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		<title>Tea Party Folks and Public Invited to Cary Library Saturday for Liberty / Freedom Movie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cal Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The movie “America: Freedom to Fascism” will be shown at the Cary Library this Saturday afternoon.  The library is east on Three Oaks Road, which crosses Route 14 near the Cary Jewel at the Thorton Gas Station.
The movie was produced by Libertarian Aaron Russo.  Doors will open at 12:30 and the show will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The movie “America: Freedom to Fascism” will be shown at the Cary Library this Saturday afternoon.  The library is east on Three Oaks Road, which crosses Route 14 near the Cary Jewel at the Thorton Gas Station.</p>
<p>The movie was produced by Libertarian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Russo">Aaron Russo</a>.  Doors will open at 12:30 and the show will start at 1.</p>
<p>In addition, a few clips from “The Money Masters,” a film about central banking, read, the Federal Reserve, will be shown.</p>
<p>As the flyer below says, “No sign in required.”</p>
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<p>Former Carpentersville Village President and McHenry County Chairman for Ross Perot Orv Brettman will speak at the event.  Perot, incidentally, got the 2nd highest percentage vote for Perot in the entire U.S. In McHenry County, Brettman says.</p>
<p>For more information, contact Chris Jenner at 847-421-7655 or cjennero1@yahoo.com.</p>
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		<title>State Senate candidate Bill Gentes is touting his endorsement by Citizen Action Illinois.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cal Skinner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[26th District]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that I did not know the organization survived the indictment of Congresswoman Jan Schkowsky&#8217;s husband Bob Creamer for what I remember as kiting checks.  (Marathon Pundit has more than you would even want to read about his congresswoman and her husband here.)
Blogger Tom Roeser wrote about what I assume is Citizen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I must admit that I did not know the organization survived the indictment of Congresswoman Jan Schkowsky&#8217;s husband Bob Creamer for what I remember as kiting checks.  (Marathon Pundit has more than you would even want to read about his congresswoman and her husband <a href="http://marathonpundit.blogspot.com/search?q=Schakowsky">here</a>.)</p>
<p>Blogger Tom Roeser <a href="http://www.tomroeser.com/sectionlist.asp?Month=7&amp;Day=12&amp;Year=2007">wrote</a> about what I assume is Citizen Action&#8217;s predecessor organization on October 12, 2007.<br />
<blockquote>It seems that Creamer is still in the organizing business, but for Barack Obama now.<br />Creamer taught at &#8220;Camp Obama,&#8221; a week-long summer camp last month held at the presidential candidate&#8217;s office in Chicago for campaign interns and volunteers-just a few blocks away from the federal court where on August 31, 2005 he pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and failure to pay federal taxes&#8230;on charges brought by U. S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. He admitted in his 18-page signed plea agreement that he wrote checks on accounts that lacked funds and did so repeatedly as he moved money from one account to another in three banks. He had a multiple group of organizations that received money, the best known being the &#8220;Illinois Public Action Council&#8221; a left-wing group on which his wife, Jan Schakowsky, was a board member while the manipulating was going on. She was already in Congress when he pleaded guilty; she was not charged.</p></blockquote>
<p>Creamer and I go way back.</p>
<p>When  I was state representative and considered something of an expert on property taxes, he was lobbying in Springfield for Citizens Against Property Taxes or something like that.  I think he changed the group&#8217;s name to the initials CAP, which probably stood for something at some time.  “Citizens Against Pollution” comes to mind.</p>
<p>In the mid- to late 1970&#8217;s Carpentersville Mayor Orv Brettman and I went to the organizing convention of Creamer&#8217;s first group.  It was held in Springfield.  I think it was in an East side black church.</p>
<p>Creamer wasn&#8217;t a complete lefty in his earliest organizing attempts.  He wanted to bring together citizen activists.  I didn&#8217;t see anything wrong with that.  Regardless of their goal, they have a lot in common.  I think the Carpentersville group was the anti-sewer tax hike folks, the ones who helped elected Brettman mayor.</p>
<p>In any event, here&#8217;s what Democratic Party candidate Bill Gentes sent in his latest weekly campaign email:
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 179);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Endorsements Start Coming In!</b></span></span><br /><b></b></span></span></span></p>
<blockquote><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b>Citizen Action for Illinois</b></span></span></span><img src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs016/1101889320274/img/38.gif?a=1102103215182" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.38" align="right" border="0" height="60" width="164" /></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Progressive Action Project which is the State PAC of the </span></span></span><strong><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001pLYe8-wukNGjNWx_Tr3wa-gq1YBLQTQ1o7XY46k74Qtbgq2J-KOL623kHYiGhtWLmjNjvRgSZQCvYxECY0WLkYTY7AUy8VgTokBl2if2vL-7FAr0s6wiGH_V66oO7EojWcM-QWsDN8A=" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Citizen Action for Illinois</span></span></span></a></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;">endorsed me this week</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;">! Citizen Action is the state&#8217;s largest public interest organization. Building on over a decade of experience, Citizen Action/Illinois is a key player in the fight for social and economic justice at the state and national levels.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Citizen Action/Illinois has led campaigns for lower utility rates, fair taxes, affordable and quality health care, insurance and campaign finance reform, and stronger environmental and food safety protections.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am quite proud that this organization has recognized my values for providing positive improvements to the lives of people all over the state and in the 26th District.  </span></span></p>
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		<title>State Senate candidate Bill Gentes is touting his endorsement by Citizen Action Illinois.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cal Skinner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[26th District]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that I did not know the organization survived the indictment of Congresswoman Jan Schkowsky&#8217;s husband Bob Creamer for what I remember as kiting checks.  (Marathon Pundit has more than you would even want to read about his congresswoman and her husband here.)
