Another McHenry County Schnook Shoots Self in Foot

Those familiar with the rule of three may want to discharge their weapons in Lake County. A year ago in McHenry County, two people shot themselves in the foot:

My Foot!

And now, last week (perhaps unable to get a leg up) two people in McHenry County shot themselves in the hand.

The Northwest Herald said ...

A 74-year-old McHenry-area man was taken to the hospital Wednesday after he accidentally shot himself in the hand, police said. The man was taking apart his 9 mm handgun when the gun went off
McHenry-area man shoots himself in hand taking apart gun

In a separate incident ...

The man who accidentally shot himself in the hand over the weekend was assisting in instructing a concealed carry course, police said Monday.
Man who shot himself in Woodstock was assisting concealed carry class, police say

Note to Ops: They may take away your gun only when they pry it from from your cold dead hands. But you make it difficult if you've shot them off.

Just Sayin!

The Clown Prince

Operatives who purchased tickets to see Prince may be eligible for a refund. The deceased rock'n'roll icon will not be headlining the Waukegan music festival this summer. The News-Sun is saying:

Prince in Waukegan? That was the rumor. Whether or not there was any substance to that backroom chatter was rendered pointless by events on Thursday.
Despite chatter, and hope, Prince wasn't booked for Waukegan

With Prince's unexpected death, Ted Nugent becomes (again) the rumored headliner at the Waukegan music festival. The not-deceased rock'n'roll icon Nugent told one media outlet that ...

"I think Prince and I were musical blood brothers."
Central Texas rocker Ted Nugent calls Prince "musical blood brother"

One rumor can be completely dismissed.  Knowledgeable sources agree that if Nugent is booked to play in Waukegan, he will not perform in blackface.

Your LakeCountyEye will keep you apprised when further developments warrant.

Second Banana?

GOP delegates will not be able to bum a ride off of Mark Kirk. Lake County's single US Senator is not attending the Republican Convention. According to BuzzFeed ...

Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois isn't touching the coming Republican convention with a 10-foot pole. "I've got to really do my hair that week," Kirk said on ROE CONN on WGN radio when asked about his plans to skip the convention. "Make sure that my hair is just perfect."
Mark Kirk On GOP Convention: "I've Got To Really Do My Hair That Week"

For the lowdown on the impending Mark Kirk noshow, your LakeCountyEye asked Dr. I.M. Bhatschidtkhrazzi, Dean of Cosmetology at the College of Lake County.

"Ya," said Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi, "Senator Mark Kirk is sending his Party bosses a clear signal. He wants to be their candidate for Vice President."

Your LakeCountyEye had not expected to hear that. Didn't Kirk say he would boycott the Convention?

"Absolutely." replied Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "But you boycott a Convention by staying home. You don't do it by telling everyone that you will boycott the Convention. That's like when [US Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan told everyone he would not be a candidate for President."

Thus signaling that he could be a candidate for President?

"No flies on you today." chuckled Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi.

Who was Kirk sending a signal to?

"Donald Trump, of course." sighed Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Who else spends hours on his hair to make sure it is just perfect?"

Your LakeCountyEye had to concede the point.

"A Trump-Kirk ticket would be just what the doctor ordered." continued Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Rule #1 is do no harm. A gaffe-prone running mate can sink a presidential campaign faster than you can say youbetcha. Who would be better-suited than a Mark Kirk?"

Your LakeCountyEye noted that Kirk once called Lindsey Graham a Bro with No Ho.

"Exactly." countered Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Kirk would add balance to a lopsided Trump-for-President campaign. A candidate for President needs to acts presidential. So you find a suitable running mate to hurl gratuitous insults at your opponent. Can you name one attack dog any meaner than Mark Kirk?"

Your LakeCountyEye could not.

Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi was getting excited. "Mark Kirk would deliver Illinois to Trump on a silver platter. And after Trump is elected he sends Kirk to the Vice-President's home where everyone can forget about him. This is a no-brainer."

Your LakeCountyEye heard enough. Did Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi have any parting advice?

"Tell your operatives at the Republican Convention not to vote for anyone who hasn't drafted Mark Kirk to be his Vice President!"

100% Grass Fed

Honorary Lake County millionaire citizen legislator, Jim Oberweis, wants to legalize marijuana. The Daily Herald said ...

