Rauschenberger, Munson ready for comeback
2 November 2009
RS
24 Comments
As of Monday evening, there are no Democratic challengers to Illinois State Senator Michael Noland or State Representative Keith Farnham. On the Republican side, the field is clear for both Steve Rauschenberger and Ruth Munson. It looks like the general election will be an interesting one. Noland vs. Rauschenberger and Farnham vs. Munson. Whose cuisine will reign supreme?
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I do not like Noland’s chances now.
I do not like Munson’s chances now.
What a sorry state of politics in Illinois.
The current political regime is running Illinois into the ground, with nothing to offer but corruption and ever higher taxes. And the only ones to run against them are the lackluster career politicians who’s greatest political achievement to date has been to lose to the current lackluster career politicians!
Then we are left to wonder why we get more of the same.
Seriously, does it take a over-inflated ego to run for political office? What drives people into the political ring?
I noted during the city council candidates forums this past spring that ALL the candidates had a degree of arrogance about them as if they were special. As if us lowlife voters should vote for them because they are special; not because they were concerned about my concerns or even cared about my concerns. The one city council member was so arrogant he was actually laughing at the voters and putting them down for them expressing concern about the amount of money Elgin was spending at Judsen College for the Bandits. Thankfully, he lost his seat. But he probably only lost because his arrogance had finally exceeded the voters excepted level of tolerance of political arrogance; not because he was much different from the other cnadidates.
Now that the city of Elgin is on their third wave of lay-offs, could anyone, someone, PLEASE take a shot at explaining the unaminous vote on spending $3/4 of a million on “gifting” ( in the words of the mayor) to seniors. It seems like such a simple choice: do the right thing for the city of Elgin; or do the right thing for the council member in trying to secure future election by bribing the seniors for their votes. And why am I seemingly the only one who thinks this an issue at all! A million dollars here and a millions dollars there adds up to real money.
I endorse Steve Rauschenberger for the Illinois Senate seat. He is the right person to get the State of Illinois back on the right track. After all, he was in the Illinois GA with our wonderful President Barack O. He, along with Ruth Munson, are in a position to continue to be lackluster career politicians. Just what Illinois needs to help make our state less corrupt. Rauschenberger and Munson have my vote.
From the Chicago Trib…
“But it’s Rauschenberger who can leave heads scratching. A major player in bringing the disastrous Alan Keyes to Illinois in the 2004 U.S. Senate race, Rauschenberger tries to blame others, such as Topinka, for not supporting Keyes and, in the same breath, tries to distance himself from his role in helping to get Keyes on the GOP ticket…In looking at his recently filed campaign finance reports, however, several questions arise. For example, how could someone plow through $800,000 in six months only to have to fold a campaign for governor and accept an offer for state second banana instead? Perhaps part of the reason is the more than $44,000 that Rauschenberger paid his brother for six months’ advice as a consultant. In addition, the campaign covered another $921 for John Rauschenberger’s meals at high-priced restaurants, nearly $800 for his cell phone bills and almost $1,000 for his gasoline during those six months.” Did the Chicago Trib know the real facts before they printed this article? I wonder what Steve Rauschenberger thinks about the contents of this article. It sounds like something a career politician in Illinois would do.
Thank you for reminding me of this Chicago Tribune article. Like most people, when I read it when they had published it it gave me a bad impression.
This may be an issue in the senate campaign and people have the right to ask about it and I would like to hear what Mr. Rauschenberger has to say about it.
This second time around reading it though, I tried to put myself in his shoes and ask why would a reasonable person put his brother on the campaign payroll and pay for all those expenses using campaign funds. After I thought about it, it seems much more innocent than the Tribune made it sound.
If the campaign didn’t cover those costs (meals, gasoline, phone, hotels, etc), then his brother would have to pay for all that out of his own pocket. If the campaign didn’t pay him a salary he would have had to give up whatever way he was earning income and work for free for x number of months. How many people can afford to do that? I’m assuming that his brother was working on the campaign full time, but I don’t know. We will have to hear what Mr. Rauschenberger has to say about it. But my gut feeling is that this is much more innocent than it looks.
You sound like George Ryan’s high price lawyers. I think M. Ryan is still in the slammer. The GOP will never live his long, serious, reckless crime down.
