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The Illinois Tollway has decided not to penalize a road contractor for contributing $250 to the Bruce Rauner campaign last spring in violation of a state ban on such contributions.
However, the state’s Chief Procurement Office now wants Rauner’s campaign to pony up the $250 within thirty days. Read it here.
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:05 pm
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Prolly find that in the seats of the van his family doesn’t like…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:06 pm
I have to admit, when it said $250K, I clicked fast to find out.
Comment by Nonplussed Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:06 pm
Yeah. What a weird thing to do on my part. Stupid. Oh well. It’s gone now.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:06 pm
The notice contact is an attorney with the chief procurement office which is part of the EEC, not tollway. The money may go to ITA, but the decision came from the EEC.
Comment by Anon Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:08 pm
Offer them the van, and if they won’t take it - uh, Evelyn.
Comment by VanillaMan Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:12 pm
Reading the complaint, sounds like it was an uninformed mistake by the contractor. Since the state is not voiding the contract, I went looking for some specific language and found it … the infamous (at least to people who deal with State contracts) “best interest of the State” phrase that can be used as justification for a lot of stuff.
Comment by RNUG Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:13 pm
Bruce better pay his bills within 30 days.
iirc, it is a rule that you cannot run for office while owing the state money. Someone better get that check in the mail tomorrow.
Comment by Formerly Known As... Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:16 pm
This is really a small deal. The Quinsters have really jumped the shark on this one.
Comment by Cassiopeia Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:17 pm
Did Executive Director, Kristi Lafleur come up with that ALL by herself? Guess she wants to keep her koosh job.
Comment by Hotel Ibiza Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:24 pm
yeah,bruce spills wine worth more than this
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:24 pm
So 150 seconds worth of work for Rauner?
You know what would be weird? If dollar bills actually appeared in his pocket in real time as he made them. It’d be like a giant firehose flying from his pockets as he stood and gave a speech.
Comment by ChinaTown Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:25 pm
Also agree with the above sentiment… this couldn’t be more ticky tack of a “hit.”
Comment by ChinaTown Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:26 pm
Thank goodness the tollway authority, that historic bastion of goo-gooery and do-rightedness, is keeping everything on the square!
They’re obviously combing their books pretty thoroughly to find this.
Notice anything else hinky in there?
Is this a gag?
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:29 pm
What is truly amazing is… the fact this isn’t the Frerichs campaign.
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:32 pm
you got any unpaid tolls?
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:33 pm
wordslinger -
Executive Director, Kristi Lafleur knows she’s going to be looking for a real job if Bruce Rauner is elected.
Comment by Hotel Ibiza Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:33 pm
They can find $250.
They can’t find anything over $250K…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:36 pm
The Executive Ethics Commission did this, not Tollway.
Comment by Anon Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:42 pm
Kristi Lafleur = $150,337.50 per year gig
Comment by Hotel Ibiza Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:43 pm
Be easier to pay it than fight it. I would pay in nickels. I don’t where Rauners campaign made the violation. Looks like the donor did. I may be wrong, I’m not a lawyer.
Comment by FormerParatrooper Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:51 pm
The post idea came from a friend who is on an e-mail list for Tollway rules announcements. It didn’t come from the Quinnsters. I would’ve told you if it did.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 2:51 pm
You should change the headline. Not about the ITALY at all…
Comment by Troubling Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:12 pm
ITA
Comment by Troubling Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:12 pm
Actually, it is kind of about the ITA … the contract could have been voided over that $250.
Comment by RNUG Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:16 pm
This happens occasionally, for multiple candidates. I see the notices published either in the Illinois Register or on the Illinois Procurement Bulletin. The law is the campaign pays the funds to the State. IIRC this is the provision of the procurement code (30 ILCS 500/50-37) the AFL-CIO filed a complaint over concerning Rauner’s self funding during the primary. For what it’s worth the most recent examples were in the 9/12 and 9/26 editions of the Illinois Register.
Comment by MyTwoCents Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:20 pm
Since the individual was the one who made the contribution, and not the company, somebody would have had to have dropped the dime for them to catch this. Oh well. All’s fair in politics, I guess.
Comment by phocion Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:22 pm
You conspiracy nuts are really all in. I bet this one came straight from the Air Force One didn’t it? And I bet Bruce is gonna end up in a FEMA camp if he doesn’t pay up, right?
Comment by Precinct Captain Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:26 pm
Agree. Much ado about nothing.
Comment by Troubling Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:27 pm
#Petty #Ridiculous
Comment by Black Ivy Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:37 pm
I hope you’re not referring to me as a conspiracy nut, PC. The guy who contributed had a different last name from the company he worked for. How would anyone know he is an “affiliated individual” by just looking at campaign finance disclsoures? Very, very probably that someone at the Tollway knew the guy had an ownership interest in McCann and forwarded the information to the right people. Not defending what the guy did because he clearly broke the rules. Just curious that he was caught considering the circumstances.
Comment by phocion Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:38 pm
===How would anyone know he is an “affiliated individual” by just looking at campaign finance disclsoures?===
His employer’s name is on the disclosure.
Take off your tinfoil hat and rejoin Planet Earth.
http://www.elections.state.il.us/CampaignDisclosure/ContributionsSearchByAllContributions.aspx?ddlContributionType=All+Types&ddlLastOnlyNameSearchType=Starts+with&txtLastOnlyName=kruepke&ddlFirstNameSearchType=Starts+with&txtFirstName=d&ddlAddressSearchType=Starts+with&txtAddress=&ddlCitySearchType=Starts+with&txtCity=&ddlState=&txtZip=&txtZipThru=&ddlOccupationSearchType=Starts+with&txtOccupation=&ddlEmployerSearchType=Starts+with&txtEmployer=&txtAmount=&txtAmountThru=&txtRcvDate=&txtRcvDateThru=&ddlOrderBy=Date+Received+-+most+recent+first&ddlVendorLastOnlyName=Starts+with&txtVendorLastOnlyName=&ddlVendorFirstName=Starts+with&txtVendorFirstName=&ddlVendorAddress=Starts+with&txtVendorAddress=&ddlVendorCity=Starts+with&txtVendorCity=&ddlVendorState=&txtVendorZip=&txtVendorZipThru=&ddlPurpose=Starts+with&txtPurpose=
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:41 pm
== The guy who contributed had a different last name from the company he worked for==
The guy would have been listed in the contract documents. There is no conspiracy here.
Comment by Demoralized Thursday, Oct 2, 14 @ 3:51 pm