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      <![CDATA[Wasup with Hussies? 
    John fritchey loves a good doggie!
    
    Who do you think you deal with here? This man throws people off ballots for a living. 
    
    John fritchey is running for Congressman, not the dog catcher.
        
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      <![CDATA[How is it that Representative John Fritchey has a Director from HSUS the most radical animal rights cult group in the nation answering his phones about his new bill.  We didn't vote for this group nor do we like people whose purpose is to mislead the public.  He can't answer his own phone and give real information. OR did he actually write this bill or just let HSUS do it because they paid for his campaign?  Wake up people HSUS Director states their agenda is" We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding. ...One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding" ** Wayne Pacelle * Director of HSUS
        
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      <![CDATA[They are both nuts. Should the guy who is an elected official have a little more sanity?
        
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      <![CDATA[Read this story when it came out and Romanelli sounded like a guy that got screwed.  Then i've read what he's written in the Chicago Journal and in some e-mails that i got and realized he's just insane.
        
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      <![CDATA[Round Three: Fritchey or Romanelli?
    We Don't Want Nobody Sent 26
    http://groups.msn.com/ChicagoBucktownPublicSquare/wedontwantnobodysent26ptvii.msnw
    
    Round Three: Fritchey!
    
    Joe Lake Bucktown
        
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      <![CDATA[Not a peep from Roger or his supporter(s) about the 'vast plot' to keep him off the ballot. Funny how having 4 judges all rule against you will shut you up about how you know the law better than anybody else.
    
    Perfect example of a person not fit to run for office, let alone hold office.
    
    Life lesson - if you screw up, admit it, don't whine and blame everybody else.  Then you might not come away looking like a loon.
        
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      <![CDATA[sounds like you got what you paid for
        
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      <![CDATA[does this mean I get my $4,000 back?
        
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      <![CDATA[More to the point, the Appellate Court (the one that has a reputation for putting candidates back on the ballot if there is ANY merit to their claims), denied Romanelli's appeal and affirmed the decision of the lower court AND of the Board of Elections.
    
    In essence the Court found that, hyperbole aside, Romanelli's petitions were deficient as a matter of law and of fact.
    
    Next time somebody cries conspiracy, they might want to make sure that they at least have either the facts or the law on their side.
        
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      <![CDATA[Round Three: Fritchey
    Circuit Court Appeal to Illinois Appellant Court Denied
    
    Round Four: Fritchey or Romanelli? 
    
    Joe Lake, Bucktown
        
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      <![CDATA[Who cares about committeemen? they like it because they are the remains of the day, the last bits of power out there that become less important as more and more people figrue out what they are really up to. 
    Theris gabinski now works at the same bank that gave many loans to developers who have been playing games on the northside for years, and he is still the committeeman until he hands over power to Fritchey. Matlak was a scrapper for gabinksi, worked his way up from office hack to alderman and got his share of zoning change cash for those poor people in the northside wards where development was taking place...displacing families. 
    How much money did gabjinski make from zoning as the committeeman? Probably millions. So of course someone wants the position without worrying about the democratic party part of it. 
    Its all about $$ zoning  $$, and the rich wards, developers, realtors making inside deals, and lawyers making sure it all flows into the right pocket. Why else be committeeman? 
    Party politics?  yeah right.
        
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      <![CDATA[When Fritchey has to face an actual contender, in an actual election contest, we'll then see if the 'facts', as in the vote totals, will be more to his liking.
        
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      <![CDATA[Pathetic - you people can't argue facts so you keep making allegations that fly in the face of the facts and the law.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[no, that's not "it!"]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[oh stop. fritchey is no obama.
    
    surprise-those who think john fritchey is
    a worthy public servant don't get what all the
    fuss is about. they do not understand the danger
    of rulings that undermine fairness vs protect it.
     they do not see the cost of inferior appointees like Osterfeld, Bertucci and Todd Stroger. they
    do not care about the demoralizing effect of a
    win by killing an election.  they must resort to
    mocking and pitifully argue the unarguable-
    a system bankrupt of democratic ideals. fritchey 
    is a power-hungry throwback. our ward and the 
    state should reject him at our first opportunity.
    fritchey as governor, attorney general, senator,
    representative, alderman or committeeman
    is a disgrace. how long does a term for committeeman last? we have time to recruit
    a decent candidate to run against his him for state
    rep. in the meantime we should watch the moves 
    of this creep every second as a zoning attorney,
    political hack and legislator.
    
    watch him every second.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Yeah that's it!!]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Look how that exact issue crushed Obama.  Dope.
        
