Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin is fighting discrimination and harassment by corrupt “Combine Republicans” who are seeking to thwart his anti-corruption campaign for the U. S. Senate. Mark Kirk is also named as a defendant because of illegal campaign activity by his campaign supporters.
A Sangamon County Circuit Judge sets an emergency hearing in U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin’s lawsuit again the Republican National Committee and Illinois State Fair
Martin is also asking a Sangamon County, Illinois court to stop censorship by the Illinois State Fair and harassment by the Republican Party’s leadership
Martin also charges that ‘infanticide” opponent Mark Kirk is violating federal and state election laws
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
MARK KIRK’S SENATE CAMPAIGN FACES CHARGES OF ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANDY MCKENNA AND “COMBINE REPUBLICANS”
MARTIN IS ASKING A SANGAMON COUNTY COURT TO ORDER THE RNC TO PERMIT HIM TO ACCESS THE PARTY’S “VOTER VAULT”
MARTIN SAYS THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR UNLAWFULLY TRIES TO STIFLE DEBATE ON “REPUBLICAN DAY,” AUGUST 20TH
(CHICAGO)(August 17, 2009) A Sangamon County Circuit Judge has set an emergency hearing for Wednesday, August 19th on a lawsuit filed by Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin against the Illinois State Fair and the Republican National Committee [hearing details below]. Martin has set a Chicago news conference for August 18th to explain his accusations.
Insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Martin charges that the Republican Party is illegally denying him access to the RNC’s “Voter Vault” to thwart his corruption-fighting campaign for the U. S. Senate. Andy claims the Illinois Republican Party’s leadership is controlled by a corrupt bipartisan “Combine.”
Finally, Martin’s case, filed in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Springfield, Illinois, seeks a court order permitting his protesters at the State Fair’s “Republican Day” to reflect the split in the Illinois Party.
The Circuit Court hearing on Martin’s Verified Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order will lead off two days of conservative Republican Springfield-area demonstrations and confrontation by Martin and his supporters.
Wednesday evening Martin is expected to picket Springfield’s historic Pasfield House Inn where Republicans are meeting; Thursday will involve conflicts over “Republican Day” at the Illinois State Fair. [details to follow] Martin is establishing a “Conservative Fighting Camp” to confront his opponent, “infanticide” Senate candidate Mark Kirk.
"There are two Republican Parties in Illinois,” Martin says. “There are the Republicans who live and work on Main Street; conservatives who are raising families and struggling with the economy. And there is the ‘other’ Republican Party of wealthy business leaders, known as the bipartisan ‘Combine’ of corruption that controls the nominal machinery of the Party through dishonest members of the Republican State Central Committee.
“I represent Main Street Republicans; Mark Kirk is the candidate of the Daley Machine-dominated ‘Combine.’
“I am being harassed for exposing Republican, as well as Democratic, corruption in Illinois. But Republicans cannot win in 2010 by being two-faced about crooked government. Unfortunately National Chairman Michael Steel was elected Chairman with help from the ‘Combine.’
“I asked Steele to open the RNC’s Voter Vault database because the Illinois ‘Combine’ is denying me access. The Voter Vault is supposed to be available to Republican candidates on a nondiscriminatory basis. Steele and his counsel refuse to respond. They are kowtowing to the Combine-controlled faction of the Party.
“Likewise, the Illinois State Fair seeks to limit debate and confrontation on what the Fair calls ‘Republican Day.’ I managed to work out protest procedures with the Chicago Police Department on Chicago’s crowded streets and sidewalks without the need to file a lawsuit. The Illinois State Fair is trying to stifle political dissent on state-owned land. The entire State of Illinois is a racketeer influenced corrupt organization. Even the State Fair.
“As for Mr. Steele, he can blab about ‘reform’ all he wants; as long as he is keeping corruption-fighting candidates from accessing the Voter Vault, he is voting with the Chicago Combine and against the People of Illinois,” Martin charges. “The Voter Vault belongs to Republican candidates nationally; it should not be under the control of the corrupt ‘Combine’ in Illinois.”
Martin’s Verified Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order is posted on the Internet as a separate release.
August 18th Chicago news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:00 A.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin will announce that a Sangamon County Circuit Judge has set an emergency hearing for August 19th on his lawsuit to prevent Michael Steele and the Republican National Committee from discriminatory abuse of the RNC’s “Voter Vault.” Martin’s emergency hearing will also consider claims against the Illinois State Fair. Martin says the Fair unconstitutionally seeks to limit dissent at “Republican Day” on August 20th.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
AUGUST 19TH SPRINGFIELD HEARING DETAILS:
JUDGE:
Hon. Patrick W. Kelley, Chief Judge
TIME:
1:00 P.M.
ROOM: Courtroom 7B, 200 S. Ninth Street, Springfield
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com-
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Andy Martin’s Verified Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order
Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Springfield, Illinois. This is the full text of his emergency motion seeking to bar illegal practices by “Combine Republicans” and the State Fair.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2009 CH 658
ANDY MARTIN,
Plaintiff,
vs.
MICHAEL STEELE, et al.,
Defendants.
VERIFIED MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
The Plaintiff asks this Court to issue two (2) separate orders on an emergency basis: (1) a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) barring the Illinois Department of Agriculture (“Agriculture”) or Illinois State fair (“ISF”) or persons acting under Agriculture/ISF from interfering with Plaintiff’s protests at the Illinois State Fair on August 20, 2009; (2) an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) directing the Republican Party defendants to show cause why Plaintiff should not be granted access to the Republican National Committee’s (“RNC’s”) Voter Vault (“VV”). The TRO and OSC are independent of each other.
1. Factual allegations
The facts governing each of these issues are set forth in the attached Complaint.
A. With regard to the TRO, plaintiff has been in negotiation with Agriculture, but has been unable to reach a written agreement as to the terms and conditions for Plaintiff’s use of the Illinois State Fair Premises (“ISF”) for “Republican Day.”
B. As to the RNC issues, the VV is made available to Republican candidates. But because of the corruption and hostility of the Illinois Republican Party (“IRP”) to “reform Republicans,” the VV is not being made available to Plaintiff to harass him as a candidate for statewide office.
2. Legal standards
A. The legal standards governing a TRO are straightforward, see Wilson v. Hinsdale Elementary, 349 Ill.App.3rd 243, 810 N.E.2d 637, 642 (Court of Appeals, 2d Dist. 2004).
3. Argument
A. The TRO
a. Plaintiff is not seeking unrestricted access to the State Fair. He is seeking access on a specific day which the ISF has designated as “Republican Day.” Thus, the ISF itself has allowed and invited Republicans to attend. The essence of political parties going back to Jeffersonian days is that parties have factions. Plaintiff represents mainstream Republicans; the defendants represent “Combine” Republicans. The term “Combine” was coined to describe Republicans-cum-Democrats who exercise dictatorial political powers over Illinois government on a continuing basis, all of which power is lubricated with corruption, self-interest and political duplicity.
b. The TRO/ISF claims arise under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. If the ISF is going to specifically host a “Republican Day,” then it must make reasonable accommodations for conflicting factions in the Republican Party.
c. The ISF claims it has established a "protest area" at a great distance from the Director's Lawn, while some Republicans will be allowed to meet at the Director’s Lawn. Protests which are removed from the area of actual conflict are not protests at all; they are meaningless and hollow gestures which reflect unconstitutional abridgement of political speech.
d. Plaintiff was able to resolve a much more complex protest issue with the Chicago Police Department, without the need to file a lawsuit. Chicago’s streets and sidewalks are crowded and congested. But the CPD was able to accommodate Plaintiff. The ISF is sticking rigidly to vague rules which seek to render Plaintiff’s protest nugatory.
e. Likewise, one faction of the Republican Day crowd has already been granted use of sound amplification. Plaintiff only seeks to use his own sound amplification at a reasonable level. The “rules” of the ISF are vague and offer unfettered discretion on the ISF to control "sound devices." A grant of unfettered discretion to a state official is unconstitutional. Once again, the ISF is taking a wooden approach to resolving what should have been resolved without a lawsuit.
B. The OSC
a. The Republican Party (RNC) has crated a database called the VV. The VV is made available to Republican candidates, and has been made available repeatedly to Plaintiff’s political opponents, including defendant Mark Kirk.
b. Making the VV available to only one of a number of candidates may violate federal election law, which bars excessive contributions to a single candidate in a primary election, as well as Illinois election law, which may bar use of state funds for a single federal candidate. In addition, the VV has been made available on an unrestricted basis to Republicans. In the most recent statewide primary Plaintiff received almost 35% of the statewide vote, and carried numerous downstate counties.
c. The RNC defendants are seeking to sabotage Plaintiff’s campaign for federal office, and sabotage the rights of downstate voters in particular to be reached through information contained in the VV. Such action by the defendants is inequitable and unlawful.
