NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE: November 17, 2007
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE ANDY MARTIN CHARGES THAT ILLINOIS GOP CHAIRMAN ANDY MCKENNA AND INSURANCE COMPANY WITNESS STEVE SAUERBERG ARE VIOLATING STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS WITH ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
MARTIN CALLS MCKENNA A “MIDWEST MUSHARRAF” WHO IS TREATING THE STATE GOP AS HIS PRIVATE PERSONAL PIGGY BANK
(CHICAGO)(November 17, 2007) Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a news conference Saturday, November 17th at 10:00 A.M. at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott to demand that Illinois GOP Chairman Andy McKenna and insurance company witness Steve Sauerberg stop violating state and federal election laws. Martin will call McKenna and Sauerberg “hypocrites” who are “endangering and embarrassing the Republican Party by their incompetence and hypocrisy.”
The State GOP has scheduled an “Illinois Republican Leadership Retreat” at the tony Oak Brook Hills Marriott resort. Martin is critical of the venue: “Why aren’t we meeting downtown, in Chicago, where we need more votes, and where we should be doing outreach to urban communities? Why is Andy McKenna reinforcing the party’s image as ‘Country Club Republicans?’ I speak and work for all the People of Illinois, not just the rich and privileged. The party is making a serious mistake in failing to meet where we need to do missionary work.
“On May 17th I warned McKenna not to violate state and federal election laws in supporting Sauerberg. Individually, McKenna can support whom he wishes. As state leader he is barred from using party funds for his personal purposes, to support the candidate he favors. He ignored me. On October 16th I again warned McKenna that he should avoid confusion between his individual or personal activity, and using state Republican Party resources to support my opponent. McKenna has ignored these gentle and polite reminders.
"I find it grossly hypocritical that McKenna is hosting a ‘Leadership Retreat’ with experts who are advising candidates how
to obey campaign laws when McKenna himself, and his Mortimer Snerd Steve Sauerberg, are themselves violating state and federal campaign laws. We will release evidence Saturday that McKenna has engaged in wire fraud, and issued fraudulent claims in violation of state and federal laws.
“McKenna is treating the Illinois Republican Party as his personal property. It is not. Before the primary the party’s resources cannot be used or appropriated for the benefit of one candidate. McKenna may fancy himself a ‘Midwest Musharraf’ who can rule Republicans as a dictator but I am here to tell him he is not going get away with it.
“There are serious questions about my opponent’s links to the insurance industry, and his lax standards of patient care. We have even bigger blockbusters to unfold in the next couple of weeks. For McKenna to be supporting my opponent risks embarrassing the entire Republican Party. That’s wrong,” Martin will charge. “The only thing McKenna is doing to help me is letting Steve Sauerberg speak. The more people hear Sauerberg, the less they like him. You can’t make a silk purse out of a Sauerberg. Steve is not a serious opponent for Dick Durbin. I am.
“I will be ready to speak on Saturday if I am called on. I have not been invited to speak but I bought a ticket to the event. McKenna only favors one candidate. McKenna and Sauerberg are the new Edger Bergen and Mortimer Snerd of Illinois politics. But they should not be allowed to make a comedy of the entire party.”
Martin has rented his own suite at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott and his news conference will be paid for with his campaign funds, not the state party’s. His suite number will be issued as an e-mail advisory.
NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:
WHO: U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE: Oak Brook Hills Marriott, 3500 Midwest Road
ANDY MARTIN’S SUITE (Ask at Desk)
WHEN: Saturday, November 17th, 10:00 A.M.
WHAT: ANDY MARTIN CHARES THAT ANDY MCKENNA AND STEVE
SAUERBERG ARE VIOLATING FEDERAL AND STATE ELECTION
LAWS TO SUPPORT SAUERBERG’S CAMPAIGN
MEDIA
CONTACT: (312) 440-4124 Cell phone (917) 664-9329
WEBSITE: AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
------------------------------------------© Copyright by Andy Martin 2007. Chicago-based Martin holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Comments? E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com. Media contact: (312) 440-4124. Web sites: AndyforUSSenator.com, ContrarianCommentary.com. Comments and columns also posted at AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com, AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com, ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Andy Martin news conference demands Steve "Let Her Die" Sauerberg tell the truth
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE: November 16, 2007
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE ANDY MARTIN DEMANDS THAT “STEVE ‘LET HER DIE’ SAUERBERG COME CLEAN ABOUT THE WAY HE MADE HIS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FORTUNE FROM INSURANCE COMPANY LINKS
(CHICAGO)(November 15, 2007) Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Friday, November 16th at 1:00 P.M. to demand that his campaign opponent Steve Sauerberg make a full and complete disclosure of all of his testimony for doctors who have been sued, insurance companies, and other lawsuits in which Sauerberg has been involved in any way as a party, witness or in any other capacity.
