Alzheimer's disease has a way of turning a milestone anniversary into a bittersweet celebration.

It is simply too late. Candidates have expended considerable time and resources gathering petition signatures, the filing deadline is Nov. 3 and any alteration now costs money the state doesn’t have while inviting legal exposure that could exponentially increase fiscal liability.

From pure cynicism, there may be wisdom in getting Republicans on board with anything Democrats could present as endorsement of gun registration. But more practically, there’s no faster way to clear an administrative backlog than to erase it altogether.

"For my parents, fire drills were safety practice. For us, lockdowns are survival training. We’ve grown up expecting the sound we’ve only heard on TV," Tyler Barrus of Huntley writes in a letter to the editor.

"Like many others from McHenry County, I participated in a Oct. 18th No Kings Rally, exercising my right to peacefully protest actions of the current administration," Joan Davis of Huntley writes in a letter to the editor.

"Did anyone notice just how unruly the No Kings rally on Rt. 31 in McHenry was Oct. 18th? Oh, wait, the only police action was pulling over a vehicle backfiring exhaust along Rt. 31 in the faces of peaceful rally-goers," Carl Hurtig of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.

Voters could see some future relief in the unlikely event the General Assembly amends state law to clarify donation and disclosure timetables, but at worst Harmon has only reputational damage via a hearing officer’s recommendation to reject his appeal of the fine.

"Northwest Herald, if you want to be relevant again, if you want people to have a reason to buy your paper, start reporting on issues that are important," Steve Willson of Huntley writes in a letter to the editor.

'We’re not clinical, but we’ve walked that path and can be a trusted entry point to guide and inform programs – something people without that experience often can’t do.'