C. The legal criteria for relief
a. “Certain and Clearly Ascertainable Right”
The defendants themselves have designated a special day as Republican Day. They have invited Republicans to protest, and then sought to render protest meaningless. Do they suggest there is only “one” Republican voice? Or a monolithic party? That is obviously an unreasonable belief under any circumstances. Having invited “Republicans,” the ISF has to accommodate all Republicans. Likewise, the VV has been made to Plaintiff’s opponents; he has the same right of access as his opponents.
b. “Inadequate remedy at law”
There is no adequate remedy for denial of First Amendment Rights. Likewise, the VV is a massive compendium that has been created to assist candidates such as Plaintiff. Because of the constraints of time and cost, it would be impossible for any candidate to duplicate the VV.
c. Irreparable injury
The issue of irreparable injury given that Plaintiff is a candidate for federal office and seeks to demonstrate on only one day, billed as “Republican Day” by the ISF itself, in the area of the Republican congregation at the Director’s Lawn, cannot seriously be questioned, Cooper v. Rockford Newspapers, 50 Ill.App. 3rd 250, 365 N.E.2d 746, 750 (Court of Appeals, 2d Dist 1995) citing Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373-374, 96 S. Ct. 2673 (1976).
d. “Likelihood of success”
With all due respect, Plaintiff has an excellent likelihood of succeeding on his claims that (1) the ISF has vague and unconstitutional standards for political speech on specific days when the ISF itself invites political speech by scheduling a “Republican Day” and a separate ”Democratic Day,” Elrod. The actions of the RNC/IRP defendants are arbitrary, capricious and violate the rules of the RNC itself. Plaintiff is an intended beneficiary of the RNC’s rules and procedures for VV access. Plaintiff has complied fully with the VV procedural requirements.
Dated: August 15, 2009
VERIFICATION
Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil procedure, the undersigned certifies that the statements set forth in this instrument are true and correct, except as to matters therein stated to be on information and belief and as to such matters the undersigned certified as aforesaid that he verily believes the same to e true.
ANDY MARTIN
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)
Additional courtesy copy requested to:
ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
SERVICE OF NOTICES IS RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED BY FAX OR E-MAIL
Additional e-mail address available
upon request
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify I have served Margaret L. van Dijk, Esq. by fax to (217) 785-4505, and the remaining pro se defendants at fax numbers known for them, (312) 201-0181 (McKenna, Weis and Illinois Republican Party); (217) 753-4712 (Conrad); (202) 863-8820 (Steele and RNC); (202) 863-8654 (Priebus); (202) 225-0837;
and (847) 940-7143 (Kirk).
ANDY MARTIN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2009 CH 658
ANDY MARTIN,
Plaintiff,
vs.
MICHAEL STEELE, et al.,
Defendants.
VERIFIED MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
The Plaintiff asks this Court to issue two (2) separate orders on an emergency basis: (1) a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) barring the Illinois Department of Agriculture (“Agriculture”) or Illinois State fair (“ISF”) or persons acting under Agriculture/ISF from interfering with Plaintiff’s protests at the Illinois State Fair on August 20, 2009; (2) an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) directing the Republican Party defendants to show cause why Plaintiff should not be granted access to the Republican National Committee’s (“RNC’s”) Voter Vault (“VV”). The TRO and OSC are independent of each other.
1. Factual allegations
The facts governing each of these issues are set forth in the attached Complaint.
A. With regard to the TRO, plaintiff has been in negotiation with Agriculture, but has been unable to reach a written agreement as to the terms and conditions for Plaintiff’s use of the Illinois State Fair Premises (“ISF”) for “Republican Day.”
B. As to the RNC issues, the VV is made available to Republican candidates. But because of the corruption and hostility of the Illinois Republican Party (“IRP”) to “reform Republicans,” the VV is not being made available to Plaintiff to harass him as a candidate for statewide office.
2. Legal standards
A. The legal standards governing a TRO are straightforward, see Wilson v. Hinsdale Elementary, 349 Ill.App.3rd 243, 810 N.E.2d 637, 642 (Court of Appeals, 2d Dist. 2004).
3. Argument
A. The TRO
a. Plaintiff is not seeking unrestricted access to the State Fair. He is seeking access on a specific day which the ISF has designated as “Republican Day.” Thus, the ISF itself has allowed and invited Republicans to attend. The essence of political parties going back to Jeffersonian days is that parties have factions. Plaintiff represents mainstream Republicans; the defendants represent “Combine” Republicans. The term “Combine” was coined to describe Republicans-cum-Democrats who exercise dictatorial political powers over Illinois government on a continuing basis, all of which power is lubricated with corruption, self-interest and political duplicity.
b. The TRO/ISF claims arise under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. If the ISF is going to specifically host a “Republican Day,” then it must make reasonable accommodations for conflicting factions in the Republican Party.
c. The ISF claims it has established a "protest area" at a great distance from the Director's Lawn, while some Republicans will be allowed to meet at the Director’s Lawn. Protests which are removed from the area of actual conflict are not protests at all; they are meaningless and hollow gestures which reflect unconstitutional abridgement of political speech.
d. Plaintiff was able to resolve a much more complex protest issue with the Chicago Police Department, without the need to file a lawsuit. Chicago’s streets and sidewalks are crowded and congested. But the CPD was able to accommodate Plaintiff. The ISF is sticking rigidly to vague rules which seek to render Plaintiff’s protest nugatory.
e. Likewise, one faction of the Republican Day crowd has already been granted use of sound amplification. Plaintiff only seeks to use his own sound amplification at a reasonable level. The “rules” of the ISF are vague and offer unfettered discretion on the ISF to control "sound devices." A grant of unfettered discretion to a state official is unconstitutional. Once again, the ISF is taking a wooden approach to resolving what should have been resolved without a lawsuit.
B. The OSC
a. The Republican Party (RNC) has crated a database called the VV. The VV is made available to Republican candidates, and has been made available repeatedly to Plaintiff’s political opponents, including defendant Mark Kirk.
b. Making the VV available to only one of a number of candidates may violate federal election law, which bars excessive contributions to a single candidate in a primary election, as well as Illinois election law, which may bar use of state funds for a single federal candidate. In addition, the VV has been made available on an unrestricted basis to Republicans. In the most recent statewide primary Plaintiff received almost 35% of the statewide vote, and carried numerous downstate counties.
c. The RNC defendants are seeking to sabotage Plaintiff’s campaign for federal office, and sabotage the rights of downstate voters in particular to be reached through information contained in the VV. Such action by the defendants is inequitable and unlawful.
C. The legal criteria for relief
a. “Certain and Clearly Ascertainable Right”
The defendants themselves have designated a special day as Republican Day. They have invited Republicans to protest, and then sought to render protest meaningless. Do they suggest there is only “one” Republican voice? Or a monolithic party? That is obviously an unreasonable belief under any circumstances. Having invited “Republicans,” the ISF has to accommodate all Republicans. Likewise, the VV has been made to Plaintiff’s opponents; he has the same right of access as his opponents.
b. “Inadequate remedy at law”
There is no adequate remedy for denial of First Amendment Rights. Likewise, the VV is a massive compendium that has been created to assist candidates such as Plaintiff. Because of the constraints of time and cost, it would be impossible for any candidate to duplicate the VV.
c. Irreparable injury
The issue of irreparable injury given that Plaintiff is a candidate for federal office and seeks to demonstrate on only one day, billed as “Republican Day” by the ISF itself, in the area of the Republican congregation at the Director’s Lawn, cannot seriously be questioned, Cooper v. Rockford Newspapers, 50 Ill.App. 3rd 250, 365 N.E.2d 746, 750 (Court of Appeals, 2d Dist 1995) citing Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373-374, 96 S. Ct. 2673 (1976).
d. “Likelihood of success”
With all due respect, Plaintiff has an excellent likelihood of succeeding on his claims that (1) the ISF has vague and unconstitutional standards for political speech on specific days when the ISF itself invites political speech by scheduling a “Republican Day” and a separate ”Democratic Day,” Elrod. The actions of the RNC/IRP defendants are arbitrary, capricious and violate the rules of the RNC itself. Plaintiff is an intended beneficiary of the RNC’s rules and procedures for VV access. Plaintiff has complied fully with the VV procedural requirements.
Dated: August 15, 2009
VERIFICATION
Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to Section 1-109 of the Code of Civil procedure, the undersigned certifies that the statements set forth in this instrument are true and correct, except as to matters therein stated to be on information and belief and as to such matters the undersigned certified as aforesaid that he verily believes the same to e true.
ANDY MARTIN
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)
Additional courtesy copy requested to:
ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
SERVICE OF NOTICES IS RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED BY FAX OR E-MAIL
Additional e-mail address available
upon request
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify I have served Margaret L. van Dijk, Esq. by fax to (217) 785-4505, and the remaining pro se defendants at fax numbers known for them, (312) 201-0181 (McKenna, Weis and Illinois Republican Party); (217) 753-4712 (Conrad); (202) 863-8820 (Steele and RNC); (202) 863-8654 (Priebus); (202) 225-0837;
and (847) 940-7143 (Kirk).
ANDY MARTIN
Saturday, August 15, 2009
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin responds to a County Chairman
[Visit http://www.markkirk.us/ for updates]
August 15, 2009
LETTER TO AN ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN COUNTY CHAIRMAN
During the course of a political campaign, candidates receive nasty comments from a variety of people; abuse comes with the territory.
Illinois Republican Andy Martin received an abusive e-mail from Eric Hall, the Republican County Chairman for downstate Christian County. Here is Andy’s response. (You can ask Mr. Hall for his own original comments.)
To Eric Hall, Chairman, Christian County
Dear Eric:
Unlike other candidates that might ignore you or be tempted to respond with nasty comments, I am mystified by your remarks.