Lawmakers' move this week toward decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana in Illinois was done with a handful of Republican supporters. Among them: state Sen. Jim Oberweis, a Sugar Grove Republican who voted against a previous version of the plan last year but is in favor of Illinois' law to legalize medical marijuana in 2013.
New marijuana plan finds support from Oberweis

Note to Ops: When munchies attack, nothing satisfies quite like a triple-deck ice cream pie or cake. Check out the Banana Split Ice Cream Pie at an Oberweis Dairy near you.

That's all your LakeCountyEye has. Smoke'em if you got'em.

Close to the Bone for Government Work

Q: What do these two jobs have in common?

• Illinois Lieutenant Governor
• Daily Herald headline writer

A: To make Governor Rauner look good?

Nope, that is incorrect. The correct answer, of course, is neither job is worth a warm bucket of spit.

Haha, David McSweeney (Lake County's disruptive innovator in the Illinois legislature) wants to abolish the office of Lieutenant Governor. And according to the Daily Herald ....

Republican Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti of Wheaton has been pushing for slimming down government, so what does she think about the idea of getting rid of her office? "All consolidation, from local townships to constitutional offices, like mine, should be considered," she said in a statement.
Lieutenant governor: Yeah, consider cutting my office

Sharpeyed operatives may note that the link above does not actually point to the Daily Herald. The link instead goes to a headline clipping service hosted by the Illinois Policy Institute. The actual Daily Herald story is at ...

Getting rid of the lieutenant governor's office could save $1.6 million a year, says state Rep. David McSweeney, who started the idea moving this week in the General Assembly.
Problem with cutting lt. governor's office: Cost of mailing

The Daily Herald story did not change, but the headline did. At some time after the story was first published (April 14), its headline morphed from a brassy ...

Lieutenant governor: Yeah, consider cutting my office

... into this fussbudgety replacement:

Problem with cutting lt. governor's office: Cost of mailing

Do not be surprised if the headline changes again, to ...

Headline Writer Wanted: No Impertinence Necessary

Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, who could become unemployed soon, might want to apply for that job. She may not have all of the qualifications, but your LakeCountyEye suspects that Sanguinetti knows who to call at the Daily Herald.

They're Not Booing They're Chanting Loootenant

Lake County State Rep & Agent of Change, David McSweeney, says he wants to bring jobs to Illinois. But one bill he sponsored in Springfield will do just the opposite. McSweeney wants to eliminate the job of Illinois Lieutenant Governor. According to the Daily Herald:

Getting rid of the lieutenant governor's office could save $1.6 million a year, says state Rep. David McSweeney, who started the idea moving this week in the General Assembly.
Problem with cutting lt. governor's office: Cost of mailing

The plan, however, would require a Constitutional Amendment, which do not come cheap:

Anytime an amendment goes on the ballot, the law says Secretary of State Jesse White has to mail the text of the amendment to voters in advance. In 2014, mailing the text of two proposed amendments cost $2.4 million.
Problem with cutting lt. governor's office: Cost of mailing

When told that McSweeney's bill could result in an $800,000 net loss, a spokesman said: "Why do we need to notify the voters by sending them expensive snail mail? We can just post an online petition instead. Like they did to permit firearms at the Republican Convention."

Allow Open Carry of Firearms at the Quicken Loans Arena
during the RNC Convention in July.

To date, McSweeney has not sponsored a bill to eliminate the Illinois Governor's office as well. Experts, however, estimate that firing both the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor could potentially save the State of Illinois billions.

Your LakeCountyEye will keep you apprised when further developments warrant.

Trump l'Orange

Lake County Delegates who will be fleeing to Cleveland ahead of the Zika virus this summer, may be able to hitch a ride to the GOP convention with one candidate for President. According to the Daily Herald ...

So, you want to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention? You could have a rare opportunity to help make history, if none of the Republican presidential candidates reaches the target 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination on the first ballot. And maybe - just maybe - billionaire businessman Donald Trump will take you for a spin on Trump Force One.
Want to be a delegate to the GOP convention? It's not easy

Here is a list of high-profile Republican delegates from Lake County, with their election numbers:

Delegate to the National Nominating Convention (REP)
Lake County -- MARCH 15, 2016 GENERAL PRIMARY

Cook County, DuPage County and even McHenry County are sending delegates to the Convention. However, your LakeCountyEye observes a lot Bush's and Rubio's and Kasich's on the Lake County delegate list -- losers -- so don't expect to bump into any of these people on Hair Force Trump.

