The new Editorial Board members at the Northwest Herald may be a bit different from those in past times. I remember the days when the NWH endorsed every tax hike referendum on the ballot. No longer. The two tax hike … Continue reading
Category Archives: Term Limits
One of the issues on the fall ballot is a supposedly binding referendum to impose term limits on McHenry County Board members. The County Board decided that the limits should not affect most of those on the Board now. The … Continue reading
Continuing coverage of the League of Women Voters Candidates’ Night for those seeking State Senate seats looking at answers to the question of their three highest priorities. And the candidates had a minute to answer the question My notes are below: … Continue reading
Continuing coverage of the League of Women Voters Candidates’ Night for those seeking State Senate seats looking at answers to the question of Term Limits. And the candidates had a minute to answer the question My notes are below: 32nd District … Continue reading
State Senator Pam Althoff first entered the General Assembly when Dick Klemm retired in 2003. She has served since then, being elected each time. Now, on her 2016 campaign web site, she announces she will not run again when the … Continue reading
Going John Kerry one better, Jack Franks has been on different sides of one issue three times. When Franks first ran for State Representative in 1998, the Northwest Herald reported not once, but twice that Franks would limit himself to … Continue reading
A letter to the Northwest Herald appeared today repeating that State Rep. Jack Franks has made three significant promises, only one of which he has kept. The letter is published with the permission of Adam Liebmann: Franks doesn’t always keep … Continue reading
McHenry County Board member and Algonquin Township Republican Party Chairman had a letter published yesterday in the Northwest Herald. It is published below with the permission of the author: Don’t Let Jack Franks Bring Madigan and Springfield to McHenry County … Continue reading
The following letter appeared in the Northwest Herald on June 8th and is printed with permission of its sender, Sandy Robertson of Algonquin: In response to Tim Keough’s May 29 letter “Reject Walkup at polls,” Keough’s and Jack Franks’ McHenry … Continue reading
Maybe we should hope that State Rep. Jack Franks will file a Statement of Withdrawal and just run for the McHenry County Board Chairmanship. (But, Franks hasn’t pulled out of the race. Or has Jack Franks finally filed a Withdrawal … Continue reading
Readers have an image maker willing to share them with us, if people will post them on social media (pintrest, facebook, instagram, and twitter). Sounds like a reasonable request to those of you who are conversant with such modes of communication. … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks told every reporter but Pete Gonigam that he was dropping out of the race for State Representative. Last Sunday, Gonigam reported, “Franks qualified that saying he’d give up the Rep. race if the Committee can pick another … Continue reading
In his WLS-AM interview with “Big” John Howell, nine-term State Rep. Jack Franks came out in favor of term limits. To quote Franks from the show: “I believe we need term limits.” Franks might say he has always been for … Continue reading
A year ago, McHenry County Blog looked at what Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks was doing in Springfield and discovered he was king of the shell bills. These are bills with no content. They only have a title. This … Continue reading
When she ran for the McHenry County Board, District 6 candidate Diane Evertsen said she would serve only two terms. McHenry County Blog has verified today that she will not be running for re-election. “I promised constituents 2 terms & … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Steve Andersson: Andersson Joins Colleagues in Call for Term Limits Today, the freshman House Republican members held a press conference in the Capitol to discuss term limits in the General Assembly. While the past … Continue reading
They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. So, I guess I am flattered that State Rep. Jack Franks is re-cycling the idea I floated when I was running for Governor on the Libertarian Party ticket in … Continue reading
The first sentence of the Associated Press story about State Rep. Jack Franks’ attempt to deflect criticism for his breaking of his promise to serve only three terms reads, “An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a proposal to ask voters in … Continue reading
You can tell when an issue is bothering a politician. When abortion supporters wanted “cover,” they sponsored a bill that would allow new mothers to drop their babies off at police departments. Nice warm and fuzzy bill that had minimal, … Continue reading