“Steve Sauerberg became a multi-millionaire,” says Martin, “And he did not become wealthy by asking patients to say ‘ahhhh.’ He became rich by testifying for insurance companies and taking the side of insurance companies in litigation.
“Since Sauerberg’s own website describes him as a ‘medical expert,’ Sauerberg owes Republican voters a full and complete disclosure of all of his links to insurance companies, his testimony and his fees involving medical matters and other cases where he was either sued or a paid witness.
“Based on the tragic case of Vivian O’Rourke which is published in law books, no woman would trust her life to Sauerberg. His abandoned a breast cancer patient to side with an insurance company, while the woman was terrified and in agony. This kind of ‘medical expert’ has more in common with Joseph Mengele than the Hippocratic Oath. We should call him ‘Steve, Let Her Die, Sauerberg.’ Sauerberg is about to become America’s Public Enemy Number One for breast cancer patients and survivors.
“Everything I am demanding would be demanded by Dick Durbin if Sauerberg beats me in the primary. He sold Andy McKenna a pig in a poke, but Sauerberg should not be allowed to defraud Republican voters into thinking he is an ‘expert’ when the only thing Sauerberg is an expert at is making piles of money from the suffering of his patients. Sauerberg has made a fortune being an insurance company hired gun and hit man.
“That Sauerberg thinks he can get away with masquerading as a ‘family physician’ is ludicrous. Family physicians do not become multi-millionaires. Sauerberg is a big embarrassment to those Illinois Republicans he has inveigled into supporting him.
“Steve, let all the facts come out yourself, about your links, fees and testimony for insurance companies, before your opponents force the truth out,” Martin will demand.
NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:
WHO: U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE: Southeast corner of Wabash and Huron Streets,
Chicago, (St. James Cathedral)
WHEN: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:00 P.M.
WHAT: ANDY MARTIN DEMANDS THAT STEVE SAUERBERG MAKE
FULL DISCLOSURE OF HIS LINKS TO AND FEES FROM
INSURANCE COMPANIES
MEDIA
CONTACT: (312) 440-4124
WEBSITE: AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2007. Chicago-based Martin holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Comments? E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com. Media contact: (312) 440-4124. Web sites: AndyforUSSenator.com, ContrarianCommentary.com. Comments and columns also posted at AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com, AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com, ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
ANDY MARTIN
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
ATTENTION: DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE: November 16, 2007
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE ANDY MARTIN DEMANDS THAT “STEVE ‘LET HER DIE’ SAUERBERG COME CLEAN ABOUT THE WAY HE MADE HIS MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FORTUNE FROM INSURANCE COMPANY LINKS
(CHICAGO)(November 15, 2007) Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Friday, November 16th at 1:00 P.M. to demand that his campaign opponent Steve Sauerberg make a full and complete disclosure of all of his testimony for doctors who have been sued, insurance companies, and other lawsuits in which Sauerberg has been involved in any way as a party, witness or in any other capacity.
“Steve Sauerberg became a multi-millionaire,” says Martin, “And he did not become wealthy by asking patients to say ‘ahhhh.’ He became rich by testifying for insurance companies and taking the side of insurance companies in litigation.
“Since Sauerberg’s own website describes him as a ‘medical expert,’ Sauerberg owes Republican voters a full and complete disclosure of all of his links to insurance companies, his testimony and his fees involving medical matters and other cases where he was either sued or a paid witness.
“Based on the tragic case of Vivian O’Rourke which is published in law books, no woman would trust her life to Sauerberg. His abandoned a breast cancer patient to side with an insurance company, while the woman was terrified and in agony. This kind of ‘medical expert’ has more in common with Joseph Mengele than the Hippocratic Oath. We should call him ‘Steve, Let Her Die, Sauerberg.’ Sauerberg is about to become America’s Public Enemy Number One for breast cancer patients and survivors.
“Everything I am demanding would be demanded by Dick Durbin if Sauerberg beats me in the primary. He sold Andy McKenna a pig in a poke, but Sauerberg should not be allowed to defraud Republican voters into thinking he is an ‘expert’ when the only thing Sauerberg is an expert at is making piles of money from the suffering of his patients. Sauerberg has made a fortune being an insurance company hired gun and hit man.
