Walkup Claims Gottemoller Township Conflict

A press release from McHenry County Board Chairman candidate Mike Walkup: MORE GOTTEMOLLER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST We already know that McHenry County Board Chairman JOE GOTTEMOLLER had conflicts of interest in voting against the Township Consolidation Referendum due to his … Continue reading

No Cost-Benefit Analysis on Township Consolidation, Just Data Dump – Part 7

The McHenry County Board’s Township Consolidation Task Force met the Tuesday before last and for the past week I have been trying to let people know what happened. Yesterday, a bit of the meeting, which was fairly boring, compared to … Continue reading

No Cost-Benefit Analysis on Township Consolidation, Just Data Dump – Part 1

The Township Consolidation Task Force met Tuesday for the second time. Again, there was no presentation of how taxpayers might save money if townships were merged other than the salaries and benefits of any elected township officials. In short, no … Continue reading

Township Consolidation Committee Wants March Election

County government’s Township Consolidation Task Force seems to want to fast track an election on the subject. Carolyn Schofield, head of the Task Force and a candidate for State Representative to replace retiring legislator Mike Tryon, said she wanted to … Continue reading

Gottemoller Appoints Township Consolidation Committee

McHenry County Board Chairman Joe Gottemoller has appointed three County Board members and two township officials to a committee to consider township consolidation. Chairing the committee will be Crystal Laker Carolyn Schofield. The other two County Board members are Michele … Continue reading

County Board Plans Appointments

At Tuesday night’s McHenry County Board meeting, the following appointments are on the agenda: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMISSIONERS for a Term Expiring 2-21-10 Phillip E. Bartmann Roger Naylor Robert L. Grammer EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEM BOARD for a term expiring … Continue reading

Interviews Set for County Commissions

Interviews have been set by the Planning & Development Committee on Tuesday for the Community Development Block Grant Commission and the Housing Commission. Applying for the one vacancy on the Community Development Block Grant Commission are Phil Bartman Robert Grammer Roger … Continue reading

Linda Moore Subpoenaed in Appeal of General Assistance Denial

It was supposed to be on the morning of the second day of the Grafton Township separation of powers trial last week. 8 AM. The subpoena from McHenry County Board Chairman and Chairman of something called the McHenry County Public … Continue reading

McHenry County Board Contests Aplenty in Western McHenry County

There are even three Democrats fighting in the most rural, western district. In that District 6 these three Dems want the right to be one of two candidates in next fall’s election: Darryl Frank, Andrew J. Georgi, Jr., and Robert … Continue reading

McHenry County Board Contests Aplenty in Western McHenry County

There are even three Democrats fighting in the most rural, western district. In that District 6 these three Dems want the right to be one of two candidates in next fall’s election: Darryl Frank, Andrew J. Georgi, Jr., and Robert … Continue reading