Christopher Culp, 43, was arrested for making a threatening phone call to Grayslake District 46 School Board Member Shannon Smigielski. The incident occurred during the teacher strike in January. The following is the transcript of what Smigielski released in a Letter to the Editor at the time. “You are a (expletive) liar. I’d really hate […]
Substitute Teacher Arrested for Threatening School Board Member’s Children
Grayslake D46 Teacher Contract Summary Released
With both the Teachers Union and the Board of Education approving the tentative agreement, they have released a contract summary read by Board President Ray Millington at tonights meeting. Year One, 2012-13 Hard freeze [no base increase, no step, no lane] Retirement notice before March 1, 2013, end of career bump of 5.75% for 4 […]
Michael Carbone: Example of a True Public Servant
In March of 2011, school board member Michael Carbone was censured in an open board meeting before his family, his peers and his community. His censure, based on the “evidence” presented during the meeting, left onlookers to wonder once again “What is going on in D46?” As they say, hindsight is 20/20 and today with documented evidence in […]






Michael Carbone: How the Press Attempts to Manipulate Elections
The last couple of days have given us a prime example of how the main stream media attempts to manipulate elections. The following stories were posted about Lake County Board District 16 Candidate, Michael Carbone. Sun Times Daily Herald News-Sun Grayslake Patch The charges/implications levied against Carbone in the articles is that he changed his […]