“That Sauerberg thinks he can get away with masquerading as a ‘family physician’ is ludicrous. Family physicians do not become multi-millionaires. Sauerberg is a big embarrassment to those Illinois Republicans he has inveigled into supporting him.
“Steve, let all the facts come out yourself, about your links, fees and testimony for insurance companies, before your opponents force the truth out,” Martin will demand.
NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:
WHO: U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE: Southeast corner of Wabash and Huron Streets,
Chicago, (St. James Cathedral)
WHEN: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:00 P.M.
WHAT: ANDY MARTIN DEMANDS THAT STEVE SAUERBERG MAKE
FULL DISCLOSURE OF HIS LINKS TO AND FEES FROM
INSURANCE COMPANIES
MEDIA
CONTACT: (312) 440-4124
WEBSITE: AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2007. Chicago-based Martin holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Comments? E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com. Media contact: (312) 440-4124. Web sites: AndyforUSSenator.com, ContrarianCommentary.com. Comments and columns also posted at AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com, AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com, ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
Andy Martin demands that Steve Sauerberg disclose insurance company fees
ANDY MARTIN
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
November 15, 2007
Steve Sauerberg
Suite 47, PMB 249
4700 Gilbert Avenue
Western Springs, IL 60558
Dear Steve:
Welcome to electoral politics, where we live and work in a fishbowl, and where secrecy is futile and concealment is fatal.
Your new website says you are campaigning on the claim that you are a “recognized medical expert.” Indeed, your former web site stated you were an expert witness in medical cases, a claim that for some reason you dumped when you adopted the new website.
Well, the published research indicates you betrayed your patient when you had to choose between your patient and your checkbook.
We are going to be conducting an intensive investigation of (i) cases where you were sued for malpractice or other forms of nonperformance, and (ii) cases where you testified as an expert witness for insurance companies, including dates, docket numbers and, when you were a witness, fees paid for your testimony. I would like to offer you the courtesy of releasing this detailed information on your own, voluntarily, before the data comes out in dribs and drabs over a period of time.
As a legal expert, I can tell you that in the law, as in politics, the public is allowed to draw an adverse inference from silence and/or concealment. For you to campaign as a “medical expert” and then to fail to disclose the detailed factual basis for that claim, as well as conflicting or contradictory evidence, would allow me, and Republican voters, to believe that you made your multi-million dollar fortune and funded your “Sauerberg Family Foundation” (a topic for another day) with the ill-gotten loot of being a hired gun and hit man for insurance companies. Realistically, “family doctors” don’t make millions of dollars by seeing patients, so the massive fortune that you have promised to spend during the election obviously did not come from telling patients to “say ahhhh.”
I am going to educate you in the political process. The first lesson is that you should come forward on your own with detailed, full disclosure before I come forward in steps with redacted disclosure. In the meantime, I will be asking voters to draw an adverse inference from your silence, and to realize that you use the term “medical expert” to reflect operating a money machine as a hit man and hired gun for insurance companies, not to reflect services as a treating physician.
I will afford you up to and including Monday, November 26th to make your voluntary, full, true and complete disclosures about cases in which you have testified as a medical expert either on behalf of doctors who were sued or insurance companies who were engaged in litigation with claimants (detailed dates, docket numbers and fees included) as well as all other cases where you were sued for malpractice or other nonperformance.
I am sure that when it dawns on Republicans across Illinois that you were “endorsed” by one man, Andy McKenna, who is himself a neophyte at electoral politics, voters will realize that McKenna endorsed, and you sold him, a pig in a poke. Furthermore, it is frivolous to suggest that if you were to win the primary Dick Durbin & Company would ignore the very issues I am raising now. So, disclose now, or pay later.
If you are indeed a serious candidate for senator, which based on your performance to date I doubt, you should realize I am 100% correct and work fast to disclose the full list of cases, fees, etc. which I am requesting before either I or Durbin disclose it for you.
You left your patient Vivian O’Rourke to die; I will not let the memory of her agony die while you campaign as a “family physician” and conceal your history as an insurance company hit man and hired gun.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY
AM:sp
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
November 15, 2007
Steve Sauerberg
Suite 47, PMB 249
4700 Gilbert Avenue
Western Springs, IL 60558
Dear Steve:
Welcome to electoral politics, where we live and work in a fishbowl, and where secrecy is futile and concealment is fatal.
Your new website says you are campaigning on the claim that you are a “recognized medical expert.” Indeed, your former web site stated you were an expert witness in medical cases, a claim that for some reason you dumped when you adopted the new website.
Well, the published research indicates you betrayed your patient when you had to choose between your patient and your checkbook.