However, one notable nominee from Lake County, who never hid her true colors, is expected be a Trump delegate at the Republican Convention:

Donald Trump	Princess Nudelman
Orange you glad this is another hilarious LakeCountyEye Double Vision™?

A spokesman says Ms Nudelman is always eager to support anyone who is underwater with the voters.

Dirty Ballots

Aaron Lawlor, the Lake County Board Chair, has a new dirty job. He is now working for the new Lake County Clerk, Carla Wyckoff. For the lowdown, go to the Lake County website ...

Lake County processed 180,000 voters for the March 15 Primary election – a record turnout. While all the ballots have been cast, the Lake County Clerk's Office still has much work to do. Watch this edition of Lake County's Dirty Jobs where Chairman Aaron Lawlor helps in the clean-up process of the 122 Lake County polling places.


Lake County’s Dirty Jobs: Post Election Cleanup

Lawlor, who has been a candidate on every every Lake County ballot since 2003 (and is a candidate on the November ballot) could be expected to know a thing or two about counting votes. Here, Lawlor volunteers to police some voting equipment, while confessing to the County Clerk that the task is ...

one of the most complicated jobs I've ever seen in County government because there are so many moving parts, so many statutes, and all sorts of things.

Your LakeCountyEye looked up some of those statutes. And not just anyone is permitted to tally ballots in Illinois. Did you know that an election worker must ...

• be a citizen of the United States and entitled to vote at the next election
• be of good repute and character
• be able to speak, read and write the English language
• be skilled in the four fundamental rules of arithmetic
• not be a candidate for any office at the election

Note to Ops: four out of five isn't bad, even with the five-fingered discount.

Here Lawlor shuffles some loose documents atop one voting machine:

All the while, there is more to this job than sweeping up. Equipment needs to be moved:

And with so many moving parts ...

... be careful that something isn't misplaced!

Mulberry Child: From China's Cultural Revolution to Chicago

Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy

Author Jian Ping will talk about her family's story of surviving the chaos and persecution during China's Cultural Revolution, as revealed in her memoir Mulberry Child. The book has been turned into an award-winning documentary film and was broadcast on PBS.

• Sunday
  April 10, 2016
  2:00 pm
• The Stevenson Center on Democracy
  25200 N St Mary's Rd
  Mettawa (Libertyville), IL 60048
  773- 281-0378
• $15
  No Charge for Students
• Coffee and Conversation Afterwards

Three are Better than Two

The voters in the 10th District cannot make up their minds whether to send a Democrat or a Republican to Congress. And this uncertainty factor may increase by 50%, this year, as a 3rd Party candidate hopes to be on the ballot in the 10th District:

The Aquarian Agrarian

A press release that was sent out says Joe Kopsick will need some 10,000 petition signatures (as of June 27) to be on the ballot in November.

For the record, more than 150,000 votes were cast in the March Primary for 10th District candidates. None of these voters will be eligible to sign a nominating petition for Kopsick. Your LakeCountyEye hazards to guess that the Kopsick campaign may have their work cut out for them. Especially considering that Kopsick is running under the banner of the Absurdist Party.

politics1.com / ILLINOIS

Note to Ops: If you are running a 3rd party insurgency campaign and you need 10,000 signatures on short notice, it may behoove you to give your new party a sensible name ... like the Sensible Party, maybe. Just sayin'!

The Motley Fool

Those Lake County voters who live in Wisconsin will cast their Primary ballots for President next Tuesday. Within Lake County, however, the Primary numbers are in, and they are not even close:

• Hillary Clinton : 50,271
• Donald J. Trump : 30,952

Lake County -- MARCH 15, 2016 GENERAL PRIMARY

Hillary Clinton is officially the President of Lake County -- by a landslide.

This fact was not lost on Lake County favorite son and former teen idol, Ted Nugent. On Friday, Nugent endorsed Hillary Clinton for President on his Facebook page:

(Operatives can click Ted Nugent's Facebook page and verify the post's authenticity:

Ted Nugent / Facebook

For the record, Facebook is a virtual senior center where the elderly go to exchange photos of the grandkids and Internet cats.)

