I read that House Speaker Mike Madigan’s staff talk of themselves as being “Madigan’s Minions.” I picked up the phrase to describe Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride, who only beat a decent Peoria-area Republican, State Senator Carl Hawskinson, with … Continue reading
Category Archives: Jack Franks
The premier gay newspaper in Illinois has featured McHenry County’s Jack Franks in an article with a picture The Windy City Times says was supplied by his office. Franks is standing with teen hero Trevor Hall, who rescued another swimmer … Continue reading
Illinois Dems are great at playing a gross exaggeration card to the media and the media repeating it while giving it little real scrutiny. Top Illinois Dem, now President Obama, listened to his Illinois advisors and gave us a hyped … Continue reading
The McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals will hear a petition filed by State Rep. Jack Franks’ father for a sign near the entrance to his law office on Route 20. The hearing will be held September 9th at 1L30 … Continue reading
Rep. Jack Franks supported and endorsed Governor Quinn’s primary opponent Comptroller Dan Hynes. Quinn wasn’t enough of the organization Democrat he goes fishing with in Canada, I guess. Too unpredictable. So, it shouldn’t be a big surprise that Franks is … Continue reading
It worked for Scott Cohen when he ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Lieutenant Governor. Will it work for John O’Neill in his campaign against State Rep. Jack Franks? At the McHenry County Fair, the Republican candidate was handing … Continue reading
We’re on board now for the Family PAC cruise. Before we left the dock, I was downstairs getting a Diet Coke. Husband Derrick Crenshaw accompanied his candidate wife Cedra on the cruise. Here they are talking to Michael Carbone. That’s … Continue reading
It’s costly for McHenry County to have liberal Democrats, Melissa Bean in the U.S. House and Jack Franks in Springfield, especially when rules get written that penalize the schools in our districts from receiving grants. Liberal Dems discriminated against McHenry … Continue reading
I’ve seem envelope parties in Springfield, where to attract a wide array of contributors a price is not set. It was an established tradition when I worked on Denny Kelley’s disastrous mayoral campaign in 1971. Tonight a variation on that … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks does work for at least one bank group. The group is foreclosing on homes. That, of course, injures credit ratings. He is also sponsor of a bill just signed by Governor Pat Quinn which prohibits employers … Continue reading
The headline says that Democrat State Rep. Jack Franks is leading Republican John O’Neill 100-1. Complete rubbish. Outright wrong! Off by a factor of five. As would be expected, the millionaire Franks is way ahead. But the ratio is a … Continue reading
The McHenry County Fair is a place that a politician can meet a lot of people. I loved working them while I was running for County Treasurer and in that office from 1966-70. Not to mention the 16 years I … Continue reading
Starting today, clothing and school supply shoppers can do their part to put state government into deeper in debt. The headline of Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown piece today sums it up: Sales tax break no net loss or gain … Continue reading
The following language was signed into law (Senate Bill 3010) by Governor Pat Quinn on Thursday. July 29th: “Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution, build, purchase, or lease a township … Continue reading
The Republican bold enough to challenge six-term incumbent Democrat Jack Franks is holding a beans and franks fundraiser on August 13th. As is befitting a fundraiser, expenses will be kept low in order to maximize the amount that will be … Continue reading
Is it a political issue to say with photos about a political opponent? “He’s got two vacation homes.” This is playing the class envy card. Apparently McHenry County Democrats decided this is a normal part of playing politics. What is … Continue reading
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce has released its latest legislative rankings and State Representative Jack Franks (D-Marengo) has come up with the lowest score. 45% is what McHenry County’s Democrat got. Pretty liberal. But Franks always has had support from … Continue reading
Jack Franks is running against John O’Neill for re-election. O’Neill is a McHenry Grade School board members. He is also an elected trustee to the McHenry Library District. He also has no money in the bank to spent against Jack … Continue reading
$3,790 in. $3,634 out. Although the money that incumbent State Rep. Jack Franks’ opponent raised is small compared to the over $1.3 million that Franks had at the beginning of this year, Republican challenger John O’Neill did balance his campaign … Continue reading
Yesterday, I posted an article about State Rep. Jack Franks‘ contingent in McHenry’s Fiesta Days Parade. Today, it’s GOP challenger John O’Neill’s turn. The size of the two groups was similar. One big difference was that O’Neill’s folks were wearing … Continue reading