Voice of the People

The Democrats are getting a little confused these days. The people are voicing their concerns without being instructed by the liberal media or the Democratic Party. DavidAxelrod, the voice of the White House was asked his opinion of the Tea Parties. David Axelrod called them an "unhealthy expression", what he really meant was this is something that the Democrats cannot control, so it must be wrong.

State Rep. Kathy Ryg, when asked about the Build 53 vote responded, that the public has shown support for expanding IL53. She however expressed concern that the referendum may create unrealistic expectations that IL53 will be built. I think that finding a way to build IL53 would be her job and the Democratic controlled State Legislature after the voters have clearly approved the project.

This is not how the Dems planned things out, the people are supposed to follow what the elected officials deem is correct for the public. The people according to the Dems are not supposed to express ideas that the Dems have not approved. There are those people that may have realized that this is a country "of the People, by the People, for the People", something that a past Republican President expressed.

Township Local Government

Lake County Townships had their Annual Town Meetings on April 14th, I had the opportunity to attend the Fremont Township Meeting.

Trustee Mike Hayek presented the efforts that are being taken to make the community aware of water use. Awards were given out to Fremont school children for posters promoting water conservation.

Supervisor Pete Tekampe gave details of the new public park "Behm Homestead Park" that the Township will have open for public use this July. He also gave details on the increasing number of people coming to the Township Office for public assistance and to use the Township Food Bank. The Food Bank is mostly funded by donations of the community.

Highway Commissioner Bill Grinnel commented on the past hard winter and the increasing price of salt and asphalt.

I know other news sources and Blog sites have commented on doing away with Township government. I'm sure that could be done, however County Government would need to step up and provide the services that the townships do now. More local offices would have to be opened up to serve the community, not everyone can travel to the county seat office for public aid. Before we close the township office we need to make sure the counties are ready for the additional work load.

But until they close the townships we can attend township meetings to make sure the tax dollars they collect are being spent correctly. You may be surprised how they serve the community. Check out the Fremont Township website http://www.fremonttownship.com/

2010 Elections are close

The 2010 election season is already on us. Dough Whitley appeared before the Republican Assembly of Lake County on April 9^th. Doug Whitley has a long resume in running companies, not for profit organizations, and for two years the Ill. Dept. of Revenue under Governor Jim Edgar.

Doug Whitley explained why he thought it was time for the Republicans to take back the Governor’s Office. Governor Quinn plans on raising taxes, without looking to trim any of the health care programs that Rod created or increased while he was governor. Our State government no longer responds to the needs of the public or business as it once did. The Federal Highway Department has expressed it does not think that the Ill. Dept. of Trans. is up to the job to get the stimulus projects completed. Our neighboring states are taking advantage of our bloated and weaken state government. Companies are being invited to move out of Illinois and cross the state line to lower taxes and less government bureaucracy. The Dems have only shown they plan on more of the same even without Quinn as governor.

Doug plans on turning this around by looking at all phases of state government and cutting what we can do without. He wants the state to assist companies in Illinois to grow and encourage other companies to move into our state. He wants government to work as the citizens of Illinois expect it to.

It is still too early to tell, but I think the Republican Party is off to a good start.

Lake County voters speak

The voters of Lake County have given the Democrats a defeat.

Bill Gentes, the Mayor of Round Lake that was backed by the Cook County Dems for State Senate lost the race for mayor. James Dietz became mayor with over 65% of the votes.

The Democrats did not even try to hide who they were in Vernon Township. They thought it was their time to take out William Peterson for the office of Township Supervisor. Bill won re-election with over 57% of the vote.

This only proves that if the Republicans give the voters good qualified candidates the voters will support them. Lake County belongs to the residents and not to the political bosses of Cook county, that was the message from this election.

Everything starts at home.

Everything starts at home. We look to see that our houses and front yards are kept up and if possible improved. We join with our neighbors at Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Little League, school fundraisers, and many more events all to improve the neighborhood we live in. We question our County Board Member, Mayor, State Senator, State Representative, and others on what they are doing to help us improve the place we work and live. We are all neighbors helping neighbors to keep what we have worked at safe.

Our elected member of Congress Melissa Bean, who chooses to live outside the neighborhood, what is she doing for our neighborhood?

She introduces House Bill 3777: To temporarily raise the portfolio caps applicable to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, to provide the necessary financing to curb foreclosures by facilitating the refinancing of at-risk subprime borrowers into safe, prime loans, to preserve liquidity in the mortgage lending markets, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8] (introduced 10/9/2007)
Committees: House Financial Services

She is just one more member of Congress that has failed to look to the welfare of the neighborhood they represent. Instead they look to make the United States a place for everyone to share the benefits of America, without regard to how hard they work or their connection to our Country. These lofty goals might be noble but they are not what this country was founded on, nor do they recognize the hard work of neighbors helping neighbors. A Congress with Democratic leadership has helped bring our Country to the economic mess we have today.

We need to remind Congresswoman Bean that everything starts at home.

Dan Rutherford for Treasurer

I kept watching the media for news of Mitt Romney supporting Dan Rutherford for State Treasurer. So far nothing, so you can read it here instead.

Tuesday evening in a packed room at the Chicago Club, Governor Mitt Romney endorsed State Senator Dan Rutherford for Illinois State Treasurer. With all the corruption from the Rod Blagojevich administration and the proposed increased taxes from the other Democrats, this is the right time to elect Dan Rutherford our State Treasurer. Dan has already visited all 102 counties of Illinois and most of them several times to get his message out. His message is simple, Open & Honest government. With Dan Rutherford for Treasurer, the Republicans are off to a great start for the 2010 election.

Big Brother is watching

The Chicago Democratic machine has come up with a new way to make sure you are doing the right thing. The red light cameras that pepper the streets of Chicago are being considered to run your license plate and check if your vehicle is insured. This of course is being considered as another way to protect the public. The person caught by the camera however would face a $90 fine. The red light cameras already bring in millions of dollars for the municipal governments that have them with unproven safety benefits to the driving public. What comes next for the cameras? Maybe they should check for seat belt use, child care seat use, talking on your cell phone, smoking in the car with children on board? The list for what these cameras can do is almost endless. This is just another way to raise funds for the tax and spend Dems of Cook County.

Check out this link for the full story of this great new device to keep you safe and to keep the money flowing to the government. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510999,00.html