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Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Press release…

The Kennedy-Joy campaign will begin airing a new ad tomorrow on broadcast TV in the Chicago market and the ad will be released digitally statewide.

The ad highlights the broken property tax system that our state relies on to fund education. It’s consistent with Chris’s message about the need for property tax reform and the need to fully and fairly fund education at the state level. Chris was the first candidate to bring voice to this issue and just last week he released a comprehensive statewide property tax reform plan.

No word yet on how much the buy is for, but Kennedy ended December with about $737K in the bank and raised $428K since then ($250K from himself). However, the guy has a horrible burn rate. He spent $1.6 million in three months last quarter - mainly on his own operations - so if that rate continued into January he has about $632K cash on hand.

…Adding... From comments…

wasn’t 500k of the 1.6 million to adelstein for an ad buy? and 90k was to P2 which included a lot of quarter 3 backpay. so maybe his burn rate was *only 1 million- he should have 200k more on hand than 632k

OK, so it’s $800K. That’s a somewhat decent week of Chicago TV. And then he’s flat busted.

* Here’s the spot…

Rate it.

* Script from the campaign…

Chris Kennedy: We need…change. not incremental change
but radical change…

Chris Kennedy: We must change the way we fund our schools…
and abandon a system that relies predominately on property taxes to do so.

Chris Kennedy: it’s crippling our schools, its crippling our economy

The Middle class ends up paying too much in taxes and the wealthiest end up paying way too little.

Springfield will oppose me with everything they’ve got because they know I’m not afraid to change the system.

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Pritzker airs new TV ad deflecting Blagojevich attacks by whacking Rauner for “new scandal”

Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From the Rauner campaign…

Hey, Rich- We just spotted this on TV. I don’t think the Pritzker campaign has formally “launched” it yet. Pritzker must be nervous if he’s spending money to defend his conversations with Blagojevich.

…Adding… Pritzker campaign manager…

Odd strategy from the Rauner camp to be bragging about "finding" a negative ad against their candidate…I mean we're putting it on TV, guys. But hey, it's been a rough few days for the best political team in America. Appreciate you doing the press on the ad for us! https://t.co/Lxf9uWqwJs

— Anne Caprara (@anacaprana) January 30, 2018

* The spot…

* Transcript…

TV News Anchor: A new court filing suggests Bruce Rauner isn’t telling the truth about…

Announcer: A new scandal in Springfield. Serious corruption in the governor’s office. Not only has Bruce Rauner continued to do private business, he’s been doing it at the governor’s mansion. So, what does Bruce Rauner do? He tries to distract with attacks in the Democratic primary. But the truth is, JB Pritzker did not say anything improper. And he was accused of no wrongdoing. Bruce Rauner, attacking JB Pritzker because he can’t defend his own record.

* Meanwhile, from the BGA and Politifact…

Rauner said, “No private business was conducted on public property. That issue is a contract dispute.”

At its core, the question raised by the lawsuit against Rauner is simple to address. He has claimed from his first days as governor that he would have no involvement in managing an investment portfolio worth hundreds of millions of dollars to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest.

Kirkpatrick’s lawsuit contends Rauner violated that pledge. In defending himself, Rauner has appeared evasive and is now attempting to parse the difference between personal involvement with an investment and personal involvement with a contract dispute stemming from an investment.

It is a distinction without a difference. Rauner is being disingenuous and obtuse, and we rate his statement as False.

* Pritzker campaign…

“Despite repeated vows to the contrary, Bruce Rauner was caught conducting business while governor, and he continues to lie to cover it up,” said Pritzker campaign spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. “This failed governor broke the trust of the people, exposed himself to conflicts of interest, and refuses to come clean to Illinois families.”

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Mariotti jumps onto another false conspiracy theory

Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From a self described leader of “The Resistance”…

Congressman Quigley just made it clear that the Russians successfully hacked into different Boards of Elections across America. Then he eluded to the fact that the Russians may have successfully changed the presidential vote tally in multiple states from Hillary to Trump.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 29, 2018

* One of our state’s Democratic attorney general candidates quickly chimed in…

Yet insiders scoffed when I pledged to investigate Russian attempts to hack our voting systems in Illinois. https://t.co/HEYCziouQC

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 30, 2018

Actually, no. They scoffed when Mariotti falsely claimed that “all voting machines have been penetrated by the Russians in Illinois” and then when he compounded his error several days later by falsely claiming “all voting records have been penetrated by the Russians.”

* And now Mariotti has jumped on yet another false report. Congressman Quigley countered the Dworkin tweet last night…

Here is exactly what I said about the motivation behind #Russia's election hacking & why it should matter to both Democrats & Republicans alike: pic.twitter.com/6Ks0vl2T8Q

— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) January 30, 2018

* Transcript…

I just — we are not talking about the — we are not talking about the investigation; we are talking about the distraction that they have created. And that’s sad and unfortunate, because if you’re a Democrat or Republican, you should care just as much about this. They attacked the Democratic process. They hacked into boards of elections. And one can imagine a scenario in which they were just as likely to attack a Republican candidate as a Democrat.

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Rate Rauner’s new digital ad

Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Press release…

Today, the Rauner Campaign launched a new digital ad titled “JB Pritzker, Champion of the Status Quo.”

Pritzker has made it clear throughout his campaign that he is unable and unwilling to stand up to Mike Madigan and his cronies like Joe Berrios. This ad highlights how Pritzker tossed aside middle class homeowners by refusing to criticize Madigan and Berrios’ property tax racket and how he stated he doesn’t support term limits that would have ended Madigan’s career years ago. No wonder fellow Democrats laughed at his claim that he’s “an independent.”

Pritzker is unwilling to stand up to the system, because he is just another cog in the Madigan Machine.

* Video…

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