Jack Franks – Labor Unions’ Million Dollar Man – Part 19

Today we look at donations to State Rep. Jack Franks from policemen. This article would not have been possible without the help of commenter Mark. He found these contributions from Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7. … Continue reading

Jack Franks – Labor Unions’ Million Dollar Man – Part 14

Contributions from the Chicago Teachers Union are next in line. Again, thanks to commenter Mark for organizing the data. The following article and those linked to it may be of interest to those wishing to link legislative votes with special … Continue reading

Jack Franks – Labor Unions’ Million Dollar Man – Part 13

Midweek brings us to campaign contributions from a Political Action Committee connected to Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers–the Chicagoland Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC. Could this be the conduit through which Local 150 got State Rep. Jack … Continue reading

Jack Franks – Labor Unions’ Million Dollar Man – Part 5

The numbers that commenter Mark gathered from contributions made by the Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers to the campaign fund of Jack Franks appear below. Here’s another contribution that appeared on the spreadsheet under the “I’s”: IL Dist Council 1 Intl Union … Continue reading

Jack Franks – Labor Unions’ Million Dollar Man – Part 2

Here is the second in a series of articles showing the contributions that State Rep. Jack Franks has received from various unions. Commenter Mark did the research.  He found 1293 lines of contributions from unions to Jack Franks.  We’ll run … Continue reading