Mr. McKenna prevents me from speaking at a Republican function at which my opponent is allowed to speak, and you blame — me?
Mr. McKenna tells my representative that I am not welcome at Republican Day at the State Fair, but my opponent is, and you blame – me?
Mr. McKenna provides voter vault access to my opponent, but not to me, and you call me a “meathead?”
You accuse me of being “just what the Democrats are looking for,” but McKenna’s family is the one that does millions of dollars of business with the Daley Machine and is a member in good standing of the bipartisan Combine that has destroyed the Republican Party in this state. And you attack me? Do you have your facts mixed up?
Democrats love it when we lie to ourselves. We lied to ourselves when we nominated an out-of-stater to run against Barack Obama in 2004, and saddled the entire nation with Obama's socialism.
We lied to ourselves again in 2006 when McKenna & Co. quietly tried to slant the primary, and we ended up with Topinka, who didn’t even break 40% of the statewide vote.
We lied to ourselves when we rigged the primary in 2008 and nominated a joke that couldn’t even break 30% statewide!
And you accuse me of being “just what the Democrats are looking for?” No sir, the Democrats are not looking for me; they already have found Andy McKenna and his trend line speaks for itself. Keyes-Topinka-Sauerberg. And now Kirk.
There is one thing the politicians in both parties in this state can’t stand: the truth. I speak the truth, and I have a record of always trying to speak the truth. Neither party leadership wants me, because I have been fighting corruption for forty years, not profiting from it. I fight corruption among both Republicans and Democrats.
I can’t promise to win in November 2010; but I can promise you an honest, hard-hitting race that will hold the Democrats to account and offer a reasonable conservative Republican alternative.
Why did Barack Obama attack me personally in 2008? Because my work in searching for the truth about him cost Obama millions of votes. How many votes did you cost Obama in 2008?
My indictment of Obama on Fox News is still regarded as the best explanation of why Obama was wrong for America. Just this last weekend, Obama tried to suppress Fox News’ efforts to replay my segment on television. You might have gotten an e-mail about the cover-up (I had nothing to do with the following sample e-mail or other similar e-mails circulating about the Fox News suppression):
NON-ANDY MATERIAL FOLLOWS-----------------------
SEE IT HERE....
SO, now we know what's going on...just like the threats from this administration...his THUGS after us to shut us up....
----- Original Message -----
From:
To: Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:08 PM
Subject: Hannity's Missing Show
--- On Thu, 8/13/09, < > wrote:
Last Saturday, Fox News heavily advertised a Sean Hannity Special show exposing Barack Hussein Obama's Dark Past. I set it to record and looked forward to watching it. It was canceled hours before the scheduled showing. By whom? Why? Curious?
You may watch the show in six parts on my CIA Page if you are curious as I was. Unfortunately, the website placed the parts in reverse order. Be sure to watch from to lower right corner first. It is very revealing. Watch it and weep for America!
[ANDY MARTIN SEGMENT LINK]:
http://citizensinaction.ning.com/video/obamas-dark-past
END OF NON-ANDY MATERIAL-----------------------
I am the best hope, the only hope, Illinois Republicans have – I am an honest man. Mark Kirk is not. Do you know who he is? Can you point to any instance where Kirk has vigorously attacked and/or criticized Obama? I doubt it. Kirk is a go-along sort of guy. And you think he will suddenly stand up to Obama in the U. S. Senate? Please don’t give downstaters a bad name for gullibility.
Maybe you should ask someone other than Randy Pollard who Mark Kirk really is. Or do you mix Pollard’s downstate Kool-Aid for McKenna & Co?
Kirk favors gun confiscation; have you told your committeeman and neighbors in Christian County that? I am sure that will sell well in Christian County. How many votes will Kirk draw with a plan for gun control? [Hint: ask your neighbors before you reply to this message.]
Kirk voted for “cap and trade;” have you told your committeemen and neighbors that? I am sure that will sell well in Christian County. How many votes can you attract with Kirk’s support for “cap and trade?” [Hint: ask your neighbors how increasing taxes on downstate’s energy sources will help them feed their families.]
Kirk held a secret, invitation-only Chamber of Commerce “town meeting” in Naperville last week. Media with cameras and recorders were barred. He is afraid to meet his own constituents. And Kirk advertises himself as a “warrior” who fought in two wars? Luckily for Kirk, “cowardice in the face of a constituent” is not yet a crime.
Kirk wants to criminalize the Internet; have you told your committeemen and neighbors that? I am sure that will sell well in Christian County. How many votes will you attract downstate by telling people Kirk wants to put people in jail who attack Obama on the Internet? Great guy, that Kirk. Maybe now you know why Kirk is Obama’s favorite Republican. [Hint: you better become one of Barry Obama’s “friends” on Facebook, or you just might be staring a federal indictment in the face.]
The liberal media love Mark Kirk. They have reason to. Maybe you love the liberal media?
Now you can see why I am mystified by your abusive remarks. This is the point in my memo where most people would be insulting you, but I will avoid the temptation. I am someone who can actually work with county chairman because I appreciate the difficult job you perform.
But you also have to trust the statewide primary process. In over forty years of Illinois political experience, Mark Kirk is the worst “establishment Republican” candidate in history. To paraphrase Capital One TV ads, which Christian County country club membership card is in your wallet?
I will only ask you a simple question: why are you supporting Mark Kirk and attacking his only legitimate opponent? Me. Why?
I’d like to hear your vigorous but polite response. Since you called me a “meathead,” put some meat on the table and let’s discuss and debate the facts. And the truth.
I hope you will appreciate the time I have taken to give you an intelligent and serious response. You appear to be misinformed. Now do your part and tell me your “truth” about Mark Kirk.
With best wishes, and extreme surprise,
Andy Martin
Republican candidate for U. S. Senator
http://www.andyfrussenator.com/
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
P. S. If you have a problem, pick up the phone and call me. Then try the same trick with Kirk. He is not even answering his congressional phone. I answer mine. And I will still answer the phone when I am your U. S. Senator.
August 15, 2009
LETTER TO AN ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN COUNTY CHAIRMAN
During the course of a political campaign, candidates receive nasty comments from a variety of people; abuse comes with the territory.
Illinois Republican Andy Martin received an abusive e-mail from Eric Hall, the Republican County Chairman for downstate Christian County. Here is Andy’s response. (You can ask Mr. Hall for his own original comments.)
To Eric Hall, Chairman, Christian County
Dear Eric:
Unlike other candidates that might ignore you or be tempted to respond with nasty comments, I am mystified by your remarks.
Mr. McKenna prevents me from speaking at a Republican function at which my opponent is allowed to speak, and you blame — me?
Mr. McKenna tells my representative that I am not welcome at Republican Day at the State Fair, but my opponent is, and you blame – me?
Mr. McKenna provides voter vault access to my opponent, but not to me, and you call me a “meathead?”
You accuse me of being “just what the Democrats are looking for,” but McKenna’s family is the one that does millions of dollars of business with the Daley Machine and is a member in good standing of the bipartisan Combine that has destroyed the Republican Party in this state. And you attack me? Do you have your facts mixed up?
Democrats love it when we lie to ourselves. We lied to ourselves when we nominated an out-of-stater to run against Barack Obama in 2004, and saddled the entire nation with Obama's socialism.
We lied to ourselves again in 2006 when McKenna & Co. quietly tried to slant the primary, and we ended up with Topinka, who didn’t even break 40% of the statewide vote.
We lied to ourselves when we rigged the primary in 2008 and nominated a joke that couldn’t even break 30% statewide!
And you accuse me of being “just what the Democrats are looking for?” No sir, the Democrats are not looking for me; they already have found Andy McKenna and his trend line speaks for itself. Keyes-Topinka-Sauerberg. And now Kirk.
There is one thing the politicians in both parties in this state can’t stand: the truth. I speak the truth, and I have a record of always trying to speak the truth. Neither party leadership wants me, because I have been fighting corruption for forty years, not profiting from it. I fight corruption among both Republicans and Democrats.
I can’t promise to win in November 2010; but I can promise you an honest, hard-hitting race that will hold the Democrats to account and offer a reasonable conservative Republican alternative.
Why did Barack Obama attack me personally in 2008? Because my work in searching for the truth about him cost Obama millions of votes. How many votes did you cost Obama in 2008?
My indictment of Obama on Fox News is still regarded as the best explanation of why Obama was wrong for America. Just this last weekend, Obama tried to suppress Fox News’ efforts to replay my segment on television. You might have gotten an e-mail about the cover-up (I had nothing to do with the following sample e-mail or other similar e-mails circulating about the Fox News suppression):
NON-ANDY MATERIAL FOLLOWS-----------------------
SEE IT HERE....
SO, now we know what's going on...just like the threats from this administration...his THUGS after us to shut us up....
----- Original Message -----
From:
To: Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:08 PM
Subject: Hannity's Missing Show
--- On Thu, 8/13/09, < > wrote:
Last Saturday, Fox News heavily advertised a Sean Hannity Special show exposing Barack Hussein Obama's Dark Past. I set it to record and looked forward to watching it. It was canceled hours before the scheduled showing. By whom? Why? Curious?
You may watch the show in six parts on my CIA Page if you are curious as I was. Unfortunately, the website placed the parts in reverse order. Be sure to watch from to lower right corner first. It is very revealing. Watch it and weep for America!
