Size Matters

Would Lake County benefit from a good shrink? Jack Franks thinks so. The State Representative thinks McHenry County would benefit as well.

Franks is the sponsor of a bill that would enable Lake & McHenry County leaders to shrink the size of their fiefdoms by eliminating some specific units of government.

Originally intended for McHenry County, the bill was expanded to encompass Lake County. As told by the Northwest Herald ...

several Lake County politicians, who have expressed interest in pursuing consolidation measures, asked Franks to include Lake County as well, County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor said. "We did it so we could have the same authority as DuPage [County] and see where the opportunities might exist for consolidation," Lawlor said.
Jack Franks trying to remove government consolidation bill sponsor

Not unsurprisingly, no one is saying just exactly what is on the consolidation chopping block, or how close to the scalp the intended haircut will be. All they are saying is that some high-profile Lake County institutions are in the cross-hairs. And by some they mean ten:

10 Conspicuous Lake County Jurisdictions Targeted for Elimination
	Before Consolidation ...	After Consolidation ...
1.	The Route 53 Extension	The Route 53 Distension
2.	Village of Green Oaks	Village of Green Oak
3.	Lake County's Dirty Jobs	Lake County's Minimum Wage Jobs
4.	County Clerk Division of Elections	The Lake County Election Commission
6.	Winchester House	A GTCR Golder Rauner Nursing Home
7.	The Waukegan Court Tower	The Waukegan Court Bungalow
8.	Fox Waterway Agency	Blarney Island Waterway Agency
5.	Wooster Lake	Jeeves Lake
9.	www.lakecountyeye.com	www.commonsense10th.com
10.	$20,000,000 Wrongful Conviction Settlements	$20 Wrongful Conviction Settlements

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