Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin is broadcasting new attacks on military pretender Mark Kirk’s falsifications of Kirk’s service in the U. S. Navy. Martin’s new ad is on his web site and he is collecting contributions to begin airing the commercial on Illinois radio stations. Martin also plans an anti-Kirk television campaign if sufficient funds are available. Martin says Mark Kirk is a disgrace to the Republican Party. Other than Kirk, Martin is voting a straight Republican ticket. “I cannot in good conscience support Kirk,” Andy says. “Mark Kirk is a disgrace and dishonor to everything our party stands for.”
Illinois Corruption fighter Andy Martin releases his first General Election ad in the Illinois U. S. Senate campaign
Martin says he will not let Illinois’ crooked election laws discourage him from seeking votes as a candidate for U. S. Senator
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Could Andy be planning a new lawsuit as part of his General Election campaign for the U. S. Senate? Stay tuned
Martin’s first ad is now on his website!
“TV is next if funds are available,” Andy says
(CHICAGO)(September 29, 2010) Illinois Reform Party U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin has posted his first General Election campaign ad on his website:
http://www.andyforussenator.com/andys_ads.htm
“We are raising money to buy ads,” Martin says. “We hope to do TV next month if money is available. We are in this race to be a factor in every aspect of the campaign. We are going to keep telling the truth about Mark Kirk, an ‘officer’ in name only who is the biggest disgrace in U. S. Navy history.
“I don’t know how many people share my views and want to contribute, but if they do they can mail us a check or make an online donation at http://www.andyforussenator.com/.
“We’re in this race until November 2nd. Mark Kirk is bad for Illinois and bad for America.
“Otherwise, I plan to vote for every other Republican candidate. Kirk is a special exception.”
Andy is fighting to keep his name on the ballot and plans to solicit write-in votes if his ballot efforts are unsuccessful.
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ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin, who Chicago Public Radio calls a “boisterous Internet activist,” is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” http://www.contrariancommentary.com/. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
ANDY MARTIN asks Appellate Court to put his name on the ballot
Illinois corruption-fighter Andy Martin, whose brawling style of pursuing Chicago gangster politicians and judges fits snugly in the Illinois milieu, has asked the Illinois Appellate Court in Chicago to place his name on the November 2nd ballot. Martin says Illinois politics is hopelessly corrupt, from the father daughter “crime family” of Lisa and Michael Madigan, to crooks in the Illinois Republican Party. Martin says that machine politicians in both parties want to deprive voters of meaningful choices in November. Martin says Mark Kirk is unfit to hold office.
NO: 1-10-2726
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
__________________________________________________
ANDY MARTIN,
Appellant,
vs.
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD
OF ELECTIONS, et al.,
Appellees.
__________________________________________________
EMERGENCY MOTION TO EITHER ORDER THE PLACEMENT OF
APPELLANT’S NAME ON THE BALLOT PENDENTE LITE OR TO SUSPEND
THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS
Pursuant to Local Rule 6 Appellant moves this Honorable Court to order the placement of his name on the General Election ballot, pendente lite or, in the alternative, to direct the State of Illinois and its subdivisions to suspend the printing and distribution of ballots.
I.
THE FACTS APPLICABLE TO THIS MOTION
A. Who is the Appellant?
The Appellant has been fighting corruption in Illinois politics for forty-four years, since he was a law student at the University of Illinois College of Law. He first gained some notoriety in 1968 when he exposed that Secretary of State Paul Powell was collecting bribes; Powell died shortly thereafter and left behind shoeboxes stuffed with cash.
It is axiomatic that someone who has devoted his entire .professional life to fighting corruption is highly unpopular in both the political and judicial spheres of Illinois.[1] And appellant is unpopular, precisely because he seeks to protect and vindicate constitutional rights and oppose the corrupt practices which are so prevalent in this state.
Nevertheless, it is precisely because Appellant is willing to fight for the Constitution that this Court should afford him some measure of respect.
B. What is the State’s strategy?
The Attorney General told the circuit judge that the state wanted new hearings before the State Board of Elections if the Appellant prevailed in court. In other words, the state wants hearings after the election is over concerning whether a candidate is qualified to run in already-conducted election. The political machine of Michael Madigan and his daughter Lisa Madigan is just as corrupt and odious as the political machine of Pat Brady and the Illinois Republican Party who are acting against Appellant.
The current “joke” in the media is that Madigan has chosen his own Republican to run against. See attached Chicago Tribune story. What the author John Kass leaves out is that the Republican Party is chiding Madigan to draw attention from its own corrupt shenanigans against Appellant and other candidates before the State Board, employing straw men, conduits and illegal payments under federal law.
Can it get any worse? Should appellant be ridiculed for trying to clean up the Illinois cesspool one campaign for office and one election at a time?
C. The Emergency
Every two years Illinois courts conduct “election litigation” while votes are being cast in the very election where the courts are reviewing the qualifications of candidates. This year is no different. The attached articles confirm that (i) votes are being cast and ballots are being distributed while Appellant and other new political parties are fighting to be on the ballot; and (ii) in an ultimate paean to absurdity, election officials hope that citizens will not cast votes because of the unsettled state of the ballot.
D. The Illinois judicial system as an institution is
delegitimized when it participates in the electoral charades and sham election litigation involving straw men, conduits and perjured testimony that have become a hallmark of the election process in Illinois
When a court allows itself to be a part of a charade, the court suffers as an institution. Citizens believe that Illinois politics are corrupt. To the extent that the courts participate in a corrupt process the courts ultimately and eventually lose legitimacy as impartial arbiters of constitutional rights and procedures.
There is no rational reason why Illinois should be unlike other states, almost all of which manage to avoid electoral litigation altogether by prohibiting straw men/conduit “objectors” and endless proceedings over ballot access, and which (ii) manage to resolve ballot issues before the ballots are printed and distributed, not after.
The current system of conducting Illinois elections serves the interests of corrupt public officials and corrupt political parties. Ipso facto, the system violates the U.S. Constitution as applied to candidates for federal office.
II.
LEGAL BASIS TO GRANT RELIEF
A. The Court has authority to award relief pendente lite
The Court has the authority to issue orders which protect the rights of the Appellant while the Court considers the unusual constitutional issues presented. And, after placing Appellant on the ballot pendente lite, the Court can always remove him nunc pro tunc if it later finds he should not prevail. But voters will be allowed to “cast their votes” on Appellant’s candidacy “at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner.”
B. The Court owes a higher duty to federal candidates
State courts are presumed to be competent to adjudicate federal constitutional rights and enjoy concurrent jurisdiction, Taflin v. Levitt, 493 U. S. 455, 458, 110 S. Ct. 792 (1990).
