McHenry County

10 Nov Algonquin Township Road District seeks Preliminary Injuction, Mandamus, Declaratory Judgment and other Relief against Algonquin Township

Posted at 09:18h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Summary of the Case: "Defendants illegally reduced the Algonquin Township Road District budget for fiscal year 2018 - 2019 by one-hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), thereby preventing Plaintiff Andrew Gasser, the Highway Commissioner, from performing his statutory duties and meeting the contractual obligations of the Road District...

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20 Oct Algonquin Township – The Circus Tent just collapsed

Posted at 14:38h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, James Kelly, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - About the time you think the last circus act has performed, surprise, the show must go on! The Township board has once again established, by clear and convincing evidence, they have never read the statutes that affect them, and if they have, they...

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16 Oct Algonquin Township Road District – Good governance comes with ownership

Posted at 21:46h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Over the last 6 years, we have found very few public officials that actually take ownership of their operation...

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02 Oct Algonquin Road District – Gooch & Miller taken to task in Plaintiffs Response to Motion to Dismiss.

Posted at 10:09h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Robert Hanlon, attorney for the Algonquin Township Road District filed a Response to a Motion to Dismiss filed by Thomas Gooch III who represents Robert Miller, the former Road Commissioner.  We covered the Motion to Dismiss in this article. We have said all along...

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29 Sep Algonquin Township – As predicted, Kelly advice unfounded according to Attorney General PAC Office

Posted at 10:13h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd)- The Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has ruled in the request for review against Algonquin Township.  Cal Skinner with McHenry County Blog filed the request and as predicted, the ruling is against the Township. We wrote about the laughable position taken by the Supervisor,...

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26 Sep Algonquin Township FOIA denial – Supervisor Lutzow cites potential attacks, contamination, while Kelly invokes stalking theory? LOL!

Posted at 21:09h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Looking at a recent denial of public records by the Algonquin Township Supervisor Charles Lutzow, it appears either he has no clue how to read the law or has once again recieved some questionable legal advice. Call Skinner with McHenry County Blog requested the...

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24 Sep Algonquin Township – 6 Tons of paper shredded-is someone lying?

Posted at 21:13h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 8 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - With ongoing criminal investigations, lawsuits that involve unfulfilled requests for records, and reports of record destruction by Township officials, we have to admit we never thought we would find what we found today. We first exposed the record destruction issue in Algonquin Township in...

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22 Sep Algonquin Township – Gooch misinformation campaign under the Circus Big Top

Posted at 18:26h in Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Thomas Gooch III filed a "DEFENDANT'S COMBINED MOTION TO DISMISS BROUGHT PURSUANT TO 735 ILCS 5/2-619.1". It is a most interesting read, and clearly, Gooch has failed to do the deep dive into public records as those very records and exhibits prove many parts of...

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18 Sep Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik email claim conflicts with FOIA response

Posted at 13:09h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - We recently exposed the Township Clerk Karen Lukasik and her childish games being played in this article.  In this e-mail exchange, she clearly stated, "This is the fourth threat that I have on record from you.” Seeing that the Clerk claimed to now...

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13 Sep Algonquin Township – “Accordingly, the billing records give colour to the existence of criminal conduct”

Posted at 18:45h in Algonquin Township, Algonquin Township, feature, McHenry County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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McHenry Co. (ECWd) - The Algonquin Road District filed a RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO PETITION OF ROBERT MILLER TO INTERVENE in the McHenry County Circuit Court. Although the Response is directly on point regarding Attorney Thomas Gooch's poor attempt to invoke an attorney-client privilege for Bob Miller, other...

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