Northwest Herald reporter Kevin Craver wondered whether McHenry County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill would re-appoint former 708 Mental Health Board President now that her Board defeated Scott Summers’ nomination 18-6. When he asked her, Hill said she would not. That’s … Continue reading
18-6 was the vote on the McHenry County Board to reject the Public Health and Human Services Committee nomination of former McHenry County College Board President Scott Summers to the 708 Mental Health Board. But no one made a comment … Continue reading
Here are the appointments that will be voted upon at Tuesday’s McHenry County Board meeting: Expiration Date McHENRY COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Shawn P. Phillips 11/26/2015 McHENRY COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW Sharon L. Bagby 05/31/2015 McHENRY COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD … Continue reading
When I saw that Scott Summers had been picked by the Public Health & Human Services Committee, it struck me that the committee had picked a Democrat. (And, before that, a Green Party candidate for State Treasurer and Congress.) Not … Continue reading
Former McHenry County College Board President and unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for County Board in District 6 Scott Summers applied for a Mental Health Board spot after the election, but didn’t get selected. When another vacancy occurred, he applied again. … Continue reading
Lee Ellis, the Chairman of the McHenry County Mental Health Board, was not recommended for re-appointment by the newly-reconstituted Public Health and Human Services Committee. Hearings have been held yesterday and today with applicants presenting their credentials and answering questions … Continue reading
A press release from Scott Summers: Scott Summers opposes the pending referendum question on creation of a county executive “On balance, I think it’s a bad idea,” he says. “The part-time governing boards of many our area’s municipalities and schools … Continue reading
District 6 Democratic Party McHenry Coun”ty Board candidate Scott Summers answered a recent question about consolidating local governments and shares a slightly different version of it below: “As a Democratic Party candidate for a District 6 seat on the McHenry … Continue reading
A press release from Democratic Party District 6 McHenry County Board candidate Scott Summers: McHenry County’s draft 2040 transportation plan — predicated on dysfunction? Yesterday (August 23, 2012), I attended an open house hosted by the McHenry County Department of … Continue reading
This came from Democratic Party County Board candidate Scott Summers: Why build big fixes when little fixes will do? The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) plans to construct four roundabouts in McHenry County, including two along Route 20. Instead of … Continue reading
A press release from Democratic Party McHenry County Board candidate Scott Summers: Summers calls for heightened conflict-of-interest standards Scott Summers of rural Harvard, a Democratic Party candidate for McHenry County Board (District 6), addressed county board members on Tuesday evening … Continue reading
Two years ago, the Political Action Committee that claimed my scalp when I was challenged by Rosemary Kurtz in the 2000 primary election, Personal PAC, endorsed five McHenry County Board candidates: Mark Booras Tina Hill (R-5) Donna Kurtz (R-2) Dennis … Continue reading
Just in case you haven’t read the latest piece from “Tree Hugging” McHenry County Blogster Cal Skinner, you need to in order to set the stage for this follow-up article. Here’s where you can find it: Jack Franks Shows Tree … Continue reading
The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has issued its recommendations for the McHenry County Board. McHenry County Blog is in the process of publishing all of the candidate questionnaires that were turned in. Not all candidates chose to do … Continue reading
I was so busy last night laying out who had filed for what and some preliminary observations that I didn’t get around to posting press releases from candidates with well planned campaigns. As regular readers will know, McHenry County Blog … Continue reading
At least one candidate in each McHenry County Board district. The rumor mill was right. An article has already been run on District 1’s Nick Chirikos. In District 2 there are two challengers, Jim Roden and Jim Kennedy. District 3 … Continue reading
In Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times, the City of Zion took a big hit for all the screw-ups from its minor league baseball team. McHenry County College managed to avoid such a fiasco, but its Board majority censured the two members who … Continue reading
There are two candidates to be elected to the McHenry County College Board next month. Here is a press released from one of them, Bob DeWitt. He was appointed to replace Scott Summers. Bob DeWitt is running for a six-year … Continue reading
To obtain “Established” party status, one must have a candidate who receives five percent of the vote. When Rich Whitney received about ten percent for Governor when he ran against Rod Blagojevich and Judy Baar Topinka, he allowed Green Party … Continue reading
Here is McHenry County resident Scott Summers press release outlining his plan: “Retire public pension plans,” Treasurer Candidate Says Winding-down process would be spread over years McHenry County, IL Sep 28, 2010 — Public pensions are in trouble. Big trouble. … Continue reading