Regrettably, federal courts have held that state and local candidates are entitled to less procedural and substantive protection in electoral disputes than candidates for federal office. But there is a principled constitutional basis for that distinction.
Federal candidates are created by the U. S. Constitution; their candidacies are supervised by federal election officials at the Federal Election Commission and U. S. Senate; state officials play a limited, ministerial role as to candidacies and even ballot procedures must conform to the higher standards of the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Thus the Court has a basis to order the placement of Appellant’s name on the ballot.
The Court certainly reserves the right to rule adversely to the Appellant a later date, but the Court will no longer be conducting serious constitutional litigation under the hydraulic pressure of voters who are literally voting in the election where Appellant is a candidate.
Ironically, if this Court were to take a strong stand against present practices and issue a favorable interim ruling in Appellant’s favor, the General Assembly might in the future amend the election laws to afford judges a more rational period of time to resolve election disputes before ballots are printed and voters start voting. The current system is “broken.”
This is the classic case in which to order relief because the decision of the circuit court is objectively illogical and absurd: the court ruled that despite a very explicit and detailed statutorily-mandated procedure for service of process created by the Election Code, the fact that the respondent State Board of Elections failed to serve the Appellant was irrelevant and meaningless. The Appellant was deemed to be “aware” of the proceedings because he fled a lawsuit protesting the lack of proper statutory-mandated service!
Nothing could be more calculated to make the Illinois courts look ridiculous than a ruling in which protesting you have not been served suspends the need for actual service of process.
As long as the Courts act in a supine manner and pretend to ignore the reality of what is going on, the charade will continue.
DATED: September 23, 2010
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS FOR
SERVICE OF NOTICES:
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 (not principal
address for service) 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 the parties as set forth in the Notice of Filing on September 23, 2010
ANDY MARTIN
[1] The Illinois State Senate once passed a resolution condemning State Senator (later U. S. Senator) Paul Simon for authoring an article calling his body a corrupt institution. Prophets are indeed without honor in Illinois politics.
NO: 1-10-2726
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
__________________________________________________
ANDY MARTIN,
Appellant,
vs.
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD
OF ELECTIONS, et al.,
Appellees.
__________________________________________________
EMERGENCY MOTION TO EITHER ORDER THE PLACEMENT OF
APPELLANT’S NAME ON THE BALLOT PENDENTE LITE OR TO SUSPEND
THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS
Pursuant to Local Rule 6 Appellant moves this Honorable Court to order the placement of his name on the General Election ballot, pendente lite or, in the alternative, to direct the State of Illinois and its subdivisions to suspend the printing and distribution of ballots.
I.
THE FACTS APPLICABLE TO THIS MOTION
A. Who is the Appellant?
The Appellant has been fighting corruption in Illinois politics for forty-four years, since he was a law student at the University of Illinois College of Law. He first gained some notoriety in 1968 when he exposed that Secretary of State Paul Powell was collecting bribes; Powell died shortly thereafter and left behind shoeboxes stuffed with cash.
It is axiomatic that someone who has devoted his entire .professional life to fighting corruption is highly unpopular in both the political and judicial spheres of Illinois.[1] And appellant is unpopular, precisely because he seeks to protect and vindicate constitutional rights and oppose the corrupt practices which are so prevalent in this state.
Nevertheless, it is precisely because Appellant is willing to fight for the Constitution that this Court should afford him some measure of respect.
B. What is the State’s strategy?
The Attorney General told the circuit judge that the state wanted new hearings before the State Board of Elections if the Appellant prevailed in court. In other words, the state wants hearings after the election is over concerning whether a candidate is qualified to run in already-conducted election. The political machine of Michael Madigan and his daughter Lisa Madigan is just as corrupt and odious as the political machine of Pat Brady and the Illinois Republican Party who are acting against Appellant.
The current “joke” in the media is that Madigan has chosen his own Republican to run against. See attached Chicago Tribune story. What the author John Kass leaves out is that the Republican Party is chiding Madigan to draw attention from its own corrupt shenanigans against Appellant and other candidates before the State Board, employing straw men, conduits and illegal payments under federal law.
Can it get any worse? Should appellant be ridiculed for trying to clean up the Illinois cesspool one campaign for office and one election at a time?
C. The Emergency
Every two years Illinois courts conduct “election litigation” while votes are being cast in the very election where the courts are reviewing the qualifications of candidates. This year is no different. The attached articles confirm that (i) votes are being cast and ballots are being distributed while Appellant and other new political parties are fighting to be on the ballot; and (ii) in an ultimate paean to absurdity, election officials hope that citizens will not cast votes because of the unsettled state of the ballot.
D. The Illinois judicial system as an institution is
delegitimized when it participates in the electoral charades and sham election litigation involving straw men, conduits and perjured testimony that have become a hallmark of the election process in Illinois
When a court allows itself to be a part of a charade, the court suffers as an institution. Citizens believe that Illinois politics are corrupt. To the extent that the courts participate in a corrupt process the courts ultimately and eventually lose legitimacy as impartial arbiters of constitutional rights and procedures.
There is no rational reason why Illinois should be unlike other states, almost all of which manage to avoid electoral litigation altogether by prohibiting straw men/conduit “objectors” and endless proceedings over ballot access, and which (ii) manage to resolve ballot issues before the ballots are printed and distributed, not after.
The current system of conducting Illinois elections serves the interests of corrupt public officials and corrupt political parties. Ipso facto, the system violates the U.S. Constitution as applied to candidates for federal office.
II.
LEGAL BASIS TO GRANT RELIEF
A. The Court has authority to award relief pendente lite
The Court has the authority to issue orders which protect the rights of the Appellant while the Court considers the unusual constitutional issues presented. And, after placing Appellant on the ballot pendente lite, the Court can always remove him nunc pro tunc if it later finds he should not prevail. But voters will be allowed to “cast their votes” on Appellant’s candidacy “at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner.”
B. The Court owes a higher duty to federal candidates
State courts are presumed to be competent to adjudicate federal constitutional rights and enjoy concurrent jurisdiction, Taflin v. Levitt, 493 U. S. 455, 458, 110 S. Ct. 792 (1990).
Regrettably, federal courts have held that state and local candidates are entitled to less procedural and substantive protection in electoral disputes than candidates for federal office. But there is a principled constitutional basis for that distinction.
Federal candidates are created by the U. S. Constitution; their candidacies are supervised by federal election officials at the Federal Election Commission and U. S. Senate; state officials play a limited, ministerial role as to candidacies and even ballot procedures must conform to the higher standards of the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Thus the Court has a basis to order the placement of Appellant’s name on the ballot.
The Court certainly reserves the right to rule adversely to the Appellant a later date, but the Court will no longer be conducting serious constitutional litigation under the hydraulic pressure of voters who are literally voting in the election where Appellant is a candidate.
