You know I go to parades mainly to see if there are political indicators that you might find interesting. Before I got to the parade route, I found two volunteers for John O’Neill for State Representative seeking the end of … Continue reading
At about 10:45 yesterday morning I caught a little of Dennis Miller’s nationally broadcast interview of McHenry County State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo). Apparently Miller made a pitch for term limits. And Franks, considering a run for Congress after reapportionment, … Continue reading
when I saw the Chicago Tribune editorial on McHenry County’s former Democratic State Representative Tom Hanahan, I sent his and my former State Senator Jack Schaffer an email asking for his memories. It gave me two of the five belly … Continue reading
This time from former State Rep. Penny Pullen (R-Park Ridge). The Chicago Tribune obituary concentrated on the opposition of former State Representative Tom Hanahan (D-Johnsburg) to the Equal Rights Amendment. I asked, Penny Pullen, the Republican leader of the opposition … Continue reading
That’s was the headline under which publisher John Rung wrote readers on Friday’s page 2. What an extraordinary headline and topic for the dominant, if staggering, daily newspaper of record in McHenry County. Editorial writer Brian Slupski is now writing … Continue reading
The last Democrat to serve in the Illinois House before Jack Franks died in Arizona April 3rd. This is the second installment of some of my memories of Tom, who died of cancer in Prescott, Arizona, on April 3, 2009. … Continue reading
After activist Pat Quinn got his Cutback Amendment to the Illinois Constitution passed in 1980, Johnsburg Democratic Party State Rep. Thomas J. Hanahan didn’t stick around McHenry County. He moved to Park Ridge. I don’t know if that happened before … Continue reading
First it was Republican Governor George Ryan who decided that increasing drivers license fees was the way to finance his Illinois FIRST in 1989. I didn’t support that bill because it took about 56% of its money from the six-county … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published the Daily Herald’s county board questionnaire. Today, take a look at the Northwest Herald’s. I like to look at candidate questionnaires probably because I enjoyed tilting with editorial boards at election time. Often their questionnaires, … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published the Daily Herald’s county board questionnaire. Today, take a look at the Northwest Herald’s. I like to look at candidate questionnaires probably because I enjoyed tilting with editorial boards at election time. Often their questionnaires, … Continue reading
