Do due diligence on the candidates

Do due diligence on the candidates

This is regarding the March 12 article, "County board members Provenzano, McClellan want to be clerk"

For those of you choosing a GOP nominee for McHenry County clerk, I would suggest you be cautious. On the one hand, you have a candidate who has been on the McHenry County Board for 12 years, and has worked alongside a GOP state rep. On the other hand, you have a candidate who is short-term member of the board, and who is a Cook County attorney specializing in civil rights, labor, and employment cases - all noble causes, to be sure, but just not the type of work that Republicans and/or conservatives typically gravitate toward.

I have no reason to believe that either candidate is not who they say they are. It may well be that both candidates are Republican stalwarts. But I caution you because, having lived in Schaumburg Township prior to moving out of that area, I know that candidates and officials aren't always what they appear to be. Over a decade ago, a now popular state representative in that area came to a local Republican organization representing himself as a conservative while conveniently omitting the fact that he was a Democrat. He was pushed through by the then GOP Township committeeman who later ended up flipping to the other party when it was apparent he wasn't going to win as a Republican in an impending election.

A word of advice to anyone, from either party, who is about to go to the polls; Do not rely solely on advertisements, politicians or the newspapers for your information. Do your due diligence and learn about the candidates for whom you will be voting.

Sherman Reinhardt

Elgin