Ironically, if this Court were to take a strong stand against present practices and issue a favorable interim ruling in Appellant’s favor, the General Assembly might in the future amend the election laws to afford judges a more rational period of time to resolve election disputes before ballots are printed and voters start voting. The current system is “broken.”
This is the classic case in which to order relief because the decision of the circuit court is objectively illogical and absurd: the court ruled that despite a very explicit and detailed statutorily-mandated procedure for service of process created by the Election Code, the fact that the respondent State Board of Elections failed to serve the Appellant was irrelevant and meaningless. The Appellant was deemed to be “aware” of the proceedings because he fled a lawsuit protesting the lack of proper statutory-mandated service!
Nothing could be more calculated to make the Illinois courts look ridiculous than a ruling in which protesting you have not been served suspends the need for actual service of process.
As long as the Courts act in a supine manner and pretend to ignore the reality of what is going on, the charade will continue.
DATED: September 23, 2010
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS FOR
SERVICE OF NOTICES:
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 (not principal
address for service) 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 the parties as set forth in the Notice of Filing on September 23, 2010
ANDY MARTIN
[1] The Illinois State Senate once passed a resolution condemning State Senator (later U. S. Senator) Paul Simon for authoring an article calling his body a corrupt institution. Prophets are indeed without honor in Illinois politics.
ANDY MARTIN: NBC News payback time for the Green Party that attacked Andy’s petitions
Andy Martin exposes LeAlan Jones as a political fraud and a corrupt or fraudulent candifate for the United States Senate. The Green Party previously attacked Martin’s nominating petitions. “I have a long memory,” Andy says. “Especially for political slimeballs that attack me. Mr. Jones should go soak his head; he is an embarrassment to the Green Party, as are his buddy Rob Sherman and Sherman’s ‘attorney.’ Their attack on me has backfired.” Martin tells NBC News that Jones is such a joke he hasn’t even filed an FEC Form 2 with the U. S, Senate, to confirm Jones has spent/received a total of $5,000 in his campaign.
ANDY MARTIN
“The name you can trust”
Illinois Reform Party for U. S. Senator/2010
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.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com
www.MarkKirk.us
September 23, 2010
Steve Capus
NBC News
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Re: Meet the Press debate Kirk/Giannoulias
Dear Mr. Capus:
I am not writing to insist that you include me in the Kirk/Giannoulias Meet The Press debate on October 10th.
Rather, I am writing to tell you that LeAlan Jones, who is demanding to be on the program, is a complete moron who has no basis on which to run for United States Senator. Jones wrote to you and tried to play the race card. Jones is a jerk of the type we find all too many of in Illinois.
First, Jones can’t even write proper English. You would think that a letter as important to him as the one he sent to you would have proper grammar. Nope. He is the “only African/American running this (sic)…”
Second, senate seats are not “historically” white or black. Appeals to racial prejudice are embarrassing.
Finally, Jones’ candidacy is a joke and a fluke. The Green Party enjoys no public support in Illinois. Illinois has a weird system of elections (rotten and corrupt through and through) in which any party with a gubernatorial candidate that receives 5% of the vote is automatically on the ballot four years later.
In 2006, Judy Topinka, a complete disgrace to the Republican Party, and the infamous Rod Blagojevich, were running against each other. Voters were outraged and disgusted and voted “Green” out of protest, not party affiliation.
This election cycle Jones slipped on the ballot without any meaningful scrutiny (the entire party slate is automatically placed on the ballot, not just the gubernatorial candidate).
The final and most devastating reason why Jones is a joke?
Yesterday I was checking with the U. S. Senate as to who has filed FEC Form 2’s with the Senate. You file a Form 2 once you spend and/or receive five thousand dollars ($5,000) as a federal candidate.
Mr. Jones has yet to file a Form 2.
Jones is a race-baiting clown who deserves no attention and no respect as a candidate. A candidate for U. S. Senator who can't even comply with federal law and file a Form 2 is a joke candifate. In other words, Jones is either violating federal law by failing to file a Form 2, or he hasn’t spent and/or received a total of $5,000. Some Green Party candidate.
The only reason to put Jones on TV would be to show he can make an ass out of himself. But then you would be accused of anti-Black prejudice for showcasing a clown like Jones.
Enough said.
In closing, full disclosure mandates that I should point out that Jones’ proxies, led by the Green Party attorney and a shill “objector,” Rob Sherman, attacked my candidacy last summer. They were obviously trying to support Jones by harassing his opponents. Sherman is a complete clown who brags about getting his car washed at sex washes. Both Rob Sherman and LeAlan Jones belong in a straightjacket. In one election cycle, Greens have gone from outsiders to being as slimy and noxious as the Republicans and Democrats in this state. Now that’s some accomplishment!
If, on the other hand, you want to invite me to join Markie and Alexi on Meet the Press, I would probably show up the Kirkster and the Jokester. At least I understand television and could help make the program electrifying.
We are just getting our campaign up and running. I am committed to staying in the race to defeat Mark Kirk, the “Closeted Congressman” who was for the Republican Party before he was against it.
Cordially,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
ANDY MARTIN
“The name you can trust”
Illinois Reform Party for U. S. Senator/2010
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.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com
www.MarkKirk.us
September 23, 2010
Steve Capus
NBC News
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Re: Meet the Press debate Kirk/Giannoulias
Dear Mr. Capus:
I am not writing to insist that you include me in the Kirk/Giannoulias Meet The Press debate on October 10th.
Rather, I am writing to tell you that LeAlan Jones, who is demanding to be on the program, is a complete moron who has no basis on which to run for United States Senator. Jones wrote to you and tried to play the race card. Jones is a jerk of the type we find all too many of in Illinois.
First, Jones can’t even write proper English. You would think that a letter as important to him as the one he sent to you would have proper grammar. Nope. He is the “only African/American running this (sic)…”
Second, senate seats are not “historically” white or black. Appeals to racial prejudice are embarrassing.
Finally, Jones’ candidacy is a joke and a fluke. The Green Party enjoys no public support in Illinois. Illinois has a weird system of elections (rotten and corrupt through and through) in which any party with a gubernatorial candidate that receives 5% of the vote is automatically on the ballot four years later.
In 2006, Judy Topinka, a complete disgrace to the Republican Party, and the infamous Rod Blagojevich, were running against each other. Voters were outraged and disgusted and voted “Green” out of protest, not party affiliation.
This election cycle Jones slipped on the ballot without any meaningful scrutiny (the entire party slate is automatically placed on the ballot, not just the gubernatorial candidate).
The final and most devastating reason why Jones is a joke?
