Friday, May 18, 2012
Lake Forest resident blames Supreme Court ruling for making Ricketts' $10 million soft money advertising plan possible.
Shoppers at Deerfield Square were not ready to abandon their loyalty to the Chicago Cubs over owner Joe Ricketts’ plans to spend $10 million to finance an effort to produce negative advertising criticizing President Barack Obama. The same people expressed anger that one person, in this case Ricketts, would spend so much money to affect the outcome of the presidential election by purchasing advertising at the time of the Democratic Convention in September. The controversy broke Thursday morning when the New York Times published a story disclosing the plan hatched between Ricketts and Republican political professionals. Later Thursday, Ricketts backed off some of the more controversial parts of the proposal. Leslie Gordon of Lake Forest …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Evanston Congresswoman calls Dold’s recent proposal on women’s health a political ploy. He accuses her of partisanship.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) accused Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) Tuesday of introducing legislation merely to cast himself as a political moderate, while Dold replied Schakowsky is unwilling to act in a bipartisan fashion. Schakowsky made her remarks during a telephone news conference Tuesday with Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider, Dold’s Democratic opponent in the Nov. 6 general election, to explain why Dold’s record on women’s issues is unsatisfactory. Earlier: Dold Proposal Would Help Women’s Health Schakowsky was particularly critical of a bill Dold introduced last week prohibiting discrimination against health care providers participating in certain government programs from excluding services like contraception …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Schneider likes the policy behind the legislation but questions the congressman’s motivation.
Federal legislation to protect women’s health has been introduced by U,S, Rep. Robert Dold, R-Kenilworth, to prohibit discrimination against health care providers participating in certain government programs from excluding services like contraception from coverage. Specifically, Dold's bill introduced Wednesday would prevent institutions like hospitals and clinics participating in Title X from allowing some services and denying others. Title X was passed in 1970 providing preventive care to low-income women. “This legislation is needed and timely,” Dold said. “We have seen in Congress and several states attempts to block funds to Title X participants. For over 40 years, Title X has provided access to contraception and health education to …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Congressman and his opponent see importance of collective bargaining and equal pay in the workplace.
Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) and his Democratic challenger, Brad Schneider of Deerfield, found more areas of agreement than grounds for difference in the policies of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who spoke in Lincolnshire Friday. Walker’s legislation paring back collective bargaining rights last year brought more than 200 union protesters to greet the governor, who spoke to over 600 cheering members of the Lake County Republican Federation celebrating their organization’s 50th anniversary Friday. Earlier: Walker Thrills Lake County Republicans Last year Walker pushed legislation through the Wisconsin legislature eliminating most collective bargaining rights for public sector workers and this year signed a bill repealing the state’s equal…
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Dold differs with Wisconsin governor on collective bargaining.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker characterized his message of scaling back collective bargaining rights among other measures to correct his state’s fiscal course as one of courage to more than 600 members of the Lake County Republican Federation Friday in Lincolnshire. Not everyone in the room agreed with all aspects of Walker’s medicine for his state, but he got a loud and lengthy standing ovation when he finished his remarks as the keynote speaker of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Federation. Earlier: Protesters Greet Walker in Lincolnshire “These moves are about the next generation, not the next election,” Walker said. “This is about who runs our state. Is it the union bosses or the hard working taxpayers? I put my faith in the …
Friday, April 20, 2012
More than 200 union members line the street to give a message to Lake County Republican Federation.
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Friday, April 20
With chants of “Union busting is disgusting” and “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Scott Walker’s got to go,” more than 200 union members from Illinois and Wisconsin lined the entrance to the Marriott Lincolnshire early Friday evening to give a message to Walker and Illinois Republicans. Walker was slated to speak later Friday night to the annual gathering of the Lake County Republican Federation at the hotel. The union members wanted to give a message to the local members of Walker’s party his brand of politics is not welcome in Illinois. “What he did up there is not what we want here,” Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor President Patrick Statter said of Walker’s efforts to reduce collective bargaining for public sector workers in Wisconsin. “…
Monday, April 16, 2012
Deerfield management consultant prepares to challenge Dold.
Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider raised slightly more than $400,000 during the first quarter of the year for his campaign to challenge 10thCongressional District Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth), according to reports filed Sunday with the Federal Election Commission. Schneider took in $400,238.61 for the period and has raised $934,458 since he began his campaign in May, according to the report. With $226,199.51 in the bank as of March 31, he had to spend most of his donations to win the hotly contested Democratic primary March 20. Earlier: Dold Raises Over $600,000 for His Campaign Of the money Schneider brought in during the quarter, more than 75 percent came from first-time donors to his campaign, according to campaign …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The Republican nomination process only delayed what we already knew.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Congressman and challenger take different approaches on taxes, Medicare.
A critical issue in the campaign for the 10th Congressional District seat between Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) and his Democratic challenger, Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider will be the House Republican Budget. Just after the legislation passed March 29 with Dold’s affirmative vote one of 228 in favor, President Barack Obama criticized it. At the same time, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney embraced the plan and its author, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). With the issue front and center in the Presidential campaign, Schneider and Dold are staking out their own positions on two particular parts of the budget plan, tax reform and Medicare. They both agree change is necessary. While Dold has indicated his …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Congressman has more than $1.6 million on hand.
Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) raised $602,407 for his reelection effort to his 10th Congressional District seat during the quarter ending March 30, according to a news release from his campaign. Dold will face Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider in the Nov. 6 general election. Schneider won the Democratic nomination with an eight-point victory over his nearest opponent in the March 20 primary. Dold now has $1.64 in the bank and has raised $2.24 million since his election to Congress in 2010. Dold touts his ability to work with Democrats and demonstrate independence for his successful efforts. “The residents of Illinois' 10th District want a Congressman who will tell them the truth and work in a constructive manner to put …
Jim Carfagno
11:06 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Socialist media....really? First of all it was ROMNEY who complained about this knowing it was a bad idea. Second if Romney supporters make religion an issue it will make Romney's religion fair game, something he wants to avoid at all costs. The real issue is Citizens United and the increased corruption of our political system which in all probablity will result. If corporations are people then … more ›