Soon after he took office, McHenry County Board Chairman moved to take control of the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District.
After a court case in which he successfully contended that the old trustees did not have the authority to extend the District’s boundaries into Kane County, which would have transferred the appointment power to state legislators, he appointed two Democratic Party activists to the three-member Board.
After a bumbling attempt to appoint Mark Ripley the third member last spring (Franks did not read the law preventing all three from living in the same municipality, he picked Jessica Reed. )
Recently, the Board took advantage of an old law and voted to allow members to take health insurance instead of the $500 a month salary.
At their last meeting, the Trustees approved Ordinance 402, which allows Trustees to increase their compensation from $500 a month in taxable income to what one observer says is $1914 a month in untaxed health insurance.
When asked by an audience member why they would do that, Board President Eric Hansen replied that it was because they could.
Board Attorney Ann Williams, a Democratic State Representative, sat mute. She did not speak during the meeting.
Infamous Illinois political connected hack statement:
BECAUSE I CAN
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!
THIS WHOLE STATE IS HOW THEY OPERATE…
JUST LIKE THIS HAND IN OUR POCKETS, LIKE PRITZKER TELLING EVERYONE NOW IN THE NEW YEAR YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR A $50 BOND FOR EACH CHILD BORN 10MIL OUT OF THE TAX PAYERS POCKETS SO THEY CAN HAVE A BACK UP TILL WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS KIDDING.. ?
BUYING FUTURE VOTES AS WELL.
HAND OUT FREE CHEESE JUST TO BE HERE…
IT JUST GETS WORSE AND WORSE, TAXATION W/O REP IS ALL I CAN SAY ..
SICKENING JUST SICKENING …
“Because I can!” Bob Miller.
There’s a clear choice to get rid of the problem and his name is Mike Buehler.
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HOW DO WE VOTE THIS CLOWN OUT?
WHAT NARCISSIST PILE OF CRAP!
WHAT A INSUFFERABLE PIECE OF NARCISSISTIC CRAP.
VOTE THIS CHIMPANZEE OUT
ERIC HANSEN…..WHAT A INSUFFERABLY ARROGANT LOSER.
BECAUSE WE CAN?
GO BACK TO WHATEVER HOLE YOU CRAWLED OUT OF
Hansen was appointed by Jack Franks in Franks’ role as McHenry County Board Chairman.