Blogger Tom Roeser wrote about what I assume is Citizen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I must admit that I did not know the organization survived the indictment of Congresswoman Jan Schkowsky&#8217;s husband Bob Creamer for what I remember as kiting checks.  (Marathon Pundit has more than you would even want to read about his congresswoman and her husband <a href="http://marathonpundit.blogspot.com/search?q=Schakowsky">here</a>.)</p>
<p>Blogger Tom Roeser <a href="http://www.tomroeser.com/sectionlist.asp?Month=7&amp;Day=12&amp;Year=2007">wrote</a> about what I assume is Citizen Action&#8217;s predecessor organization on October 12, 2007.<br />
<blockquote>It seems that Creamer is still in the organizing business, but for Barack Obama now.<br />Creamer taught at &#8220;Camp Obama,&#8221; a week-long summer camp last month held at the presidential candidate&#8217;s office in Chicago for campaign interns and volunteers-just a few blocks away from the federal court where on August 31, 2005 he pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and failure to pay federal taxes&#8230;on charges brought by U. S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. He admitted in his 18-page signed plea agreement that he wrote checks on accounts that lacked funds and did so repeatedly as he moved money from one account to another in three banks. He had a multiple group of organizations that received money, the best known being the &#8220;Illinois Public Action Council&#8221; a left-wing group on which his wife, Jan Schakowsky, was a board member while the manipulating was going on. She was already in Congress when he pleaded guilty; she was not charged.</p></blockquote>
<p>Creamer and I go way back.</p>
<p>When  I was state representative and considered something of an expert on property taxes, he was lobbying in Springfield for Citizens Against Property Taxes or something like that.  I think he changed the group&#8217;s name to the initials CAP, which probably stood for something at some time.  “Citizens Against Pollution” comes to mind.</p>
<p>In the mid- to late 1970&#8217;s Carpentersville Mayor Orv Brettman and I went to the organizing convention of Creamer&#8217;s first group.  It was held in Springfield.  I think it was in an East side black church.</p>
<p>Creamer wasn&#8217;t a complete lefty in his earliest organizing attempts.  He wanted to bring together citizen activists.  I didn&#8217;t see anything wrong with that.  Regardless of their goal, they have a lot in common.  I think the Carpentersville group was the anti-sewer tax hike folks, the ones who helped elected Brettman mayor.</p>
<p>In any event, here&#8217;s what Democratic Party candidate Bill Gentes sent in his latest weekly campaign email:
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 179);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Endorsements Start Coming In!</b></span></span><br /><b></b></span></span></span></p>
<blockquote><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><b>Citizen Action for Illinois</b></span></span></span><img src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs016/1101889320274/img/38.gif?a=1102103215182" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.38" align="right" border="0" height="60" width="164" /></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Progressive Action Project which is the State PAC of the </span></span></span><strong><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001pLYe8-wukNGjNWx_Tr3wa-gq1YBLQTQ1o7XY46k74Qtbgq2J-KOL623kHYiGhtWLmjNjvRgSZQCvYxECY0WLkYTY7AUy8VgTokBl2if2vL-7FAr0s6wiGH_V66oO7EojWcM-QWsDN8A=" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Citizen Action for Illinois</span></span></span></a></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;">endorsed me this week</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;">! Citizen Action is the state&#8217;s largest public interest organization. Building on over a decade of experience, Citizen Action/Illinois is a key player in the fight for social and economic justice at the state and national levels.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Citizen Action/Illinois has led campaigns for lower utility rates, fair taxes, affordable and quality health care, insurance and campaign finance reform, and stronger environmental and food safety protections.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am quite proud that this organization has recognized my values for providing positive improvements to the lives of people all over the state and in the 26th District.  </span></span></p>
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