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You Can't Spell NEPOTISM Without Extra Help

Did you know that Santa Claus has a son-in-law named Morals? Morals Claus knows he will forever be in the shadow of his famous in-law. On the plus side, it doesn't matter if he is on the naughty list, come Christmas.

In related news, Joe Salvi. As readers of this blog are aware ...

Nepo Baby

Early this year, Joe Salvi was on the short-list to be appointed to the 26th Senate District.

Salvi is now on the Primary ballot for County Board 17, challenging the GOP incumbent. It goes without saying that it doesn't hurt that Salvi has a relative in the Illinois Republican Party leadership. In related news, the aforementioned incumbent Michael Danforth, recently withdrew from the ballot. It goes without saying that it doesn't hurt if the aforementioned relative is also the Chair of the Illinois Republican Party.

Kindly allow Your LakeCountyEye to close out the year with a holiday favorite, Nepo Baby:

Nepo Baby, don't play no politics
Just appoint him to Senate 26
Nepo Baby, Come on down to the head of the line.

Nepo Baby, no real Republican Party
Slates a State Senator named Darby
Nepo Baby, Come on down to the head of the line.

Nepo Baby, word from the political machine
He deserves County Board 17
Nepo Baby, Come on down to the head of the line.

Nepo Baby, 2026 and henceforth
It's the retirement party for Danforth
Nepo Baby, Come on down to the head of the line.

Happy Holidays.

Political Silence

There is no truth to the rumor that Tosi Ufodike has a new campaign song:

To-To-Tosi Goodbye

HaHa. As readers of this blog are aware ...

Challenge Accepted

Tosi Ufodike was removed from the 2026 GOP Primary (IL House District 51), because of an incorrectly filed Statement of Economic Interest.

Ufodike nominating petitions were filed on Oct 27, the first day. Afterwards copies of the petition were requested by 13 individuals. Lori Smith filed nominating petitions for the same office on Nov 3, the last day to file. Smith then filed an objection to Ufodike candidacy on Nov 10, which was successful:

Illinois State Board of Elections Board Meeting Dec 9, 2025

Now, during all of this, had Tosi Ufodike resubmitted a Statement of Economic Interest to the Secretary of State, she would be on the ballot today. With all those smart guys looking at Ufodike's petitions, why didn't someone say something?

Nobody knows.

Challenge Accepted

Lake County GOP favorite son Tosi Ufodike will be the State Rep District 51 candidate in the Primary next year. At least, that's what they say at the Friends of Tosi Ufodike:

But as the Brainiac said to the zombie apocalypse, "not so fast there". On Dec 9, Tosi Ufodike was removed from the ballot:

Republican Tosi Ufodike of Hawthorn Woods will be removed from the ballot in the 51st House District. She filed her Statement of Economic Interest with the Lake County Clerk and not the Secretary of State.
Board of Elections Begins Candidate Removals

For the record, having been thrown off the ballot may result in some awkward moments during your election night victory party.

The good news is you can still make a donation to the Tosi Ufodike campaign:

Note to Ops: This is the one page on your website that will never need to be taken down.

Post Dox

An ambulance receipt was posted on the McHenry County Blog. This is a (blurred) copy of the image:

Republican Scandals

For the record, ambulance receipts are protected health information (PHI) and these are covered by Federal HIPPA statutes (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) ...

Health Information Privacy

Note to Ops: Your protected health information belongs to you and in the wrong hands could be used against your interests. Never put your PHI on the Internet. Your PHI won't be very much protected if you're seeing it on even the McHenry County Blog.

Chemical Absorption

There is good news and bad news.

The good news is the Southlake Mosquito Abatement District has been dissolved and you no longer have to worry about being run down after dark by their insecticide trucks:

While the Southlake Mosquito Abatement District — the last of its kind in Lake County — has been dissolved
Lake County mosquito abatement district dissolved, to merge: 'This consolidation will increase efficiency … and lower taxes'

The bad news is that the Southlake Mosquito Abatement District will be consolidated with the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District:

The Southlake District board voted Monday to dissolve the district and begin the first steps toward annexation into the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District to the south.
Lake County mosquito abatement district dissolved, to merge: 'This consolidation will increase efficiency … and lower taxes'

So now, not only will you have to worry about being run down by the insecticide trucks, but the trucks will be driven by guys coming from Cook County.

