Senator Mike Frerichs: Listen To Me! I Went To Yale!

Democrat hack Mike Frerichs doesn't want you to believe the hype: he's not an idiot.  Seriously.  Just forget everything you've heard about him: the fact that he forgets his own voting record.  The fact that he wears a suit to a Habitat For Humanity event where everyone else wore work gloves.  And...the fact that he's an earmuff enthusiast.

Just forget all those things, please.

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My campaign for Illinois Treasurer can't spell check (or word check, I guess?)

The guys over at the Illinois Truth Team have pointed out that we used the wrong 'complement' in our proposal for Eco Agicultural stuff.  We used 'compliment'.  We should have used 'complement'.

Hell...I went to Yale and I don't even understand this stuff.

Running for office is hard.

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I Just Proposed Something that already exists in Illinois?!? Seriously!

Doug Finke from the SJ-R found out that the program I proposed, unfortunately exists.  Back to the drawing board, I guess?

From the SJ-R:

A couple of weeks ago, Democratic state treasurer candidate MIKE FRERICHS released a plan to boost agriculture assistance offered by the office.

He said he would create a new program offering low-cost loans for things like solar pumps, small wind farms, energy conservation and other eco-friendly things. 

“What Senator Frerichs is proposing already exists in the treasurer’s office,” said Mary Frances Bragiel, spokeswoman for Treasurer DAN RUTHERFORD. 

She said green programs were consolidated in both the Business Invest and Ag Invest programs.

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