We are going to be conducting an intensive investigation of (i) cases where you were sued for malpractice or other forms of nonperformance, and (ii) cases where you testified as an expert witness for insurance companies, including dates, docket numbers and, when you were a witness, fees paid for your testimony. I would like to offer you the courtesy of releasing this detailed information on your own, voluntarily, before the data comes out in dribs and drabs over a period of time.
As a legal expert, I can tell you that in the law, as in politics, the public is allowed to draw an adverse inference from silence and/or concealment. For you to campaign as a “medical expert” and then to fail to disclose the detailed factual basis for that claim, as well as conflicting or contradictory evidence, would allow me, and Republican voters, to believe that you made your multi-million dollar fortune and funded your “Sauerberg Family Foundation” (a topic for another day) with the ill-gotten loot of being a hired gun and hit man for insurance companies. Realistically, “family doctors” don’t make millions of dollars by seeing patients, so the massive fortune that you have promised to spend during the election obviously did not come from telling patients to “say ahhhh.”
I am going to educate you in the political process. The first lesson is that you should come forward on your own with detailed, full disclosure before I come forward in steps with redacted disclosure. In the meantime, I will be asking voters to draw an adverse inference from your silence, and to realize that you use the term “medical expert” to reflect operating a money machine as a hit man and hired gun for insurance companies, not to reflect services as a treating physician.
I will afford you up to and including Monday, November 26th to make your voluntary, full, true and complete disclosures about cases in which you have testified as a medical expert either on behalf of doctors who were sued or insurance companies who were engaged in litigation with claimants (detailed dates, docket numbers and fees included) as well as all other cases where you were sued for malpractice or other nonperformance.
I am sure that when it dawns on Republicans across Illinois that you were “endorsed” by one man, Andy McKenna, who is himself a neophyte at electoral politics, voters will realize that McKenna endorsed, and you sold him, a pig in a poke. Furthermore, it is frivolous to suggest that if you were to win the primary Dick Durbin & Company would ignore the very issues I am raising now. So, disclose now, or pay later.
If you are indeed a serious candidate for senator, which based on your performance to date I doubt, you should realize I am 100% correct and work fast to disclose the full list of cases, fees, etc. which I am requesting before either I or Durbin disclose it for you.
You left your patient Vivian O’Rourke to die; I will not let the memory of her agony die while you campaign as a “family physician” and conceal your history as an insurance company hit man and hired gun.
Sincerely yours,
ANDY
AM:sp
Andy Martin calls Steve Sauerberg insurance company "hit man and hired gun"
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE ANDY MARTIN SLASHES PRIMARY OPPONENT FOR BEING “INSURANCE COMPANY DOCTOR”
MARTIN SAYS STEVE SAUERBERG ACCUMULATED A $1 MILLION SLUSH FUND BY BEING A “HIT MAN AND HIRED GUN” FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES FIGHTING THEIR POLICY HOLDERS, SAYS SAUERBERG REPRESENTS A “REPUBLICRAT COMBINE” THAT CONTROLS AND CORRUPTS ILLINOIS POLITICS
CANDIDATE SAYS SAUERBERG OPENLY WANTS TO PROTECT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, SO THAT WEALTHY DOCTORS WILL BE IMMUNE FROM LIABILITY FOR BUTCHERING THEIR PATIENTS
(Antioch, IL)(November 15, 2007) Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin slashed his primary opponent, insurance company doctor Steve Sauerberg, at a Lake County political forum held in Antioch Wednesday evening.
Martin said that Sauerberg’s offer to personally contribute $1 million to his campaign came from a “slush fund that had been created by being a shill for insurance companies.” Martin compared Sauerberg, who was absent, to the comic book character Uncle Scrooge, “who swims in a vault of his own money; Sauerberg is probably home swimming in the cash from his $1 million slush fund right now.”
“Sauerberg calls himself a ‘family practice’ physician,” Martin said afterwards. “But family physicians do not accumulate $1 million in free cash by looking at children’s tonsils. Sauerberg is a hit man and a hired gun for insurance companies. The case of O’Rourke v. Access Health, 668 N.E.2d 214 (Ill.App. 1st Dist. 1996) is instructive. When Sauerberg had to choose between his patient and the insurance company, his deposition chose to support the insurance company. He’s probably home swimming in all of his ill-gotten cash right now, just like to comic book character Uncle Scrooge.
Martin stated “I represent the Republican Party wing of the Illinois Republican Party; Sauerberg is the candidate recruited to run against me by the ‘Republicrat Combine’ that has devastated Illinois politics. I am not for sale, and the party’s nomination should not be for sale to the highest bidder. Sauerberg has offered to contribute $1 million in cash to his campaign, see http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2008/senate/?state=IL.
