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Here’s what District 5 Democrat Paula Yensen is passing out: … Continue reading
Category Archives: Paula Yensen
In the Northwest Herald today, a letter to the editor reveals that Woodstock Mayor Brian Sager has endorsed Democrat Paula Yensen for County Board. Yensen, of course, is the wife of McHenry County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Bissett. Sager also … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Board member Kathy Bergan Schmidt has agreed to run for the McHenry County Board in place of Kenneth Miller, who died last Friday. Schmidt served one term, but was defeated when she ran for re-election four years … Continue reading
Having found big money going from Vince Foglia to Republican County Board candidates, I decided to look at what Democrats have received. Reports must be made if a candidate raises or spends $5,000, so a lot of campaigns, especially local … Continue reading
Yesterday Republicans in Algonquin’s Founders Day Parade were featured. Today we look at the Democrats. Behind the banner was a young man carrying a “Thank You Bernie” sign, plus one opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement being pushed by … Continue reading
Maybe I missed a story earlier, but the one I read that was run by the Northwest Herald after Hillary Clinton was named the Democrats’ Presidential candidate did not mention that McHenry County’s own State Rep. Jack Franks was a … Continue reading
While McHenry’s Fiesta Days Parade was blistering hot last Sunday, Algonquin’s Founders Day Parade Saturday had a pleasant temperature, was cloudy and had a good breeze. In short, the day was comfortable. I parked near Port Edward, where dignitaries ate … Continue reading
Petitions have been filed to the McHenry County Board candidates that the Democratic Party Central Committee slated at that meeting they wouldn’t let me attend. New candidates are District 1 – Kathryn Potter District 2 – Jim Roden District 3 … Continue reading
Lake in the Hills Trustee Paula Yensen, trying to regain her seat on the McHenry County Board, is holding a fundraiser on Sunday, June 26th. And, realizing a fundraiser is supposed to raise money, rather than to increase the bottom … Continue reading
The following was written by First Electric Newspaper publisher Pete Gonigam and graciously shared with McHenry County Blog readers: McHenry Dems Pick State Rep. Jack Franks For County Board Chairman The McHenry County Democratic Central Committee in caucus Sunday picked … Continue reading
Reading political tea leaves is something that lots of people do. This was passed on by a couple of McHenry County Board members. They noticed former two-term McHenry County Board member Paula Yensen in the audience at Friday’s meeting about … Continue reading
I noticed my camera’s battery was low when I got it out before the Lake in the Hills parade. Catching my attention were the two Algonquin Township Senior Buses ferrying people from one end of the parade to the other … Continue reading
Former McHenry County Board member Paula Yensen is another person with a Lake in the Hills-based Political Action Committee. After being beaten for the County Board in the fall of 2014 by Republican John Jung and Michael Rein, she ran … Continue reading
Former Lake in the Hills Trustee and two-term McHenry County Board member Paula Yensen ecked out a victory in her attempt to remain in the public eye. If Democrat State Rep. Jack Franks is telling the truth when he says … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board’s Public Health and Human Services Committee interviewed applicants for the Mental Health Board Thursday. There were four applicants, including former Democratic Party District 5 member Paula Yensen. Yensen was nominated by District 3 member Don Kopsell, … Continue reading
The newly reconstituted McHenry County Board Public Health and Human Services Committee will be interviewing four applicants for the 708 Mental Health Board on Thursday, February 12th. They are Terrece Maryniw Paula Yensen Bruce Treadway Cathy Ferguson Ferguson is the … Continue reading
Former Democratic Party McHenry County Board member Paula Yensen lost her bid for re-election to a third term, but she has resurfaced as a candidate for her original office–Lake in the Hills Village Trustee. She served there before running for … Continue reading
Next Monday, five new members will join the McHenry County Board. They were elected in November’s election. The five are spread over five of the six County Board districts. In McHenry County’s southeastern-most District 1, Republican Andrew Gasser topped incumbent … Continue reading
After the election I went around to the three polling places around Crystal Lake (the lake) and gathered signs. I was only going to get the Republican ones, but, remembering what a pain it is to pick up signs, I … Continue reading
With in-person balloting showing both Nick Chirikos and Paula Yensen trailing, the two failed to attend the Wednesday-after-the-election Transportation Committee meeting. Both had been pretty reliable votes for Anna May Miller, who chairs the committee. Both lost the election. … Continue reading