Yesterday I was checking with the U. S. Senate as to who has filed FEC Form 2’s with the Senate. You file a Form 2 once you spend and/or receive five thousand dollars ($5,000) as a federal candidate.
Mr. Jones has yet to file a Form 2.
Jones is a race-baiting clown who deserves no attention and no respect as a candidate. A candidate for U. S. Senator who can't even comply with federal law and file a Form 2 is a joke candifate. In other words, Jones is either violating federal law by failing to file a Form 2, or he hasn’t spent and/or received a total of $5,000. Some Green Party candidate.
The only reason to put Jones on TV would be to show he can make an ass out of himself. But then you would be accused of anti-Black prejudice for showcasing a clown like Jones.
Enough said.
In closing, full disclosure mandates that I should point out that Jones’ proxies, led by the Green Party attorney and a shill “objector,” Rob Sherman, attacked my candidacy last summer. They were obviously trying to support Jones by harassing his opponents. Sherman is a complete clown who brags about getting his car washed at sex washes. Both Rob Sherman and LeAlan Jones belong in a straightjacket. In one election cycle, Greens have gone from outsiders to being as slimy and noxious as the Republicans and Democrats in this state. Now that’s some accomplishment!
If, on the other hand, you want to invite me to join Markie and Alexi on Meet the Press, I would probably show up the Kirkster and the Jokester. At least I understand television and could help make the program electrifying.
We are just getting our campaign up and running. I am committed to staying in the race to defeat Mark Kirk, the “Closeted Congressman” who was for the Republican Party before he was against it.
Cordially,
ANDY MARTIN
AM:sp
ANDY MARTIN asks Appellate Court to block Republican vote fraud
Andy Martin exposed in greater detail Tuesday how Pat Brady, Brien Sheahan and John Fogarty, jr. are committing criminal violations of federal law by using Andrew Heffernan as a stooge to conduct harassing litigation against political opponents. Martin asked the Illinois Appellate Court in Chicago to block further vote fraud efforts by Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty.
IN THE ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT
FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT
Docket Number: 10-2726
ANDY MARTIN,
Appellant,
vs.
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD
OF ELECTIONS, et al.,
Appellees.
MOTION TO PRECLUDE REPUBLICAN PARTY ATTORNEYS
FROM PROCEEDING IN THIS COURT WITHOUT A BONA FIDE CLIENT
Illinois’ election laws are a virtual temple of corruption and accommodation to corrupt machine politics. Everything that can be done to deny democracy to the people of this state can be found in the Election Code.
One of the particular banes of democracy in Illinois is election "objectors” who are not objectors at all but merely shills/fronts/stooges for “election lawyers” who are surreptitiously paid by both political parties to hamstring their opponents with lawsuits.
While Illinois may be free to encourage corrupt practices as to state elections, Illinois is only an agent for the federal government when it conducts elections for federal office. Appellant is a legally qualified candidate for federal office (see attached). Legal status as a candidate is conferred by federal law, not by state election statutes.
Andrew Heffernan is a Republican Party shill. The Heffernan name pops up in court as a proxy used by Republican State Chairman Pat Brady (a former federal lawyer who should know better himself), Brien Sheahan ("General Counsel" for the Illinois Republican Party), and John Fogarty, Jr., a Republican factotum. Heffernan is a “party” to this litigation in “name only.”
On September 20th the ultimate absurdity and fraud of the Republican Party was exposed in circuit court.
Mr. Sheahan appeared and claimed he had “not been served” with the circuit court proceedings. The reason Sheahan had not been served was because the Election Code mandates service on the objector, not the attorney. Circuit court review is treated as an independent level of litigation.
In other words, Sheahan confessed he was not communicating with his “client” but that he was nevertheless there to “represent” someone who is not even remotely his bona fide client.
The terms of a bona fide attorney/client relationship are well known to this Court. They involve, at a minimum, client meetings, payment of fees, a written retainer agreement and appearances in court. On information and belief Heffernan satisfies none of these criteria.
Given that Heffernan did not authorize his attorney to appear in court on September 20th, and that Heffernan himself defaulted and did not appear, Appellant asks this Court to declare that Heffernan is not a party on appeal and that Sheahan and Fogarty may not further represent straw parties with whom they do not enjoy a documented bona fide attorney/client relationship.
There is a further criminal dimension to this controversy. Federal courts have been somewhat lax with their supervision of state elections for state offices. But elections for federal office are conducted under federal, not state, law even though the mechanics are conducted by the several states.
Federal law requires full disclosure, and bars both surreptitious receipts and expenditures by candidates or persons supporting or opposing federal candidates. What Messrs. Heffernan, Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty have been doing appears to amount to federal criminal activity, because it is designed to defraud both the State Board of Elections and the Illinois state courts as to who is really importuning, promoting and maintaining election litigation, see United States v. Mariani, 212 F.Supp.2d 361, 373-379 (M.D. Pa. 2002).
No court should tolerate lying and misrepresentation by officers of the Court concerning the true nature of who is paying counsel fees and who is trumping up lawsuits. Proxy parties are unlawful unless full disclosure is made to the tribunal.
It is regrettable that this is the first instance and first intermediate appellate court in Illinois that has now been asked to put an end to proxy litigation being orchestrated and paid for by the Illinois Republican Party (or by the Democratic party for that matter). But, better late than never, the issue is now sub judice.
Most respectfully, this Court is asked to enter an order awarding both Appellant and the appearance of justice in the judicial system appropriate relief.
DATED: September 21, 2010
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS FOR
SERVICE OF NOTICES:
ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
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E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)
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ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
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REQUESTED BY FAX OR E-MAIL
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upon request
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify I have served the parties as set forth in the Notice of Filing on September 21, 2010
ANDY MARTIN
IN THE ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT
FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT
Docket Number: 10-2726
ANDY MARTIN,
Appellant,
vs.
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD
OF ELECTIONS, et al.,
Appellees.
MOTION TO PRECLUDE REPUBLICAN PARTY ATTORNEYS
FROM PROCEEDING IN THIS COURT WITHOUT A BONA FIDE CLIENT
Illinois’ election laws are a virtual temple of corruption and accommodation to corrupt machine politics. Everything that can be done to deny democracy to the people of this state can be found in the Election Code.
One of the particular banes of democracy in Illinois is election "objectors” who are not objectors at all but merely shills/fronts/stooges for “election lawyers” who are surreptitiously paid by both political parties to hamstring their opponents with lawsuits.
While Illinois may be free to encourage corrupt practices as to state elections, Illinois is only an agent for the federal government when it conducts elections for federal office. Appellant is a legally qualified candidate for federal office (see attached). Legal status as a candidate is conferred by federal law, not by state election statutes.
