Sitting through an hour of Judge Thomas Meyer’s court proceedings before the Zane Seipler Special Prosecutor request case has convinced me that the 22nd Circuit Court Judges should hire a management consultant. Most of the hour was spent re-scheduling cases … Continue reading
Sheriff Keith Nygren is probably a happy man after the hearing on former Republican primary opponent and Sheriff’s Deputy Zane Seipler’s attempt to have a Special Prosecutor named to probe alleged criminal use of public money to advance Nygren’s campaign. … Continue reading
Faced with competing sellers, including perhaps the Crystal Lake Park District and a landowner a mile west in Woodstock, the McHenry County College Board voted unanimously, with Scott Summers absent, to sell 3.67 acres to BMB Communications Management for a … Continue reading
The McHenry County College agenda for its Committee of the Whole meeting last night was amended before the meeting really got started. Board Chairwoman Mary Miller announced that MCC attorney Sandy Kerrick had been contacted by BMB Communications Management, which … Continue reading
The McHenry County College agenda for its Committee of the Whole meeting last night was amended before the meeting really got started. Board Chairwoman Mary Miller announced that MCC attorney Sandy Kerrick had been contacted by BMB Communications Management, which … Continue reading
As readers of McHenry County Blog know, McHenry County State’s yours truly, Attorney Lou Bianchi sued the McHenry County College Board for kicking four citizens, including from out of its building while the trustees were meeting in top secret, hush, … Continue reading
As readers of McHenry County Blog know, McHenry County State’s yours truly, Attorney Lou Bianchi sued the McHenry County College Board for kicking four citizens, including from out of its building while the trustees were meeting in top secret, hush, … Continue reading
I can’t remember the last time I saw a public official walk out of an executive session because he or she thought what was being discussed was not exempted from the Open Meetings Act. McHenry County College Trustee Scott Summers … Continue reading
I can’t remember the last time I saw a public official walk out of an executive session because he or she thought what was being discussed was not exempted from the Open Meetings Act. McHenry County College Trustee Scott Summers … Continue reading
It looked as if the “do it our way or we’ll hit the highway” members of the McHenry County College Board were finally outnumbered in a meeting within a meeting Tuesday night at Crystal Lake City Hall. Councilman Dave Goss … Continue reading
It looked as if the “do it our way or we’ll hit the highway” members of the McHenry County College Board were finally outnumbered in a meeting within a meeting Tuesday night at Crystal Lake City Hall. Councilman Dave Goss … Continue reading
Never heard of them? Neither had I until I stayed around for secret meeting of the MCC Board on January 21st. Why wait so long to tell the story? Well, the other reporters had better things to do with their … Continue reading
Never heard of them? Neither had I until I stayed around for secret meeting of the MCC Board on January 21st. Why wait so long to tell the story? Well, the other reporters had better things to do with their … Continue reading
Here is the third installment of Jane Collins letter of advice to McHenry County College board trustees. It concerns secrecy, a topic the board knows a lot about. WHAT THE McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE BOARDMUST DO TO RESTOREPUBLIC TRUST IN ITS … Continue reading
Here is the third installment of Jane Collins letter of advice to McHenry County College board trustees. It concerns secrecy, a topic the board knows a lot about. WHAT THE McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE BOARDMUST DO TO RESTOREPUBLIC TRUST IN ITS … Continue reading
I forgot McHenry County College was having a meeting on Monday. A friend of McHenry County Blog attended and sent these notes: It pays to stay to the bitter end of the performance. You and Emily might have been entertained … Continue reading
I forgot McHenry County College was having a meeting on Monday. A friend of McHenry County Blog attended and sent these notes: It pays to stay to the bitter end of the performance. You and Emily might have been entertained … Continue reading
The heavy hitters from McHenry County College were at Crystal Lake city hall Wednesday night to make final pitches for their beloved minor league baseball stadium. They failed to convince even one member of the Planning and Zoning Commission to … Continue reading
The heavy hitters from McHenry County College were at Crystal Lake city hall Wednesday night to make final pitches for their beloved minor league baseball stadium. They failed to convince even one member of the Planning and Zoning Commission to … Continue reading
Both the Northwest Herald and Daily Herald reporters covering the tutorial on the open Meetings and Freedom of Information Act concluded their stories with the same thought. It was from Illinois Assistant Attorney General Terry Mutchler and was reported in … Continue reading