The promoters of a summer music festival planned for Waukegan had declined to book the Medicare-eligible Nugent -- to make room for fresher acts. Your LakeCountyEye has heard that Seattle rapper Macklemore may headline the event.

A spokesperson says that Ted Nugent hopes to increase his street-cred and appeal to younger music lovers, by endorsing Clinton.

Your LakeCountyEye will keep you apprised when further developments warrant.

Buzzkill

The bigshots among the Illinois GOP have been asked to drop their guns. They cannot bring firearms to the Republican Convention. According to the Sun-Times ...

Secret Service will not allow people to carry guns into the July Republican National Convention in Cleveland, quashing the hopes of more than 45,000 people who have signed a petition saying attendees should be allowed to bring firearms. The Secret Service said on Monday it has the authority to preclude guns from sites visited by the people it protects such as U.S. presidential candidates, presidents and former presidents.
Secret Service says 'no' to guns at Republican convention

Some convention-goers are not giving up without a fight. A new online petition has been posted, saying the Secret Service should to be abolished.

One presidential candidate was quick to rebuff the idea: "Then who is supposed to quarterback the booty patrol, after I get to the White House?"

That's all your LakeCountyEye has. Giv'em the gun.

Conventional Weapons

Lake County Republicans bound for the GOP Convention face a vexing choice: Which guns should they take with, to Cleveland this July?

FOX 32 observes that ...

Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding the right to carry guns at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer. Ohio is an open carry state, but guns are banned at Quicken Loans Arena. The Change.Org petition claims that Cleveland is a dangerous place, and that the GOP and the owners of Quicken Loans Arena are depriving attendees of their right to carry arms. Petitioners also claim that the GOP convention might be a target for ISIS terrorists.
Thousands demand right to carry guns at GOP convention

Packing a suitcase is a taxing enough, even without having to pack heat. So your LakeCountyEye consulted an expert, Dr. I.M. Bhatschidtkhrazzi, Professor of Unconventional Behavior at the College of Lake County.

"Ya," said Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Who in their right mind would get anywhere near Cleveland without their pocket rocket?"

Easier said than done, it occurs to your LakeCountyEye.

"No doubt about it," agreed Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "it is difficult to transport your guns and ammo by commercial air, these days. If they want my opinion, the RNC should reserve some space on the floor for a gun show. That way the delegates could arm themselves after they get to the convention site. Plus, firearm vendors never do background checks. So the Republican delegates with mental illnesses or felony convictions will be properly armed as well."

Other than standing tall for the 2nd Amendment, your LakeCountyEye was not sure why GOP delegates were making a fuss over their right to bear arms.

"Some delegates are itching for a floor fight, and they need to come prepared. You never want to bring a knife to a gun fight." Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi then smiled. "Forewarned is forearmed."

Have the Presidential candidates said anything?

"I hear Ted Cruz plans to secure the uncommitted delegates by doling out the pork," confided Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "He will be frying bacon on the barrel of his AR-15."

So, should anyone who likes his bacon crispy be worried about ISIS?

Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi shook his head. "The last place ISIS would attack is at the Republican convention -- Donald Trump might be ISIS's best recruiter. ISIS may be crazy but I don't think they are stupid. They ought to pledge a donation to every candidate who radicalizes a new ISIS recruit with his campaign rhetoric."

Nothing a little waterboarding wouldn't fix. Did Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi have any parting advice?

"Tell your operatives that if they plan to attend the Republican Convention, they better be sure they are signed up for ObamaCare."

The Pensioner's Delemma

Your LakeCountyEye is obligated by due deligence to post this undeluted screen cap taken from the Internet:

County Seeks Delapidated Home's Condemnation

The source of the shoddelly captioned blog post is the antedeluvian McHenryCountyBlog.

Deligent readers may suspect that crocodele tears are being shed over this delettantish effort -- which your LakeCountyEye will readely admit.

That's all your LakeCountyEye has. No more delly-dallying.

The Elephant in the Rumpus Room

Wednesday may be hump day, but last Tuesday was Trump Day in Lake County. Trump dominated the GOP Primary throughout the County, outpacing his closest rival, Jeb Bush, by a comfortable 30,697 to 524.

