Mchenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks Pushes For Property Tax Cuts, Consolidation

McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks has a message for Springfield politicians: Wake up. That was the sentiment of an address he delivered at the County Board's Tuesday night meeting, where Franks pushed for Illinois leaders to focus on cutting property taxes and consolidating local governments to stop the population from hemorrhaging. “It won’t be long until our struggling homeowners and businesses have to fork over the first of their two installments [of property taxes],” Franks said.