A spokesman for the Environment said: "You might as well lower the gate. I am through."

GOP Gag Gift

Did you hear the one about the GOP candidate who did not get a lump of coal in his stocking? He'd been naughty, so Santa gave him a wind turbine.

Rocio Cleveland is a GOP candidate for the 9th Congressional District. She gifted one of her Democratic opponents with a sack containing cat food, a toothbrush and holy water. Why? Because her opponent is under federal indictment stemming from an immigration protest and could go to prison.

Now, it's been observed that there are plenty of Republican candidates in Federal court who should receive priority over Democrats:

• GOP 11th District Congressional candidate Tedora M Brown is under Federal indictment for wire fraud.
  
  
• GOP Gubernatorial candidate Joe Severino is in Federal bankruptcy court.
  
  
• GOP US President Donald J Trump is a convicted felon.

A spokesman for the campaign said in response: "We will look into it but may not have the budget for additional gift sacks. You know, holy water does not just come out of a tap."

Christmas Creep

Thanksgiving hasn't even dropped and Lake County GOP favorite son Rocio Cleveland is already passing out the Santa sacks. Cleveland, a GOP candidate for the 9th Congressional District, gave the sack to a Democratic opponent who is under federal indictment stemming from an immigration protest:

Something the Cat Dragged In

The gift bag included cat food, a toothbrush and holy water. It has been suggested that Rocio Cleveland might also want to bake a cake for a concealed hacksaw.

In this case, a white cake.

Something the Cat Dragged In

Lake County GOP favorite son Rocio Cleveland is a candidate for Lake County 9th Congressional District. Cleveland has been seen giving gift bags to her opponents:

A Democratic congressional candidate who's under federal indictment for her actions during a protest against the immigration crackdown was given an unwelcome, prison-themed gift bag by a Republican rival Sunday at a suburban campaign event.
Republican congressional candidate confronts Democratic rival with prison-themed gift bag at event

This gift bag contained prison survival items, including among other things, cat food, a toothbrush (for protection) and holy water:

Republican candidate for Illinois 9th district Rocío Cleveland gifts Democratic contender Kat Abughazaleh

Why is Rocio Cleveland giving gifts to a Democratic opponent and not instead to other Republicans? A spokesman for the campaign said: "Rocio Cleveland did intend to give the prison gift sacks to Republicans, but President Trump pardoned all of them."

Gurnee Park District Holiday Lights

Gurnee Park District Holiday Lights

Aim Low and You Won't be Disappointed

Good news, everyone. The McHenry County Man Who Shot Himself in the Foot™ is back.

The McHenry County Man Who Shot Himself in the Foot™ has shot himself in the foot. All the while in McHenry County:

A 64-year-old man was taken to the hospital after he accidentally shot himself in the leg in Marengo, officials said.
Man shoots himself in leg at Marengo gun range

The Department of Homeland Security is looking for the McHenry County Man Who Shot Himself in the Foot™. A spokesman for the agency said: "We need men like him who know how to handle a firearm. If he contacts us, there is an ICE badge with his name on it waiting for him."

Red-Ink Candidate

Lake County GOP favorite son Joe Severino wants to be your Governor and filed papers to get on the 2026 Primary ballot:

Those aren't the only papers that Severino recently filed. Joe Severino also filed for bankruptcy:

Joseph Severino (22-00769)
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois

With SNAP benefits ending in Lake County, 71,000 may go hungry -- and one of those could very well be a bankrupt Joe Severino:

SNAP lapse could impact 71,000 in Lake County: 'People will go hungry'

You have the power to prevent Joe Severino from going hungry by donating to his Gubernatorial campaign:

Any money donated could help keep a Severino campaign office well stocked with pizza and diet sodas, and plenty of it!

Note to Ops: If your taste is more along the line of caviar and champagne, go for it. It's still completely legal.

Scheming Video

Thanksgiving always comes in November. Do you know why? Because that's when candidates send out urgent notes of thanks for giving to their campaigns. And can you spare a couple extra bucks before the election?