Trump romped -- despite dire predictions in the wake of an aborted Trump rally in Chicago, a week before the election:

"Donald Trump created that hostile environment," said state Rep. Ed Sullivan, a Mundelein Republican and backer of Ohio Gov. John Kasich. He predicted a backlash against Trump. But if there isn't one, Sullivan said, "God help us."
Trump backlash swift and loud, but does it matter?

It is conceivable that God asked for a Democratic ballot, because the predicted backlash did not occur.

One political scientist told your LakeCountyEye: "Trump does so well at the ballot box because voters say they won't vote for Trump, and then they vote for Trump. The pollsters need to understand that Trump voters speak in code."

Well, your LakeCountyEye has not only cracked that code, but can identify with 100% certainty who will vote for Donald Trump. Listen for one of these 10 tell-tale tip-offs:

Ten Euphemisms for Voting for Donald Trump

Punch One ... In the Face Pull a Short Finger Take a Trump Fondled the Donald Got My Degree in P/E at Trump University Buy a Rauner Let's Juice the Orange Voto a Favor de Donaldo Trump It's Gonna Be HUGE Trump You

Look for your LakeCountyEye wearin' the orange at a Trump Rally near you.

Cancel My Subscription to the General Election

March Madness has arrived, and your LakeCountyEye is two for two. In the wake of the March Madness March 15 Primary, your LakeCountyEye predicted that State Senator Dan Duffy would resign early, and then predicted he would be replaced by Dan McConchie:

Take this Job and Duff It

McConchie, a right-to-life lobbyist who fought a close primary battle, will be the GOP candidate in the November election for Duffy's Senate seat. Now the Daily Herald says McConchie will be picked to serve out the remainder of Duffy's term in the State Senate:

Lake County Republican Chairman Mike Amrozowicz said picking McConchie in this case is a "no-brainer" because voters have already spoken.
McConchie likely to start state Senate term early

If the voters have spoken, however, it is not 100% clear what they said -- especially in McHenry County, where the primary election was botched. One party official spoke candidly to the Northwest Herald ...

"It was the worst-managed election I have ever experienced living in McHenry County, and it's been 20 years. ... I don't know why anybody would trust the results of the election yesterday."
McHenry County primary election: 'Worst-managed' in decades or isolated problems?

Your LakeCountyEye observes that the Daily Herald trusts those results, implicitly. And moreover, with zero percent of the precincts reporting, the Daily Herald has already called the November election in McConchie's favor:

McConchie likely to start state Senate term early

One McHenry County spokesman told your LakeCountyEye: "If Mr McConchie wants to start his 2017 Senate term early, that's fine with us. And if that means canceling the November, 2016 election, that's fine with us as well."

Take this Job and Duff It

If the Illinois Senate is a two-way street, then State Senator Dan Duffy just blew his last red light.

Haha, the lameduck District 26 Senator says he will resign early.  According to the Northwest Herald ...

Duffy, R-Lake Barrington, announced the day after Tuesday's election that he would resign his 26th Illinois Senate District seat effective April 3 to take a job as president and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America, a Chicago-based nonprofit with chapters in all 50 states, most of which do home visitations to ensure the healthy development of children.
Illinois Sen. Dan Duffy to step down early to lead nonprofit

Note to Ops: Nostradamus has nothing on your LakeCountyEye. Not to brag but, it was as far back as 2011 that this blog predicted Dan Duffy would resign from his Senate seat:

Freakout Punch

(To put this feat in perspective, Nostradamus was still alive in 2011.)

Duffy's announcement came one day after the election -- where Dan McConchie won a closely contested GOP primary in Senate District 26. It was probably no coincidence that Duffy waited until after a winner was called in his Senate district.

Republican Party insiders have been tasked with appointing someone to serve the remainder of Duffy's term, which expires at the end of the year. And your LakeCountyEye can now predict with great certainty that those insiders will select Casey Urlacher. The current Mayor of Mettawa, Urlacher finished a close second behind McConchie in the primary.

Haha, j/k. You don't need to be Nostradamus to know that the GOP insiders will appoint McConchie -- a pro-life lobbyist and activist -- to fill Duffy's vacant seat.