Andrew Heffernan is a Republican Party shill. The Heffernan name pops up in court as a proxy used by Republican State Chairman Pat Brady (a former federal lawyer who should know better himself), Brien Sheahan ("General Counsel" for the Illinois Republican Party), and John Fogarty, Jr., a Republican factotum. Heffernan is a “party” to this litigation in “name only.”
On September 20th the ultimate absurdity and fraud of the Republican Party was exposed in circuit court.
Mr. Sheahan appeared and claimed he had “not been served” with the circuit court proceedings. The reason Sheahan had not been served was because the Election Code mandates service on the objector, not the attorney. Circuit court review is treated as an independent level of litigation.
In other words, Sheahan confessed he was not communicating with his “client” but that he was nevertheless there to “represent” someone who is not even remotely his bona fide client.
The terms of a bona fide attorney/client relationship are well known to this Court. They involve, at a minimum, client meetings, payment of fees, a written retainer agreement and appearances in court. On information and belief Heffernan satisfies none of these criteria.
Given that Heffernan did not authorize his attorney to appear in court on September 20th, and that Heffernan himself defaulted and did not appear, Appellant asks this Court to declare that Heffernan is not a party on appeal and that Sheahan and Fogarty may not further represent straw parties with whom they do not enjoy a documented bona fide attorney/client relationship.
There is a further criminal dimension to this controversy. Federal courts have been somewhat lax with their supervision of state elections for state offices. But elections for federal office are conducted under federal, not state, law even though the mechanics are conducted by the several states.
Federal law requires full disclosure, and bars both surreptitious receipts and expenditures by candidates or persons supporting or opposing federal candidates. What Messrs. Heffernan, Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty have been doing appears to amount to federal criminal activity, because it is designed to defraud both the State Board of Elections and the Illinois state courts as to who is really importuning, promoting and maintaining election litigation, see United States v. Mariani, 212 F.Supp.2d 361, 373-379 (M.D. Pa. 2002).
No court should tolerate lying and misrepresentation by officers of the Court concerning the true nature of who is paying counsel fees and who is trumping up lawsuits. Proxy parties are unlawful unless full disclosure is made to the tribunal.
It is regrettable that this is the first instance and first intermediate appellate court in Illinois that has now been asked to put an end to proxy litigation being orchestrated and paid for by the Illinois Republican Party (or by the Democratic party for that matter). But, better late than never, the issue is now sub judice.
Most respectfully, this Court is asked to enter an order awarding both Appellant and the appearance of justice in the judicial system appropriate relief.
DATED: September 21, 2010
Respectfully submitted,
ANDY MARTIN
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SERVICE OF NOTICES:
ANDY MARTIN
NATIONAL LITIGATION CENTER
P. O. Box 1851
New York, NY 10150-1851
Toll-free tel. (866) 706-2639
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E-mail: AndyMart20@aol.com (text only)
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ANDY MARTIN
REGIONAL LITIGATION SUPPORT
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Chicago, IL 60611-4723
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Monday, September 20, 2010
ANDY MARTIN: Mark Kirk’s lawyers get caught in a lie
Illinois corruption-fighter Andy Martin caught Mark Kirk’s lawyers in a lie. In a heated Monday morning hearing in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Kirk’s attorneys, who are trying to keep Martin off the ballot, admitted they had lost contact with their “client” Andrew Heffernan. Heffernan faces possible criminal charges for violating federal election laws by falsely claiming he was interested in opposing Martin, when Heffernan was only a front man for the Republican Party. Federal Election law makes it a felony to engage in “conduit” political activity in federal campaigns.
Corruption fighter Andy Martin says that DuPage County Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted in open court he and John Fogarty, Jr. are basically conducting fraudulent litigation against Andy
ANDY ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF HIS CAMPAIGN “BUNKER BUSTERS” IN A TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin was in the Circuit Court of Cook County Monday when Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted he was not communicating with his own “client”
Martin is working to put an end to the fraudulent Illinois campaign practice of “fronts” and “shams” used by Pat Brady and the Illinois Republican Party to conduct election litigation on behalf of Mark Kirk
Martin says that Tuesday afternoon he will hold the first of his new series of “Bunker Buster” news conferences.
(CHICAGO)(September 21, 2010) Illinois Reform Party U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin, whose “Bunker Buster” news conferences and political advertising earlier this year opened the door for national media to destroy the political career of Closeted Congressman Mark Kirk, will launch new attacks Tuesday on Kirk and the corrupt leadership cadre of the Illinois Republican Party.
On Saturday, Martin helped trigger massive demonstrations against Glenn Beck’s presence in Illinois on behalf of Pat Brady and other corrupt Republicans.
“There is a massive disconnect between ‘Illinois Republicans’ and the Illinois Republican Party,” Martin says. “Most Illinoisans who vote Republican are honest, hard-working, God-fearing citizens. They are pretty good conservatives. But the management of the ‘Illinois Republican Party’ is nothing but a bunch of crooks, led by Pat Brady and his sleazy staff, including legal masquerader Brien Sheahan.”
Brien Sheahan is the DuPage County Republican factotum who was engaged in a scandalous sexual relationship with a married Republican official; Sheahan reportedly got married recently to deflect rumors that he is gay.
“Most Republicans do not realize that when they contribute their precious, hard-earned money to the Illinois Republican Party, Pat Brady is siphoning off that cash to pay Brien Sheahan $35,000 a year for serving as ‘General Counsel,’” Martin notes. “John Fogarty, Jr. also profits from cash which contributors believe will be used to fight Democrats. Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty are looting the Republican Party for their own political and personal enrichment. The rest of the office staff of the Party is not much better, if at all.
“I am working on behalf of good Republicans, not the crooked cabal of ‘Republicans’ that is part of the bipartisan ‘Combine of corruption’ in Illinois politics.
“Monday Mr. Sheahan was caught in a lie, in open court, on a transcript. Sheahan told Circuit Judge Robert Bertucci that Sheahan had ‘not been served’ with Martin’s appellate materials. As required by state law, I was serving Sheahan’s ‘client,’ not Sheahan personally. Sheahan didn’t even know what the statute required. Sheahan’s confession was recorded on tape as well as being taken down by a court reporter.
“We now have conclusive evidence that Andrew Heffernan, who faces federal prison because of his fraudulent election affidavits and blatant perjury before the Illinois State Board of Elections, no longer communicates with Sheahan and Fogarty. Heffernan has belatedly realized that he is being used as a ‘chumbolone’ by the higher-ups in the Illinois Republican Party. Heffernan is committing the actual crimes, by lying abut his relationship to Sheahan and Fogarty as well as by lying about Heffernan’s real role as a stooge ‘objector’ for Illinois Republican Party leaders.
