And Skillicorn minimizes the clear evidence he is in the wrong
Early Saturday afternoon, McHenry County Board Member Carolyn Schofield, who is challenging State Representative Allen Skillicorn in the Republican primary for the 66th representative district, issued the following Facebook meme:
In addition to the Harvard Milk Days schedule attached to the Facebook post, Skillicorn himself tweeted for his volunteers to assemble in Harvard at 12:30PM:
When the ethics complaint was filed with the legislative inspector general earlier this week, State Senator Don DeWitte tweeted the following, including the tweet published on Wednesday as a screenshot. DeWitte’s statement was not included, but is included here for reference:
So, thinking Skillicorn was going to do the right thing and clear this up, I defended him in Twitter:
But in Thursday’s POLITICO Illinois Playbook morning newsletter, Skillicorn said the following:
What Skillicorn told POLITICO was a deceptive half-truth. No one disputes he was in Springfield on June 1st, it’s WHEN he was in Springfield and the discrepancy with the voting record.
Skillicorn was clearly acting like a congressional candidate (per his tweet) in the early afternoon of the 1st of June and the photo evidence in Schofield’s Facebook post, but from 12:11PM until he arrived on the House floor, votes were being recorded in his name when he was nowhere near the Capitol or in Springfield.
So if I understand clearly what Skillicorn told POLITICO, the House record is accurate during those early afternoon votes when he was in Harvard and in transit because he was in Springfield by late afternoon on Saturday?!?
Even though he was on the other side of the state in Harvard when the first votes, including a quorum call, were taken and he was nowhere near Springfield let alone in the Capitol?
COMMENTARY: State Representative Allen Skillicorn just do the right thing.
For now, let’s see what the legislative inspector general does with the complaint.
POLITICO Illinois Playbook link for 1/16/20:
“What Skillicorn told POLITICO was a deceptive half-truth.
No one disputes he was in Springfield on June 1st, it’s WHEN he was in Springfield and the discrepancy with the voting record.”
It’s that classic Mr. Politician type answer that the observant people have come to expect from Mr. Politician himself.
I say the OBSERVANT people, not the ones who started losing respect for him ONLY AFTER he began supporting Oberweis and they were paid THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS by Oberweis’s opponent.
Just when I was ready to conclude, the whole comedy blog post internet thingy was coming to end.
Schofield delightfully throws her hat back into the ring, with her head of course, still inside.
I was with Allen skillicorn that day at the Harvard Milk day parade.
He drove from Springfield to Harvard for the parade, walked the parade with me then left as fast as he could and drove back to springfield.
This lady has no idea what she is speaking of.
Steve Militello, no surprise Skillicorn drove from Springfield to do parade in Harvard, as the House was in session on May 31.
It also doesn’t matter.
The House on June 1st was scheduled to meet at Noon, and the quorum roll call was taken at 12:11PM.
He physically was in Harvard or in route to Springfield when that quorum call and 21 other votes were taken.
Skillicorn needs to fess up to what he did including to the Legislative Inspector General, make amends and apologize to his constituents for walking a parade as a prospective congressional candidate, instead of representing his constituents in Springfield, and having a colleague cast votes in his absence.
Carolyn needs to understand that talcum powder is NOT a good substitute for regular bathing.
Dweeb DeWitte, you’re out of the RINO closet now.
DeWitte is a complete loser and has no integrity whatsoever, him , Mccoughney, Rezin, Welter, Keicher, Oberweis are all Sandavol and MADIGAN puppets!
Did you see this one?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/478480-ray-lahood-backing-biden-for-president
So… has Allen responded with his evidence that nothing wrong happened here?
Or are Allen and his supporters just continuing to try and deflect and attack Carolyn for calling this out?
**He drove from Springfield to Harvard for the parade, walked the parade with me then left as fast as he could and drove back to springfield.**
So… by your own statement of “facts” — he was gone from Springfield for 7-8 hours, yes?
While votes happened, yes?
Thanks for posting this, John, and calling Skillicorn into account.
Facts matter.
Me thinks its time for TIME CLOCKS to be installed just like the common man has to abide for his work ethic so shall ALL YOU in the Political area
I don’t care how big you think you are… !
you take my money I want to see your service provided … not your hand in my pocket!
When the lovely Caolyn came to my house campaigning awhile back, I asked her about illegal immigration. But I did it slyly. I said what are we gonna do about all these mean people trying to keep asylum seekers out and breaking up families. She said she agreed with me completely.
I then told her to get off my property.
Ive been saying it for weeks on this very forum…
Allen knows he is not going to be in office for much longer.
He is getting desperate and will say and do anything to retain power including outright lies.
He sold his soul to the party.
Sad!
The first debate for state representative candidates in the 66th district is Thursday night at MCC.
I’m sure this question will come up, and we’ll see how he answers it.
And if LWV, who’s hosting the debate, doesn’t ask this question, Skillicorn has a town hall at Algonquin Village Hall Saturday morning, and he will answer it there with the truth.