I saw this in our illustrious paper today:
"Mayor Mark Eckert often stresses the importance of buying in Belleville so that the sales tax revenue stays in the city, yet state records show his political action committee spent $395 on party decorations at a Fairview Heights store."
They can smell a scandal when they see one! And where else would they find one?? It is not like a Congressman from a neighboring County is covering up for gay pedophiles....
UPDATE: This story was so important to the Belleville News "Democrat", that they had to run it twice in the same paper. It is on the front page above the fold, and on page B3 - both are the exact same story, only in one Mayor Eckert is putting together a warchest and in the other it is a "campaign fund". Now that is journalism....
In other news, the BND covered the campaign between Rep. Wyvetter Younge and Dennis Bielke. Apparently he has spent $55,000 to try and buy this seat. Rep. Younge has spent about $7,500. I wonder where he gets all his money, and I wonder whose interest he will serve?? By the way, if you have been driving around much, you will see that apparently Dennis Bielke has spent $55,000 on signs. Now that is the kind of person I want in Springfield....
Monday, October 16, 2006
Belleville News Dem Drops Bombshell on Eckert!
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If you really want to know where Bielke gets his campaign money check out the Project Vote Smart web site. Most are individual contributions from St Clair County residents.
Both he and Younge have their campaign $$$ reports there.
What bothers me is that Bielke has repeatedly refused to answer the Project's NPAT questionaire which shows what issues they support. Younge, to her credit, has.
Actually they just point to a different web site called follow the money. And I would not call his contributors "individuals". Here is the list of the biggest contributors:
Contributor / Industry Recipient Amount Date
REPUBLICAN SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS
Republican Small Contributions BIELKE, DENNIS $8,620 00/00/0000
OCONNOR & PARTNERS
Unknown BIELKE, DENNIS $4,031 06/07/2006
WEIDMANN, ERIC
Unknown BIELKE, DENNIS $2,500 03/19/2006
KEELEY, P J
Unknown BIELKE, DENNIS $2,500 03/25/2006
SCHMITT, JACK
Automotive BIELKE, DENNIS $1,500 03/25/2006
BOYLE, RICHARD
Unknown BIELKE, DENNIS $1,000 03/19/2006
ROSE, HARRIET
Unknown BIELKE, DENNIS $1,000 03/24/2006
DICKERSON, STEVEN
Oil & Gas BIELKE, DENNIS $1,000 03/19/2006
WATSON, CITIZENS FOR FRANK
Candidate Committees BIELKE, DENNIS $1,000 03/23/2006
YAEKEL & ASSOCIATES
Unknown BIELKE, DENNIS $1,000 03/19/2006
The "private citizens" that are on the list are people like Eric Weidmann - President of Belleville Shoe - They are the ones that got all the military boot contracts to supply CENTCOM.
You can read all the details here.
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