Lake County GOP favorite-son Joe Severino is a candidate for Governor. And he has a website that makes it easy to donate to his campaign:

Severino benefited from a donation by a rando who clicked the $50,000 button:

It goes without saying $50,000 buys your campaign a lot of AI fake videos. James Mendrick, Sheriff of Dupage County and candidate for Illinois Governor, said ...

Joe Severino attempted to contract an IT company to construct an AI video of the Sheriff smoking crystal meth with a 14 year old teenage girl in an effort to discredit the Sheriff and his campaign for Governor
Joe Severino, Candidate For Illinois Governor Accused Of Creating False AI To Discredit the Dupage County Sheriff

Your LakeCountyEye predicts that Joe Severino will pocket all of the Trump vote.

Petitio Potpourri

Can you name the season? The signature of this season is to be on the lookout for little characters who are not what they appear to be. If you answered Halloween, good guess but you are incorrect. The correct answer is the season for checking your opponent's ballot petitions for fake signatures.

Yep, tis the season to submit your candidacy petitions for the 2026 Primary Election. Make no mistake, the opposition is looking at your petitions right now. Are all of your signatures valid and from citizens registered to vote? Your MAGA opponent will not hesitate to show your petition to the nearest ICE agent. Those are your voters on that petition and they can't vote for you if they wind up "detained" inside an ICE lockup.

And it goes without saying, neatness counts. You don't want to submit petitions on office supplies pilfered from the public library. Settle for nothing less than the best:

Then all that's left is to show your receipts when you ask Lake County GOP moneybags Richard Uihlein for that campaign donation!

In Self-Serving Defense

Lake County GOP favorite step-son Tedora M Brown is a candidate for Lake County 11th Congressional District. Typical of many GOP candidates, Brown is under Federal indictment:

Brown and husband Christopher Scott fraudulently obtained at least $742,000 in small business loans and grants from the federal government for businesses that didn't exist or weren't operating, prosecutors alleged after their indictments in 2023.
GOP congressional candidate facing wire fraud charges vows to fight case at trial

Brown is advancing a tried-and-true GOP criminal defense -- one that claims she faces a sham indictment by politically motivated enemies:

"They came after me because I'm a Republican and I'm an American Black woman," Brown said. "If I was guilty, why would I run for Congress? Why would I put myself in the limelight?"
GOP congressional candidate facing wire fraud charges vows to fight case at trial

Are the charges against Tedora M Brown fake and fabricated? You decide:

Tedora M Brown		Donald J Trump
Republican		Republican
American		American
Black		Black
Woman		Woman

The Tedora M Brown prosecution certainly checks all of the boxes. Witch hunt!

Seersucker Punch

An actual unretouched screencap from Lake County's #1 fakenews source, the Lake County Gazette:

Backbench State Rep Martin McLaughlin demonstrates it is never too early to show off your trick-or-treat costume:

It's showtime for another hilarious LakeCountyEye Double Vision®

Note to Ops: ICE agents are in Lake County and they are detaining fashionistas. Be warned.

Blow a Kiss

The Question of the Day will test your knowledge of current affairs:

Q: The White House recently changed the Federal campaign finance rules. What is the new legal limit on campaign donations?

A: $50,000 in a brown paper bag.

Lake County GOP favorite step-son Aaron Del Mar knows a thing or two about where to go for campaign cash:

On the Republican side, if you want a prayer to win in Illinois, you'd better make your homage to Lake Forest and kiss the ring of Dick Uihlein to get that money.
🎙️ Lake Forest Podcast: 🗳️ Aaron Del Mar, 🚨 GOP Drama & 💰 Campaign Grift!

Furthermore, perennial candidate Aaron Del Mar is perennial candidating again, this time with perennial gubernatorial candidate, Darren Bailey:

Former gubernatorial candidate and staunch conservative Darren Bailey launched a repeat campaign Thursday and once again chose a suburban running mate. The downstate Republican farmer and former state senator's pick for lieutenant governor — Cook County Republican Party Chairman Aaron Del Mar of Palatine — makes for a marked contrast.
Bailey jumps into the governor's race for a second time with Palatine's Del Mar

It would seem natural that Del Mar would make the pilgrimage to kiss the ring of Lake County moneybags Richard Uihlein:

After giving millions of dollars to Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey's unsuccessful 2022 campaign, megadonor Richard Uihlein of Lake Forest is backing a different candidate in the 2026 contest. Late last month, Uihlein donated $250,000 to Wilmette Republican Ted Dabrowski's campaign
After spending millions on Bailey in 2022, GOP megadonor Uihlein backs Dabrowski for governor

Note to Ops: You may need to kiss more than just the ring.

