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JULY 31, 2009

DuPage Elected Officials Got
Some 'Splainin' to Do

EXTRA!EXTRA!
   Election Commission Ethics Policy Under Serious Scrutiny
Thanks to Citizen Mobilization (photos) DAILY HERALD ARTICLE here

EVEN BETTER!!
  You have the opportunity to comment on these very incomplete and ineffective policies by downloading them here and sending comments here BY AUGUST 4th. PLEASE DO THIS TODAY!!


1.  WHAT, NO REVOLVING DOOR POLICY?:

Election officials can procure a one million $$ contract with a vendor on Monday(and considering Mr Saar has no problems actually developing a product and becoming a vendor on your tax dollars, this isn't hard to imagine), then quit the job with the Commission on Tuesday and be earning that $million with that vendor on Wednesday. READ IT, it's true.

2. NOT TELLING THE TRUTH ON YOUR STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST = $1000 FINE, UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON OR BOTH:
AG Candidate Birkett claims in Daily Herald vendor article above that Mr Saar "misunderstood a poorly worded statute".
YOU BE THE JUDGE.

(Remember that Mr Saar has been getting royalties of thousands from his invention for years BUT has consistently written that he has no financial benefit from this job though his Ask Ed units sell over the country and the company in which he has a serious financial interest is a VENDOR at the lavish  IACREOT conference which you pay for Saar and the Commission to attend!!!!)

Here is the "poorly worded" section of the Economic Interest Form:
6. List the name of any entity doing business in the State of Illinois from which income in excess of $1,200 was derived during the preceding calendar year other than for professional services and the title or description of any position held in
that entity. (In the case of real estate, location thereof shall be listed by street address, or if none, then by legal description.) No time or demand deposit in a financial institution nor any debt instrument need be listed.


Here is the "poorly worded" penalty for lying on the SEI which is immediately followed by the filer's signature:
I understand that the penalty for willfully filing a false or
incomplete statement shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary
not to exceed one year, or both fine and imprisonment."
A CLEAR ETHICS POLICY ON OUTSIDE GIFTS AND BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS CAN STOP THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY IN ITS TRACKS!!!

3. DENNIS REBOLETTI (R-46) TOUTING A
 CAPITAL BILL THAT HE VOTED AGAINST
:

In a continuing pattern by our Republican brethren, Mr Reboletti is happy to vote for projects he knows he can entertain his constituents with come election time Yes votes on HB 2400 and 312 on 5/21) but doesn't really feel like paying for them (HB 255 5/21and SB 349 on 6/30).

AREN'T YOU SICK OF HAVING "LEADERS" WHO DON'T WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING??
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TODAY!
     



OFFICE HOURS
Our phone:
630-629-1125


For events throughout the county please click here.

Office Hours:

    July 31: Closed
    Aug 1-2: DFA Training
    Aug 3: Closed
    Aug 4: Petition Drive
    begins
Hours 9-5   
    Aug 5: 9-5
    Aug 6 and 7:
Closed
    Aug 8:  Candidate
    interviews 9-12
    ISSUE CANVASS 1-4
    Aug 9: 1-4 ISSUE
    CANVASS
    Aug 10-13: 12-5
    Aug 13: Executive
    Committee Meeting
    Aug 14: Closed

OF NOTE:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
August 13th 7:30 IIT RICE LAKE CAMPUS

REPRESENTATIVE Lou Lang will be speaking
and we will have a videographer coming to do some parts for a video on our website starring all of US so, please attend!!

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Petitioning and Issue Canvassing
IT'S TIME!!


Sarbani and Michelle
Sarbani Chowdhury (DG) and Michelle Barton (NAP) practice door-knocking before heading out last Saturday
PRECINCT COMMITTEEPERSONS:
August 4th is the first day to get signatures
Please call us at 630-629-1125 to pick up your petition sheets and additional information about what is happening between now and Nov 2 (Last day to file)

ISSUE CANVASSERS:
Our next canvass is the 8th and 9th of August at 1 p.m. TRAINING IS PROVIDED.

CANDIDATES:
Please call us to find out how learning to canvass and getting petitions can be combined for you and your team.



ACTION CORNER
YES, WE STILL CAN
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KEEP PUSHING:
ON THE SINGLE-PAYER FRONT AND FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM:

Sign this petition to keep the Single-Payer concept in the discussion HERE.
Talk with Dennis Kucinich about Single Payer in Aurora on August 2nd.
 4-7PM, Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Street, North Aurora
Call 630-803-9308

**HEALTHCARE** RALLY TO CELEBRATE BARACK'S BIRTHDAY


When:August 4th 4:30-6 PM
Where:Federal Plaza ADAMS & DEARBORN, Chicago
Who: YOU and Rep Jan Schakowsky and many others
Why: To Celebrate Barack and his healthcare prinicples
·    A strong Public Health Insurance Option
·    Quality and Affordable Health Care for All
·    Equal Access to Quality Care
How:RSVP to hcan@citizenaction­il.org
For more information, call: 312.427.2114 ext. 206 (Jessica) or
ext. 208 (John)   Visit: www.hcanil.org

HCAN


DEMAND:
That TEXAS not remove Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall from school text book go HERE

BECOME:

(Congratulations to Ed Dassow for being our first official IDO)
An Important Democratic Operative (IDO)
by getting a letter to the Editor published in a local paper and letting us know. We are happy to provide content guidelines and where to send finished letters (this week, letters regarding the Unethical behavior by the Election Commission and Birkett's covering up for it might be nice!)
Contact us here.

