I think State Rep. Jack Franks has decided to run for State Comptroller in 2016. Why? He didn’t show up at the College of DuPage Board meeting to chastise six of the seven Trustees who were about to approve a … Continue reading
Category Archives: John O’Neill
Found this in a Dave Diersen GOPUSA Illinois email yesterday. Each day Diersen combs many sources for political articles that folks might enjoy reading. Below is one from yesterday that I think is worth passing on. You can get on … Continue reading
Or should the headline be Pot Calls Kettle Black (Click on the title to read the article.) In a Sunday Chicago Sun-Times article the Democrat in probably the most Republican State Rep. district in Illinois undergoes an epiphany. No, some … Continue reading
Add McHenry Elementary School District 15 to that list of tax districts planning to take as much money out of local taxpayers’ pockets as state law allows. The legal publication for the public hearing about the proposed levy said the … Continue reading
This year, in-person votes cast for Democrat Jack Franks fell below 60%. In 2010, John O’Neill garnered 36.08% of the vote against Franks. Steve Reick won over 42% of them. About 20,000 votes case early and absentee still are not … Continue reading
I sympathized with State Rep. Jack Franks when he told me that someone had put up an anti-semitic sign on Route 31 during one of his early campaigns. Now, I learn that his supporters did dirty trick robo-calls during his 2000 … Continue reading
The following comes from John O’Neill, the man who ran against Democrat Jack Franks for State Rep. in 2010: I have been receiving daily Robo-Calls from Jack Franks encouraging me to vote for Direct Election of the County Board Chair. … Continue reading
McHenry County Sheriff’s candidate Bill Prim will hold a fundraiser at the Bull Valley Country Club on Monday, February 17th. The affair costs $45 for regular folks, but only $25 for elected officials and precinct committeemen and public safety personnel. … Continue reading
John O’Neill, a leader in the Saturday demonstration against State Rep. Jack Franks’ co-sponsorship of a bill that would statutorily codify the legalize abortion in Illinois during the last trimester of pregnancy, sends the following information about the rally against … Continue reading
McHenry Grade School Board member John O’Neill says that the location of the Board meeting which will set next year’s tax levy has been changed to the District Office at 1011 N. Green St., in McHenry. Below is a repeat … Continue reading
Look at the phone call that McHenry’s John O’Neill got from a gambling group. He couldn’t figure out whether it was a pro-gambling organization or one in favor hiding under a name that might appeal to be anti-gambling. Share what … Continue reading
The following email has arrived from McHenry Elementary District School Board member John O’Neill: At the McHenry School District #15 Board of Education meeting held Tuesday, November 13th at Landmark School in McHenry we voted on publishing the “Notice of … Continue reading
No surprise there, of course. The only write-in I can remember that succeeded was that of Algonquin Township Assessor Forrest B. Hare in 1973. Homeowners for Hare put on a good campaign, which was opposed by the local Republican Party … Continue reading
Jack Franks doesn’t have to worry about Republican Tea Party-inspired Tonya Franklin nipping at his heels this fall, so what’s he doing? He using his energies to pass the County Executive form of government referendum that he gathered signatures for … Continue reading
A Republican Party organization in McHenry County got a quorum. After the failure of a quorum to be mustered at both the Special Meeting of the County GOP when an attempt was being made to allow Tea Party activist Tonya … Continue reading
A press release from John O’Neill, McHenry Grade School and Library Board member, plus Jack Franks’ Republican 2010 general election opponent: John O’Neill Withdraws Candidacy for McHenry County Board McHenry, IL – I am formally announcing my withdrawal as a … Continue reading
Prairie Isle Golf Club was the site for a Tuesday fund raiser for District 3 McHenry County Board candidate John O’Neill. O’Neill is one of five Republican candidates vying for four slots on the fall 2012 ballot. With incumbent Barb … Continue reading
$50 at Prairie Isle on Route 176 between Crystal Lake and Burton’s Bridge from 5:30-9. His fancy invitation, which he passed out to those attending the McHenry County Republican Play Day last Wednesday appears below. You’ll have to click to … Continue reading
The rumor has been going around that Shawn Green, a former President of the Huntley School Board, may run in the Republican primary for McHenry County Board. When I saw him at the McHenry Country Club Republican Party Play Day, … Continue reading
I missed a good meeting of the Nunda Township Republican Central Committee earlier this month. Besides the main speaker, newly-appointed State Rep. Kent Gaffney, other candidates were present to announce their candidacies. McHenry County Board member Barb Wheeler was one … Continue reading