Dr. Mike Oster for Coroner

Lake County GOP Calls For Coroner to Resign

Lake County GOP Criticizes Coroner for His Role As Paid Defense Witness For A Child Molester Lake County Coroner Richard Keller has used his office to defend a child molester. Predatory sexual assault of a child is one of the most horrific crimes imaginable. In this case, the victim was a five-year-old child, and the defendant, Montel Branch, was convicted of this crime by a Lake County jury. Branch had a long criminal history. On Friday, September 19, 2008, Branch was sentenced to 19 years in prison. Although Montel Branch thankfully was convicted, what was outrageous about his trial was that the paid expert witness for Branch was Lake County Coroner Richard Keller. The Coroner is the second highest law enforcement agent in the County. In fact, the only person that could arrest the sheriff is the coroner. It is astonishing that Richard Keller would use that position to be a paid defense expert witness for a convicted felon in a child molestation case. Lake County Chairman Daniel Venturi condemned Keller's actions and called for his resignation. "The office of Coroner is a full-time obligation, and is not something that you can put on hold to take a side job in a position that compromises the integrity of the office," said Venturi. "In addition, it has the potential to cause confusion to a jury when the second-highest law enforcement officer in the county appears as a paid witness for the defendant," Venturi continued. Almost as offensive is the fact that Richard Keller hired himself out at $100 per hour to work as a defense expert while being paid a six figure income as Lake County Coroner. "Ironically, even though Richard Keller testified on behalf of the defense, the jury obviously disregarded his testimony and the individual was still convicted of the horrific crime," said Venturi. "The citizens of Lake County deserve better; they deserve law enforcement officials who will honor their oath of office and advocate for the victims of crime, and not the predators. There is no excuse for Richard Keller's action and he should immediately resign as Lake County Coroner." Keller is being opposed in the November election by emergency room physician Dr. Michael Oster, of Gurnee.

Teddy Roosevelt, the original Bull Moose

Creed

I believe in honesty, sincerity and the square deal: in making up one's mind what to do - and doing it. I believe in fearing God and taking one's own part. I believe in hitting the line hard when you are right. I believe in speaking softly and carrying a big stick. I believe in hard work and honest sport. I believe in a sane mind in a sane body. I believe we have room for but one sole loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people.

Steve Greenberg comments

Congress has adjourned for their "District Work Period". Don't be fooled, this is nothing more than a five week vacation that this Congress does not deserve.

Sadly, after weeks of standing in the way of commonsense energy solutions, my opponent cast the deciding vote to adjourn the house. This hypocrisy is a slap in the face to the many families who were forced to cancel their summer vacations due to high gas prices. Congress ought to lock the doors and pledge to stay in session until an agreement can be reached on a bill focused on providing relief at the gas pump for hurting families.

Our nation can no longer afford politicians in search of political gain at the expense of their constituents. We need leaders willing to take a stand for the people back home.

Bull Moose Club Meeting

The Bull Moose Club had another meeting today. The Club invited Dan Duffy and others of T.R. thinking to address the club. What came out was the local Republican Party has a group of candidates that it can be proud of.

Duffy explained that he built his company from the ground up while he and his wife also have been raising a family of five children. He has seen what an inept government can do to hurt business, which in turn hurts the State’s economy. The Democrat’s control the State Senate, State House and the Governors Mansion. The State of Illinois ranks last in too many areas nationwide, while the Democrats fight amongst themselves.

The solution: elect people that think and act as Teddy Roosevelt did to make this a great land. T.R. knew what it was like to fight corruption in government while at the same time creating an environment that allows all businesses to grow and succeed. Good government and a good economy, what a concept!

Bull Moose Club member

My Fellow Republicans,

It is with great sadness that I report the passing of fellow Republican Nancy Sassona, of Wauconda, who collapsed today during the Mundelein Independence celebration Parade. Nancy was walking with me and about 15 other volunteers of the Greenberg for Congress campaign about 75% of the way through the parade route when she suddenly collapsed. Emergency crews arrived quickly, but were unable to revive her after she suffered what appeared to be cardiac arrest.

She is survived by her husband, children and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.

May God rest her soul.

The Second Amendment is intact

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Second Amendment of the Constitution is still intact. Our Founding Fathers saw a need for the citizens of this country to have the right to own firearms. The liberals today are all upset about the ruling, saying that in today's America there is no need for guns. In other countries when self defense was taken from the citizens the citizens soon lost their freedom. Many say that such a thing would never happen here. I'm sure the people of Communist China, Russia, Nazi Germany and others said the same thing when they lost their firearms to the government.

The Chicago liberals are upset because they now claim the streets will be flooded with guns and more shootings. In all the handgun shootings in Chicago all of them were committed by guns that were illegal and I would guess that all the people doing the shooting did not have a state issued gun owner ID card. So all the guns & shooters were illegal in both Chicago and Illinois, which means bad guys don't care about the law and will always find a way to get guns. At least now the good guys can have guns too.

A message from Steve Greenberg

The price of gas is now over $4.10 a gallon, yet once again an entire week has passed without a single measure proposed by Democrat Melissa Bean to provide relief at the gas pump for her constituents.

She voted twice against debating a bill aimed at expanding US refining capacities and refused to sign a discharge petition to force a vote on the measure. This bill would relieve the bottleneck in gasoline supply, serving to lower the cost of gas and move our nation closer to energy independence. Despite the fact that this proposal has the support of a majority of the people in the 8^th District, my opponent refuses to support it.

It is evident that this district needs new leadership in Washington. As you fill up your gas tank and cringe, remember that with real leadership in Washington we can bring about real solutions to the gas crisis. Stand with me in this election and help me fight for you.