DeWitt on Budget

From State Senator Don DeWitte: DeWitte Criticizes Democrats’ Budget On Thursday night, the Senate approved a Fiscal Year 2024 budget that spends over $50 billion. After receiving bipartisan opposition, State Senator Don DeWitte, who voted against the budget, issued the … Continue reading

Both Former Trustee Ryan Berman and Village of Lakewood Pretty Much Off the Hook on Attorney’s Fees in Former Trustee Bryan Younge’s Defamation Suit

Because Lakewood Village President David Stavropoulos brought the topic up at the beginning of the Board meeting in the second week of May, I filed a Freedom of Information request for “documents showing and village payments for legal expenses.” There … Continue reading

McHenry County References in Attorney General’s Report on Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse – Part 4

Moving on to clery connected to McHenry… HARLAN B. CLAPSADDLE Ordained: 1977Diocesan: Rockford, ILIllinois Assignments• Saint Anne, Dixon, IL• Saint Thomas More, Elgin, IL• Saint Mary, McHenry, ILReported Survivors: 6Date/Location of Reported Abuse• 1960s: Winnebago County, IL• 1977-1979: Kane County, … Continue reading

Drones Coming to Police Departments in Lake County and Northwest Suburbs

Thanks to the Democrats’ budget, $15,000 is being allocated to the following police departments: Bannockburn Buffalo Grove Deerfield Highland ParkHighwoodWheeling Northbrook Northfield Glenview Glencoe Lake Forest Lake Bluff Lincolnshire Arlington {Heights] North Chicago RRiverwoods Mt. Prospect Prospect Heights … Continue reading