I think the crimes committed against the residents of Illinois who elected Blago to be a reformer (what a joke) are starting to out weigh anything Ryan did.
That dog won’t hunt.
From the Chicago Sun-Times Article date: February 3, 1994
>>Former Elgin Township Supervisor David J. Reinert was sentenced Wednesday to 34 months in prison for embezzling $557,000 that was to aid the community’s elderly, disabled and poor.
His theft over 18 years in office “devastated the community,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney John H. Newman, adding that the township was forced to increase taxes to cover the lost funds.<<
Just the guy to take political advice from! Ever pay that back, Dave? I bet you didn’t. Still using your religion as excuse?
If you would keep up to date on what happened in my case, you would know that the insurance company Ohio Casulty paid the Township one million dollars (1,000,000.00) as they were the party that bonded me as chief fiscal officer of the Township. The Township did not have to raise taxes and continue to this day to pay their elected officials over $80,000 per year with a 4.5% increase each year for the next four years. The Township maintains a large surplus while most governments are cutting staff, programs, and badly needed projects to balance their budgets. Township social service programs are still receiving well funded and a new Township office building was built to satisfy the ego of the Township elected officials.
You must be another one of those individuals who former Supervisor Doug Johnson convinced of lies, lies lies, and more lies. That is his legacy as a GOP elected official. Something he took to his grave. The stories he made up, without any merit or truth, were a disgrace to himself and the GOP that he represented. During the past 10 years I have had hundreds of Township citizens agree with my assessment of Mr. Johnson.
Steve Rauschenberger comes from the same GOP school. They are all taught to make themselves look good by lying there way into office at any cost. I don’t believe a word that comes out of their mouth. Maybe the voting public will finally see the light and elect a person with some integrity.
Mr. Reinert has already done the time. He’s paid the price for what he did. It seems to me to be unkind to keep batting him on the head with this. Let’s move on and disagree over the issues and not whether any one of us has the right to have an opinion on them.
Wrong, RS. Reinert has not paid the price. The price is what he stole; and he has not paid it back.
What is the issue, RS? Reinert seems to have an issue with any and all Republicans. No doubt he was an elected Republican office holder while he was stealing from the taxpayers. So now he blames Republicans for his criminal conduct! Given that Reinert’s criminality now apparently prejudices and taints his opinions with the color of hate, lack of remorse, and lack of responsibility; knowing Reinert’s history is critical to comprehending his colored opinions.
I think Paul was drinking and smoking that funny stuff when he makes a fool of himself by posting material he knows nothing about.
“I think Paul was drinking and smoking that funny stuff when he makes a fool of himself by posting material he knows nothing about.”
So, Dave Reinert anonymous, you are denying the sun times report about your felony conviction that Paul posted? That or you are, by every definition of the word, a psychopath. Look up the meaning of that word and see if it doesn’t fit you to a T.
From the Chicago Sun-Times Article date: February 3, 1994
>>Former Elgin Township Supervisor David J. Reinert was sentenced Wednesday to 34 months in prison for embezzling $557,000 that was to aid the community’s elderly, disabled and poor. His theft over 18 years in office “devastated the community,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney John H. Newman, adding that the township was forced to increase taxes to cover the lost funds.<<
RS, I’m disappointed that you would try to peddle the false notion that Dave Reinert “paid the price for what he did.” Note the June 15, 2002 story in the Courier headlined “Embezzler Reinert Walks Away From Restitution.” “It does not matter that former Elgin township Supervisor David J. Reinert did not repay the $1.5 million he embezzled or fulfill 2,000 hours of community service because, legally, time simply ran out. Sixteenth Circuit Judge Robert Spence said Friday as much as he would like to see resitution paid to the victims of Reinert’s crime, the Kane County court system no longer has jurisdiction in the case.”
You have better things to spend your blogging time on than trying to defend this guy. I’m sorry he’s seen fit to mess up your blog with his rubbish. To the extent he chooses to do so, it is only right that your readers know that they are seeing the opinions of someone who will forever be known as “Embezzler Reinert.”
