Steve Haring announces for 71st District
Mike Boland officially has a challenger.
Steve Haring, an economic development official from Savanna, Ill., announced this week he will try again to win a seat in the state legislature in District 71.In a not too veiled slap at certain local Democratic politicians, Haring said, "I will go to Springfield as your state representative not looking for just a photo opportunity and a headline, but to work on legislative changes that will help us to grow and prosper."
The seat is currently held by Rep. Mike Boland, D-East Moline.
A Republican, he said the equitable funding of education in the state, promoting new ventures in agriculture and opening the Thomson prison are key issues.
Haring formally announced his candidacy at a series of stops in the district Thursday. Haring also said he is concerned about the possible realignment of Arsenal Island and noted he was directly involved in the redevelopment of the Savanna Army Depot, which was ordered closed by the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.
Haring, who said he has never stopped running after losing the 2004 election, has been the economic development director for the Blackhawk Hills Economic Development District since 2000. The agency serves six counties: Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson and Whiteside.
posted by The Inside Dope @ 6/07/2005
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Welcome to the blog Politicalwind.
Your scenarios are interesting.
One might be forgiven for actually believing that HeadUsher is someone other than Mike Jacobs, or at least hoping so.
I believe Jacobs actually attended a couple institutions of higher learning. Surely he'd at least be fairly literate. The multiple misspellings in HeadUsher's posts, including five spelling and grammar errors in the first two short paragraphs above alone, would make one hope it's not actually our state Senator.
Last night I heard the most outragous lie regarding Mike Boland. This negative attack ad crossed the line from creative reframing of a fact, into the realm of absolute slander.
A screachy, nails on a blackboard voiced woman, stated that Mike Boland is against deporting illegal immigrants who are convicted of crimes.
The reality: Boland wants all convicted felons to serve their prison time BEFORE they are deported. Simply deporting them brings these criminals back onto our streets within days of deportation.
Haring is coming off desperate and stupid.
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