Comment on Algonquin Township receives emails, calls from residents after Gasser attacks newspaper

Although a message decrying the Northwest Herald posted on the Algonquin Township Highway Department marquee was removed over the weekend, Supervisor Charles Lutzow said he received feedback Monday from annoyed area residents. "People didn't think it was proper use," Lutzow said. "Some people are defining it as political speech, and they don't think it's a good use of taxpayer dollars." On Friday afternoon, Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser used the department's marquee at 3702 Route 14 to share a message assailing the Northwest Herald: “THE NORTHWORST HERALD IS FAKE NEWS,” the sign read. “I put it on there because you’re fake news,” Gasser told a Northwest Herald reporter who tracked him down Friday.