The following announces Democratic Party State Reps. Jack Franks, Lou Lang and Frank Mautino will take testimony in Marengo Saturday concerning the drawing of congressional and legislative map lines for the next decade.
No Republicans are on the panel, which, in a way, is appropriated, because Republicans will have no input. That’s because Democrats control both houses of the General Assembly, the Governor’s Office and the Illinois Supreme Court.
Mr. Skinner will you be there with that flashy camera in your hot little hands?
Make sure you put McHenry County’s favorite Democrat on the spot about creating a Congressional District of his own right here in McHenry County.
Also, according to statute, McHenry County should qualify for three state Reps of our own, not shared with Lake County and Cook County like Beaubien nor with Kane County like Tryon. Three fully owned state Reps to represent our interests in Springfield. The one-and-a-half state Senators are already in place.