MAKE SURE EVERYBODY COUNTS:
There are big public funding bucks resting on getting everyone counted in the census. DuPage County is now forming a COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE.
Interested? Call us and we will refer you forward.
 



wordWORD FROM THE CHAIR
Dear DuPage Dems,

Recent demands for ethics reform, campaign finance reform and an end to "pay-to-play" politics has resulted in legislation passed in Springfield that addresses these areas. However, despite criticism by Republicans that the legislation didn't go far enough, they have continued to apply a different standard to DuPage County.  There have been no changes to county ethics policies, no attempt to address campaign finance reform, and no end to "pay-to-play", all contrary to the promises of DuPage legislators and County Board Chair Bob Schillerstrom. Here's an example.

The DuPage Election Commission, Joe Birkett, and Bob Schillerstrom have a lot in common. The law firm of Bond, Dickson & Associates was paid $176,000 by the DuPage County Election Commission in 2008 for legal fees. Records show that Pat Bond contributes heavily to only Republican officials/candidates including recent and past contributions to Joe Birkett and Bob Schillerstrom. In the first 6 months of 2009, he has contributed $10,000 to Republicans.

Dan Curry is the spokesperson for the DuPage County Election Commission and receives $36,000 a year. Curry has been paid $22,000 by Birkett in the first half of 2009 as his spokesperson. Dan Curry, through his company Reverse Spin, contributed $1,950 to the Bloomingdale Republican Party, not to any Democrats.

Bob Schillerstrom has received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from companies that do business with the county and who have received millions of dollars in contracts. Schillerstrom also appoints the members of the Election Commission who hire Pat Bond and Dan Curry.

Bob Saar, Executive Director of the DuPage Election Commission, was cleared by Birkett of any wrongdoing in having ties with and receiving money from Robis.  Pat Bond represents the commission and Bob Saar. Bond contributes to Birkett. Birkett and the Election Commission hire and pay Dan Curry. What are we missing? And people say this only happens in Cook County.


THE INFORMATION ABOVE AND OUR CONTINUED WORK TO ROOT OUT CORRUPTION IN DUPAGE IS WHY WE NEED YOU TO GIVE TODAY!

Progress in 2008 was great, but we rely on your support to maintain our momentum! Remember, the more successful we are, the more our capital outlay to hold and grow that success. Everything we do from press releases to phone contacts to rallies to getting Freedom of Information Acts filed COSTS MONEY. Many of these things we do SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. PLEASE send your donation today to show you value this vital work.

Our Act Blue link is an easy and fast way to give and get it off your mind!

PLEASE CLICK HERE and GIVE TODAY so that we can invest your gift in the tools we need to vote in a better tomorrow!

Bob Peickert, DPDC Chair


ONE INTERVIEW TIME OPEN FOR AUG 8   (10:30)
CANDIDATES
SPECIAL Candidate opportunity on August 13 at 6:30. Please call me at 630-699-5071 for more information.

POTENTIAL CANDIDATES

We need to get your questionnaire and give you your candidate check lists prior to giving you an  appointment to interview. If you wish to schedule an interview for SATURDAY the 8th,  we need to hear from you right away.

Write to psjordal@yahoo.com to get your questionnaire which you can fill out and return on line.

Potential interview dates for August are 15, 22 and 29. More info when you turn in your questionnaires!
 
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Keep an eye on the skies and on our calendar here.

AUGUST
IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Unfortunately, BLUE FEST will not be held this year, but get ready for an even bigger, better, 2010 version with family fun, candidates, old-fashioned food on August 7, 2010.
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS TO DO!!
  • PLEASE PLEASE Go to our ACTBLUE page RIGHT NOW, give as much as you can comfortably afford. We've set an ambitious goal because we have lots of challenges ahead and many great candidates to elect. Give now!
  • Become an area organizer in our Summer Issue Canvass
    • OUR NEXT TRAINING AND CANVASSING OUTINGS ARE AUGUST 8 and 9 at 1 p.m.  Find out what people in DuPage really care about! This would make a great unpaid internship experience for your college or high school student who may be unemployed!  Please call and let us know you want to really get involved in the most important aspect of garnering votes!!
  • Come work in the office a couple of hours a week.
  • Check the ACTION CORNER below and get involved however  you can.



DuPage Democrats
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www.dupagedemocrats.com
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  • Our momentum can only build with YOUR help. Hopefully you have chosen a few ways to help us during the summer when the living is a little easier!
  • Please talk to your Dem friends and neighbors
  • ALSO PLEASE ASK THEM TO CONSIDER A FINANCIAL INVESTMENT AS WELL!!
  • Please forward this email widely and ask folks to sign up at our website here.
  • and ask them to get involved.

  • Sincerely,
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  • AMY TAUCHMAN
  • Executive Director
  • Democratic Party of DuPage County
  • 1000-7 ROHLWING RD LOMBARD, IL 60148
  • 630-629-1125
  • info@dupagedemocrats.com
  • CELL IN EMERGENCY 630-699-5071

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