Campaign notebook
Friday, Apr 1, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Rodney Davis campaign…
Public records reveal that Mary Miller’s business has received fines, liens, and revocation of her business license for failure to pay taxes and unemployment insurance. Miller has also been repeatedly fined for chronically late payment of property taxes on properties owned by her personally and by her business.
“First we learned Mary Miller’s business took over $1 million in government subsidies from Farm Bill programs even as she touts support from the biggest Farm Bill opponent. Then we find out Miller’s business is incorporated in Delaware, which helps her avoid Illinois taxes. Now, we learn that Miller has been repeatedly fined for failing to pay her own taxes. This is yet another example of Miller saying one thing and doing another. It’s clear that Mary Miller is a professional politician looking out for herself.” - Davis campaign spokesperson Aaron DeGroot
While both are politicians, Mary Miller and her husband Chris are also corporate officers and co-owners of Miller Bros Farms, which is incorporated in the state of Delaware, a domestic tax shelter. Both the State of Illinois and Coles County have levied fines, penalties, and liens against Mary Miller for failing to pay business taxes and property taxes and make unemployment insurance contributions. Miller even had her business license revoked by the Illinois Secretary of State for failure to pay taxes.
The documents they turned up…
* Revocation of authority to do business in the State of Illinois by the Illinois Secretary of State for failure to pay the annual franchise tax
* Lien levied by the Illinois Department of Employment Security for failure to make unemployment insurance contributions
* Fines paid for late payment of property taxes on properties owned by Mary and Chris Miller
* Fines paid for late payment of property taxes on properties owned by Miller Bros. Farms, where Mary Miller is a co-owner and corporate officer
…Adding… An interesting development…
* I posted an excerpt from an article in the Athletic the other day and pointed to Ken Griffin’s investment in Chinese surveillance companies. Here’s Griffin’s response via Greg Hynes…
“I was proud to serve as a member of the Chicago organizing committee when the city bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. We all appreciated the critical importance of ensuring the safety and security of athletes and visitors attending the Games.
“In 2006, China Security & Surveillance Technology—a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange—was raising further capital to pursue growth opportunities. CS&ST was hoping to be selected as a key partner in providing security capabilities for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the 2010 Shanghai World’s Fair to ensure those events would be safe for everyone.
“Rather than waste taxpayers time peddling fanciful stories about me, we would all be so much better off if the governor finally took action to address violent crime, improve the state’s finances, and fight corruption and waste. This is a new low, even for him.”
Dude loaned money to a company which used the cash to buy other companies that supply the Chinese Communist Party with intelligence on their own people, including dissidents. His answer ain’t gonna cut it.
* Wednesday…
March 30, 2022
Cheryl L. Johnson
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
H-154 The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Ms. Johnson:
Pursuant to House Resolution 8, I write to notify you of the designation of a proxy to cast my vote.
I am unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing public health emergency, and I hereby grant the authority to cast my vote by proxy to the Honorable Don Beyer (VA-08), who has agreed to serve as my proxy.
Sincerely,
[Signed]
MARIE NEWMAN
Member of Congress
* Thursday…
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve legislation that would limit cost-sharing for insulin under private health insurance and Medicare. The vote was 232-193, with 12 Republican members joining their Democratic colleagues to pass the measure.
* Also Thursday…
* Speaking of that vote, here’s DPI…
Last night, every Illinois Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives voted against a bill to cap the cost of insulin for many Americans at $35 per month. Nearly one million people in Illinois rely on insulin – but right now, many families can be forced to choose between paying their bills or being able to afford a drug they cannot live without. That’s why every Illinois House Democrat voted yesterday to drastically cut the monthly cost of insulin for many Illinoisans – and why President Biden has been pushing to lower drug prices for Americans, including insulin.
Last night’s vote builds on state legislation enacted by the Illinois General Assembly and Gov. JB Pritzker in 2019 to cap insulin costs at $100 per month for all patients using a state-regulated insurance plan. That legislation passed on an overwhelming bipartisan vote, though current Republican statewide candidates Avery Bourne and Tom Demmer voted no to cutting health care costs.
“The vote by every Illinois Republican in Congress against capping insulin costs is a slap in the face to the many Illinoisans on private health insurance and Medicare who depend on this life saving drug,” said Abby Witt, Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Illinois. “While Illinois Democrats at every level are focused on lowering the cost of insulin and other medications Americans depend on, Republicans are siding with big pharmaceutical companies over working families.”
* Politico…
— Rep. Sean Casten has been endorsed by the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois and the Chicago Fire Department Fire Fighters in the suburban 6th Congressional District primary.
— David Moore, a Democrat running for secretary of state, has been endorsed by the Collective PAC, a political action committee “dedicated to increasing Black political engagement, representation, and power across all levels of government.”
* Tribune…
Despite allegations of using dirty tricks, 13th Ward Ald. Marty Quinn beat the college kid again — this time in federal court.
U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger this week dismissed a lawsuit brought by David Krupa, who as a 19-year-old DePaul University student ran an upstart campaign for alderman in 2019 but lost. Krupa in the lawsuit accused Quinn and then-Speaker Michael Madigan of violating his civil rights following the alderman’s overly aggressive efforts to keep Krupa off the ballot and defeat him. […]
Krupa’s attorney, Tony Peraica, acknowledged in an interview that the lawsuit was an “uphill battle” and said he did not plan to appeal. A spokeswoman for Quinn declined to comment.
- Illinoised - Friday, Apr 1, 22 @ 12:56 pm:
So Marie Newman can’t vote in person in Congress because of the “ongoing public health emergency”, but clearly has time to campaign. Interesting.
- Dotnonymous - Friday, Apr 1, 22 @ 12:58 pm:
Does Ken Griffin support communism?
What does China do to dissidents…once detected by surveillance?…decades in prison?…execution?
- NIU Grad - Friday, Apr 1, 22 @ 1:05 pm:
If the Casten campaign doesn’t say “the true public health emergency is the high cost of Insulin”…
- Vote Quimby - Friday, Apr 1, 22 @ 1:36 pm:
I don’t have time to physically attend voting in Congress, but I do have time to expose real people’s license plate and address numbers on social media. Whatever you do, don’t send me money.
- TheInvisibleMan - Friday, Apr 1, 22 @ 1:39 pm:
= Marty Quinn beat the college kid again — this time in federal court. =
Political civil lawsuits after a loss are often some of the most entertaining things about politics.
I can’t imagine how anyone could think writing down on paper, and openly admitting to some of these complaints would be a good idea.
“You think you beat me? Oh yeah, well lets see how much you like it when I punch myself in the face.”
- Ron Burgundy - Friday, Apr 1, 22 @ 1:50 pm:
Rep. Newman, you have a job and are seeking to keep that job. Do your job.
- Anon324 - Friday, Apr 1, 22 @ 2:27 pm:
Oh, the irony in Peraica, who has actually been convicted of criminal conduct related to campaign activity, being the “go-to” attorney for these people. It’s unsurprising when they invariably lose their meritless suits.
- MaconMaven - Friday, Apr 1, 22 @ 3:22 pm:
Capping patient copays for insulin hasn’t helped reduce patient drug costs. They need to after Phrma & the other insurance company owned middlemen to really impact change patients out of pocket spending & soaring premium drug plan charges for employers.