“Where does someone who sees ‘family patients’ accumulate that kind of wealth? Obviously not from family patients. Some rich doctors buy expensive cars; Sauerberg wants a senate nomination to assuage his ego. It’s despicable that the Chicago media even treat this insurance company charlatan as a serious candidate.
“Sauerberg is living in a dream world if he thinks the Democrats are going to let him get away with his butchery. He is Public Enemy Number One to every woman concerned about breast cancer. Vivian O’Rourke will haunt him to his dying day. When he had to choose between his patient and the insurance company’s hidden ‘staff,’ he chose the anonymous staff and put his patient through hell to save the company’s cash. For shame. ‘Managed care’ worked for Steve Sauerberg; it made him a multi-millionaire. It didn’t work for Vivian O’Rourke.”
Martin expects to continue his attacks on Sauerberg’s medical history and business practices as a “family physician.”
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2007. Chicago-based Martin holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Columns also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. Comments? E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com. Media contact: (312) 440-4124. Web sites: ContrarianCommentary.com; AndyforUSSenator.com.
ANDY MARTIN
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE ANDY MARTIN SLASHES PRIMARY OPPONENT FOR BEING “INSURANCE COMPANY DOCTOR”
MARTIN SAYS STEVE SAUERBERG ACCUMULATED A $1 MILLION SLUSH FUND BY BEING A “HIT MAN AND HIRED GUN” FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES FIGHTING THEIR POLICY HOLDERS, SAYS SAUERBERG REPRESENTS A “REPUBLICRAT COMBINE” THAT CONTROLS AND CORRUPTS ILLINOIS POLITICS
CANDIDATE SAYS SAUERBERG OPENLY WANTS TO PROTECT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, SO THAT WEALTHY DOCTORS WILL BE IMMUNE FROM LIABILITY FOR BUTCHERING THEIR PATIENTS
(Antioch, IL)(November 15, 2007) Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin slashed his primary opponent, insurance company doctor Steve Sauerberg, at a Lake County political forum held in Antioch Wednesday evening.
Martin said that Sauerberg’s offer to personally contribute $1 million to his campaign came from a “slush fund that had been created by being a shill for insurance companies.” Martin compared Sauerberg, who was absent, to the comic book character Uncle Scrooge, “who swims in a vault of his own money; Sauerberg is probably home swimming in the cash from his $1 million slush fund right now.”
“Sauerberg calls himself a ‘family practice’ physician,” Martin said afterwards. “But family physicians do not accumulate $1 million in free cash by looking at children’s tonsils. Sauerberg is a hit man and a hired gun for insurance companies. The case of O’Rourke v. Access Health, 668 N.E.2d 214 (Ill.App. 1st Dist. 1996) is instructive. When Sauerberg had to choose between his patient and the insurance company, his deposition chose to support the insurance company. He’s probably home swimming in all of his ill-gotten cash right now, just like to comic book character Uncle Scrooge.
Martin stated “I represent the Republican Party wing of the Illinois Republican Party; Sauerberg is the candidate recruited to run against me by the ‘Republicrat Combine’ that has devastated Illinois politics. I am not for sale, and the party’s nomination should not be for sale to the highest bidder. Sauerberg has offered to contribute $1 million in cash to his campaign, see http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2008/senate/?state=IL.
“Where does someone who sees ‘family patients’ accumulate that kind of wealth? Obviously not from family patients. Some rich doctors buy expensive cars; Sauerberg wants a senate nomination to assuage his ego. It’s despicable that the Chicago media even treat this insurance company charlatan as a serious candidate.
“Sauerberg is living in a dream world if he thinks the Democrats are going to let him get away with his butchery. He is Public Enemy Number One to every woman concerned about breast cancer. Vivian O’Rourke will haunt him to his dying day. When he had to choose between his patient and the insurance company’s hidden ‘staff,’ he chose the anonymous staff and put his patient through hell to save the company’s cash. For shame. ‘Managed care’ worked for Steve Sauerberg; it made him a multi-millionaire. It didn’t work for Vivian O’Rourke.”
Martin expects to continue his attacks on Sauerberg’s medical history and business practices as a “family physician.”
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2007. Chicago-based Martin holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Columns also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. Comments? E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com. Media contact: (312) 440-4124. Web sites: ContrarianCommentary.com; AndyforUSSenator.com.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Andy Martin sets Petition Circulator Appreciation Reception
ANDY MARTIN
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
November 14, 2007
Dear Member of the
Andy Martin Petition
Circulator Family:
Thank you! We made political history in Illinois!
