An email from Algonquin’s McHenry County Board member Marc Munaretto: Dear Fellow Legislative Committee member: I am proposing a few modest changes to District 1 that more closely align with the priorities established by the Committee to follow both municipal … Continue reading
Category Archives: Redistricting
Even though we have not yet seen the final map that Illinois Democrats are poised to impose upon their arch enemies, the Republicans, reaction and analysis from those intensely interested in politics are coming in. Below is what a northern … Continue reading
I have complained that the McHenry County Board consistently has divided the Crystal Lake area into separate county board districts. Currently parts of the Crystal Lake zip codes are in Districts 2, 3 and 5. Illinois Senate Democrats have managed … Continue reading
Illinois Senate Democrats have released their draft of districts for the next ten years. Below you see want they want to happened in McHenry, Lake, northern Kane and Cook Counties. Although McHenry County has enough people to continue justifying a … Continue reading
Go figure. There are two reapportionment web sites out there. The 2001 is still active and that’s what I happened upon last night before I wrote the article below, which might be useful for historical purposes but has nothing to … Continue reading
Only hard core political types will probably be interested in the new county board map for the Southeast McHenry County. So, if you are thinking you might want to run for the office, take a look. Here’s District 2, which … Continue reading
One of the goals of each of the three reapportionment maps posted yesterday by the McHenry County Legislative Committee seems to be to make it as difficult as possible for Democrat Paula Yensen to win re-election. Yensen, whose lives in … Continue reading
In the last article, McHenry County Blog showed the three maps developed by Dr. Michael Fortner. Now, let’s focus on where the action is, the Southeaster part of McHenry County. That’s where the bulk of the residents live, of course. … Continue reading
Three potential McHenry County Board District maps drawn by Dr. Michael Fortner have been posted on the County web site. As was clear from the first discussion of what the maps should look like, the vast majority of the current … Continue reading
Here’s a county ahead of the redistricting curve. At the last meeting of the McHenry County Board a number of non-Legislative Committee members wanted to see tentative maps. They pretty much got the brush-off. Now comes Kane County map makers … Continue reading
A roll call was not taken for the reapportionment straw poll questions asked by McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler. Just a series of hand raising. What you see above is a good indication that the size of the county … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog ran an article announcing a redistricting hearing to be held in Marengo Saturday morning. Three Democrats were to hold the hearing: Jack Franks Lou Lang Frank Mautino Today comes a press release saying Republican Mike Tryon … Continue reading
The following announces Democratic Party State Reps. Jack Franks, Lou Lang and Frank Mautino will take testimony in Marengo Saturday concerning the drawing of congressional and legislative map lines for the next decade. No Republicans are on the panel, which, … Continue reading