The Lord of the Ring

The Question of the Day is taken from the 2011 entrance exam to Trump University:

Q: Where's the money?

According to Lake County GOP favorite step-son Aaron Del Mar, the answer is Lake County GOP moneybags Richard Uihlein:

On the Republican side, if you want a prayer to win in Illinois, you'd better make your homage to Lake Forest and kiss the ring of Dick Uihlein to get that money.
🎙️ Lake Forest Podcast: 🗳️ Aaron Del Mar, 🚨 GOP Drama & 💰 Campaign Grift!

Of course, Aaron Del Mar is being sarcastic, you don't literally need to kiss a ring. If you want some of that campaign cash all you you need, instead, is to read the signs:

Note to Ops: $17 plus shipping and handling.

Halloween Fall Fest

Halloween Fall Fest

Non-Representational Art

Note to Ops: Now that the White House has shut down the government so it can cancel the 2026 mid-term election, and suddenly you have nothing to do, why not take the opportunity to sign up for the new LakeCountyEye MasterClass™?

This week's LakeCountyEye MasterClass™ will show you how to draw in the style of the Chicago Tribune Creepy Cartoonist™.

It's easy peasy, once you realize there are a profusion of AI text-to-image ChatBots on the web that will sketch all the artwork for you. First go online to your favorite Artificial Intelligence Image Generator.

Then, at the AI prompt, type in ...

Then, Click the launch button. And Bob's your uncle, even you can draw a picture like the Creepy Tribune Cartoonist™:


Gerrymandering

What the heck is that? Nobody knows.

Did you remember to check the

No AI Hallucinations, Please.

... CheckBox?

Your LakeCountyEye bets not!

Roger That

It has come to your LakeCountyEye's attention that there will be a US Senate election in Illinois. Who knew? It is also unknown, as of yet, who will be running for Senate. The Lake County Gazette (Lake County's #1 fakenews source) acknowledges one candidate -- however only by his first name, Roger:

Who is Roger? Nobody knows, certainly not your LakeCountyEye.

But Sharpeyed Operatives tell your LakeCountyEye that the Roger in question is in actuality Roger Christian Murphy.

In your LakeCountyEye's opinion, Roger Christian Murphy is simply a great ballot name.

Will Illinoisans be getting their very own Senator Murphy? Time will tell!

I Don't Care What the Newspapers Say about Me as Long as They Spell My Name Right

Darren Bailey and Aaron Del Mar may be the first rhyming couplet running for Governor of Illinois. That could explain how Aaron Del Mar got himself quoted in the Lake County Gazette (Lake County's #1 fakenews source).

Who will win the race for Illinois Comptroller in 2026? Del Mar has his eye on one candidate:

Who is Kroger Representative Coker? The Lake County Gazette's Russian-built AI ChatBot is no doubt on the fritz, and bollixed up the transcript. Kroger Representative Coker, quite obviously, is the Coca-Cola bottling distributor assigned to your nearest Kroger grocery store.

Moving on to US Senate, Del Mar has his eye on Roger:

Who is Roger? Without question, Aaron Del Mar has a certain alien in mind ...

Note to Ops: Make America great again.

The Pink Peter Strikes Again

An actual unretouched screencap from the Lake County Gazette, Lake County's #1 fakenews source:

Palatine GOP doyenne Aaron Del Mar spilled the tea on how to win an election in Illinois. And Del Mar should know, because he knows people from New Page County as well as people from all across Saginaw County:

Aaron Del Mar knows how to win in Illinois because he has the receipts. And the names on those receipts are Bruce Rauner, Dan Rutherford, Judy Barker, Pink Peter:

Rest assured, you are not looking at the names of just any Tom, Dick or Hairy!