Awesome. Steve has the convicted-felon vote. You sure you wouldn’t rather support Noland??? Might help Steve’s chances
No, it doesn’t take an over-inflated ego to run for office but it does take conviction in knowing what you say is right. I don’t know why other people jump into the political ring but as for me, I know that government is out of control at all levels and that needs to stop. If I can help stop that even at the city level I would be happy. Your other point, well, if ALL of the candidates were “arrogance” and “special”, who did you vote for then? Which of the forums did you attend? What are your concerns?
Your example of of the “gifting” is why I want to jump into the political ring and stop items like this. This a perfect example of redistribution of wealth. The city is looking for more ways to trim the budget but it seems that they still have money to just give away. Governmental official believe they know best when it comes to life’s of the citizens and they want to regulate as much as they possible can.
anonymoustoo
I guess it takes oe to know one or at least think you know one. Although you are out of bounds and guilty of a foul. You’re out in left somewhere looking for the right message to post. Go have another drink??
“I guess it takes oe to know one or at least think you know one. ”
So what you are saying is the judge, jury and prosecutor who convicted you of embezzlement are all embezzlers too, using your grade school witty saying of “takes oe to know one” !
“Although you are out of bounds and guilty of a foul. ”
So anyone exposing you as a convicted criminal, is the guilty one, not you!
And you aren’t a psychopath! Did you look the word up? The very definition seems to fit you to a T.
“You’re out in left somewhere looking for the right message to post. ”
If my messages aren’t hitting home runs, why waste your time responding to them with your denials of easily verified fact?
Because It gives me a kick to reply to a complete jurk. It also exposes your lack of intelligence to the posters who read this board. You don’t even know what you’re talking about. Your post make about as much sense as the jackass you are. Put your name on the post you yellow belly. I would feel better if these post are coming from a real human who is living in the same enviroment as the rest of us. Not from somme worthless animal or just any living organism (a brutish or bestial person).
Did the Township lose money? No, the insurance company paid the claim from the Township.
Did Dave Reinert pay the Township back? No.
Does the Township pay a higher insurance premium because of the claim paid out? Who knows?
This sounds like this will be more of not IF the Township was paid but more WHO paid the Township back.
From the Chicago Trib…
“But it’s Rauschenberger who can leave heads scratching. A major player in bringing the disastrous Alan Keyes to Illinois in the 2004 U.S. Senate race, Rauschenberger tries to blame others, such as Topinka, for not supporting Keyes and, in the same breath, tries to distance himself from his role in helping to get Keyes on the GOP ticket…In looking at his recently filed campaign finance reports, however, several questions arise. For example, how could someone plow through $800,000 in six months only to have to fold a campaign for governor and accept an offer for state second banana instead? Perhaps part of the reason is the more than $44,000 that Rauschenberger paid his brother for six months’ advice as a consultant. In addition, the campaign covered another $921 for John Rauschenberger’s meals at high-priced restaurants, nearly $800 for his cell phone bills and almost $1,000 for his gasoline during those six months.” Did the Chicago Trib know the real facts before they printed this article? I wonder what Steve Rauschenberger thinks about the contents of this article. It sounds like something a career politician in Illinois would do.
This article is what this issue is about. A man who wants his Senate seat back. A man who don’t deserve any part of Illinois government. I will say he was a fine entertainment when he appeared in the TV media and the almost daily stories in the newspaper. He did nothing the whole time he was in the GA. But he did manage to get a DUI. We need frest, new blood in the GA. Someone who will help not hinder state government and Steve Rauschenberger is not the guy. The issue is the man in question for the Illinois GA. A former George Ryan backer.
“This sounds like this will be more of not IF the Township was paid but more WHO paid the Township back.”
Boxcar, your ability to discern the basic issue at hand is stunning.
The culprit who threw the brick through your front window and now blames the GOP for doing it, is not the issue. The only issue is who is going to pay for your broken window - you or your insurance company!
Brilliant.
If I want to read the truth about my case, I will pull up the documents from the United States Attorney located on my PC as follows:
1 Identifying the Federal Charges-By Information 1993
2 The Plea Agreement
3 Probation Department Presentence Report
I have the whole case available for my own inspection. I don’t need to read a bunch of BS from people who no nothing about the truth or the facts of the case, as their post on this forumn confirms.
I wish Chuck West would stop his baby crying and start doing the job he was elected to do for the taxpayer of Kane county. Another GOP crybaby.