Haven’t looked at the finances of Nancy Zettler, the Democratic Party’s candidate to replace Mike Tryon yet. The recent $5,000 from the Illinois Education Associations’ Political Action Committee leads me to believe readers might be interested. When she first filed … Continue reading
The man who would succeed State Rep. Jack Franks in the Illinois House of Representatives, John Bartman, is holding a fundraiser on August 25th at Joe’s Place in Marengo. The price is $25 for individuals. Larger contributions are also solicited. … Continue reading
The Illinois State Chamber of Commerce is the first group to signal its desire to replace Democrat Jack Franks with Republican Steve Reick. Reported to the State Board of Elections today is a $10,000 contribution from its Political Action Committee. … Continue reading
Seneca Township Democratic Precinct Committeeman and former Democratic Party Chairman John Bartman was selected Saturday to run for State Representative in Jack Franks’ place. In a closed door meeting of Democratic Precinct Committeemen from the 63rd State Rep. District, Bartman … Continue reading
The Democratic Party of McHenry County has scheduled a meeting to caucus in a candidate to replace Jack Franks on the State Rep. ballot this fall. [Oops. They didn’t post a notice for the caucus anywhere but the Northwest Herald, … Continue reading
For those of you tired of my beating the drum of Jack Franks having said he was going to withdraw, but not filing the necessary paperwork, that series of articles is now over. This appeared on the Illinois State Board … Continue reading
A press release from Democratic Party State Rep. candidate Nancy Zettler. Zettler is running to replace State Rep. Mike Tryon. Nancy Zettler Challenges Opponent Allen Skillicorn to Reject PAC’s Negative Campaigning And Debate Her On the Issues In the run … Continue reading
Readers like to connect dots. Those who take part in the comment section of McHenry County Blog know that. One has emailed me pointing out right after people started posting negative comments about Jack Franks and anti Franks memes on … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks continues to tell people he is not going to run for re-election as State Representative. But he has not withdrawn. And the day he was slated to run for McHenry County Board Chairman, Franks laid down … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks still has not filed the paperwork to get himself off the November ballot for re-election. It’s been a month and a half since I figured out that Franks might well run for both offices at the … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks brought his supporters to Crystal Lake for the July 3rd Independence Day Parade. It was the first time I have seen him in this parade. His State Rep. district contains precious little, if any, of Crystal … Continue reading
For the second time I can remember, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White drove the van for his Jesse White Tumblers at Crystal Lake’s 4th of July Parade. When the Tumblers came down Dole Avenue toward the First United Methodist … Continue reading
It’s Independence Day Weekend and State Rep. Jack Franks still has not freed up a space on the Democratic Party ballot for someone to run in his place for State Representative now that he is running for McHenry County Board … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks continues to snow Springfield reporters. Below you see a tweet from Springfield-based Amanda Vinicky of WUIS-FM. the Public Radio station in the State Capital. Note that the reporter says that Franks “is stepping down.” Well, maybe. … Continue reading
While we were on vacation, the McHenry County Board finally reacted to the attack that State Rep. Jack Franks made on the part-time members’ for being in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund pension program. Without dissent, they voted to abolish … Continue reading
During debate on this last day before Illinois would enter its second year without a budget, State Rep. Jack Franks took the floor. Doing what he does best, Franks caught the attention of three reporters. It is pretty obvious that … Continue reading
Imagine my surprise when the Northwest Herald ran the State Rep. Jack Franks’ patronage memo to Governor Rod Blagojevich’s administration asking that his family and friends be put on state commissions or in state jobs. True it wasn’t a news … Continue reading
A poll by Victory Phones reported on Capitol Fax clearly shows why Democrat Jack Franks is dissociating himself from the leader he has helped elected House Speaker nine times: Q. What is your opinion of Mike Madigan? Favorable 13.2% Unfavorable 71.1% No … Continue reading
Commenter Mark offered the following summary of this year’s campaign in Jack Franks’ 63rd District: Well let’s list some of the drama that has occurred in the McHenry County 63rd District State Representative race for the 100th General Assembly, election … Continue reading
Jack Franks has filed his petitions with the McHenry County Clerk to run as the Democratic candidate for McHenry County Board Chairman. He only needed 270 signatures. Mike Walkup is the Republican candidate. Franks is now an official candidate for … Continue reading