For the record, Del Mar is the running mate of Illinois gubernatorial candidate Beetle Bailey.

Bonfire & Brews: A Taste of Gurnee

Bonfire & Brews: A Taste of Gurnee (21+)

Unsolicited ICE

ICE agents billeted at North Chicago have been sent to Milwaukee to raid the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, your LakeCountyEye has learned. The agents are instructed to deport "Potawatomi Indians without proper documentation".

HaHa, in other gambling news, it is full steam ahead for the American Place casino in Waukegan:

The announcement that the coming construction of a permanent casino in Waukegan is now a sure bet was a dream come true for civic boosters and gamblers.
Column: Out with The Temporary, in with American Place

Your LakeCountyEye has also learned that ICE agents will be stationed in the new casino, at the baccarat table. Their assignment will be to apprehend any Bond villains that enter the country illegally.

Note to Ops: Spotting an ICE agent at the casino will be relatively easy. He will be wearing a tuxedo.

The Fortress of ICE

The Question of the Day traces its origin back to an old vaudeville joke:

Q: Is the iceman coming?

A: No, but if you hum a few bars I can fake it.

HaHa, are they just blowing hot air, or are the ICE men coming to North Chicago? When the grownups showed up at the Great Lakes Naval Station there were no ICE men to be found:

Three members of Illinois' congressional delegation arrived at Naval Station Great Lakes Friday morning, hoping to meet with naval personnel and officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They ended up only meeting with the Navy.
Senators and congressman visit Naval Station Great Lakes ahead of ICE influx: 'This is just political theater'

Note to Ops: If the Feds come looking for you that is your cue to go into hiding. Just Sayin!

A Love of Labor

Labor Day is not simply the unofficial end of summer. Labor Day was originally established to commemorate the unionization of surrogate mothers throughout the United States.

HaHa. An estimated 18 million people will be travelling this Labor Day weekend. Most of those will be Lake County motorists heading up to Wisconsin. Perhaps not coincidentally, traffic safety measures in Lake County are being beefed up for the holiday:

Local law enforcement agencies will be more visible on Lake County roads in the coming weeks leading up to Labor Day.
Traffic Safety Campaigns Ramped Up For Labor Day In Lake County

Of course, any border is a 2-way street, and that includes the Wisconsin border.  What else explains the impending influx of border police into Lake County?

Naval Station Great Lakes has confirmed that it is preparing to host federal immigration agents.
Lake County leaders push back against plans to host ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes

Now, with that incursion of Federal employees, Lake County will need to hire additional labor for support. Occupations would include Food Service Staff, Taxi and Delivery Drivers, Landscaping and Groundskeeping, Agricultural Workers, Day Laborers. Lake County's employment agencies will have their work cut out for them!

Off the Track

The exploding bomb-train has regularly failed to explode in Waukegan.

A panel of industry experts recently were able to identify the root-cause of the problem: The railway lines in Waukegan have long been abandoned by Canadian National ...

Canadian National Railway switches and sidings have gone unused for years and are an impediment to the development of Waukegan's south lakefront.
Waukegan eyeing purchase of abandoned railway right of way

Industry experts unrelated to those other industry experts said: "As soon as you guys pony up some cheddar, we can refurbish those tracks and get those bomb-trains rolling again."

EXTRA: Exterminator Extinguished

If Voldemort Vladimir Putin can be persuaded to end his war of attrition on the Ukraine population, can the South Lake Mosquito Abatement District end its war of attrition on insect populations? Like leaded gasoline, it appears that the insecticide truck is at the end of the road:

It could be the beginning of the end for the South Lake Mosquito Abatement District, with the Lake County Board voting 18-1 in favor of an ordinance proposing its dissolution
Lake County moves to dissolve South Lake Mosquito Abatement District, last of its kind in the county

Even though Summer is coming to an end, the birds and the bees have been observed doing the happy dance. That's because the last Lake County Mosquito Abatement District may be going extinct -- before they do.

No Ifs Ands or Bots

Don't laugh, AI wrote this joke.

