Budget End Game

Mike Madigan thinks he can win the budget fight with the governor who has the strongest budget powers in the country.

And, he might, if he can muster a 3/5 majority to override a total veto of the budget by Governor Bruce Rauner.

Theoretically, he could, because 60% of the 118 members equals 70.8 votes and there are 71 Democrats.

One of those Democrats is McHenry County’s own Jack Franks.

Franks had $485,000 at the end of March.

That’s enough to put on an intense campaign.

He can hire people to go door-to-door and to put up signs.

He can buy billboards.

He can sends tons of mailings.

He can robo-call until people won’t answer the phone.

He can buy TV ads on Fox TV and other cable stations.

Hey, he can hire a skywriter on election day.

Rooster in cageBut, if he alienates Governor Rauner, his almost $500,000 will look like chicken feed to a guy with over $20 million in his campaign funds.

Goodness knows there is enough fodder for Jack Franks hit pieces documented on McHenry County Blog.

And, that’s before opposition researchers closely examine his voting record.

So, I’m predicting if Mike Madigan’s $36.3 billion budget bill–with a $3 billion deficit–get passed, he will not be able to override a total veto.

Jack Franks has too good an instinct for survival.

He won’t vote to override a Rauner budget veto.

After all, he flipped on concealed carry when the kitchen got hot.

 

 


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Budget End Game — 1 Comment

  1. The oppo on Jackie boy has been building for years.

    He is a Madigan boot licker with absolutely no shame to the point of then kissing the hem of Madigans suit pants.

    All the oppo in the world won’t stop this sycophant if there is no charismatic HUMBLE leader to front the message while having a minimum 150k war chest.

    It may take twice this to win.

    How committed are YOU (each and every reader of this blog) to this fight? Relying on Rauner, or any other wealthy person, to invest money in a campaign with no home grown support financially is fantasyland.

    Jack is charismatic, good looking, well liked, well funded, excellently led (he votes nearly perfectly to keep nominal challengers at bay because Mikey likes him and is brilliant), works well with other McHenry County representatives to bring home money in a democratically controlled Springfield and a pillar in the community.

    Franks should win if there is no one committed enough to fight for their families and homes.

    Political battles are more important than shooting battles in many cases yet how many people have I met who have spent thousands on guns, ammo, boogie bags, alternate hidey holes… Who won’t spend a dime or three hours to defeat public enemy number 1.

    Mike Madigan as Speaker and dictator by proxy.

    I still have hope for my home and my neighbors.

    We The People must just realize our own power to effect positive change in this state.

    Stand up and fight people or get everything you asked for and deserve.

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