“What was the General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party doing in court Monday claiming to act as the ‘attorney’ for someone who is supposed to be an independent ‘citizen objector?’ Obviously, Heffernan now realizes he has been used, and he could go to jail, while Sheahan collects $35,000 a year from the Republican Party for doing nothing. It is sleazy.
“But the real majordomo of sleaze in Illinois Republican circles is Mark Kirk, the ‘Closeted Congressman’ who is famous in Chicago’s ‘Boys Town’ for his escapades as a ‘gay blade’ in that neighborhood.
“Last year I told Pat Brady if he ran a crooked primary on behalf of Kirk, he and Kirk would pay for it this November. Brady ran a crooked primary, and they will be paying for it between now and November 2nd. Tuesday we drop the first ‘Bunker Buster.’ There are plenty more to come,” Martin says. “And the great thing: all of my evidence and accusations are truthful. I have a proven track record of breaking news and telling the truth about Kirk. Mark Kirk, on the other hand, uses lies to promote himself; I am using the truth to demote him.”
STAND BY LATER MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY FOR NEWS OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S “BUNKER BUSTER” NEWS CONFERENCE
-----------------------------ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin, who Chicago Public Radio calls a “boisterous Internet activist,” is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
contrariancommentary.typepad.com[NOTE: We try to correct any typographical errors in this story on our blogs; find our latest edition there.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2010
Corruption fighter Andy Martin says that DuPage County Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted in open court he and John Fogarty, Jr. are basically conducting fraudulent litigation against Andy
ANDY ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF HIS CAMPAIGN “BUNKER BUSTERS” IN A TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin was in the Circuit Court of Cook County Monday when Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted he was not communicating with his own “client”
Martin is working to put an end to the fraudulent Illinois campaign practice of “fronts” and “shams” used by Pat Brady and the Illinois Republican Party to conduct election litigation on behalf of Mark Kirk
Martin says that Tuesday afternoon he will hold the first of his new series of “Bunker Buster” news conferences.
(CHICAGO)(September 21, 2010) Illinois Reform Party U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin, whose “Bunker Buster” news conferences and political advertising earlier this year opened the door for national media to destroy the political career of Closeted Congressman Mark Kirk, will launch new attacks Tuesday on Kirk and the corrupt leadership cadre of the Illinois Republican Party.
On Saturday, Martin helped trigger massive demonstrations against Glenn Beck’s presence in Illinois on behalf of Pat Brady and other corrupt Republicans.
“There is a massive disconnect between ‘Illinois Republicans’ and the Illinois Republican Party,” Martin says. “Most Illinoisans who vote Republican are honest, hard-working, God-fearing citizens. They are pretty good conservatives. But the management of the ‘Illinois Republican Party’ is nothing but a bunch of crooks, led by Pat Brady and his sleazy staff, including legal masquerader Brien Sheahan.”
Brien Sheahan is the DuPage County Republican factotum who was engaged in a scandalous sexual relationship with a married Republican official; Sheahan reportedly got married recently to deflect rumors that he is gay.
“Most Republicans do not realize that when they contribute their precious, hard-earned money to the Illinois Republican Party, Pat Brady is siphoning off that cash to pay Brien Sheahan $35,000 a year for serving as ‘General Counsel,’” Martin notes. “John Fogarty, Jr. also profits from cash which contributors believe will be used to fight Democrats. Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty are looting the Republican Party for their own political and personal enrichment. The rest of the office staff of the Party is not much better, if at all.
“I am working on behalf of good Republicans, not the crooked cabal of ‘Republicans’ that is part of the bipartisan ‘Combine of corruption’ in Illinois politics.
“Monday Mr. Sheahan was caught in a lie, in open court, on a transcript. Sheahan told Circuit Judge Robert Bertucci that Sheahan had ‘not been served’ with Martin’s appellate materials. As required by state law, I was serving Sheahan’s ‘client,’ not Sheahan personally. Sheahan didn’t even know what the statute required. Sheahan’s confession was recorded on tape as well as being taken down by a court reporter.
“We now have conclusive evidence that Andrew Heffernan, who faces federal prison because of his fraudulent election affidavits and blatant perjury before the Illinois State Board of Elections, no longer communicates with Sheahan and Fogarty. Heffernan has belatedly realized that he is being used as a ‘chumbolone’ by the higher-ups in the Illinois Republican Party. Heffernan is committing the actual crimes, by lying abut his relationship to Sheahan and Fogarty as well as by lying about Heffernan’s real role as a stooge ‘objector’ for Illinois Republican Party leaders.
“What was the General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party doing in court Monday claiming to act as the ‘attorney’ for someone who is supposed to be an independent ‘citizen objector?’ Obviously, Heffernan now realizes he has been used, and he could go to jail, while Sheahan collects $35,000 a year from the Republican Party for doing nothing. It is sleazy.
“But the real majordomo of sleaze in Illinois Republican circles is Mark Kirk, the ‘Closeted Congressman’ who is famous in Chicago’s ‘Boys Town’ for his escapades as a ‘gay blade’ in that neighborhood.
“Last year I told Pat Brady if he ran a crooked primary on behalf of Kirk, he and Kirk would pay for it this November. Brady ran a crooked primary, and they will be paying for it between now and November 2nd. Tuesday we drop the first ‘Bunker Buster.’ There are plenty more to come,” Martin says. “And the great thing: all of my evidence and accusations are truthful. I have a proven track record of breaking news and telling the truth about Kirk. Mark Kirk, on the other hand, uses lies to promote himself; I am using the truth to demote him.”
STAND BY LATER MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY FOR NEWS OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S “BUNKER BUSTER” NEWS CONFERENCE
-----------------------------ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin, who Chicago Public Radio calls a “boisterous Internet activist,” is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
contrariancommentary.typepad.com[NOTE: We try to correct any typographical errors in this story on our blogs; find our latest edition there.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2010
ANDY MARTIN: Mark Kirk’s lawyers get caught in a lie
Illinois corruption-fighter Andy Martin caught Mark Kirk’s lawyers in a lie. In a heated Monday morning hearing in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Kirk’s attorneys, who are trying to keep Martin off the ballot, admitted they had lost contact with their “client” Andrew Heffernan. Heffernan faces possible criminal charges for violating federal election laws by falsely claiming he was interested in opposing Martin, when Heffernan was only a front man for the Republican Party. Federal Election law makes it a felony to engage in “conduit” political activity in federal campaigns.
Corruption fighter Andy Martin says that DuPage County Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted in open court he and John Fogarty, Jr. are basically conducting fraudulent litigation against Andy
ANDY ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF HIS CAMPAIGN “BUNKER BUSTERS” IN A TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin was in the Circuit Court of Cook County Monday when Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted he was not communicating with his own “client”
Martin is working to put an end to the fraudulent Illinois campaign practice of “fronts” and “shams” used by Pat Brady and the Illinois Republican Party to conduct election litigation on behalf of Mark Kirk
Martin says that Tuesday afternoon he will hold the first of his new series of “Bunker Buster” news conferences.
