Fender's theme, via a campaign committee Facebook page, was "Peace" in Grafton Township where Supervisor Linda Moore's been locked in an expensive battle of will and lawyers with the rest of the Township Board for the past three years. Fender, herself, became embroiled in it when trustees created a Township Administrator's position to end-around Moore then hired Fender to fill it. Moore fired her and a McHenry County Circuit Court decision said it should stick.
None of the trustee candidates with whom Fender's allied herself had previously announced they were running. Only Huntley resident Betty Zirk is an incumbent. However, Huntley lawyer Jim Kelly also carries some Grafton baggage. He was the Board's Township Attorney who defended against a lawsuit by Moore and others opposed to a controversial proposed new $3.5 million Grafton Township headquarters. Moore fired him when she first took office.
Fender "Peace Train" trustee candidates Marci Gordon and Jenn Jones are Huntley residents who began attending Grafton Board meetings about two years ago. According to Fender's website, Gordon became "more and more alarmed" at what she saw there and Jones started FOIAing reams of Moore billing records.
Fender's announcement said she'd make Grafton's Senior Bus Service "more user friendly" and indicated she'd shut down Moore's "Supervisor's Food Pantry" in favor of the Grafton Food Pantry.
Algonquin attorney Marty Waitzman and Moore both announced their Supervisor candidacies last week. Current trustees Barb Murphy, Rob LaPorta and Gerry McMahon are not expected to run again.
In the pic: Pam Fender
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Pete, please be clear in stories like this that Pam Fender & her running mates are running as Republicans in the Republican primary election on February 26. Given this week is the Republican National Convention, might be interesting to learn where the 3 announced candidates for supervisor stand on the planks of the Republican platform & learn how they'll apply the appropriate planks if elected supervisor.
Seeing the peace sign on the Pam Fender campaign website & the "Peace Train" reference for her team, I cannot get the lyrics of John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" out of my head. Wonder if that will be played at Fender events leading up to the primary election. If so, it'll be interesting to see if they play all of the lyrics!
Go Pam...cannot wait to vote against Linda!
Linda's a crook, the Lawyer's a...well, LAWYER! Might as well give it to the decorator. Sigh......
Linda Moore is a Sociopath
The oncoming bore is robo posting now!
I'm thinking too many candidates waters down the vote pool that could work in Moore-crazys favor
Comment one above: I've always maintained things are at a dangerous juncture when it's no longer possible to distinguish reality from satire.--ed.
Just say NO MOORE! Pam Fender is a professional and has conducted herself as such. lad to see her running for Grafton Supervisor.
It's just under six months until Township Primary Election Day. Three people have declared their intent to run for supervisor, and for all we know, there may be more supervisor candidates getting ready to jump in.
Incumbent Supervisor Linda Moore, Huntley Village Trustee Pam Fender, and Attorney Marty Waitzman all 3 have their strengths and weaknesses. The purpose of the campaign, will be to determine which one is truly the best.
May the campaign be the informative debate on the issues and records all Republican primary voters in Grafton Township truly deserve.
All right, time for me to include the newest Grafton Township supervisor candidate, Huntley Village Trustee Pam Fender, in the same way her 2 opponents were disparaged. An anonymous person(s), between 2:39 and 2:50PM, displayed their colorful metaphors by calling incumbent Supervisor Linda Moore a "crook", a "Sociopath" and disparaged attorney Marty Waitzman for being an attorney.
So where does that leave Pam Fender? She's a "PAPERHANGER!?!?" I kid you not, Fender's website highlights her business experience which includes owning a small business and being a former President of the Chicago Chapter of the National Guild of Professional Paperhangers, and a national award “Winning with Walls”.
The "paperhanger" reference brought back memories of the classic Three Stooges short, "You Nazty Spy!" with the three Moronican business men looking for a person to become a dictator, when it is suggested to hire three members of the paperhanging profession and...
Well, just click this link and see for yourself and get a good laugh, at about 1:16 into the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-O8j0QhfYE
Best I can figure is the Moore experiment has cost the taxpayers about a million dollars. Her lawsuits are good for $650,000. Add in salary for 4 years is $240,000, then add the cost of her benefits for another $80,000 over her four years in office =, and we're talking just a shade under $1,000,000 for a failed attempt. Talk about hot garbage!
To The Oncoming Storm at 10:03pm:
Are you serious? Is that the ONLY thing that you took from her bio? Talk about having blinders on! Read on and you will learn that Pam Fender is more than qualified for this position. If you care to.
Anonymous at 1:42AM, yes, I've read her bio, and her message. Packaging her message under a Yippie image of "Peace" including the symbol of the peace sign, disturbed me greatly. More seriously, reading the message of nothing but expansion of township services without stating how she would pay for such services is very worrisome, and could very well help the incumbent win re-election, provided the incumbent promotes a slate of trustee running mates. Honestly, what I read of Fender's message was a very progressive/liberal message.