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      <![CDATA[I hear Fritchey runs for higher office in next election - the Guv's spot. It could be fun to see him run for govenor, just to see the look on his face when a big name candidate who won't have to beg a judge to rule on affidavits runs against him. could be fun to watch when he tries to explain his position on democracy.  Uhh, we aren't going to have no affidavits, we want your name in blood or else.   how sad these types of politicians look when they are exposed.
        
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      <![CDATA[and ticking
        
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      <![CDATA["don't let Roger do their petitions :)"
    
    Why not?
    
    He's learned several ways the Election Board denies challengers ballot access, along with Chris Lawrence, Roger's got a list of just how mickey mouse these guys can be.
    
    Sooner or later, the hacks will run out of original ways to bump people off the ballot.
    
    Those who've experienced being bumped off will have a substantially complete list of how it's done and will be the most informed people to 'do their petitions'.
    
    After all, it's what you don't know that usually bites you in the ass.
        
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      <![CDATA[don't let Roger do their petitions :)
        
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      <![CDATA[I now realize that I have been duped into believing that State Rep Fritchey was interested in good government.  I should have known better, this being Chicago, world capital of corruption and cronyism.  Fritchey evidently is just another insider who goes into "public service" for personal gain.
    Citizens of this ward should put up a website and track his every move.
    A good candidate to run against him for state rep needs to be found.
        
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      <![CDATA["I guess that the realistic answer to your question is that the election officials no longer have any say at this point."
    
    
    Good, they've said, and done, quite enough already.
    
    
    "They ruled that the affidavits did not contain the facts required by law."
    
    What facts would they be? Besides confirming that the voter signatures accused of being invalid, for whatever reasons, were, in fact, valid?
    
    
    "Romanelli's lawyer could have drafted them differently but chose not to."
    
    How differently would they have needed to be, to 'satisfy' the requirements of 'law'?
    
    
    "He could have put in other proof but chose not to."
    
    What 'proof', other than sworn affidavits from the very voters whose signatures were declared fraudulent by 'the board', are you suggesting was needed? And don't you think that the Board of Elections has a duty to ensure fair, open and honest elections, not just banter over 'points of law'?
    
    
    "He could have had people come in to testify but chose not to." 
    
    The Board of elections could have exercised their responsibility to perform due diligence before summarily dismissing sworn affidavits as being insufficient to prove the validity of those signatures in question. That's their job. Or are you going to say that it's not?
    
    
    What's truly interesting is the nature of the arguments made by those supporting Fritchey, all having in common one trait, that being wholehearted support of the rules, when they favor those holding, and exploiting, political and governmental power.
    
    
    Fritchey's only interest in change is to change himself into one of those having more political power   than less.
        
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      <![CDATA[I appreciate that response.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Interesting post]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I guess that the realistic answer to your question is that the election officials no longer have any say at this point.
    
    While Romanelli keeps saying that the Board did not believe the affidavits, that is NOT what the ruling said. They ruled that the affidavits did not contain the facts required by law.
    
    Romanelli's lawyer could have drafted them differently but chose not to.  He could have put in other proof but chose not to.  He could have had people come in to testify but chose not to.  He and his client made a decision on how to proceed, and lost.
    
    You're right, there is room to resolve it with dignity.  Roger can acknowledge that he lost in a 'close call' but quit blaming everybody else for the outcome.
    
    But based on the comments on this thread, it looks much more likely that he would rather engage in name-calling and vitriol than anything else.
    
    He is being given extremely bad advice.  Unfortunately, he is taking it.
        
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      <![CDATA[In the interest of disclosure, I do not live in
    that ward.
    
    But, Fritchey is my State Rep. He helped me
    with some community problems. I find this
    situation much too close to call.
    
    Yet there does appear to be room to resolve it with dignity and erase doubt.
    
    I do not know Romanelli and could not vote for him anyway.
    
    What is the harm to the Representative to act as an agent for change for all the reasons I outlined?
    
    Please, to the Romanelli crowd, this is an honest
    question.
        
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      <![CDATA[Dozens upon dozens of potential candidates, incumbents and challengers alike, are removed from the ballot for failure to comply with the law.
    
    The overwhelming majority of these people, may not like the decision, but they accept the decision and learn from their mistakes.  They don't blame somebody else for pointing out their mistake.
    
    Some of them question the Board's ruling and go to court.  Some win, some lose.
    
    The majority of these parties also have the class and dignity to accept the ruling of judge without claiming, without any proof or basis, that 'the fix was in'.
    
    Roger is obviously not one of these people.
        
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