My Reading List & Endorsements
After a long day selling books, I regularly come home and check out more at my favorite local municipal institution, the Crystal Lake Public Library. I joke that I should have a plaque in there for all the ‘donations’ I’ve made to the library through the fines I’ve paid. I am an omnivore as a reader.
I subscribe to and read both the daily New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and also our local Northwest Herald.
I read the weekly journal The Nation.
I try to keep up with both Pat Murfin and Cal Skinner’s blogs. Pat is my local precinct committeeman for the Democrats. He is also running for Nunda Township Trustee, and I highly recommend that you check his and his co-candidate Meredith Sarkees’s website. I’ll be casting exactly two votes for Nunda Township trustees, for Pat and Meredith. Cal Skinner is a Republican (and our former State Representative), but on his blog he says he is going to vote for me despite the fact that I am a Democrat. Both Pat and Cal, in different ways, help to keep me informed about what is happening in McHenry County.
I also read the new McHenryDems.org website, where under elections, I see that my friends in Algonquin Township, Jim McTague, Bob Frank and Frank Hyden, are running as a team for the Algonquin Board of Trustees. I know these three gentlemen, and I can attest to their thoughtfulness and sobriety. If I lived in Algonquin Township, I’d be voting for exactly these three on April 7th.
Check out their website at: http://algonquintrustees.blogspot.com/
Who's Endorsing Me?
So, I’m endorsing them. Who’s endorsing me? As of last Wednesday, March 25th, the Daily Herald. And I’ve asked some of my favorite people on the McHenry County Board for their support, and they all offered to endorse me:
1. Barb Wheeler, whom I ran against for one of the District 3 County Board seats in 2006 (this shows that political contests do not always get in the way of friendship). You can read more about her at http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/common/countybrd/Members/BWheeler.asp.
2. Jim Kennedy, County Board District 5, who is the first Democrat to win a County Board seat since I’ve been living in the area. Jim is an inspiration to me as someone who is out in the community, knocking on doors and talking with people about issues that the County is faced with: http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/common/countybrd/Members/JKennedy.asp.
3. Kathy Bergan-Schmidt, County Board District 3, who helped me to get through the first wickets in the course of requirements to get on the ballot for MCC Trustee. She and I share many interests, including the County’s long-term social and economic development, and a commitment to environmental stewardship: http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/common/countybrd/Members/KSchmidt.asp.
I thank these three individuals for their support, along with all the other people who have encouraged me to run, and helped me put the pieces of my campaign in place so that I have a chance to get elected and serve.
Back To What I Read...
I haven’t read Doonesbury for many years, because it doesn’t show up in the newspapers published around here. But since working to get Barack Obama elected, I feel I need to return to the one cartoonist who I think is going to be able to make me laugh about our new president and the world that surrounds his new administration. So I found a link that will enable me to keep up.
I read our local Town Crier, which is written and published by the formidable Iris Bryan. In a great continuing service to the community, Iris investigates and pulls together material on issues facing our community and our governments, and is especially helpful when election time comes around. You can request a subscription through email at: info@towncriercl.org.