[ANDY MARTIN SEGMENT LINK]:
http://citizensinaction.ning.com/video/obamas-dark-past
END OF NON-ANDY MATERIAL-----------------------
I am the best hope, the only hope, Illinois Republicans have – I am an honest man. Mark Kirk is not. Do you know who he is? Can you point to any instance where Kirk has vigorously attacked and/or criticized Obama? I doubt it. Kirk is a go-along sort of guy. And you think he will suddenly stand up to Obama in the U. S. Senate? Please don’t give downstaters a bad name for gullibility.
Maybe you should ask someone other than Randy Pollard who Mark Kirk really is. Or do you mix Pollard’s downstate Kool-Aid for McKenna & Co?
Kirk favors gun confiscation; have you told your committeeman and neighbors in Christian County that? I am sure that will sell well in Christian County. How many votes will Kirk draw with a plan for gun control? [Hint: ask your neighbors before you reply to this message.]
Kirk voted for “cap and trade;” have you told your committeemen and neighbors that? I am sure that will sell well in Christian County. How many votes can you attract with Kirk’s support for “cap and trade?” [Hint: ask your neighbors how increasing taxes on downstate’s energy sources will help them feed their families.]
Kirk held a secret, invitation-only Chamber of Commerce “town meeting” in Naperville last week. Media with cameras and recorders were barred. He is afraid to meet his own constituents. And Kirk advertises himself as a “warrior” who fought in two wars? Luckily for Kirk, “cowardice in the face of a constituent” is not yet a crime.
Kirk wants to criminalize the Internet; have you told your committeemen and neighbors that? I am sure that will sell well in Christian County. How many votes will you attract downstate by telling people Kirk wants to put people in jail who attack Obama on the Internet? Great guy, that Kirk. Maybe now you know why Kirk is Obama’s favorite Republican. [Hint: you better become one of Barry Obama’s “friends” on Facebook, or you just might be staring a federal indictment in the face.]
The liberal media love Mark Kirk. They have reason to. Maybe you love the liberal media?
Now you can see why I am mystified by your abusive remarks. This is the point in my memo where most people would be insulting you, but I will avoid the temptation. I am someone who can actually work with county chairman because I appreciate the difficult job you perform.
But you also have to trust the statewide primary process. In over forty years of Illinois political experience, Mark Kirk is the worst “establishment Republican” candidate in history. To paraphrase Capital One TV ads, which Christian County country club membership card is in your wallet?
I will only ask you a simple question: why are you supporting Mark Kirk and attacking his only legitimate opponent? Me. Why?
I’d like to hear your vigorous but polite response. Since you called me a “meathead,” put some meat on the table and let’s discuss and debate the facts. And the truth.
I hope you will appreciate the time I have taken to give you an intelligent and serious response. You appear to be misinformed. Now do your part and tell me your “truth” about Mark Kirk.
With best wishes, and extreme surprise,
Andy Martin
Republican candidate for U. S. Senator
http://www.andyfrussenator.com/
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
P. S. If you have a problem, pick up the phone and call me. Then try the same trick with Kirk. He is not even answering his congressional phone. I answer mine. And I will still answer the phone when I am your U. S. Senator.
Full text of Illinois lawsuit seeking to open Republican National Committee’s “Voter Vault”
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2009 CH 658
ANDY MARTIN,
Plaintiff,
vs.
MICHAEL STEELE,
REINCE PRIEBUS,
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE,
ANDY MCKENNA,
CURT CONRAD,
JOE WEISS,
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN
PARTY
THOMAS E. JENNINGS,
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE,
MARK KIRK,
Defendants.
COMPLAINT
COUNT ONE
[EQUITABLE CLAIM]
1. Jurisdiction and venue
a. This court has general common law jurisdiction of the controversy.
b. Substantially all of the operative activity of the defendants concerning the facts of this lawsuit is centered in Sangamon County.
2. The parties
a. Plaintiff Andy Martin (“Plaintiff”) is a candidate for United States Senator. He is a world-respected Internet publisher and columnist, see e.g. ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin is Illinois’ most durable and independent corruption fighter (see www.AndyMartin.com) and has helped send corrupt politicians and judges to jail.
b. Defendant Michael Steele is the Chairman of the Republican National Committee (“RNC”) and the de facto senior decision-making authority on the RNC’s Voter Vault (“VV”).
c. Reince Priebus is the General Counsel to the RNC and a senior legal authority to Steele.
d. Defendant Republican National Committee is the national organization comprised of representatives from each of the fifty states, including Illinois, which owns the VV and ultimately controls access.
e. Defendant Andy McKenna is the Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party (“IRP”). For the past six (6) years McKenna has made himself an antagonist of Plaintiff by seeking to use and abuse his control over the IRP to harass Plaintiff. McKenna uses stooges such as Tolbert Chisum to manipulate and control pliable members of the IRP.
f. Defendants Curt Conrad and Joe Weiss are employees of the IRP.
g. Defendant Illinois Republican Party is an organization created pursuant to the Illinois Election Code and comprised of indirectly elected “committeemen” from each of Illinois’ congressional districts. The election procedure for the IRP committeemen is created pursuant to state law.
h. Defendant Thomas E. Jennings is the Director of the Illinois State Fair (“ISF”), which is operated by defendant Illinois Department of Agriculture, an Illinois state government agency.
i. Defendant Mark Kirk is a campaign opponent of Plaintiff and is engaged in an active civil, and possibly criminal, conspiracy with defendants Steele, Priebus, McKenna, Conrad and Weiss.
3. Factual allegations
a. The Voter Vault Controversy
A. The RNC has created the VV as a powerful election tool (see, e.g. Appendix pp. 1-6).
B. On or about July 30, 2009 Plaintiff’s representative sought access to the VV. (App. P. 9)
C. On August 5, 2009 Plaintiff sent defendant Conrad a formal request for VV access (App. Pp. 7-8).
D. Defendant Weiss sent Plaintiff a form to complete and Plaintiff completed the form and submitted it to the indicated fax number (App. 10-11).
E. Plaintiff heard nothing from the defendants, and on August 11,2009 defendant Conrad said he would "not be pressured into providing VV access.” (App. 12). VV access, of course, is time-sensitive. Conrad wants to delay Plaintiff’s access indefinitely.
F. On August 11, 2009, in light of Conrad’s intransigence, Plaintiff wrote to defendants Steele and Priebus seeking access. These defendants have not responded and are acting in concert and conspiracy with McKenna, Patrick Brady, and others who are subservient to McKenna.
G. Defendant Kirk is being given access to the VV, thereby conferring a very valuable, exclusive “contribution” to Kirk’s campaign in violation of federal election laws. McKenna seeks to make VV available to Kirk, but not to Plaintiff, to assist Kirk because of the hostility of Republican Party voters to Kirk’s extreme liberalism and support for gun control, infanticide and higher taxes through the Obama administration’s “cap and trade” statute.
b. The “Republican Day” Controversy
A. The ISF promotes a “Republican Day” the ISF.
B. Plaintiff was invited to participate in planning for the ISF and, as requested, sent a representative. (App. P. 16).
C. When Plaintiff’s representative appeared at the ISF on August 13th, Plaintiff has been advised by his representative that defendant Conrad said that Conrad was under orders to refuse to deal with Plaintiff or his representatives. In effect, Conrad invited Plaintiff and his supporters to perform a meaningless and burdensome act by driving to Springfield only to be insulted and turned away.
D. Conrad and McKenna are seeking to illegally use IRP funds to promote Kirk as the party’s candidate, when most Illinois Republicans despise Kirk and want nothing to do with him.
c. The “Illinois State fair” controversy
A. The ISF states that it recognizes the need to exercise constitutional freedom (App. p. 17) but then goes around and renders constitutional freedoms meaningless.
B. Plaintiff seeks to demonstrate in the vicinity of the IRP activity near the Governor's Lawn, not in some remote location.
C. The ISF seeks to quarantine Plaintiff and his supporters in an area which is remote from the Governor’s Lawn, thereby rendering his protest meaningless.
D. The ISF restricts “Broadcasting Devices,” (App. P. 18) but imposes no standards on the allowance of audio amplification. Plaintiff has two megaphones that he wishes to use. He has no idea if they meet criteria, or if written criteria exist at all, for the approval of devices. In effect, while claiming to recognize “protest,” the ISF renders protest virtually impossible through vague or nonexistent standards and coerced “demonstration” in remote areas having no connection to the targets of the actual protests.
4. Legal claim
a. The actions of the defendants are inequitable.
b. The Court has broad equitable powers to fashion equitable remedies directing the defendants to provide VV access to Plaintiff as well as barring secret support for Kirk.
5. Demand for judgment
a. Plaintiff seeks money damages as the Court or a jury may impose.
b. Plaintiff seeks any and all declaratory and equitable relief to which he may be entitled.
COUNT TWO
[CIVIL RIGHTS CONSPIRACY]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. The Illinois State Central Committee, also known as the IRP, is created under Illinois State law and is thereby a de facto state actor.
b. McKenna is using the IRP to contribute money indirectly to Kirk through behind-the-scenes assistance which is available to Kirk but not to Plaintiff.
c. McKenna’s conduct and Kirk’s conduct amounts to a conspiracy to violate the Illinois and United States Constitutions, and to rig a primary election with clandestine financial and operational support.
