John O’Neill, the Witch and the Ballot Box

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’ stalking mares.

There’s no way I could make this up.

Here's Gail Woods' nuisance complaint against John O'Neill's robo-call in the middle of October. She didn't even show up for the hearing in Chicago. She told Election Board officials she was going to China. It was designed to force O'Neill to take a day off from campaigning. The dirty trick succeeded. Click to enlarge.

When Gail Wood filed a spurious complaint against Republican O’Neill’s robo-call pointing out that Jack Franks asked for jobs and positions for his friends and family, I wondered at the connection to the attorney-politician.

Here's the request from Jack Franks asking for patroage appointments from Rod Blagojevich.

I got even more curious when she didn’t show up for the hearing, instead calling in the day before saying she would be in China.

Where Gail Wood lives at the end of a street.

So, I drove out to her home.

It’s in Dutch Creek Woodlands.

Right on the water.

No other houses nearby.

In fact, it’s on a cul-d-sac on the west side of the Fox River in Johnsburg.

Nobody can drive past her house.

If they get that far, they have to turn around.

Gail Wood lives here and, wonder of wonder, the person who filed the frivolous complaint against John O'Neill's campaign has a Jack Franks yard sign out front.

Only a fervent Jack Franks supporter would waste a sign where no one would see but people driving to her house.

The mailbox was open and mail was in it.

And the mail was still in the mailbox.  Maybe she was really in China.

I decided to see if Gail Wood was home.

When I got to the door, you will not believe what I found.

It was a sign saying,

“The Witch Is In.”

"THE WITCH IS IN," says the sign by Gail Wood's door.

I told you I could not make this up.

I knocked on the door.

I waited.

But no one answered the door.

The witch apparently wasn’t in.

In this  story, we have covered John O’Neill, the man who represents our Lion, brave enough to save the Kingdom of McHenry.

We have seen where the witch lives.

As in the C.S. Lewis story, one must go through something like the wardrobe to get to Narnia.

That’s the ballot box on election day.

You can get to Narnia by voting on election day.  I hope it is a sunny day when you and your neighbors arrive.


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John O’Neill, the Witch and the Ballot Box — 7 Comments

  1. I’m not familiar with the laws on Robo calls, but I did get a Robo call after 9 PM. I think it was about 9:45PM. The first thing coming to my mind was “I will not vote for O’Neill”. Then when I came out of church and there was an O’Neill door hanger stuck on my windshield wiper that put me over the top. NO way will I vote for him. Mailers and radio ads yes. Invading my home with you calls and putting stuff on my car NO.

    I have an unlisted number, but they still seem to get your number. The worst one was from Plays which said little except to slam his opponent calling her a “radical vigilante”. Now she gets my vote and I swayed several others due to his robo call which I learned here was backed by a democrat and his dauaghter is a lefty.

    Robo calls are counter productive. When I’m in my home I don’t want to be bothered.

  2. You do realize that the lion, Aslan, in C.S. Lewis’ series is a Christ figure, don’t you, Cal?

    Are you saying that John O’Neill is a Christ figure?!?!

  3. There is always someone that wants to take a funny analogy and read something into it that isn’t there. Well done and funny posting Cal.

  4. @Glenn: If anybody received a call after 8:00 pm I apologize. My guidelines for calls have been to have NONE sent after 8:00 pm. Also, everybody in the campaign knows that I have said repeatedly that I DO NOT want any fliers put on cars, especially at Churches; this is one of my own pet peeves. Sounds to me like somebody may have been going rogue.

    Again, I apologize.

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