(CHICAGO)(September 21, 2010) Illinois Reform Party U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin, whose “Bunker Buster” news conferences and political advertising earlier this year opened the door for national media to destroy the political career of Closeted Congressman Mark Kirk, will launch new attacks Tuesday on Kirk and the corrupt leadership cadre of the Illinois Republican Party.
On Saturday, Martin helped trigger massive demonstrations against Glenn Beck’s presence in Illinois on behalf of Pat Brady and other corrupt Republicans.
“There is a massive disconnect between ‘Illinois Republicans’ and the Illinois Republican Party,” Martin says. “Most Illinoisans who vote Republican are honest, hard-working, God-fearing citizens. They are pretty good conservatives. But the management of the ‘Illinois Republican Party’ is nothing but a bunch of crooks, led by Pat Brady and his sleazy staff, including legal masquerader Brien Sheahan.”
Brien Sheahan is the DuPage County Republican factotum who was engaged in a scandalous sexual relationship with a married Republican official; Sheahan reportedly got married recently to deflect rumors that he is gay.
“Most Republicans do not realize that when they contribute their precious, hard-earned money to the Illinois Republican Party, Pat Brady is siphoning off that cash to pay Brien Sheahan $35,000 a year for serving as ‘General Counsel,’” Martin notes. “John Fogarty, Jr. also profits from cash which contributors believe will be used to fight Democrats. Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty are looting the Republican Party for their own political and personal enrichment. The rest of the office staff of the Party is not much better, if at all.
“I am working on behalf of good Republicans, not the crooked cabal of ‘Republicans’ that is part of the bipartisan ‘Combine of corruption’ in Illinois politics.
“Monday Mr. Sheahan was caught in a lie, in open court, on a transcript. Sheahan told Circuit Judge Robert Bertucci that Sheahan had ‘not been served’ with Martin’s appellate materials. As required by state law, I was serving Sheahan’s ‘client,’ not Sheahan personally. Sheahan didn’t even know what the statute required. Sheahan’s confession was recorded on tape as well as being taken down by a court reporter.
“We now have conclusive evidence that Andrew Heffernan, who faces federal prison because of his fraudulent election affidavits and blatant perjury before the Illinois State Board of Elections, no longer communicates with Sheahan and Fogarty. Heffernan has belatedly realized that he is being used as a ‘chumbolone’ by the higher-ups in the Illinois Republican Party. Heffernan is committing the actual crimes, by lying abut his relationship to Sheahan and Fogarty as well as by lying about Heffernan’s real role as a stooge ‘objector’ for Illinois Republican Party leaders.
“What was the General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party doing in court Monday claiming to act as the ‘attorney’ for someone who is supposed to be an independent ‘citizen objector?’ Obviously, Heffernan now realizes he has been used, and he could go to jail, while Sheahan collects $35,000 a year from the Republican Party for doing nothing. It is sleazy.
“But the real majordomo of sleaze in Illinois Republican circles is Mark Kirk, the ‘Closeted Congressman’ who is famous in Chicago’s ‘Boys Town’ for his escapades as a ‘gay blade’ in that neighborhood.
“Last year I told Pat Brady if he ran a crooked primary on behalf of Kirk, he and Kirk would pay for it this November. Brady ran a crooked primary, and they will be paying for it between now and November 2nd. Tuesday we drop the first ‘Bunker Buster.’ There are plenty more to come,” Martin says. “And the great thing: all of my evidence and accusations are truthful. I have a proven track record of breaking news and telling the truth about Kirk. Mark Kirk, on the other hand, uses lies to promote himself; I am using the truth to demote him.”
STAND BY LATER MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY FOR NEWS OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S “BUNKER BUSTER” NEWS CONFERENCE
-----------------------------ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin, who Chicago Public Radio calls a “boisterous Internet activist,” is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
UPDATES: www.twitter.com/AndyMartinUSAwww.facebook.com/AndyMartin Andy's columns are also posted at ContrarianCommentary.blogspot.com; contrariancommentary.wordpress.com.
contrariancommentary.typepad.com[NOTE: We try to correct any typographical errors in this story on our blogs; find our latest edition there.]
MEDIA CONTACT: (866) 706-2639 or CELL (917) 664-9329E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2010
Corruption fighter Andy Martin says that DuPage County Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted in open court he and John Fogarty, Jr. are basically conducting fraudulent litigation against Andy
ANDY ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF HIS CAMPAIGN “BUNKER BUSTERS” IN A TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Illinois Reform Party
for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(866) 706-2639
www.AndyforUSSenator.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.blogspot.com
www.AndyforUSSenator.wordpress.com
www.IllinoisHighSpeedTrains.com
Andy Martin’s anti-Kirk blogs:
www.DefeatMarkKirk.blogspot.com;
www.MarkKirk.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Andy Martin was in the Circuit Court of Cook County Monday when Republican sex fiend Brien Sheahan admitted he was not communicating with his own “client”
Martin is working to put an end to the fraudulent Illinois campaign practice of “fronts” and “shams” used by Pat Brady and the Illinois Republican Party to conduct election litigation on behalf of Mark Kirk
Martin says that Tuesday afternoon he will hold the first of his new series of “Bunker Buster” news conferences.
(CHICAGO)(September 21, 2010) Illinois Reform Party U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin, whose “Bunker Buster” news conferences and political advertising earlier this year opened the door for national media to destroy the political career of Closeted Congressman Mark Kirk, will launch new attacks Tuesday on Kirk and the corrupt leadership cadre of the Illinois Republican Party.
On Saturday, Martin helped trigger massive demonstrations against Glenn Beck’s presence in Illinois on behalf of Pat Brady and other corrupt Republicans.
“There is a massive disconnect between ‘Illinois Republicans’ and the Illinois Republican Party,” Martin says. “Most Illinoisans who vote Republican are honest, hard-working, God-fearing citizens. They are pretty good conservatives. But the management of the ‘Illinois Republican Party’ is nothing but a bunch of crooks, led by Pat Brady and his sleazy staff, including legal masquerader Brien Sheahan.”
Brien Sheahan is the DuPage County Republican factotum who was engaged in a scandalous sexual relationship with a married Republican official; Sheahan reportedly got married recently to deflect rumors that he is gay.
“Most Republicans do not realize that when they contribute their precious, hard-earned money to the Illinois Republican Party, Pat Brady is siphoning off that cash to pay Brien Sheahan $35,000 a year for serving as ‘General Counsel,’” Martin notes. “John Fogarty, Jr. also profits from cash which contributors believe will be used to fight Democrats. Brady, Sheahan and Fogarty are looting the Republican Party for their own political and personal enrichment. The rest of the office staff of the Party is not much better, if at all.