The corrupt political Republicrat “Combine” that controls Illinois politics only managed to file slightly more than 5,000 valid signatures for my Combine opponent, insurance company doctor Steve Sauerberg (he filed a total of 7,000 names but some were invalid).
We filed the legal maximum: 10,000 signatures. We had more valid signatures left over than any of my primary opponents managed to collect in total! I owe it all to you.
I have scheduled an appreciation reception for all of you who submitted 100 or more valid signatures.
The reception is scheduled as follows: The Grotto, 1030 N. State Street (Newberry Plaza), Chicago, Wednesday, November 28th from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. The food is on me. (There is a cash bar.)
Petition circulators are the unsung heroes of the Illinois political process. So far as I am aware this is the first time in history that any statewide Republican candidate has scheduled a special appreciation reception for petition circulators.
Unlike the Republicrats, who are composed of rich heirs to inherited fortunes, crooked politicians, lobbyists, and the lawyers who serve all of them, our organization is made up of the salt of the earth, ordinary citizens who came together and were molded into a campaign team.
The Chicago Tribune has called me an “absolutely brilliant campaigner.” I know how to organize a campaign. You proved it all over again, by making a powerful statement with your mountain of petition signatures. I am proud to have worked with all of you.
Your petition signatures are going to help work miracles in Illinois politics. First we are going to win the primary on February 5th. No one expects us to win; when we do, the corrupt system and its media sycophants will be shaken.
Then we are going to rebuild and reform the Republican Party, to make it a party that welcomes and serves all the People of Illinois and not just the privileged few. I believe in a strong two party system. Today Illinois suffers from a 1-1/2 party structure.
Finally, we are going to score an upset victory in November, 2008 and remove the Combine’s senator in Washington. He is the finest public official that money can buy. He is for sale to the highest bidder, if you are rich enough to afford him. I am not for sale to anyone for any sum of money. I work for the People of Illinois, not the Combine, not the special interests and not the crooks who have embarrassed us at home and abroad.
You must respond by e-mail (preferred) or phone by Friday, November 16th to see if your name is on our list, so we can plan definite arrangements. I hope you can make it. Dress: coat and tie for men, appropriate for women. We hope to take pictures.
Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for your outstanding service.
With all best wishes,
ANDY
AM:sp
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
November 14, 2007
Dear Member of the
Andy Martin Petition
Circulator Family:
Thank you! We made political history in Illinois!
The corrupt political Republicrat “Combine” that controls Illinois politics only managed to file slightly more than 5,000 valid signatures for my Combine opponent, insurance company doctor Steve Sauerberg (he filed a total of 7,000 names but some were invalid).
We filed the legal maximum: 10,000 signatures. We had more valid signatures left over than any of my primary opponents managed to collect in total! I owe it all to you.
I have scheduled an appreciation reception for all of you who submitted 100 or more valid signatures.
The reception is scheduled as follows: The Grotto, 1030 N. State Street (Newberry Plaza), Chicago, Wednesday, November 28th from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. The food is on me. (There is a cash bar.)
Petition circulators are the unsung heroes of the Illinois political process. So far as I am aware this is the first time in history that any statewide Republican candidate has scheduled a special appreciation reception for petition circulators.
Unlike the Republicrats, who are composed of rich heirs to inherited fortunes, crooked politicians, lobbyists, and the lawyers who serve all of them, our organization is made up of the salt of the earth, ordinary citizens who came together and were molded into a campaign team.
The Chicago Tribune has called me an “absolutely brilliant campaigner.” I know how to organize a campaign. You proved it all over again, by making a powerful statement with your mountain of petition signatures. I am proud to have worked with all of you.
Your petition signatures are going to help work miracles in Illinois politics. First we are going to win the primary on February 5th. No one expects us to win; when we do, the corrupt system and its media sycophants will be shaken.
Then we are going to rebuild and reform the Republican Party, to make it a party that welcomes and serves all the People of Illinois and not just the privileged few. I believe in a strong two party system. Today Illinois suffers from a 1-1/2 party structure.
Finally, we are going to score an upset victory in November, 2008 and remove the Combine’s senator in Washington. He is the finest public official that money can buy. He is for sale to the highest bidder, if you are rich enough to afford him. I am not for sale to anyone for any sum of money. I work for the People of Illinois, not the Combine, not the special interests and not the crooks who have embarrassed us at home and abroad.
