Tuesday was a terrible, horrible, no good, exceedingly humiliating, very bad day for McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks. First Franks faced an uprising from County Board members for his role in State Rep. David McSweeney’s bill to make him … Continue reading
The first reaction to this week’s Woodstock Independent editorial, still not on the internet, attacking Joe Tirio for daring to file a lawsuit to discover who is responsible for maligning him came from Woodstock Republican Precinct Committeeman Richard Rostron: Very … Continue reading
Will Illinois Integrity Fund Fronts, Jack Franks Face More Court Action? A friend of McHenry County Blog that knows all of the candidates has told me that several have been interviewing numerous lawyers in the Chicagoland area with an eye … Continue reading
When Breaker Press President Richard Lewandowski told the Friday courtroom that he had heard that McHenry County Board that he had heard that Jack Franks was involved Franks’ charade of non-involvement collapsed. Of course, it was obvious to anyone with … Continue reading
The Paper of Record for McHenry County–the Northwest Herald–ran a story about anonymous letters delivered to homes of people with Democratic Party candidate signs in their front yards. This is the paper that did not run timely stories last spring … Continue reading
Dark Money Mud Slinging Now Includes Former State Rep. Despite former State Rep. Cal Skinner being awarded custody of his daughter after the alleged incident, the slander seems to surface every election. The allegations on the libelous mailer received yesterday … Continue reading
Valley Hi Surplus Still A Contentious Issue Orville Brettman is running for the McHenry County Board in the 6th District because he doesn’t trust its current representatives – Michelle Aavang and Larry Smith. In 2015, the County Board cut $3 … Continue reading
“Illinois Integrity Fund” Sends Another Attack Mailer A dark money source violating state election reporting law has sent out still another mailing in an attempt to defeat the two Republicans who, if elected, would be Democrat Jack Franks worst nightmare. … Continue reading
2016 Democratic County Board candidate Kathryn Potter posted the following artwork from Cary resident Bruce Janu on Facebook today.Potter is not currently on the ballot for a second try at a county board seat in District 1. In 2016 Potter … Continue reading
“Dark Money” Fuels Additional Hit Pieces on Republican Primary Candidates Yet another hit piece against Joe Tirio spreading lies of secret slush funds, patronage hires and taxpayer-funded vacations was in the mailbox today. The Illinois Integrity Fund has sent out … Continue reading
Here is a letter that District 6 McHenry County Board member Ersel Schuster is sending to prospective voters. It has the advantage of being stuffed with relevant information about the election. It has the disadvantage of having a lot of … Continue reading
Mimicking tactics used by national Democrats, local Leftists are hurling the “racist” epithet at conservative Republicans running for County office. See evidence from the allies of Jack Franks by clicking on the article below: Group Trying to Defeat McHenry County’s … Continue reading
The following statement was issued by District 6 McHenry County Board candidate Orville Brettman after the Northwest Herald published its Sunday hit piece. Let me observe that this is the second weekend in a row that the NWH has played … Continue reading
Only readers of McHenry County Blog have any idea of the sleazy mailings being put out by Jack Franks allies in an attempt to defeat those who dare question Jack Franks’ efforts to have total control of County government not … Continue reading
This is the fifth page of questions from the NorWest Republican Organization. All McHenry County Board candidates in the area were sent questionnaires. It appears there are questions as to who received the NorWest questionnaire. Here is the content of … Continue reading
This is the fourth page of the NorWest Township Republican Organization’s questionnaire to all County Board candidates running in its territory (Districts 4 and 6), plus the office of County Clerk. It was sent to all candidates. The ones missing … Continue reading
The NorWest Republican Organization have solicited answers from County Board and County Clerk candidates. Today, McHenry County Blog publishes its third page: Question Schuster Brettman Wheeler Miller Tirio D-6 D=6 D-4 Treas. Clerk 24. Law to prohibit future elected … Continue reading
Here is the second page of answers to questions that were sent to all candidates: Question Schuster Brettman Wheeler Miller Tirio D-6 D-6 D-4 Treas. Clerk 11. Reforms to Workmen’s Compensation insurance which will lower premiums? yes yes yes yes … Continue reading
All candidates were sent questionnaires by the NorWest Republican Organization. The questions and replies on the first page follow (other pages will be published one a day): Question Schuster Brettman Wheeler Miller Tirio D-6 D=6 D-4 Treas. Clerk 1. Elimination … Continue reading
An email from Orville Brettman to prospective constituents in McHenry County Board District 6: Subject: Brettman offers true conservative choice . The good news: Brettman offers true conservative choice for 6th District County Board voters The bad news: there are two Franks-Democrat … Continue reading
