I emailed each of the legislators who represent parts of McHenry County asking if they had a statement on Governor Pat Quinn’s proposal to hike income tax rates by 50%.

The Daily Herald has an article today on that topic, as you can see from the graphic I found on its web site.

So far, I have heard nothing.

When former Governor Jim Edgar made his proposal to raise income taxes, I walked out of the House Republican caucus and told the Sun-Times reporter, “It’s dead on arrival.”

A bit presumptuous on my part, but Senate President Pate Philip took the same position, so it turned out OK.

Jack Franks does have a comment in the Daily Herald story, but he doesn’t say he is going to vote against the tax hike plan.