McHenry County Blog

As we were driving to the Clock Tower Inn for kid enjoyment at its new water park, CoCo Key, what did we see but campaign signs.

They started where Dunham Road intersects with Route 176.

That’s pretty much on the edge of Marengo-Union country.

First we saw blue and white 4 by 6 foot signs opposed to the Kishwaukee Valley Water Authority.

They read,

VOTE NO
KVW AUTHORITY
www.watertaxvoteno.org

A check mark in a box is in the upper right hand corner of the sign and “April 17th” is on upper right hand side.

The lettering is in white on a blue background.

I think there were some smaller yard signs, too, but I didn’t seem to get a photograph of any.

Then, we saw a sign painted on the side of what I think is an old corncrib next to a really big barn and a silo.

It said in big, bold red paint,

NO

and to the right in big, blue capital letters--but not as large as the red "NO,"

WATER
AUTHORITY

Not in town, mind you, where citizens won’t get a vote, but out in the country where referendum initiators, A-LAW (the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water), hope to find supporters.

All of them seemed to be on open fields, although I did see one homemade one, which I didn’t get a photograph of, in front of a farmhouse on Route 176.

We saw no sign of support for the referendum to create the Kishwaukee Valley Water Authority until we got almost through Garden Prairie.

There were two signs with movable letters there.

One indicated opposition to Chemtool’s building a factory and headquarters nearby and the other said,

YES
KISHWAUKEE
WATER AUTHORITY

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The top sign is located just before entering Marengo from the east on Route 176. I believe the Convenient Mart property was part of the original farm on which the 4 by 6 foot sign opposing the Kishwaukee Valley Water Authority is located. That probably means that the farm owner is ready to develop his land and would oppose the water authority because it might limit his options.

The picture of the barn was taken farther east, but still in the Union-Marengo area.

The sign in support was in western Boone County on Route 20.

Labels: A-LAW, Alliance for Land Agriculture and Water