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That giant sucking sound you hear are not jobs going to Mexico Wisconsin. When going down on the November ballot those are all the candidates you will see without opponents. The Northwest Herald reports that ...

While McHenry County voters will have new elected representatives under redistricting, their ballots likely will not have contested races for countywide and statewide offices. A 5 p.m. Monday deadline for establishment parties to fill ballot vacancies passed without any new petitions being filed.
Filing deadline passes with no new contested matchups

Lake County has not as many uncontested races, (one notable being Ed Sullivan, who gets a free ride in Rep District 51), which has the tireless tax fighters at the McHenryCountyBlog fightin' mad:

Round Lake Area News reports that the Lake County Democrats candidate for Circuit Clerk, Cynthia Pruim Haran, dropped out of the race. Did that discourage the Democrats across the county line. Nooo. They nominated a new candidate named Rupam Davé and probably are still out circulating petitions to get her on the ballot.
Lake County Dems Go Where McHenry County GOP Fear to Tread

Your LakeCountyEye notes that if the Lake County Democrats are circulating petitions for Rupam Davé, they are more inept than they pretend to be. In a situation where a previously balloted candidate withdraws, a replacement candidate is not required to gather signatures. The new candidate only needs to be causused in by their Party.

But your LakeCountyEye feels the McHenryCountyBlog's pain. And observes that it is not too late to run Patsy Tonya Franklin as an Independent. To be sure, running as an Independent is sort of like taking your cousin to the prom. But since this is McHenry County, who will know any different?

Congressman & banty rooster Joe Walsh may think there are no independent voters left ...

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But your LakeCountyEye is quite sure 1500 independents can be found, just enough needed for that Independent candidate of yours to get on the November ballot!

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Quorum ...

An old fashioned fracas is a-shakin' over in Crystal Lake. As readers of this blog are crystal clear ...

Franklin, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn

TeaParty candidate Tonya Franklin wants the McHenry County GOP to caucus her onto the ballot for Rep District 63. Franklin has the backing of some tightly wound political muscle, including Sharon Meroni & Cal Skinner, who got her vetted by their GOP leadership.

Meroni is a big birther of local note & and notorious for filing nuisance ballot objections against candidates she doesn't care much for. While Skinner unsurprisingly is one of the tireless tax fighters at the McHenryCountyBlog.

Needless to say the McHenry County GOP Central Committee, chaired by State Rep Mike Tryon, decided the ballot didn't need any more loose canons and declined to slate Franklin.

End of story? Haha, the McHenry TeaPartiers called a special meeting, for this Saturday in Crystal Lake, of the McHenry County GOP Central Committee. If a quorum of GOP committeemen convene, they can caucus in Franklin at the special meeting.

The organizers doubtless are hoping there will be some flies on the wall at their meeting, however -- otherwise it is not likely they will make their quorum. In fact your LakeCountyEye has learned from unimpregnable sources that they will not draw a quorum -- expect the McHenry County GOP leaders & rank-and-file to boycott the meeting. Your LakeCountyEye offers as proof these 10 overheard expressly stated excuses:

Ten Reasons Why McHenry County GOP Committeemen Will Not Attend Their Special Central Committee Meeting

Got stuck behind a tractor on Route 47. Illinois law prohibits concealed carry -- decline to attend without adequate protection. The birth certificate is in the bank safe box -- can't get to it before Monday. What's the WebEx number? Saturday is the day we rotate the crops. Never got the notice -- the spam filter blocks everything from the McHenryCountyBlog. Isn't June 2 Apocalypse 2012 day? Currently in Springfield, cussin' out Michael Madigan: YouTube Our people will call your people. What is this supposed to be -- Lake County?

Look for your LakeCountyFly on a wall near you.

Franklin, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn

At first blush it would appear that the UNIVAC computer software program that auto-generates the content for the McHenryCountyBlog may be stuck in an infinite loop. Or maybe the blog was hacked by a Spambot. In reality, somebody maybe just wants somebody to run for State Rep, and in the worse way:

Clock Is Running on Finding GOP Opponent for Jack Franks

19 Days Until Jack Franks Gets a Third Free Ride from McHenry County Republicans

18 Days Until McHenry County Republicans Give Democrat "Chainsaw Jack" Franks Ability to Campaign Statewide with Impunity

Wouldn't You Think Tom Cross Would Want an Opponent for "Chainsaw Jack" Franks? 17 Days to Get One

16 Days for McHenry County Republicans to Put Someone on the Ballot against State Rep. "Chainsaw Jack" Franks

15 Days from "Chainsaw Jack" Franks' Big Celebration Because the McHenry County GOP Didn't Put Up an Opponent, Even though Tonya Franklin Volunteered

13 Days Until "Chainsaw Jack" Franks Can Schedule a First Week of November Vacation

12 Days Before McHenry County Republicans Help "Chainsaw Jack" Franks Build a Better Fiefdom

10 Days Before the McHenry County GOP Hands "Chainsaw Jack" Franks an Opponentless Election

8 Days Until GOP Cedes "Chainsaw Jack" Franks an Eighth Term

Two Days Until County GOP Can Take Major Step to Put Opponent on the Ballot against "Chainsaw Jack" Franks

These are a sample of the dozens of blog posts deploring the fact that Jack Franks, bête noire to the McHenryCountyBlog, will be unopposed in the November election.

Unopposed, but not for a lack of willing candidates. According to the Northwest Herald ...

Tonya Franklin of Woodstock wants to be appointed to run for the 63rd House District in which Franks, D-Marengo, has run unopposed in two of the previous three elections. County GOP leadership turned her down as a political neophyte without a solid grasp of the issues in Springfield
GOP hopeful fighting own party to run

Why is McHenry County GOP Chairman State Rep Mike Tryon bucking his rank & file to give a free pass to State Rep Franks? It may be because of who Franklin knows. The Northwest Herald observed that ...

election activist Sharon Meroni and county political blogger Cal Skinner -- are helping Franklin force the issue through a special Saturday meeting of the county GOP Central Committee to override leadership and get the party’s blessing.
GOP hopeful fighting own party to run

Your LakeCountyEye draws a blank upon seeing the name Cal Skinner; but readers of this blog should immediately recognize the name Sharon Meroni:

Unidentified Flying Objections

Challenge Challenged?

This is the same Sharon Meroni who has made a cottage industry out of filing election challenges against local candidates -- in particular those candidates who have not produced their birth certificates and proofs of citizenship. Haha it's left as an exercise to operatives to guess why Tonya Franklin can't get anyone who matters to return her calls.

As to the tireless taxfighters at the McHenryCountyBlog, here is a free webwidget countdown clock to embed in your website:

Countdown Clock

Monday June 4, 2012, 5:00 PM

Day of Appointment
or
Day of Disappointment?

Note to operatives who will be attending the special Saturday caucus. Don't forget to bring your birth certificates.