This email from Patriots United explains the big doings at McHenry County College tonight at 7: Referendum Impact Forum on Wednesday, October 17 Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the event will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The … Continue reading
A press release from Patriots United about its County Executive Forum: OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO THE PANELISTS FOR OPEN FORUM (McHenry, IL – October 14, 2012) On Wednesday, October 17, McHenry County residents are invited to join … Continue reading
Friday night my answering machine caught this robo-call from Patriots United about their Wednesday debate between Jack Franks and Mike Tryon about the County Executive Referendum: “This is a public service announcement to McHenry County voters regarding the County Executive … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Board member Ersel Schuster: “This press release is to give notice that recent actions by those individuals working for the county executive referendum question are intentionally placing their signs next to many GOP candidates’ … Continue reading
I asked for a Will County take on Democrat Jack Franks’ claim that Will County taxes were lower than McHenry County taxes and Republican Party Chairman Edward Ronkowski sent me the following email: “In a nutshell, Will County taxes are … Continue reading
Earlier I wrote of State Rep. Jack Franks’ robo-call in support of the referendum he put on the ballot to establish a County Executive form of government. For some reason I didn’t get that one, but I did receive on … Continue reading
Jack Franks does not have a fall opponent on the fall ballot thanks to inaction on the part of the McHenry County Republican Central Committee, so he is free to promote the County Executive form of government referendum after he … Continue reading
Jack Franks doesn’t have to worry about Republican Tea Party-inspired Tonya Franklin nipping at his heels this fall, so what’s he doing? He using his energies to pass the County Executive form of government referendum that he gathered signatures for … Continue reading
I go to parades to see what candidates show up. And which ones don’t. Last year, for instance, before Congressman Joe Walsh decided not to run where he lived, but, instead, run in a newly-gerrymandered 8th District which contains none … Continue reading
What a hoot! Not the sign that says, but who it identifies as buying it. Paid for by McHenry County Republicans for Lower Taxes The Republicans are unnamed, of course. Two of these signs were spotted on Route 173 near … Continue reading
Clint Eastwood handled one empty chair at the Republican National Convention. Had he attended the candidate’s night for County Board Districts 1, 2 and 3 Wednesday at McHenry County College, he would have had to deal with four of them. … Continue reading
With all the talk about how Jack Franks’ County Executive form of government would concentrate power in the hands of one person, what the DuPage County Board did might be of interest. The Daily Herald is reporting that the DuPage … Continue reading
Patriots United is hosting an October 18th event that will put proponents against opponents of the County Executive form of government. State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo) proposed a referendum to fundamentally change the form of county government. Some think it’s … Continue reading
A press release from Scott Summers: Scott Summers opposes the pending referendum question on creation of a county executive “On balance, I think it’s a bad idea,” he says. “The part-time governing boards of many our area’s municipalities and schools … Continue reading
In a tightly packed letter covering pretty much every area of open space, State Rep. Jack Franks wrote McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler on September 6, 2012, warned against using tax dollars to “…urge any elector to vote for … Continue reading
Besides the referendum about establishing the County Executive form of government, McHenry County has one suggested by Wonder Lake’s Bob Anderson asking whether people should be allowed to hold more than one elective office at the same time. The second … Continue reading
The following expresses the position of Mary Margaret Maule, the Democratic Party County Board candidate in District 4, on the County Executive referendum put forth by State Rep. Jack Franks: “I have walked numerous precincts and the voters of McHenry … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks may be the leading Democrat in McHenry County, but his support among other Democratic Party activists isn’t sufficient to get other leading Democrats to support his referendum to switch from a weak Executive to a strong … Continue reading
Crystal Lake used to have a strong mayor-alderman form of government. Sometime in the 1950’s before I moved here, the Crystal Lake Jaycees got fed up with that politicized governance and won a referendum campaign to create a city manager … Continue reading
Some more thoughts from District 3 Republican McHenry County Board candidate Mike Walkup about the County Executive form of government that Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks has gotten on the ballot: “One of the things that can happen if … Continue reading