You must respond by e-mail (preferred) or phone by Friday, November 16th to see if your name is on our list, so we can plan definite arrangements. I hope you can make it. Dress: coat and tie for men, appropriate for women. We hope to take pictures.
Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for your outstanding service.
With all best wishes,
ANDY
AM:sp
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Andy Martin asks Agriculture Department to act on contaminated meat
ANDY MARTIN
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: mailto:AndyforIllinois@aol.com
November 14, 2004
Hon. Chuck Conner
Secretary of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Re: Suspension of “Cook Only” meat rules
Dear Secretary Conner:
I am writing to ask you to suspend and thereafter to cancel the “Cook Only” meat rules that allow contaminated meat to be sold and transferred in interstate commerce while bearing evidence of E. coli infection.
While I am sure that reasonable minds can differ on whether “cooking” the meat (or as one industry represented suggested, “cooking the books” to avoid losses) poses a risk to public health. Frankly, we don’t know what the long-term consequences are.
I believe the USDA should err on the side of public health and safety, not industry protection and preservation. That is why I am writing to urge you to temporarily suspend the “Cook Only” provisions of the agency’s rules, and thereafter to conduct appropriate administrative proceedings for the purpose of determining whether the rules should be permanently eliminated.
I am going to be contacting representatives of the meat industry, and food processors, to gather additional information.
I am also evaluating a nationwide consumer boycott. I hope USDA will make much of this public interest action unnecessary by immediately suspending the applicable rules and thereafter taking steps to eliminate any exceptions which allow either any E. coli in any meatpacking facility, or any sale and/or resale of contaminated meat for cooking purposes or any other purposes whatsoever.
Given the spate of recent health scares involving both cooked meat and processed meat, USDA and the meat industry owe American consumers a higher standard, the highest standard of care. I hope you agree.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY
AM:sp
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: mailto:AndyforIllinois@aol.com
November 14, 2004
Hon. Chuck Conner
Secretary of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
Re: Suspension of “Cook Only” meat rules
Dear Secretary Conner:
I am writing to ask you to suspend and thereafter to cancel the “Cook Only” meat rules that allow contaminated meat to be sold and transferred in interstate commerce while bearing evidence of E. coli infection.
While I am sure that reasonable minds can differ on whether “cooking” the meat (or as one industry represented suggested, “cooking the books” to avoid losses) poses a risk to public health. Frankly, we don’t know what the long-term consequences are.
I believe the USDA should err on the side of public health and safety, not industry protection and preservation. That is why I am writing to urge you to temporarily suspend the “Cook Only” provisions of the agency’s rules, and thereafter to conduct appropriate administrative proceedings for the purpose of determining whether the rules should be permanently eliminated.
I am going to be contacting representatives of the meat industry, and food processors, to gather additional information.
I am also evaluating a nationwide consumer boycott. I hope USDA will make much of this public interest action unnecessary by immediately suspending the applicable rules and thereafter taking steps to eliminate any exceptions which allow either any E. coli in any meatpacking facility, or any sale and/or resale of contaminated meat for cooking purposes or any other purposes whatsoever.
Given the spate of recent health scares involving both cooked meat and processed meat, USDA and the meat industry owe American consumers a higher standard, the highest standard of care. I hope you agree.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY
AM:sp
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin fights to protect food supply
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
ATTENTION: ASSIGNMENT/DAYBOOK EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 14, 2007
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE ANDY MARTIN LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO SUSPEND E. COLI CONTAMINATION “LOOPHOLE” IN MEAT INDUSTRY
MARTIN CHALLENGES MANUFACTURERS TO END PROCESSING AND SALE OF CONTAMINATED BEEF
CANDIDATE SAYS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHOULD END “COOK ONLY” EXCEPTION FOR CONTAMINATED BEEF, CITES TRANSPORTATION RISKS
(Springfield, IL)(November 14, 2007) Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Springfield, Illinois news conference at the State Capitol Press Room, Wednesday, November 14th at 1:00 P.M. to announce that he has opened a nationwide campaign to eliminate E. coli-contaminated meat from the United States food supply.
“Recent media reports that E. coli-contaminated beef is being traded and processed in America’s slaughterhouses is cause for grave concern,” Martin will state. “Our tolerance for serious pathogens should be 0%. Although ‘cook only’ contaminated beef may, and I say may, be safe to consume, this contaminated beef apparently moves in interstate commerce and is actively traded between meat processing and food processing firms. The potential to spread contamination and to develop resistant bacteria is very significant.
