A role that Junior Achievement used to provide locally has been taken up by District 155 at Prairie Grove High School. It is explained in the following press release: D155 Launches INCubator Edu Program with Support from Community This school … Continue reading
About-to-be appointed District 3 McHenry County Board member Chris Christensen has filed his first campaign finance report with the Illinois State Board of Elections. It says he has $9,300 so far. Two entities made contributions of $1,000 or more: $2,000 … Continue reading
The McHenry County Republican Party held its annual fundraiser at a hanger on the north side of the Lake in the Hills Airport. It’s a low expense affair with, presumably, the hanger donated and eats and drinks provided by Crystal … Continue reading
One of Jack Franks’ cat paws, Ron Eck of Woodstock, managed to get a letter to the editor of the Northwest Herald falsely claiming that Mike Walkup’s biggest contributor was from Cook County. McHenry County Blog first reported the large … Continue reading
Running in District 5, newcomer Andy Snarski has received a campaign contribution of $5,400 from Sage Products Chairman of the Board Vince Foglia. District 5 has parts of Lakewood, Lake in the Hills, Huntley, Woodstock and Bull Valley. … Continue reading
Vince Foglia, Chairman of the Board of Sage Products, has contributed $5,400 to McHenry County Board candidate Craig Wilcox. Wilcox is running for County Board in District 4, which covers most of McHenry Township, plus Richmond and Burton Townships. … Continue reading
District 4 County Board candidate Craig Wilcox has picked up some contributions of $1,000 or more recently. District 4 comprises northern McHenry, Johnsburg, Ringwood, Richmond, Spring Grove, Lakemoor and nearby unincorporated areas. Reports to the Illinois State Board of Elections … Continue reading
Time to take a look at big contributions to the campaigns of Patrick Kenneally and Dan Regna, both of whom seek the Republican Party nomination for McHenry County State’s Attorney. Kenneally started out the year with $32,906, having raised $50,600. Since … Continue reading
One of the sponsors of McHenry County Board member Nick Provenzano’s Plum Garden fundraiser on Monday, February 8th is Vince Foglia. Provenzano reports to the Illinois State Board of Elections that Foglia has donated $5,000 to his campaign. … Continue reading
Here is an invitation from McHenry County Board member Nick Provenzano for a fundraiser at Plum Garden on February 8th.The price is $40 and the event runs from 5-7. … Continue reading
In his first reportable contribution, McHenry County Board Chairman candidate Michael Walkup reported receiving $10,000 from Vince and Patricia Foglia. The Foglias have also contributed $$5,000 to $10,800 to the following: District 1 County Board candidate Tom Wilbeck State Senate … Continue reading
The man who put $100,000 into his campaign to replace State Rep. Mike Tryon has gotten $10,000 in contributions. He’s Lakewood Village Trustee Paul Serwatka. Making the donation were Vince and Patricia Fogilia–$5,000 apiece. … Continue reading
Former reform McHenry County Board member Tom Wilbeck has $10,000 in the bank to finance his District 1 County Board campaign. Wilbeck, known for his tenacious effort to obtain classroom utilization information for the junior college, received $5,000 contributions from … Continue reading
McHenry County State’s Attorney is holding his annual fundraiser at the Boulder Ridge Country Club tonight from 5-8:30 ($75, $125 per couple, walk-ins welcomed). Starting at about the same time (5:30) is the “open to the public” preview of construction … Continue reading
It’s on Tuesday, January 14th, from 5-7 and will be held at Piasano’s in Richmond on Broadway Italian Steakhouse. Chairing the event is Sheriff Keith Nygren. Listed on the Host Committee are State Senator Pam Althoff, State Rep. Mike Tryon, … Continue reading
This is the petition passing and fund raising part of successful campaigns. All candidates have to gather petition signatures, but successful ones also raise money so that they can concentrate on campaigning in the couple of months right before the … Continue reading
Vincent Foglia and his wife Pat gave Republican Primary candidate for Sheriff $5,000 apiece on October 29th. Foglia is the Chairman of Sage Products. The two live in North Barrington. … Continue reading
Philanthropists, kids, staff, Sage employees and the construction team broke ground on a 42,000 square foot addition to the Sage YMCA in Crystal Lake today. It will contain a swimming pool suitable for competition with plenty of bleacher space. Clearly, … Continue reading
To create “a talent pipeline to replace the workers that are currently retiring…in the highly technical field of manufacturing,” the McHenry County College Board voted 5-2 at its Thursday Board meeting to approve over $2.3 million in remodeling and construction … Continue reading
Besides being provided two of Democratic Party Chairman and House Speaker Mike Madigan’s staffers during July, local rich folks are also contributing to Independent Dee Beaubien’s campaign. See “Madigan Money for ‘Independent’ Dee Beaubien.” Those that have reported so far … Continue reading
