** Both candidates said they would support House Bill 1 that would make companies and individuals who do contracted work with the state ineligible to make campaign contributions to elected officials.**
"(HB 1) is such a no-brainer, yet it sits (in the rules committee) because special interest groups will lose out on the gravy train ride that they've had for years and years," Suzanne Elder said.
Heather Steans said she voluntarily limited the size of her campaign contributions to comply with federal campaign guidelines.
Later asked about the campaign contributions totaling over $750,000 to national, state and local elected officials given individually by Steans' husband, Leo Smith, or in both their names, Steans called the figure "overblown."
The actual figure donated between 1998 and 2006 is *$758,613* according to the Illinois Board of Elections' campaign disclosure statements.
Blognotes: For those who thought the 'Pay to Play' issue was a dead one, forget about it. I heard from a source this question was also asked by one of Heather's very own loyal neighbors at last nights home base forum in Edgewater.
Full forum review by Lorraine Swanson.
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Where did Heather learn 'Pay to Play'?
Blagojevich has been one of Illinois' most prolific fundraisers, but his campaign war chest dwindled to just a few hundred thousand dollars after he spent $16 million on his 2006 run.
Note to Ms. Steans: If you are going to lie as a candidate, you better make sure your lie can't be quickly proven to be a pile of horse manure.
It is things like this that helped flip the IVI-IPO endorsement to Suzanne Elder, insured that the Illinois Committee for Honest Government would be solidly behind the candidacy of Elder, and is torpedoing the Steams campaign.
Ms Stern reminds me of a canidate that said crime is down--
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