“I am working on behalf of good Republicans, not the crooked cabal of ‘Republicans’ that is part of the bipartisan ‘Combine of corruption’ in Illinois politics.
“Monday Mr. Sheahan was caught in a lie, in open court, on a transcript. Sheahan told Circuit Judge Robert Bertucci that Sheahan had ‘not been served’ with Martin’s appellate materials. As required by state law, I was serving Sheahan’s ‘client,’ not Sheahan personally. Sheahan didn’t even know what the statute required. Sheahan’s confession was recorded on tape as well as being taken down by a court reporter.
“We now have conclusive evidence that Andrew Heffernan, who faces federal prison because of his fraudulent election affidavits and blatant perjury before the Illinois State Board of Elections, no longer communicates with Sheahan and Fogarty. Heffernan has belatedly realized that he is being used as a ‘chumbolone’ by the higher-ups in the Illinois Republican Party. Heffernan is committing the actual crimes, by lying abut his relationship to Sheahan and Fogarty as well as by lying about Heffernan’s real role as a stooge ‘objector’ for Illinois Republican Party leaders.
“What was the General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party doing in court Monday claiming to act as the ‘attorney’ for someone who is supposed to be an independent ‘citizen objector?’ Obviously, Heffernan now realizes he has been used, and he could go to jail, while Sheahan collects $35,000 a year from the Republican Party for doing nothing. It is sleazy.
“But the real majordomo of sleaze in Illinois Republican circles is Mark Kirk, the ‘Closeted Congressman’ who is famous in Chicago’s ‘Boys Town’ for his escapades as a ‘gay blade’ in that neighborhood.
“Last year I told Pat Brady if he ran a crooked primary on behalf of Kirk, he and Kirk would pay for it this November. Brady ran a crooked primary, and they will be paying for it between now and November 2nd. Tuesday we drop the first ‘Bunker Buster.’ There are plenty more to come,” Martin says. “And the great thing: all of my evidence and accusations are truthful. I have a proven track record of breaking news and telling the truth about Kirk. Mark Kirk, on the other hand, uses lies to promote himself; I am using the truth to demote him.”
STAND BY LATER MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY FOR NEWS OF TUESDAY AFTERNOON’S “BUNKER BUSTER” NEWS CONFERENCE
-----------------------------ABOUT ANDY: Andy Martin, who Chicago Public Radio calls a “boisterous Internet activist,” is the legendary New York and Chicago-based muckraker, author, Internet columnist, radio talk show host, broadcaster and media critic. He has over forty years of background in radio and television and is the dean of Illinois media and communications. He promotes his best-selling book, “Obama: The Man Behind The Mask” and his Internet movie "Obama: The Hawai'i years." Martin has been a leading corruption fighter in Illinois for over forty years. He is currently sponsoring www.AmericaisReadyforReform.com
Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” www.ContrarianCommentary.com. He comments on regional, national and world events with more than four decades of investigative and overseas 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 (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
ANDY MARTIN: Judge sets injunction hearing in Illinois vote fraud lawsuit
A Sangamon County Circuit Judge has set a July 23rd emergency injunction hearing on a vote fraud lawsuit filed by Illinois corruption fighter Andy Martin. Martin’s lawsuit seeks to end the practice by Illinois politicians of using “straw men” and corrupt attorneys to file “objections” to candidate petitions while concealing the identity of the person actually orchestrating the objection process and paying the legal bills. Martin will be filing an amended complaint Monday adding Du Page County sex fiend Brien Sheahan as a defendant. “I am fighting for the people of Illinois,” Martin says. “I am fighting for the right to run for office without sleazy lawyers filing fraudulent claims on behalf of straw men who represent hidden political interests. I will be in court on July 23rd to fight for clean politics in Illinois. Illinois is ready for reform.” The State Board of Elections held some sort of secret hearing on Martin’s candidacy. Martin is also challenging the SBE’s lack of notice and improper procedures as applied to federal candidates. Martin is adding SBE official Philip Krasny to the suit as a defendant as a result of Krasny’s secret hearing.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2010 CH 786
ANDY MARTIN,
Plaintiff,
vs.
DONNA HEFFERNAN, et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF HEARING
[This Notice of Hearing is amended to include the actual date and time of the hearing]
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Friday, July 23, 2010, at 8:45 A.M., I will appear before the Honorable Peter C. Cavanaugh, sitting in his Courtroom at the Sangamon County Complex, 200 S. Ninth Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701, and present the accompanying motions:
1. Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
2. Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint (all parties/add Krasny, Sheahan as defendants)
3. Motion to confirm service of process on Andrew Finko
Dated: July 15, 2010
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, the defendants at the fax numbers or addresses known for them:
Donna/Andrew Heffernan: 3931 Scoville Ave., Stickney, IL 60402
John Fogarty: fax (773) 681-7147
Sharon Meroni: One Surrey Lane, Barrington Hills, IL 60010
Andrew Finko: fax (773) 453-3266
Robert Sherman: 778 Stonebridge Lane, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
State Board of Elections: (217) 782-5959; (312) 814-6485
Mark Kirk: fax (847) 559-2940
Philip Krasny: fax (State Board of Elections)
Brien Sheahan: fax (630) (866) 796-5676
on July 15, 2010
ANDY MARTIN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
IN CHANCERY
CASE NO. 2010 CH 786
ANDY MARTIN,
Plaintiff,
vs.
DONNA HEFFERNAN, et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF HEARING
[This Notice of Hearing is amended to include the actual date and time of the hearing]
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on Friday, July 23, 2010, at 8:45 A.M., I will appear before the Honorable Peter C. Cavanaugh, sitting in his Courtroom at the Sangamon County Complex, 200 S. Ninth Street, Springfield, Illinois 62701, and present the accompanying motions:
1. Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction
2. Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint (all parties/add Krasny, Sheahan as defendants)
3. Motion to confirm service of process on Andrew Finko
Dated: July 15, 2010
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, the defendants at the fax numbers or addresses known for them:
Donna/Andrew Heffernan: 3931 Scoville Ave., Stickney, IL 60402
John Fogarty: fax (773) 681-7147
Sharon Meroni: One Surrey Lane, Barrington Hills, IL 60010
Andrew Finko: fax (773) 453-3266
Robert Sherman: 778 Stonebridge Lane, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
State Board of Elections: (217) 782-5959; (312) 814-6485
Mark Kirk: fax (847) 559-2940
Philip Krasny: fax (State Board of Elections)
Brien Sheahan: fax (630) (866) 796-5676
on July 15, 2010
ANDY MARTIN
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