The following letter by Chris Lawrence to the Northwest Herald is published with permission of the writer: Franks serves Chicago elite Jack Franks is a super-delegate for Hillary Clinton who attracts rich Chicago and Cook County lawyers and politicians to fund … Continue reading
Category Archives: Hillary Clinton
Chicagoland residents are accustomed to treating politics as entertainment. Donald Trump has brought that experience to the national level. In the pre-debate posturing, Trump has managed to throw off the Hillary Clinton positioning by getting former Bill Clinton lover, Jennifer … Continue reading
Hosted by Chris Yaeger, a Presidential Debate Party will be held at the Riverview Restaurant on Route 31 in Algonquin on Monday, September 26th. Details are below: Meet and Greet: Chad Koppie, candidate for U.S. Senate with the Constitution Party … Continue reading
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan will be in Crystal Lake today at Park Place at noon. Presumably local Clinton National Convention Delegate Jack Franks will be attending. Here are the details: … Continue reading
Woke up this morning reflecting on Jack Franks’ reported refusal to engage in public debate tonight at McHenry County College with his Republican opponent for the McHenry County Board Chairmanship with Mike Walkup. (All the other county candidates for contested … Continue reading
The rain has pretty much stopped by the time the Nunda Township Republican Picnic began at 11 AM Saturday at Crystal Lake’s Veterans Acres. The grass was wet. And organizers had figured out that they had brought too much food. … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog showed vandalism of a Hillary Clinton sign. Now, to even the coverage, here a report from the Harvard Police Department about the theft of a Donald Trump sign: THEFT On 09-01-16 at 1155 hrs, a Harvard Resident … Continue reading
Yesterday Republicans in Algonquin’s Founders Day Parade were featured. Today we look at the Democrats. Behind the banner was a young man carrying a “Thank You Bernie” sign, plus one opposed to the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement being pushed by … Continue reading
Maybe I missed a story earlier, but the one I read that was run by the Northwest Herald after Hillary Clinton was named the Democrats’ Presidential candidate did not mention that McHenry County’s own State Rep. Jack Franks was a … Continue reading
Democrats have gotten a lot of publicity in running County Board and countywide candidates for office. And replacing them when their first choices dropped out. McHenry has one of five pretty much “must appear” parades. The only Democrat with a … Continue reading
McHenry County Observer has struck again in the comment section. Apparently Hillary Clinton Delegate Jack Franks wasn’t close enough to the camera to be on TV. … Continue reading
William Parrott of McHenry has a letter to the Chicago Tribune published today. It is reprinted below with his permission: It’s our republic — let’s remember that U.S. House oversight revelations with new details surrounding the travesty of Benghazi in … Continue reading
My Orkin guy and I have been discussing politics for the better part of a decade. Last fall he told me he thought a Republican would win, but he was not enthusiastic about Trump. Last week it was time for … Continue reading
This year, as in 2008, State Rep. Jack Franks was a big Hillary Clinton supporter. Had he supported fellow legislator Barack Obama, he probably could have been a Federal Judge by now (or at least a Magistrate Judge). When one … Continue reading
Here are the Democratic Party Primary Election results from those who voted in person at Crystal Lake’s Main Beach House: … Continue reading
Looking at the State Board of Elections web site for McHenry County residents who have filed for National Convention Delegate or Alternate Delegate yielded what follows. If Donald Trump sweeps the Illinois Republican Primary Election, four people will be at … Continue reading