Because there are so many state legislators who hold local governmental jobs, the Illinois General Assembly has enacted a law that says the practice of double-dipping is fine…as long as one is not paid for one’s local government employment while one is working in Springfield.
Here’s the language:
Illinois Constitution, Article IV, Section 2
(e) No member of the General Assembly shall receive compensation as a public officer or employee from any other governmental entity for time during which he is in attendance as a member of the General Assembly.
Jack Franks could run for State Representative. He won his unopposed primary.
Or he could let someone else run for State Rep. this fall against Republican Steve Reick and just run for County Board Chairman.
Or Jack Franks could run for both State Representative and McHenry County Board Chairman at the same time.
We’ll know hi s plan next Wednesday night.
That’s when the Democratic Party Central Committee will hold its organization meeting at McHenry County College in the room behind the auditorium at 7.
As with the Republicans, who will meet at the same time at the Holiday Inn, both parties have made it a practice to allow the public to attend.
In mid-October of 2012, Jack Franks said,
“I will neither seek nor accept the nomination for this office.”
But, if that turns out not to be the truth, it won’t be the first time that Franks didn’t follow through on a pledge.
Two years ago Republican Steve Reick pointing out that Democrat Jack Franks broke his term limits pledge.
During his first campaign Franks promised not to serve more than three terms, but here he is within one term of reaching a full 20-year legislative pension (85% of final salary).
Hebron Village Trustee Mark Shepherd remembers Franks standing on the gazebo on the Woodstock square and saying,
“I’m in favor of term limits, I don’t need a pension I have a good job in Marengo.”
The way the law reads, Jack Franks could run for both State Representative and McHenry County Board Chairman at the same time.
If he won both posts, he could serve in both.
He just couldn’t get paid his State Rep. salary while working at his County Board job.
But the real question is if he was elected to be Chair, would he take IMRF?
The guy is a “WINDBAG!”
He speaks but never really says anything of value.
Frankly, he should be down in Springfield working the the budget.
There is no indication that he has ever even considered this.
Just bizarre that you keep bringing it up
We’ll know after next Wednesday night’s Democratic Party Convention, won’t we?
Inish making the statement that what someone else stated was bizarre? Now, that’s funny!
No longer Land of Lincoln, now land of JACK & the DEBT ENLARGING MANIACS.
@Cal..I am not sure that next Weds is the deadline for the Dems to decide on anything?
There is a timeline that they must caucus people to run but don’t think the deadline is next week?
When is the for sure date that both parties can decide to run someone against another party?
You are correct, but it does take a meeting of either the whole Central Committee, in the case of countrywide offices, or those elected within districts, if for county board.
And I believe there is about a one-month deadline from next Wednesday for gathering the same number of signatures as would have been necessary to get on the primary ballot.
At least that’s what I remember from the explanation given at the last meeting of the Democratic Central Committee.
They have 75 days from the March Primary date to slate Democratic candidates and gather the necessary signatures.
Will Jack Franks finally go for McHenry County Board Chairman, or wait another four long years?
Stay tuned…
@ cautious voter- If you people truly knew a 10th of what you position on this blog as fact, I would be shocked.
Feel free to continue to take swipes at me.
My opinion may differ but it is based on fact.
At no time has Franks ever even remotely expressed an interest in a county wide job.
Well Irish I am glad to hear that Jack is not remotely interested in a County job.
He is in Springfield now and was so concerned with trying to find out how to spear fish sideways
or some such nonsense that he and his cohorts did not have time to discuss a BUDGET.
Excuse me, but I was embarASSed.
Wait…its Franks’ fault that one of his (Republican) colleagues ran a piece of legislation?
Y’all sure find whatever you can to blame on Franks.
It’s amusing.