Monday, January 29, 2007
To the Woodshed, Jack Franks
That’s one way to express the sentiments of pro-life commentator Jill Stanek on State Rep. Jack Frank’s comments in Eric Zorn’s column about being proud of having prevented the “Choose 
Life” license plates from getting out his committee.
But it wasn’t the “Choose Life” plates he was trying to stop.
It was all special plates.
The reason?
It’s hard for the police to read them.
Hold on, she points out Jack voted for all sorts of special license plates, she points out in a biting commentary on Illinois Review, entitled,
Life” license plates from getting out his committee. But it wasn’t the “Choose Life” plates he was trying to stop.
It was all special plates.
The reason?
It’s hard for the police to read them.
Hold on, she points out Jack voted for all sorts of special license plates, she points out in a biting commentary on Illinois Review, entitled,
CHOOSE HONESTYThen, Stanek lists the special plates Franks let out of his committee in the previous two years:
Pan Hellenic (yes, that's right), Coal Mining, Union Member, West Point Bicentennial, Chicago and NE IL Dist. Council of Carpenters, Black Fraternity, Lewis & Clark Bicentennial, Hospice, Marine Corps, Army Combat Vet, Paratrooper, Park District Youth Program, Professional Sports Team, September 11, Korean War for Motorcycles, and Pet Friendly.Franks would have us believe that with…78 different types of Illinois' own specialty plates that have been offered for 67 years (the first one being by the General Assembly for themselves), it was only coincidentally when Choose Life was introduced that he decided it was time to stop the specialty plate madness,” Stanek writes.
Labels: Choose Life, Jack Franks