COUNT THREE
[FIRST AMENDMENT]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. The ISF’s restrictions on devices violate the First Amendment. Likewise the ISF’s restrictions on locations where protesters may gather, which are normally in the same vicinity as their opponents but which the ISF seeks to relegate to remote areas, render the First Amendment rights of the plaintiff on Illinois state property meaningless.
b. Plaintiff seeks to demonstrate in the vicinity of the Governor’s Lawn using megaphones and asks the Court to strike down the ISF’s restrictions on peaceful protests as overly broad and vague.
5. Demand for Judgment
Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief striking down the ISF’s restrictions on the location of speech, and the manner in which speech may be communicated (through ”devices”).
COUNT FOUR
[PRIMA FACIE TORT]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. Illinois courts have adopted the concept of prima facie tort, see Pendleton v. Time, Inc., 339 Ill.App. 188, 89 N.E.2d 435 (Ill.App. 1st Dist. 1949) as originally recognized in Advance Music v. American Tobacco, 183 Misc. 855, 51 N.Y.S. 692, aff’d 296 N.Y. 79, 70 N.E.2d 401 (N.Y.).
b. The defendants’ ongoing activity is a classic case of prima face tort, because their activity would otherwise be legal and is characterized by a desire to retaliate against, and gratuitously injure and destroy plaintiff because of his honesty, integrity and reform political activity.
5. Demand for Judgment
a. Plaintiff seeks the same relief as sought in Count One.
DATED: August 13, 2009
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)
Additional courtesy copy requested to:
ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
SERVICE OF NOTICES IS RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED BY FAX OR E-MAIL
Additional e-mail address available
upon request
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2009 CH 658
ANDY MARTIN,
Plaintiff,
vs.
MICHAEL STEELE,
REINCE PRIEBUS,
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE,
ANDY MCKENNA,
CURT CONRAD,
JOE WEISS,
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN
PARTY
THOMAS E. JENNINGS,
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE,
MARK KIRK,
Defendants.
COMPLAINT
COUNT ONE
[EQUITABLE CLAIM]
1. Jurisdiction and venue
a. This court has general common law jurisdiction of the controversy.
b. Substantially all of the operative activity of the defendants concerning the facts of this lawsuit is centered in Sangamon County.
2. The parties
a. Plaintiff Andy Martin (“Plaintiff”) is a candidate for United States Senator. He is a world-respected Internet publisher and columnist, see e.g. ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin is Illinois’ most durable and independent corruption fighter (see www.AndyMartin.com) and has helped send corrupt politicians and judges to jail.
b. Defendant Michael Steele is the Chairman of the Republican National Committee (“RNC”) and the de facto senior decision-making authority on the RNC’s Voter Vault (“VV”).
c. Reince Priebus is the General Counsel to the RNC and a senior legal authority to Steele.
d. Defendant Republican National Committee is the national organization comprised of representatives from each of the fifty states, including Illinois, which owns the VV and ultimately controls access.
e. Defendant Andy McKenna is the Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party (“IRP”). For the past six (6) years McKenna has made himself an antagonist of Plaintiff by seeking to use and abuse his control over the IRP to harass Plaintiff. McKenna uses stooges such as Tolbert Chisum to manipulate and control pliable members of the IRP.
f. Defendants Curt Conrad and Joe Weiss are employees of the IRP.
g. Defendant Illinois Republican Party is an organization created pursuant to the Illinois Election Code and comprised of indirectly elected “committeemen” from each of Illinois’ congressional districts. The election procedure for the IRP committeemen is created pursuant to state law.
h. Defendant Thomas E. Jennings is the Director of the Illinois State Fair (“ISF”), which is operated by defendant Illinois Department of Agriculture, an Illinois state government agency.
i. Defendant Mark Kirk is a campaign opponent of Plaintiff and is engaged in an active civil, and possibly criminal, conspiracy with defendants Steele, Priebus, McKenna, Conrad and Weiss.
3. Factual allegations
a. The Voter Vault Controversy
A. The RNC has created the VV as a powerful election tool (see, e.g. Appendix pp. 1-6).
B. On or about July 30, 2009 Plaintiff’s representative sought access to the VV. (App. P. 9)
C. On August 5, 2009 Plaintiff sent defendant Conrad a formal request for VV access (App. Pp. 7-8).
D. Defendant Weiss sent Plaintiff a form to complete and Plaintiff completed the form and submitted it to the indicated fax number (App. 10-11).
E. Plaintiff heard nothing from the defendants, and on August 11,2009 defendant Conrad said he would "not be pressured into providing VV access.” (App. 12). VV access, of course, is time-sensitive. Conrad wants to delay Plaintiff’s access indefinitely.
F. On August 11, 2009, in light of Conrad’s intransigence, Plaintiff wrote to defendants Steele and Priebus seeking access. These defendants have not responded and are acting in concert and conspiracy with McKenna, Patrick Brady, and others who are subservient to McKenna.
G. Defendant Kirk is being given access to the VV, thereby conferring a very valuable, exclusive “contribution” to Kirk’s campaign in violation of federal election laws. McKenna seeks to make VV available to Kirk, but not to Plaintiff, to assist Kirk because of the hostility of Republican Party voters to Kirk’s extreme liberalism and support for gun control, infanticide and higher taxes through the Obama administration’s “cap and trade” statute.
b. The “Republican Day” Controversy
A. The ISF promotes a “Republican Day” the ISF.
B. Plaintiff was invited to participate in planning for the ISF and, as requested, sent a representative. (App. P. 16).
C. When Plaintiff’s representative appeared at the ISF on August 13th, Plaintiff has been advised by his representative that defendant Conrad said that Conrad was under orders to refuse to deal with Plaintiff or his representatives. In effect, Conrad invited Plaintiff and his supporters to perform a meaningless and burdensome act by driving to Springfield only to be insulted and turned away.
D. Conrad and McKenna are seeking to illegally use IRP funds to promote Kirk as the party’s candidate, when most Illinois Republicans despise Kirk and want nothing to do with him.
c. The “Illinois State fair” controversy
A. The ISF states that it recognizes the need to exercise constitutional freedom (App. p. 17) but then goes around and renders constitutional freedoms meaningless.
B. Plaintiff seeks to demonstrate in the vicinity of the IRP activity near the Governor's Lawn, not in some remote location.
C. The ISF seeks to quarantine Plaintiff and his supporters in an area which is remote from the Governor’s Lawn, thereby rendering his protest meaningless.
D. The ISF restricts “Broadcasting Devices,” (App. P. 18) but imposes no standards on the allowance of audio amplification. Plaintiff has two megaphones that he wishes to use. He has no idea if they meet criteria, or if written criteria exist at all, for the approval of devices. In effect, while claiming to recognize “protest,” the ISF renders protest virtually impossible through vague or nonexistent standards and coerced “demonstration” in remote areas having no connection to the targets of the actual protests.
4. Legal claim
a. The actions of the defendants are inequitable.
b. The Court has broad equitable powers to fashion equitable remedies directing the defendants to provide VV access to Plaintiff as well as barring secret support for Kirk.
5. Demand for judgment
a. Plaintiff seeks money damages as the Court or a jury may impose.
b. Plaintiff seeks any and all declaratory and equitable relief to which he may be entitled.
COUNT TWO
[CIVIL RIGHTS CONSPIRACY]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. The Illinois State Central Committee, also known as the IRP, is created under Illinois State law and is thereby a de facto state actor.
b. McKenna is using the IRP to contribute money indirectly to Kirk through behind-the-scenes assistance which is available to Kirk but not to Plaintiff.
c. McKenna’s conduct and Kirk’s conduct amounts to a conspiracy to violate the Illinois and United States Constitutions, and to rig a primary election with clandestine financial and operational support.
COUNT THREE
[FIRST AMENDMENT]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. The ISF’s restrictions on devices violate the First Amendment. Likewise the ISF’s restrictions on locations where protesters may gather, which are normally in the same vicinity as their opponents but which the ISF seeks to relegate to remote areas, render the First Amendment rights of the plaintiff on Illinois state property meaningless.
b. Plaintiff seeks to demonstrate in the vicinity of the Governor’s Lawn using megaphones and asks the Court to strike down the ISF’s restrictions on peaceful protests as overly broad and vague.
5. Demand for Judgment
Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief striking down the ISF’s restrictions on the location of speech, and the manner in which speech may be communicated (through ”devices”).
COUNT FOUR
[PRIMA FACIE TORT]
1-3. Plaintiff repeats and realleges ¶¶ 1-3 of Count One and further pleads:
4. Legal claim
a. Illinois courts have adopted the concept of prima facie tort, see Pendleton v. Time, Inc., 339 Ill.App. 188, 89 N.E.2d 435 (Ill.App. 1st Dist. 1949) as originally recognized in Advance Music v. American Tobacco, 183 Misc. 855, 51 N.Y.S. 692, aff’d 296 N.Y. 79, 70 N.E.2d 401 (N.Y.).
b. The defendants’ ongoing activity is a classic case of prima face tort, because their activity would otherwise be legal and is characterized by a desire to retaliate against, and gratuitously injure and destroy plaintiff because of his honesty, integrity and reform political activity.
5. Demand for Judgment
a. Plaintiff seeks the same relief as sought in Count One.
