda Moore, was charged with committing misdemeanor against Township Trustee Gerald McMahon. Today, after a bench trial that lasted two days, … Continue reading
An email from Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore: Dear Residents of Grafton Township, Thank you for the honor and opportunity to serve as your Township Supervisor for the past four years. I have really enjoyed working for you and meeting … Continue reading
With Township Supervisor Linda Moore in Texas for her daughter’s college graduation and Rob LaPorta also absent, the meeting was relatively short and peaceful. No one raised his voice or went off on a rant. Trustee Gerry McMahon even sat … Continue reading
Called on an emergency basis by Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore, the topic will be finances. Here’s the agenda: On February 14th, the board directed the Supervisor to pay $300,000 to the Road District. The Highway Commissioner has recently requested … Continue reading
One of the pieces of literature that I didn’t get around to writing about is Grafton Township Supervisor candidate Pam Fender. It’s interesting from two points of view. First, it is a combination of a positive pitch for Fender on … Continue reading
First there was a sticker on the masthead of the Northwest Herald paid for by Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore. It was published on the first day of early voting and urged people to do so. Sunday, the team of … Continue reading
Here is what apparently is the last of Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore’s mailings. She is running against Pam Fender, who apparently has no direct mail, and Marty Waitzman who has sent one post card that I have seen and … Continue reading
Don’t know what order this mailing from Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore arrived, but it seems to have hit. It could be called a comparison piece. Naturally, the person paying for it comes off better than ones who did not. … Continue reading
There two now candidates using postmen (women) for their precinct workers in Grafton Township: Linda Moore Marty Waitzman The third candidate for the Republican nomination for Township Supervisor is Pam Fender. I shall be posted mailings that candidates or other … Continue reading
Grafton Township Supervisor Linda Moore has dropped a second direct mail piece in her campaign to gain the Republican nomination for the post she now holds. She is running against Pam Fender and Marty Waitzman. … Continue reading