HaHa, something else that AI should not be monkeying with is psychoanalysis. According to the Lake County Gazette, it is now illegal for the ChatGPT to dispense psychiatric advice in Illinois:

legislation prohibits AI chatbots from providing therapy services or representing themselves as qualified mental health professionals.
Pritzker signs bill banning AI bots from acting as therapists in Illinois

Fun fact: All of the content you read in the Lake County Gazette (Lake County's #1 fakenews source) is generated by AI chatbots that were trained in Russian Troll Farms. So, if the Lake County Gazette is your beacon of sanity, technically you are in violation of Illinois Law.

Trickle-Down Theory

Summer safety tip: When grilling outdoors, be careful with that petition you've been asked to sign. While Illinois nominating petitions must be numbered consecutively, nothing in the statutes say they must be fire-proof. The 2026 Primary may be seven months away, but petition season has already begun, thanks to a new law.

Odds are, that petition will be for a Democratic candidate:

At least 62 candidates have already announced their intentions to run for the five federal offices, 47 of them Democrats
As political petition passing begins, Illinois Democrats have flood of candidates; Republicans have a trickle

Both political parties have their own pipeline of candidates.  And with the Republican Party they add up to a few drips:

While Democrats have seen a flood of candidate announcements, for Illinois' moribund Republican Party, it's more of a trickle.
As political petition passing begins, Illinois Democrats have flood of candidates; Republicans have a trickle

One fact-based political scientist said: "It is no surprise that the GOP has only a trickle of candidates. The Party of Trump is a Party of aging males in decline and of perceived privilege. A visit to the urologist may be in order."

Gurnee Days 2025

Gurnee Days 2025

Curses, FOIAed Again

So, you got a burning desire to knee-cap the Deep State, but your name is not Elon Musk. Do not despair. Turn off that chainsaw, and fill out a FOIA request, instead.

As readers of this blog are aware, the Lake County Gazette had weaponized the FOIA by soliciting files from no fewer than 25 Lake County police departments:

Mob FOIA

Well, the Lake County Gazette is at it again, this time spamming no fewer than 50 Lake County Village governments with FOIA requests:

Lake County Gazette FOIA request sent

What does the Lake County Gazette want? They want from each Village, "access to all emails sent by the mayor or president over the past 30 days." They also want "a fee waiver, citing their role as a media professional involved in disseminating information."

Their goal is obvious: to rummage through your local Village's business while neglecting the fees. This is known within the craft as Sniff and Stiff.

The FOIA information obtained will, nodoubt, find its way back to the same Russian troll farms that concoct the content for the Lake County Gazette (Lake County's #1 fakenews source). Lake County Village administrators are advised to learn some basic Russian.

Run Short

Have you ever had this awkward conversation? They come into your room and say they have bad news.  They say it is going to have to be shorter than was originally discussed. And you say, how much -- an inch shorter? And they say, no, 1000 feet shorter.

Well, if you're the Waukegan Airport, that may be good news:

A proposed runway improvement project at Waukegan National Airport will be 1,000 feet shorter than originally envisioned, requiring only a sliver — rather than 52 acres — of neighboring forest preserve property. That's welcome news for the Lake County Forest Preserve District commissioners, who won't have to decide whether to sell a hunk of the Waukegan Savanna Forest Preserve for the project
'Great news for everybody': New runway plan at Waukegan airport minimizes need for forest preserve land

The runway issued a statement, through a spokesman: "It's not the length that is important -- it is the width."

The Pen is Triter than the Sword

Besides writing laughable ledes for political blogs, did you know that AI can also be used to draw political cartoons? That, at least, is how the Chicago Tribune Creepy Cartoonist™ does it.

First ask the Chatbot to dig up some forgotten old painting, in the public domain:

Then ask DALL-E to make a drawing from it, using a sharpie:

Privacy doesn't exist.

And finally, voila, two thumbs up!

Close to Transportation

Did you hear the one about the city where the real estate was so expensive they had to build their airport underground? The idea had one serious drawback. Anyone who wanted to get to the airport had to ride the subway.

HaHa. An airport in Cook County recently obtained land that had been a demolished Ramada Inn:

Prospect Heights officials have approved a redrawing of the property line between an office building and the site of a recently demolished hotel to enable construction of eight hangars at Chicago Executive Airport.
Prospect Heights approves land swap enabling hangars to replace hotel at Chicago Executive Airport

In related news, the Ramada Inn in Waukegan was also recently demolished:

Column: With razing, Ramada site opens door for new life

Note to Ops: Please make up your own Waukegan Airport joke here.