DATED: August 13, 2009
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
Toll-free fax (866) 707-2639
E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)
Additional courtesy copy requested to:
ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
SERVICE OF NOTICES IS RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED BY FAX OR E-MAIL
Additional e-mail address available
upon request
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin sues Republican National Committee to open “Voter Vault”
Civil action filed by U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin also says Illinois State Fair seeks to stifle dissent
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin sues the Republican National Committee for access to the Party’s “Voter Vault”
Martin is also asking a Sangamon County, Illinois court to stop censorship by the Illinois State Fair.
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
ANDY MARTIN SAYS THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS INFLUENCED BY THE CORRUPT CHICAGO “COMBINE”
MARTINIS ASKING A SANGAMON COUNTY COURT TO ORDER THE RNC TO PERMIT HIM TO ACCESS THE PARTY’S “VOTER VAULT”
MARTIN SAYS THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR UNLAWFULLY TRIES TO STIFLE DEBATE ON “REPUBLICAN DAY,” AUGUST 20TH
(CHICAGO)(August 15, 2009) Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele usually has a hard time keeping his mouth closed. Now he has been sued for improperly keeping the party’s “Voter Vault” locked shut.
Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Saturday, August 15th to announce that he has sued the Republican Party for illegally denying access to the RNC’s “Voter Vault” to his corruption-fighting campaign for the U. S. Senate. Martin’s lawsuit also names as defendants the Illinois Republican Party and details a series of improper acts by party officials.
Finally, Martin’s case, filed in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Springfield, Illinois, seeks a court order permitting protests at the State fair’s “Republican Day” to reflect the split in the Illinois Party.
"There are two Republican Parties in Illinois,” Martin says. “There are the Republicans who live and work on Main Street. Then there is the ‘other’ Republican Party of wealthy business leaders, known as the bipartisan ‘Combine’ of corruption that controls the nominal machinery of the Party through dishonest members of the State Central Committee.
“I represent Main Street Republicans; Mark Kirk is the candidate of the Daley Machine-dominated ‘Combine.’
“I am being harassed for exposing Republican, as well as Democratic, corruption in Illinois. But Republicans cannot win in 2010 by being two-faced about corruption. Michael Steel was elected Chairman with help from the ‘Combine.’
“I asked Steele for access to the RNC’s Voter Vault database because the Illinois ‘Combine’ is denying me access. The Voter Vault is supposed to be available to Republican candidates on a nondiscriminatory basis. Steele and his counsel refuse to answer. They are bowing down to the Combine-controlled faction of the Party.
“Likewise, the Illinois State Fair seeks to limit debate and confrontation on what the Fair calls ‘Republican Day.’ I managed to work out protest procedures with the Chicago Police Department on Chicago’s crowded streets and sidewalks, without the need to file a lawsuit. The Illinois State Fair is trying to stifle political dissent on state-owned land.
“What’s wrong with this picture? The entire State of Illinois is a racketeer influenced corrupt enterprise. Even the State Fair.
“As for Mr. Steele, he can blab about ‘reform’ all he wants; as long as he is keeping corruption-fighting candidates from accessing the Voter Vault, he is voting with the Chicago Combine and against the People of Illinois,” Martin will state. “The Voter Vault belongs to Republican candidates nationally; it should not be under the control of the corrupt ‘Combine’ in Illinois.”
Martin’s lawsuit is posted on the web as a separate release.
August 15th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin sued Michael Steele to force the Republican National Committee to stop discriminatory abuse of the RNC’s “Voter Vault.” Martin also joined the Illinois State Fair in his lawsuit, because the Fair seeks to limit dissent at “Republican Day” on August 20th.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin sues the Republican National Committee for access to the Party’s “Voter Vault”
Martin is also asking a Sangamon County, Illinois court to stop censorship by the Illinois State Fair.
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
ANDY MARTIN SAYS THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS INFLUENCED BY THE CORRUPT CHICAGO “COMBINE”
MARTINIS ASKING A SANGAMON COUNTY COURT TO ORDER THE RNC TO PERMIT HIM TO ACCESS THE PARTY’S “VOTER VAULT”
MARTIN SAYS THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIR UNLAWFULLY TRIES TO STIFLE DEBATE ON “REPUBLICAN DAY,” AUGUST 20TH
(CHICAGO)(August 15, 2009) Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele usually has a hard time keeping his mouth closed. Now he has been sued for improperly keeping the party’s “Voter Vault” locked shut.
Republican U. S. Senate candidate and insurgent “Internet Powerhouse” Andy Martin will hold a Chicago news conference Saturday, August 15th to announce that he has sued the Republican Party for illegally denying access to the RNC’s “Voter Vault” to his corruption-fighting campaign for the U. S. Senate. Martin’s lawsuit also names as defendants the Illinois Republican Party and details a series of improper acts by party officials.
Finally, Martin’s case, filed in Sangamon County Circuit Court, Springfield, Illinois, seeks a court order permitting protests at the State fair’s “Republican Day” to reflect the split in the Illinois Party.
"There are two Republican Parties in Illinois,” Martin says. “There are the Republicans who live and work on Main Street. Then there is the ‘other’ Republican Party of wealthy business leaders, known as the bipartisan ‘Combine’ of corruption that controls the nominal machinery of the Party through dishonest members of the State Central Committee.
“I represent Main Street Republicans; Mark Kirk is the candidate of the Daley Machine-dominated ‘Combine.’
“I am being harassed for exposing Republican, as well as Democratic, corruption in Illinois. But Republicans cannot win in 2010 by being two-faced about corruption. Michael Steel was elected Chairman with help from the ‘Combine.’
“I asked Steele for access to the RNC’s Voter Vault database because the Illinois ‘Combine’ is denying me access. The Voter Vault is supposed to be available to Republican candidates on a nondiscriminatory basis. Steele and his counsel refuse to answer. They are bowing down to the Combine-controlled faction of the Party.
“Likewise, the Illinois State Fair seeks to limit debate and confrontation on what the Fair calls ‘Republican Day.’ I managed to work out protest procedures with the Chicago Police Department on Chicago’s crowded streets and sidewalks, without the need to file a lawsuit. The Illinois State Fair is trying to stifle political dissent on state-owned land.
“What’s wrong with this picture? The entire State of Illinois is a racketeer influenced corrupt enterprise. Even the State Fair.
“As for Mr. Steele, he can blab about ‘reform’ all he wants; as long as he is keeping corruption-fighting candidates from accessing the Voter Vault, he is voting with the Chicago Combine and against the People of Illinois,” Martin will state. “The Voter Vault belongs to Republican candidates nationally; it should not be under the control of the corrupt ‘Combine’ in Illinois.”
Martin’s lawsuit is posted on the web as a separate release.
August 15th news conference details:
WHO:
U. S. Senate candidate and Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin
WHERE:
Sidewalk news conference, SE corner of Huron and Wabash,
Chicago
WHEN:
Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:00 P.M.
WHAT:
Internet Powerhouse and U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin sued Michael Steele to force the Republican National Committee to stop discriminatory abuse of the RNC’s “Voter Vault.” Martin also joined the Illinois State Fair in his lawsuit, because the Fair seeks to limit dissent at “Republican Day” on August 20th.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
(866) 706-2639; Cell (917) 664-9329 (not always turned on)
WEBSITE:
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-MAIL:
AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Andy Martin fights corrupt politics in the Republican Party
Illinois U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says the Republican National Committee must clamp down on corrupt practices by Illinois Republicans. Martin may file a lawsuit if the abuses do not end immediately. (TWO separate letters follow)
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
August 11, 2009
Reince Priebus, Esq.
General Counsel
RNC
310 First Street
Washington, DC 20003
via fax (202) 863-8654
with copy to:
Mr. Michael Steele
Chairman
RNC
Via fax (202) 863-8820
Re: Direct access to RNC Voter Vault
Dear Attorney Priebus and
Chairman Steele:
For the past six (6) years Andy McKenna, Chairman of the self-styled “Illinois Republican Party, has been harassing my political activity. Unfortunately for Mr. McKenna, since he took over the state party, the party’s public support has continued an accelerated downward slide. Mr. McKenna is poised for yet another round of electoral catastrophe in 2010.
In my opinion 2010 will be a good year nationally for Republicans; it will be another bad year in Illinois due to McKenna’s dirty tricks and corrupt leadership.
McKenna insists on trying to harass and abuse his political adversaries, instead of trying to create a fair and level playing field in the primary, so that all candidates will feel they have been dealt with impartially and be encouraged to support the primary winner.
Last week McKenna was present when his stooges introduced U. S. Senate candidates, and refused to introduce me. (I received 35% of the senate primary vote in 2008; we are running an aggressive campaign which you can follow by e-mail or on our blogs.) As I have indicated in a letter to Mr. McKenna, which is posted on my blogs, McKenna’s dirty tricks are killing Mark Kirk’s candidacy.
Last week I also requested access to the Voter Vault (“VV”) which is apparently maintained by the RNC.
Today I was told it may take a month to secure approvals, while my opponent already has access.
McKenna’s efforts to rig the primary risk running afoul of federal prohibitions on state party activity. McKenna may be trying to skirt federal laws, but there is growing evidence he is breaking federal law in using unlimited resources to back Kirk. To the extent McKenna abuses RNC assets to benefit Kirk, the RNC could also be at risk.
We are probably going to court in the next day or two to resolve potential harassment at Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair.