What brought Linda Moore to power was her being part of opposition to a new township hall, which the previous township board was pushing to build without a referendum to the voters. It was a very conservative message, and voters are usually conservative, not liberal, in these parts. If Fender gets all she wants, she will likely be pushing for a new township hall. If Fender wants to change this misperception, she needs to get out in front of voters with a message that the taxpayers will have a say if services have to be expanded. If not, do not be surprised if the incumbent pulls this one out.
And as for the 3rd candidate, Marty Waitzman, if the supervisor field stays as is, he could genuinely campaign as the true outsider in this race, and the strife of the last 4 years calls for an outsider who has not taken sides. Fender's record of accepting a township administrator position from the trustees, who considered no one else for the role, showed she was used by the enemies of Linda Moore, and was the focal point of the first of many lawsuits between the supervisor and trustees. The fact Moore fired one of Fender's trustee running mates as township attorney won't be forgotten, neither.
It will be very interesting to see if either Moore or Waitzman form their own slates with trustee running mates. Moore is doomed if she doesn't, since re-electing her to stand alone will mean more litigation. Given the baggage some of the Fender trustee candidates bring, a real break from the past is needed, and basically, residents will want people who took neither side in the disputes of Linda Moore vs. LaPorta/Zirk/MacMahon/Murphy to be on the board.
That strengthens Waitzman's message, provided he has trustee running mates. Waitzman will also be helped with a 3-way field being the only man and 2 women insiders, if the field says 3-way.
Great, The On Coming Snore has turned the comment section into his own personal blog.
FEN can you limit the number of key charecters? I don't read his posts but skipping over them is becomimg difficult. because some of them are longer than the original article.
New campaign slogan "Any One But MOORE"
I'd like it to be "None Of The Above" but she has made that imposible.
This township needs somebody "new", not anyone connected with this current turmoil...and CERTAINLY NOT an attorney! I vote NONE OF THE ABOVE!
Hmm, see the bio of the oncoming storm; his/her hermit scope should consider leaving the cave to obtain facts of reality.
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The only thing conservative about Moore in these 3+ years has been her level of transparency - to the point where no one gets anything from her except "no". That's not conservatism - that's obstructionism. Any entity has to spend money to operate, even at a very basic "critical mass" level. The only things Moore has done with the Grafton checkbook is pay herself, pay her attorneys and keep the records from taxpayer/trustee oversight. Definitely someone who needs help finding the door.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx outside of mchenry county, prior to Thanksgiving. Then the Trustees, Road District and Assessor can finally complete a timely path of business, and attempt to deliver some value to the taxpayers (including themselves) prior to the end of their term; as it was during the prior four years.
I've edited this comment because I don't believe I have sufficient reason to determine part of its truth or falsehood.--ed.
Fender has done a lot of good things in the community, however, she has also done a lot of offending people. Somehow she is always right and never wrong. I also agree that she is too close to the turmoil with Moore. That will hurt her. Marty on the other hand is free and clear of all of it and I think that will help him a lot. I for one would welcome him.
Anyone Butt Moore!!!
Fender would do a good job and stop the madness. you only need half a brain to do the job. I guess Moore was born less than that.
We don't need another Huntley "lifer". We need somebody completly new to the problems at hand, not someone who had a hand in the problems we have!! No lawyers either!
The only person thats the problem is MOORE!!!!
Was thinking out loud asking, "Which of the three candidates running for the Republican nomination for Grafton Township supervisor is the most Republican?" Being an analytic & metrics kind of person, I researched it. The best metric is which candidate has been the most generous in contributing to local Republicans, as tracked by the State Board of Elections. So what did I learn?
Incumbent Supervisor Linda Moore? Found no contributions over $150 over a 3 month period. Unless, you remove giving to herself. She loaned her campaign over $12,000 to win election in 2009. Moore doesn't give to local Republicans.
Huntley Village Trustee Pam Fender? The big goose egg for her, too. Then again, given her Yippie liberal message, I really wonder if she is truly a Republican. I really need to pull her voting record at the County & find out how many Republican primaries she's voted in.
And that leaves the 3rd candidate, Marty Waitzman, & I found he gave $175 to the McHenry County Reoublican Party back in February. He is, by this metric, the most Republican of Tue 3 candidates since he is the only one with a record of giving locally.
Accepting the standard for the sake of argument, try adjusting for income and see how it looks.
Who cares what your party line is for this small time job. It only seems to goofballs anyway.
Republiclowns of Dummycrats who cares. In either case I'm sure they will suck!
Analytic & metrics kind of person? More of a BLOWHARD!
I for one could really care less who gave to the republican party. I go on who I feel is the best qualified for the job. Frankly I like people who ahve a mind of their own and do not fold to what the "PARTY THINKS". Marty is that kind of person. YOu need to talk with him and meet him to find out what he wants to do for the township.
Pam has done a lot of good things, but, she is too close to the turmoil of the present township.
We need someone who is fresh and new.
Marty is the only one that is not "connected" with the current headaches.
He was also a police officer for many years according to his bio before he became a lawyer and CPA.
I don't think of him as a typical lawyer for that fact, and offer him my 100% support.
Good Luck Marty, and please bring some CHANGE and improvement to Grafton Township!!!!
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