With apologies to C.S. Lewis, I compare John O’Neill to his Lion who saved Narnia from the White Witch’s eternal winter, the ballot box to the wardrobe and, well, the witch is played by one of State Rep. Jack Franks’ … Continue reading
Category Archives: Jack Franks
First is was a card (click to enlarge) from a group previously unknown calling itself the McHenry County for Qualified Candidates. Now the grammatically incorrect language on the post card has been turned into a letter mailed from Carol Stream … Continue reading
Here’s what Republican County Board candidate Diane Evertsen mailed out just before the election. It’s a yellow post card, almost goldenrod, it appears to me. Evertsen provides her web site address and says, Commonsence, conservative solutions… for a better future … Continue reading
A fourth mailing arrived in district mailboxes on Thursday. It repeats his sweep of newspaper endorsements on the address side. No emphasis of his being a Democrat ready to re-elect Mike Madigan House Speaker, of course. Here’s what’s on the … Continue reading
If you want to see how desperate Illinois Democrats are to keep enough Democrats in office to re-elect Mike Madigan House Speaker, consider the following fabrication: Democrat Jack Franks, being challenged by Republican John O’Neill, is labeling himself “McHenry County’s … Continue reading
Their districts are adjacent, but neither Democrat wants to be know as a Democrat and neither is willing to say whether or not he will vote for their incumbent House Speaker. Below you will hear Bill Foster dodging and ducking. … Continue reading
The next mailing from Democrat Jack Franks touts his ability to “stand up to special interests and the COURAGE to vote against EVERY job-killing tax and fee increase.” Too bad he didn’t have the courage to stand up for Chicago … Continue reading
A politician can probably be best judged by the depth he will sink to get elected. I remember Jack Franks once being outraged that someone had put up a sign identifying his religion on Route 31 right before or on … Continue reading
If you haven’t voted yet, how are those hopey-changey Democrat promises working for you? Can you remember half of the Democrat blather from past campaigns? This year you can’t find a Democrat identifying himself or herself as a Democrat. Democrat … Continue reading
“Did you know that Representative Jack Franks asked Governor Blagojevich to give his wife, his father, and his brother government jobs?” That’s the way a robo-call from Republican challenger John O’Neill began. That revelation is likely what led Jack Franks’ … Continue reading
One of the dirty little tricks of campaigning is to file a nuisance complaint about your opponent’s campaign with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Of course, you don’t do it yourself. You get one of your supporters to do … Continue reading
The Daily Herald asked the question, but won’t print the story. It took the Chicago Tribune’s John Kass to reveal that McHenry County State Rep. Jack Franks won’t answer the question. “What’s the question?” you ask impatiently. Jack Franks will … Continue reading
Yesterday, the first part of Republican Governor candidate Bill Brady’s Crystal Lake speech was laid out. Noting that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll last week showed him ahead of Quinn (44-40-8 for others), Brady covered a wide range of subjects. … Continue reading
From a Public Policy Polling, found by Capitol Fax Blog: Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Michael Madigan? 18% Favorable 52% Unfavorable 30% Not sure I’m still waiting for the Daily Herald to reveal the answers to … Continue reading
Jack Franks has 119 contributors that the Illinois State Board of Elections requires be reported. They are people, companies, and Political Action Committees that contribute over $150 during a reporting period, plus those who contribute $500 or more just before … Continue reading
Political Action Committees tend to give most of their money to incumbents. Running for a seventh term, Democrat Jack Franks qualifies as someone whom PACs would not want to offend. Assuming he has not already offended a special interest group … Continue reading
Assuming that he hasn’t paid back his biggest contributors, as he began to do with $400,000 being returned to himself and his father in late June, Democrat State Rep. Jack Franks has about three-quarters of a million dollars in his … Continue reading
It’s not like some Republican state representative campaigns have seen, but over $35,000 coming into a campaign where his opponent millionaire Jack Franks spent more on White Sox tickets than Republican John O’Neill raised during the first half of the … Continue reading
Democrats praised voters (the customers) when they voted them into office as insightful and inspired. Now the same people who voted for them are not uninformed, scared and angry, if you listen to Democrat leaders publicly run them down. It … Continue reading
Expenditures, except checks written to other political action committees, don’t have to be revealed in pre-election campaign disclosures filed with the State Board of Elections. However, due to the fluke that survey research was performed as an in-kind contribution for … Continue reading