I wish we could find a mechanism to discipline McKenna’s harassment short of litigation. Ultimately, all of this squabbling is made unavoidable by McKenna’s abuses, but it also hurts the party in the long run. That’s why McKenna’s stewardship has been an unmitigated disaster.
I would like to request direct access to the VV for the State of Illinois, directly through the RNC, and not through any instrumentality under the supervision and control of Andy McKenna.
I know that many Beltway bandits think Mark Kirk is the stronger candidate, and I respect their right to a contrary opinion. Based on my long experience I think Kirk is going to explode and implode (nice trick that) if he wins the primary. With McKenna’s dirty tricks being used to support McKenna, Kirk is doomed.
Please advise me in writing by the close of business today whether, in view of Andy McKenna unethical and unlawful behavior, and relentless harassment of my campaign, the RNC will provide direct access to my campaign for the RNC’s VV.
Please feel free to call if you have any questions.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
-------------------#2
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
August 11, 2009
Curt Conrad
Political Director
Illinois Republican Party
320 S. 4th Street
Springfield, IL 52701
via fax (217) 753-4712
Dear Curt:
Thank for you r e-mail and mailed invitation to participate in Republican Day at the Illinois State fair. I also sent Andy McKenna a letter about State fair participation; he has not answered.
It is my impression that McKenna & Co,. are going to try and promote Mark Kirk, and lock me out of any equitable participation in the primary process, including Republican Day at the State Fair. This is a great mistake.
We have already ratcheted up our antagonism to Kirk in response to McKenna’s petty slights and abuses.
Party voters will be turned off by a primary that appears locked and brokered by a handful of Kirk backers. Ironically, Kirk has the most to gain from an honest and open primary. If the primary is vitiated by a McKenna lockout of competing candidates, Kirk will have lost the general election in February 2nd.
Due to a lack of response to an e-mail I sent Pat Brady (who shares an e-mail address with his wife, according to the IRP in Chicago) I gather I am even unwelcome at a reception being held on the evening of the 19th.
What are they afraid of? Is Kirk that weak, that delicate, that subject to being undermined? May be.
Now to the State Fair.
1. What are the speaking arrangements for the statewide candidates? Are we going to see the same gig we saw last week in Chicago where Kirk was given a bogus title to avoid allowing his opponents to speak? Or the use of McKenna’s straw man candidate, Eric Wallace, who was allowed to speak? (We will shortly be filing a lawsuit over that event.)
2. I can’t have someone in Springfield on the 13th. If this is an artificial condition to lock out candidates, I’ll just have to deal with it. Unlike Kirk, who is the cronyism candidate, I am the insurgent candidate, so we operate a tighter ship. If you are going to allow candidates to participate in planning by phone or e-mail, please put me down for a speaking slot with the other senate candidates, as well as a place to distribute literature, etc.
3. I would also like to be considered for participation in the DuQuoin State fair.
I am willing to work with the IRP if the IRP conducts a fair and open primary process with no dirty tricks and no bogus endorsements by Tolbert Chisum. If not, we will have to assume a posture which I would rather avoid, but obviously cannot avoid if the events last week are any predictor of future action.
I stand on what I previously noted above. Mark Kirk has the most to gain from a primary that is perceived as fair, open and impartial. If you treat him like a hothouse flower, the voters will too.
I am always available to you by phone, fax, e-mail. Please call if you have any questions.
With all best wishes,
ANDY
AM:sp
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
August 11, 2009
Reince Priebus, Esq.
General Counsel
RNC
310 First Street
Washington, DC 20003
via fax (202) 863-8654
with copy to:
Mr. Michael Steele
Chairman
RNC
Via fax (202) 863-8820
Re: Direct access to RNC Voter Vault
Dear Attorney Priebus and
Chairman Steele:
For the past six (6) years Andy McKenna, Chairman of the self-styled “Illinois Republican Party, has been harassing my political activity. Unfortunately for Mr. McKenna, since he took over the state party, the party’s public support has continued an accelerated downward slide. Mr. McKenna is poised for yet another round of electoral catastrophe in 2010.
In my opinion 2010 will be a good year nationally for Republicans; it will be another bad year in Illinois due to McKenna’s dirty tricks and corrupt leadership.
McKenna insists on trying to harass and abuse his political adversaries, instead of trying to create a fair and level playing field in the primary, so that all candidates will feel they have been dealt with impartially and be encouraged to support the primary winner.
Last week McKenna was present when his stooges introduced U. S. Senate candidates, and refused to introduce me. (I received 35% of the senate primary vote in 2008; we are running an aggressive campaign which you can follow by e-mail or on our blogs.) As I have indicated in a letter to Mr. McKenna, which is posted on my blogs, McKenna’s dirty tricks are killing Mark Kirk’s candidacy.
Last week I also requested access to the Voter Vault (“VV”) which is apparently maintained by the RNC.
Today I was told it may take a month to secure approvals, while my opponent already has access.
McKenna’s efforts to rig the primary risk running afoul of federal prohibitions on state party activity. McKenna may be trying to skirt federal laws, but there is growing evidence he is breaking federal law in using unlimited resources to back Kirk. To the extent McKenna abuses RNC assets to benefit Kirk, the RNC could also be at risk.
We are probably going to court in the next day or two to resolve potential harassment at Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair.
I wish we could find a mechanism to discipline McKenna’s harassment short of litigation. Ultimately, all of this squabbling is made unavoidable by McKenna’s abuses, but it also hurts the party in the long run. That’s why McKenna’s stewardship has been an unmitigated disaster.
I would like to request direct access to the VV for the State of Illinois, directly through the RNC, and not through any instrumentality under the supervision and control of Andy McKenna.
I know that many Beltway bandits think Mark Kirk is the stronger candidate, and I respect their right to a contrary opinion. Based on my long experience I think Kirk is going to explode and implode (nice trick that) if he wins the primary. With McKenna’s dirty tricks being used to support McKenna, Kirk is doomed.
Please advise me in writing by the close of business today whether, in view of Andy McKenna unethical and unlawful behavior, and relentless harassment of my campaign, the RNC will provide direct access to my campaign for the RNC’s VV.
Please feel free to call if you have any questions.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
-------------------#2
ANDY MARTIN
Republican for U. S. Senator/2010
“He Works for the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406, 30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-ANDY
Toll-free fax (866) 707-ANDY
Web site: http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
E-mail: AndyforUSSenator@aol.com
Please donate:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
Blogs:
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
August 11, 2009
Curt Conrad
Political Director
Illinois Republican Party
320 S. 4th Street
Springfield, IL 52701
via fax (217) 753-4712
Dear Curt:
Thank for you r e-mail and mailed invitation to participate in Republican Day at the Illinois State fair. I also sent Andy McKenna a letter about State fair participation; he has not answered.
It is my impression that McKenna & Co,. are going to try and promote Mark Kirk, and lock me out of any equitable participation in the primary process, including Republican Day at the State Fair. This is a great mistake.
We have already ratcheted up our antagonism to Kirk in response to McKenna’s petty slights and abuses.
Party voters will be turned off by a primary that appears locked and brokered by a handful of Kirk backers. Ironically, Kirk has the most to gain from an honest and open primary. If the primary is vitiated by a McKenna lockout of competing candidates, Kirk will have lost the general election in February 2nd.
Due to a lack of response to an e-mail I sent Pat Brady (who shares an e-mail address with his wife, according to the IRP in Chicago) I gather I am even unwelcome at a reception being held on the evening of the 19th.
What are they afraid of? Is Kirk that weak, that delicate, that subject to being undermined? May be.
Now to the State Fair.
1. What are the speaking arrangements for the statewide candidates? Are we going to see the same gig we saw last week in Chicago where Kirk was given a bogus title to avoid allowing his opponents to speak? Or the use of McKenna’s straw man candidate, Eric Wallace, who was allowed to speak? (We will shortly be filing a lawsuit over that event.)
2. I can’t have someone in Springfield on the 13th. If this is an artificial condition to lock out candidates, I’ll just have to deal with it. Unlike Kirk, who is the cronyism candidate, I am the insurgent candidate, so we operate a tighter ship. If you are going to allow candidates to participate in planning by phone or e-mail, please put me down for a speaking slot with the other senate candidates, as well as a place to distribute literature, etc.
3. I would also like to be considered for participation in the DuQuoin State fair.
I am willing to work with the IRP if the IRP conducts a fair and open primary process with no dirty tricks and no bogus endorsements by Tolbert Chisum. If not, we will have to assume a posture which I would rather avoid, but obviously cannot avoid if the events last week are any predictor of future action.
I stand on what I previously noted above. Mark Kirk has the most to gain from a primary that is perceived as fair, open and impartial. If you treat him like a hothouse flower, the voters will too.
I am always available to you by phone, fax, e-mail. Please call if you have any questions.
With all best wishes,
ANDY
AM:sp
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Obama mentor William Ayers should be fired by the University of Illinois
U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says the same type of “clout” that was used to get the students of powerful families into the University of Illinois was also used to get unrepentant domestic terrorist a job as a “professor” at the school.