“I have asked Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner to suspend ‘cook only’ regulations pending further examination of the issue. The problem lies not only in ‘cooking’ itself, but also in transportation. Contaminated beef goes between slaughterhouses and processing plants, leaving open the potential for external contamination. I strongly believe USDA should adopt a zero tolerance policy for E. coli contamination at every stage of meat processing. We will be announcing further steps in the days ahead, including a possible nationwide boycott of manufacturers that purchase and process ‘cook only’ carcasses.
“To paraphrase the old 1984 campaign commercial, ‘Where’s the beef?’ I would ask, ‘Where’s the E. coli and why isn’t it being eliminated from every stage of the meat processing industry?’ Americans should not be hostages to corporate agriculture and mass production that creates massive public health risks.”
Since Andy Martin formed the Illinois Consumer Counsel in 1970 he has been Illinois’ leading consumer advocate. Although Martin specializes in judicial and political corruption, he became the first consumer advocate in cyberspace when he formed the Committee to Fight Microsoft. Martin’s actions helped trigger significant legal restraints on Microsoft Corporation. [See andymartin.com for more detail.] Andy is the leading Republican Party candidate for U. S. Senator to oppose incumbent Democrat Dick Durbin.
NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:
WHO: U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE: State Capitol Press Room, Springfield, Illinois
WHEN: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:00 P.M.
WHAT: Andy Martin opens campaign to protect
America’s meat supply
MEDIA
CONTACT: (312) 440-4124
WEBSITE: AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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© Copyright by Andy Martin 2007. Chicago-based Martin holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Columns also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. Comments? E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com. Media contact: (866) 706-2639. Web sites: ContrarianCommentary.com.
ANDY MARTIN
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Republican for U. S. Senator
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
ATTENTION: ASSIGNMENT/DAYBOOK EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWS CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 14, 2007
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE ANDY MARTIN LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN TO SUSPEND E. COLI CONTAMINATION “LOOPHOLE” IN MEAT INDUSTRY
MARTIN CHALLENGES MANUFACTURERS TO END PROCESSING AND SALE OF CONTAMINATED BEEF
CANDIDATE SAYS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SHOULD END “COOK ONLY” EXCEPTION FOR CONTAMINATED BEEF, CITES TRANSPORTATION RISKS
(Springfield, IL)(November 14, 2007) Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will hold a Springfield, Illinois news conference at the State Capitol Press Room, Wednesday, November 14th at 1:00 P.M. to announce that he has opened a nationwide campaign to eliminate E. coli-contaminated meat from the United States food supply.
“Recent media reports that E. coli-contaminated beef is being traded and processed in America’s slaughterhouses is cause for grave concern,” Martin will state. “Our tolerance for serious pathogens should be 0%. Although ‘cook only’ contaminated beef may, and I say may, be safe to consume, this contaminated beef apparently moves in interstate commerce and is actively traded between meat processing and food processing firms. The potential to spread contamination and to develop resistant bacteria is very significant.
“I have asked Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner to suspend ‘cook only’ regulations pending further examination of the issue. The problem lies not only in ‘cooking’ itself, but also in transportation. Contaminated beef goes between slaughterhouses and processing plants, leaving open the potential for external contamination. I strongly believe USDA should adopt a zero tolerance policy for E. coli contamination at every stage of meat processing. We will be announcing further steps in the days ahead, including a possible nationwide boycott of manufacturers that purchase and process ‘cook only’ carcasses.
“To paraphrase the old 1984 campaign commercial, ‘Where’s the beef?’ I would ask, ‘Where’s the E. coli and why isn’t it being eliminated from every stage of the meat processing industry?’ Americans should not be hostages to corporate agriculture and mass production that creates massive public health risks.”
Since Andy Martin formed the Illinois Consumer Counsel in 1970 he has been Illinois’ leading consumer advocate. Although Martin specializes in judicial and political corruption, he became the first consumer advocate in cyberspace when he formed the Committee to Fight Microsoft. Martin’s actions helped trigger significant legal restraints on Microsoft Corporation. [See andymartin.com for more detail.] Andy is the leading Republican Party candidate for U. S. Senator to oppose incumbent Democrat Dick Durbin.
NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:
WHO: U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHERE: State Capitol Press Room, Springfield, Illinois
WHEN: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:00 P.M.
WHAT: Andy Martin opens campaign to protect
America’s meat supply
MEDIA
CONTACT: (312) 440-4124
WEBSITE: AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
------------------------------------------------------------
© Copyright by Andy Martin 2007. Chicago-based Martin holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Columns also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. Comments? E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com. Media contact: (866) 706-2639. Web sites: ContrarianCommentary.com.
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