Below are contributions of $1,000 or more to State Rep. Jack Franks on Thursday: $5,000 – Globetrotters Engineering Corp, Chicago $1,500 – Citizens for Lou Lang, Skokie $1,000 – Lenny Davis, attorney, Washington, DC $1,000 – Blair Hull, trader, Chicago … Continue reading
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Tonight at 7, State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo) was scheduled to appear on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight. But Franks was a no show. Replacing him will be certain override voter Lou Lang of Skokie. The subject will be Governor Bruce Rauner’s … Continue reading
The roll call shows three of four McHenry County State Representatives voted for Lou Lang’s House Bill 1. They are Jack Franks, Mike Tryon and Barbara Wheeler. Tim Schmitz, who represents the smallest part of McHenry County (near Huntley), and … Continue reading
$16,000 from the Democratic Majority and $16,000 from Friends of Mike Madigan. Reported to the Illinois State Board of Elections was $32,000 more from Political Action Committees controlled by House Speaker Mike Madigan. Plus $5,000 from one of Madigan’s House … Continue reading
Jack Franks brought colleagues to his home town of Marengo Saturday to the hard-to-find new Marengo High School for a reapportionment hearing whose process will be completely controlled by Democrats in the General Assembly and Governor’s Mansion. To reach the … Continue reading
The following announces Democratic Party State Reps. Jack Franks, Lou Lang and Frank Mautino will take testimony in Marengo Saturday concerning the drawing of congressional and legislative map lines for the next decade. No Republicans are on the panel, which, … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times reported today the fifty largest Political Action Committees in Illinois. Buoyed by contributions from relatives and family friends when he was puffing himself us as a potential candidate for Governor, Franks retained enough to rank him 37 … Continue reading
Reading the post-veto do-over that Democrats want of campaign finance reform put State Rep. Lou Lang’s vision of the subject in a new light. At last Wednesday night’s meeting of the McHenry County Democratic Party Central Committee, Lang, state representative … Continue reading
In he opening remarks McHenry County Democratic Central Committee Chair Kathy Bergan Schmidt stressed the importance of the 2010 election year by pointing out that it would determine who would reapportion the General Assembly. Of course, congressional districts would also … Continue reading
In Part 1 and Part 2 of looking at State Rep. Lou Lang’s view of what really happened in the spring session of the Illinois General Assembly, he talked about how not enough votes could be garnered from Democrats, but … Continue reading
At last Wednesday’s meeting of the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) talked about “what really happened in Springfield.” Let me skip to what he said Republicans did and didn’t do. “Twelve brave souls said they … Continue reading
That’s what State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) said he was going to tell McHenry County Democrats at their central committee meeting Wednesday night. Lang is a 22-year member of the Illinois House and Mike Madigan’s floor leader. “I’m involved in … Continue reading
This yard sign for Pat Quinn is fresh from Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. I found it at the Farm Bureau tonight where the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee was meeting. State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) … Continue reading
McHenry County Democrats have sent out the following press release inviting the public to its Wednesday night meeting in Woodstock: Rep. Lou Lang Presents Briefing on State Legislative and Political Developments Crystal Lake—State Representative Lou Lang (D-Skokie) will share his … Continue reading
That was the vote of the Illinois House Impeachment Committee about 5:40 this afternoon. The committee report recommending the impeachment of Governor Rod Blagojevich slid out of the committee faster than my feet on the driveway ice this afternoon as … Continue reading
That was the vote of the Illinois House Impeachment Committee about 5:40 this afternoon. The committee report recommending the impeachment of Governor Rod Blagojevich slid out of the committee faster than my feet on the driveway ice this afternoon as … Continue reading
It’s been a long time since I looked at a couple of hundred page bill, but I decided to look at the one expanding gambling, House Bill 4194. I didn’t look at the headline stuff–where most of the money would … Continue reading
It’s been a long time since I looked at a couple of hundred page bill, but I decided to look at the one expanding gambling, House Bill 4194. I didn’t look at the headline stuff–where most of the money would … Continue reading