Jack Franks welcomed those attending the House Reapportionment Committee hearing at Marengo High School Satureday.

The latest campaign finance reports are in and Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks has $475,713.01 I the bank. That’s as of the end of March, 2011

He has a burn rate of over $12,000 a month.

He raised about $15,000 more than he spent during the last three months.

Contributions amounted to almost $56,000 and he spent almost $39,000 during the firt three months of this year.

Who did he get his money from?

Below his contributions are listed in descending order. The ones that are in boldface type are from McHenry County.

$5,000 – Pritzker, J.B. & M.K., Partner, New World Ventures, Evanston

$1,000 – Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois, Springfield
$1,000 – AT&T Services Inc, Chicago
$1,000 – Attorneys Title Guaranty Fund Inc, Chicago
$1,000 – Aycox, Rod, Occupation: President. Employer: Select Management Resources LLC. Alpharetta, GA
$1,000 – Barton Management Inc, Northfield
$1,000 – BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX
$1,000 – Browder, Perry J., Occupation: Attorney, Employer: Simmons Cooper LLC, Glenview
$1,000 – Coca-Cola Refreshments, Brandon, FL
$1,000 – Gillman, Seth & Michael, Occupation: Administrator, Employer: Passages Hospice, Lincolnwood
$1,000 – Hebeisen, Keith A & Jodi B, Occupation: lawyer, Employer: Clifford Law Offices, Northbrook
$1,000 – Illinois State Medical Society PAC, Chicago
$1,000 – Intren, Inc., Union
$1,000 – Lappe, Fred, Attorney, Chicago
$1,000 – Muno, Doris, President, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc, Chicago
$1.000 – Peck Bloom Austriaco & Koenig LLC, Chicago
$1,000 – Rubin, Arnold G, attorney, Chicago
$1,000 – Salvi Schostok & Pritchard, Waukegan
$1,000 – Worker’s Comp Chicago, LLC, Chicago

The numbers on this billboard are a bit out of date now, but the thrust of the message still sounds correct. Take a look at the donations from lawyers, labor and lobbyists. Franks gave $2,400 to other candidates during this spring's local election cycle, $2,000 to a Chicago candidate.

$500 – Boron, Andrew and Elizabeth, Highland Park
$500 – Burnham Committee (an Alderman Ed Burke committee), Chicago
$500 – Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, Chicago
$500 – Clancy, Tim, Calumet City
$500 – Genentech, San Francisco, CA
$500 – Gold, Laurence, Barrington
$500 – Hannigan, Richard D. Ltd., Mundelein
$500 – Illinois Laborers’ Legislative Comm #1, Springfield
$500 – Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Springfield
$500 – Illinois Vendors PAC, Chicago
$500 – Law Offices Of Rubin & Norris, LLC, Chicago
$500 – Petroleum Political Education, Springfield
$500 – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Washington, D.C.
$500 – Plumbers & Pipe Fitters PAC Local 501, Aurora
$500- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 99, Bloomington
$500 – Power Rogers & Smith PC, Chicago
$500 – Stieber, Jay & Nancy, Prospect Heights

$400 – White, Jesse, Chicago

$300 – Dermer, Alice, Chicago
$300 – Fletcher, O’Brien, Kasper & Nottage, PC, Chicago
$300 – Ganan & Shapiro PC, Chicago

$250 – Allied Benefit Systems Inc, Chicago
$250 – Astellas Pharma US Inc, Deerfield
$250 – Bandolik, Steven, Crystal Lake
$250 – Berman, Arthur, Chicago
$250 – Black, Stella, Chicago
$250 – Bless & Associates, Arlington Hts
$250 – Bush, Robert, Chicago
$250 – Castle, John and Nancy, Sycamore
$250 – Cohen, Jacob, Chicago
$250 – Credit Union Political Action Council, Npaerville
$250 – Dixon, Scott & Cindy, Johnsburg
$250 – Electronic Knowledge Interchange Company, Chicago
$250 – Falcioni, Robert, Monee
$250 – Filan, William Ltd, Chicago
$250 – Globetrotters Engineering Corp, Chicago
$250 – Government Navigation Group, Springfield
$250 – Haskins, Charles G Jr Attorney at Law, Chicago
$250 – Hassakis, Janet, Mt. Vernon, LA
$250 – Hennessy & Roach, PC, Chicago
$250 – Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
$250 – IBEW Local 117, Crystal Lake
$250 – IBEW Local 9, Hillsboro
$250 – Illinois BANKPAC, Springfield
$250 – Illinois Consulting Engineers PAC, Springfield
$250 -Illinois Fire Chiefs Assoc PAC, Bridgeview
$250 – Illinois Hotel Motel PAC5, Springfield
$250 – Illinois Optometric Assoc PAC, Springfield
$250 – Illinois State Council of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, Mt. Carmel
$250 – Mid-West Truckers Association Inc, Springfield
$250 – Kaplan, Howard Gordon, Chicago
$250 – Kinney, Orrin & Karen, Harvard
$250 – Law office of James A. Knepper, PC, Chicago
$250 – Latherow, Jerry A., Chicago
$250 – Middleton, Charles, Chicago
$250 – Middleton, Charles, Chicago
$250 – Nader, Terence & Mary, McHenry
$250 – Nager, Jean & Benjamin, Crystal Lake
$250 – Neil Francis Flynn, Attorney, Springfield
$250 – Newman, Robert T, Homewood
$250 – OBrien Farms Inc, River Forest
$250 – Pfaff, Bruce R. & Deborah, Barrington
$250 – Professional Towing & Recovery PAC, Northbrook
$250 – Sexton John Sand & Gravel Corp, Hillside
$250 – Social Engineering Associates, Inc, Chicago
$250 – Sorling Northrup Hanna Cullen & Cochran LTD, Chicago
$250 – T Mobile, Cincinnati, OH
$250 – Topinka, Judy B., Riverside
$250 – Fed of Independent IL Colleges and Universities, Springfield
$250 – UFCW Local 881, Rosemont
$250 – United Transportation Union, Chicago

$200 – Cronin, Dan, Oak Brook
$200 – Dan Shomon Inc, Chicago
$200 – Hesch, Chris, Woodstock
$200 – Planned Parenthood Votes IL, Springfield

Did Franks share his money with other politicians?

The only campaign contribution to others over $150 was to legislative colleague and Chicago City Clerk candidate Susana Mendoza. The state representative won the office.

He also gave $400 in amounts under $150 to other unnamed candidates.