No BS

Here's a fun fact: The "D" in Ty-D-Bol stands for Democrat.

It's the God's truth, if you believe the McHenry County Blog, who says the Democrats have potty mouths:

Potty-Mouthed Democrats Stimulate Editorial Cartoon

There is one Democrat whose cuss words the McHenry County Blog will only abbreviate:

That Madigan is not all about power is absolute BS.
"Madigan Is Not about Power" Really?

What does "BS" stand for? Bill of Sale? Bomb Squad? Box Score? Boy Scouts? Barbra Streisand? It's anybody's guess. You may as well try asking the President of the United States:

Trump Reveals 'SURPRISE' For Putin; Loses Cool Over Ukraine Killings | 'Bullshit...' | Watch

Travel advisory: When you're in McHenry County, be careful where you step!

Sounds of Summer Concert – “Disco Circus” (FREE)

Sounds of Summer Concert – “Disco Circus” (FREE)

Go to Pot

If you want to live to 100, then follow this rule. The rule is simple and -- now that the Trump budget will cancel the health insurance on 17 million Americans -- truer now than ever before:

You can never be too rich or too thin.

Of course, barring either, you can always opt for being too high. Particularly, when in Mundelein:

Mundelein expands available dispensary licenses ahead of proposed pot shop

For the record, Mundelein is home to the State's only annual outdoor cannabis fest. Why? Because Mundelein.

Note to Ops: Be sure to stockpile your prescription meds and medical marijuana now, before the federal government takes away your Medicaid.

WTF

The tinfoil theocrats at the McHenry County Blog are freakin' out, and not because it is gay pride month. No, it's because Illinois Democrats have been heard dropping F-Bombs like they were in Iranian airspace:

Still another Ililnois [sic] Democrat thinks it's OK tl [sic] use the "F" word.
Another Illinois Democrat Breaches to [sic] "F" Word Barrier

Being situated in urbane McHenry County, the McHenry County Blog is no-doubt unaccustomed to the barnyard epithets sometimes uttered in other precincts of the Prairie-State. They are advised to limit their coverage to national politics, where the discourse is more refined and measured:

DONALD TRUMP GOES OFF using the 'F' WORD on IRAN-ISRAEL ceasefire violations

Note to Ops: Pull your tinfoil cap down over your ears to block out all of those unwanted F-Words.

Sounds of Summer Concert – “Billy Elton” (FREE)

Sounds of Summer Concert – “Billy Elton” (FREE)

The Road Not Taken

So a guy is lost and ends up on the Amstutz Expressway. He stops at a gas station to get directions. He says "How do I get to Chicago?" The cashier says "I couldn't tell you." The guy says "OK, how do I get to Milwaukee?" The cashier says "I couldn't tell you." The guy says a couple other cities and each time the cashier says "I couldn't tell you." By now the guy is annoyed. "Do you even know where we are?" the guy says. The cashier looks at the guy and says "Son, you're on the Amstutz. You can't get anywhere from here."

HaHa, true story.

The rest of the world may know it as the Road to Nowhere, but you call it the Amstutz. And now, throwing redundancy to the wind, the City of Waukegan will be shutting down the Amstutz Expressway next week for a movie shoot:

Regular Waukegan City Council Meeting
7_00 PM - 06-02-2025

In related news, the Long Grove Bridge is on the move and will be relocated to the Amstutz Expressway. A spokesman said: "If anyone can find the bridge there, they are welcome to crash into it."

The Hits Just Keep on Coming

Stop your LakeCountyEye if you've heard this one before: So, some guy who is driving a truck crashes into the Long Grove bridge.

HaHa. In related news, some guy crashed into the Long Grove bridge:

Water is wet. The sky is blue. Someone hit the Long Grove Covered Bridge again.
Long Grove bridge hit by moving truck, allegedly for the 67th time

In related news, the village is working to sanction a NASCAR track -- one that would go under the Long Grove bridge. One spokesman said: "Most people go to these stock-car races to see the crashes anyways. It's a win-win."