Well, duh.

For an Election Lasting More Than 24 Hrs, Seek Medical Help

Your LakeCountyEye has some good news to report from Mini-Super-Tuesday: Election numbers are finally trickling in from McHenry County.

Haha, if you lost sleep Tuesday night waiting to see who won in Illinois, it's not because you totally forgot about daylight savings time. Thank McHenry County instead -- which totally bungled the election. According to the Northwest Herald, problems already ...

started with the opening of the polls at 6 a.m. with the failure in some precincts of the electronic poll books used to verify voters' registration, and continued into Wednesday. As of late Wednesday – a full 24 hours after the closing of county polls that were extended 90 minutes by emergency court order – County Clerk Mary McClellan's office had yet to post the provisional ballots cast during that hour and a half. A number of county and state races were too close to call. It's a given among veteran McHenry County candidates something always goes wrong in the county on Election Day.
McHenry County primary election: 'Worst-managed' in decades or isolated problems?

One contest impacted was the heavily mail-bombed Senate District 26:

Though he was leading a tight three-way race in the 26th Illinois Senate District Republican primary, Dan McConchie was not ready to declare victory on Wednesday afternoon.
Dan McConchie leads close 26th Illinois Senate race, not declaring victory yet

Dan McConchie was reluctant to declare victory because his opponent, Casey Urlacher, did unexpectedly well in McHenry County. Despite the fact that the McHenry County GOP prides itself on being solidly pro-life -- and that Dan McConchie lobbies for Americans United for Life (a pro-life organization) -- Urlacher (the Mayor of Mettawa) beat McConchie in McHenry County by 6 percentage points. The only plausible explanation for this sort of ballotbox behavior would have to be that Casey Urlacher is the brother of an Ex-Chicago Bear, Brian Urlacher. And that they share the same last name.

One political scientist summed up the situation on the ground in McHenry County: "I don't think anyone in McHenry County ever got tipped off that there was supposed to be an election on March 15."

Sometimes You Win Sometimes You Louis

The voters sent a message to the Lake County GOP, soundly rejecting establishment candidates backed by Party insiders. Your LakeCountyEye, of course, refers to the stunning defeat of Louis Atsaves for the post of Moraine 203 Committeeman. The soon to be ex-Moraine Township GOP Chair, Atsaves was defeated by one Margaret "Peggy" Siebert -- of whom your LakeCountyEye has never heard:

Lake County -- Election Results

The numbers were not close, but your LakeCountyEye sill expects to see a petition for a recount. One Party insider predicted it would possible to make up a 100-plus vote deficit, "provided they have a stack of absentee ballots salted away somewhere in some Post Office".

Another Party insider was less sanguine. He told your LakeCountyEye that sometimes they are not booing -- they are actually chanting LOUIS LOUIS. But in this situation however the Moraine voters were in fact booing.

Despite the unexpected loss, your LakeCountyEye has no doubt that Party insider Louis Atsaves will land on his feet. Atsaves's wife was appointed by Governor Rauner to a Commission that compensates its members at nearly $120,000/year:

Clout of Commissions

With the unexpected freetime available, perhaps Mr Atsaves will take the opportunity to reanimate his blog Common Sense in Illinois' 10th, which like Ted Williams's head is currently preserved under cryogenic suspension. One Party insider observed that Ted Williams's lifetime batting average -- .344 -- would have been good for a solid second-place finish in Moraine 203.

The Breaking News

An actual unretouched headline, lede and screencap from Lake County newspaper of record, the Chicago Tribune:

The McLaughlin campaign has received word that multiple complaints have been filed against lobbyist Dan McConchie, candidate for State Senate, for breaking election laws and illegally coordinating campaign activities with special interest PACs and political nonprofit organizations.
From the community: Lobbyist Dan McConchie Caught Breaking Election Law

The link is broken, and the Trib may have expunged the webpage. But the original can be seen on the Wayback Machine:

Lobbyist Dan McConchie Caught Breaking Election Law
(Internet Archive)

Internet Archive Wayback Machine

Your LakeCountyEye contacted one legal expert, who was all like: "I'd tell them, if they can't sue the Tribune for libel, at least try suing the Internet Archive."

Note to Ops: This information is intended for satirical purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.