After sending out about a half dozen “positive” pieces, Republican State Rep. candidate Dave McSweeney sent out a piece that arrived on September 19th that criticizes candidate Dee Beaubien (Ind.-Beaubien) for characterizing the 67% income tax hike her patron Mike Madigan shoved through the Illinois House without a Republican vote as “fair.”
Dee Beaubien’s photo appears in this first comparison piece of David McSweeney’s campaign for State Representative.
Here are the footnotes, which I have enlarged because they are in such teeny-tiny print:
Sources for the statements made in Dave McSweeney’s first piece to mention his opponent Dee Beaubien’s name. Golly gee. I see three of the Foot Notes point to McHenry County Blog.
On the back of the piece can be seen the following:
Dave McSweeney tells potential constituents he will fight the 67% income tax hike the Democrats passed.
Anyone know where McSweeney got the “fair” quote from?
I can’t actually find anything where Dee said that.
In fact, I can only find the opposite, where she said that the tax increase should not be extended.
Here’s the Tribune interview with her: I would support the repeal of the tax increase, but it must be accompanied by further budgets cuts to achieve a sustainable balanced budget.
If a repeal vote fails, then we must keep our promise to the voters of Illinois and let the tax expire. The tax increase should not be extended.
http://elections.chicagotribune.com/editorial/dee-beaubien/
So no one can come up with the quote where Beaubien said the tax increase (which she says she’ll vote to repeal) is “Fair.” It sure isn’t in the article that McSweeney footnoted.
Please read what the Chicago Tribune has to say about it:
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2012/10/03/chicago-tribune-confirms-dee-beaubien-used-word-fair-to-describe-income-tax-hike/