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says University of Illinois “cleansing” does not go far enough
Martin says Illinois Governor should ask U. of I. to fire unrepentant terrorist William Ayers
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ANDY MARTIN SAYS “THEY RAPED MY ALMA MATER”
MARTIN SAYS “CLOUT” COMMITTEE DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH, SHOULD SEEK REMOVAL OF MAD BOMBER WILLIAM AYRES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FACULTY
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE SAYS UNREPENTANT TERRORIST WILLIAM AYERS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN HIRED FOR THE U OF I FACULTY
(CHICAGO)(August 8, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin, the crusading columnist and investigator who five years ago began asking tough questions about Barack Obama’s family background and early career in Chicago, and who today is a corruption-fighting U. S. Senate candidate from Illinois [www.AndyforUSSenator.com], will hold a Chicago news conference Saturday to announce he has asked Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn to remove unrepentant terrorist William Ayers from the University of Illinois faculty.
“I received two degrees from the University of Illinois, and I earned them. The Chicago Tribune’s ‘Clout Goes to College” series, which should win a Pulitzer Prize, and which resulted in the appointment of a special committee to investigate ‘clout’ in the student admissions process at the U. of I., did not go far enough. Crooked politicians raped my alma mater. The ‘reforms’ should be extended to reach the removal of domestic terrorist William Ayers from the U. of I. faculty.
“The Governor’s committee fully investigated the crookedness at the U of I that undermined the integrity of the academic admissions process.
“As a result, we are reminded once more that corruption permeates every pore of this state. Even our universities are not immune.
“But, sadly, the ‘clout committee’ was itself the victim of clout. The governor did not ask the committee to investigate the clout that led to the hiring of domestic terrorist William Ayers as a taxpayer-supported faculty member.
“I grew up on a university campus, my mother was an AAUP representative, and I became an adjunct professor at the City University of New York. So I am acutely sensitive to issues of academic freedom.
“But the same kind of influence peddling that was used to get the students of politically influential families into the U of I was also used to get Ayers a job at the University’s Chicago campus.
“Ayers became the focus of renewed public prominence last year as the man, perhaps ‘the’ man, who helped create and ‘craft’ Barack Obama’s political career.
“The Ayers family’s clout in Chicago had tentacles into the largest newspaper, not surprisingly the Chicago Tribune, and the city’s largest law firm among a long list of family powerpoints.
“Who knew? What did U of I leaders know about Bill Ayers when he was hired? Who was ‘clouted’ by Thomas Ayers to get his son a university position? Why has the Tribune ignored this aspect of ‘Clout goes to college, to teach?’
“Removing Ayers will not be an easy task. He has burrowed deeply into the taxpayers’ pockets. But as a symbolic gesture, it is essential that Illinois ‘take back’ their preeminent state university from the clutches of a domestic terrorist who has never apologized for his war against ‘Amerika.’
“I remember Ayers’ ‘Days of rage’ in downtown Chicago, when he attacked buildings and persons with equal hatred.
"I might feel differently if Ayers had repented. But he is as defiant and oppositional as ever. He idolizes Hugh Chavez and Fidel Castro. He wants to make local schools into socialist indoctrination centers. While Ayers has not yet popped up in the White House—I suspect he will at some point—he is clearly the Godfather of the Obama Administration’s totalitarian socialist revolution.
“It is time for ‘declouting’ to come to Bill Ayers. He should find work at a private university, not at a taxpayer assisted institution,” Martin will state. “Bernadine Dohrn, Ayers’ wife, works at privately managed Northwestern University; I see no problem or public policy issues with that. But the Governor should initiate action to see that Ayers is removed; the Governor should strike now, while the issue of corrupt practices at the University of Illinois is a major reform matter.”
NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse/U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHAT:
Andy Martin will ask Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to request that removal proceedings begin against unrepentant anti-American terrorist and mad bomber U. of I. Professor William Ayers
WHERE:
Southeast corner of Huron and Wabash Streets, Chicago
WHEN: Saturday, August 8, 2009; 1:00 P. M.
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639; CELL (917) 664-9329
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Readers of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask, say the book is still the only gold standard and practical handbook on Barack Obama's unfitness for the presidency. Buy it.Book orders: Amazon.com or http://OrangeStatePress.com. Immediate shipment from Amazon.com or signed copies (delayed for signing) from the publisher are available.
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URGENT APPEAL: The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama raises money to oppose President Barack Obama's radical agenda and also to support www.BoycottHawaii.com.www.CommitteeofOneMilliontoDefeatBarackObama.com Please give generously. Our ability to fight and defeat Barack Obama's political agenda is directly dependent on the generosity of every American."The Committee of One Million to Defeat Barack Obama has no bundlers, no fat cats and no illegal contributions. Obama is opposed to almost everything America stands for," says Executive Director Andy Martin. "But while Obama has raised a billion dollar slush fund, his opponents lack sufficient resources. Americans can either contribute now, or pay later. If we do not succeed, Obama will."
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com. [NOTE: We frequently correct typographical errors and additions/subtractions on our blogs, where you can find the latest edition of this release.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329 (cell not always on)E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009.
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin says University of Illinois “cleansing” does not go far enough
Martin says Illinois Governor should ask U. of I. to fire unrepentant terrorist William Ayers
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
Republican for U. S. Senator
“He works for
the People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.MarkKirk.us
ATTENTION DAYBOOK/ASSIGNMENT EDITORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SATURDAY NEWS CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ANDY MARTIN SAYS “THEY RAPED MY ALMA MATER”
MARTIN SAYS “CLOUT” COMMITTEE DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH, SHOULD SEEK REMOVAL OF MAD BOMBER WILLIAM AYRES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FACULTY
U. S. SENATE CANDIDATE SAYS UNREPENTANT TERRORIST WILLIAM AYERS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN HIRED FOR THE U OF I FACULTY
(CHICAGO)(August 8, 2009) Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin, the crusading columnist and investigator who five years ago began asking tough questions about Barack Obama’s family background and early career in Chicago, and who today is a corruption-fighting U. S. Senate candidate from Illinois [www.AndyforUSSenator.com], will hold a Chicago news conference Saturday to announce he has asked Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn to remove unrepentant terrorist William Ayers from the University of Illinois faculty.
“I received two degrees from the University of Illinois, and I earned them. The Chicago Tribune’s ‘Clout Goes to College” series, which should win a Pulitzer Prize, and which resulted in the appointment of a special committee to investigate ‘clout’ in the student admissions process at the U. of I., did not go far enough. Crooked politicians raped my alma mater. The ‘reforms’ should be extended to reach the removal of domestic terrorist William Ayers from the U. of I. faculty.
“The Governor’s committee fully investigated the crookedness at the U of I that undermined the integrity of the academic admissions process.
“As a result, we are reminded once more that corruption permeates every pore of this state. Even our universities are not immune.
“But, sadly, the ‘clout committee’ was itself the victim of clout. The governor did not ask the committee to investigate the clout that led to the hiring of domestic terrorist William Ayers as a taxpayer-supported faculty member.
“I grew up on a university campus, my mother was an AAUP representative, and I became an adjunct professor at the City University of New York. So I am acutely sensitive to issues of academic freedom.
“But the same kind of influence peddling that was used to get the students of politically influential families into the U of I was also used to get Ayers a job at the University’s Chicago campus.
“Ayers became the focus of renewed public prominence last year as the man, perhaps ‘the’ man, who helped create and ‘craft’ Barack Obama’s political career.
“The Ayers family’s clout in Chicago had tentacles into the largest newspaper, not surprisingly the Chicago Tribune, and the city’s largest law firm among a long list of family powerpoints.
“Who knew? What did U of I leaders know about Bill Ayers when he was hired? Who was ‘clouted’ by Thomas Ayers to get his son a university position? Why has the Tribune ignored this aspect of ‘Clout goes to college, to teach?’
“Removing Ayers will not be an easy task. He has burrowed deeply into the taxpayers’ pockets. But as a symbolic gesture, it is essential that Illinois ‘take back’ their preeminent state university from the clutches of a domestic terrorist who has never apologized for his war against ‘Amerika.’
“I remember Ayers’ ‘Days of rage’ in downtown Chicago, when he attacked buildings and persons with equal hatred.
"I might feel differently if Ayers had repented. But he is as defiant and oppositional as ever. He idolizes Hugh Chavez and Fidel Castro. He wants to make local schools into socialist indoctrination centers. While Ayers has not yet popped up in the White House—I suspect he will at some point—he is clearly the Godfather of the Obama Administration’s totalitarian socialist revolution.
“It is time for ‘declouting’ to come to Bill Ayers. He should find work at a private university, not at a taxpayer assisted institution,” Martin will state. “Bernadine Dohrn, Ayers’ wife, works at privately managed Northwestern University; I see no problem or public policy issues with that. But the Governor should initiate action to see that Ayers is removed; the Governor should strike now, while the issue of corrupt practices at the University of Illinois is a major reform matter.”
NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:
WHO:
Internet Powerhouse/U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin
WHAT:
Andy Martin will ask Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to request that removal proceedings begin against unrepentant anti-American terrorist and mad bomber U. of I. Professor William Ayers
WHERE:
Southeast corner of Huron and Wabash Streets, Chicago
WHEN: Saturday, August 8, 2009; 1:00 P. M.
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639; CELL (917) 664-9329
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Andy Martin is a legendary Chicago muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of broadcasting background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He is currently promoting his best-selling book, Obama: The Man Behind The Mask and producing the new Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of www.ContrarianCommentary.com. Martin comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of experience. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York.
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