Melissa Bean’s Healthcare101 – Part 9 of 13
May 12, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Melissa Bean, President, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – In response to the letter Melissa Bean wrote to the constituents in district 8 dated April 16, 2010. We will respond to each of her statements Melissa Bean made based on emotion with factual responses where she stated the following:
“Taxpayer expect accountability. Health Insurance reform is as important to America’s fiscal health as it is to our physical health. Currently the U.S. spends twice as much, as a percentage of GDP, than other industrialized nations on health care, while an estimated 45 million people are uncovered. At a time when our nation’s debt exceeds $12 trillion, H.R. 3950 provides the most significant deficit reduction in more than a decade. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, this bill cuts our federal deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years…”
Firstly, we know of no economist, actuary or accountant in the private sector that would ever attempt to score the cost of a piece of legislation (certainly one of this size) out over a 20 year period and we’ve already exposed the “fuzzy math” used by this administration to hide the REAL cost of this legislation. President Harry Truman’s famous words apply perfectly to the scoring of this legislation. He said : “Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. In 1965 the Fed projected that costs for Medicare Part A would be $9 Billion. It ended up costing $67 BILLION! The Medicaid special hospital subsidy was supposed to cost $100 MILLION. Instead the real cost was $11 BILLION! That’s ONE HUNDRED TIMES GREATER!
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Melissa Bean’s Healthcare101 – Part 7 of 13
May 11, 2010 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, For The Good Of Illinois, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Melissa Bean, President, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – In response to the letter Melissa Bean wrote to the constituents in district 8 dated April 16, 2010. We will respond to each of her statements Melissa Bean made based on emotion with factual responses where she stated the following:
“With this legislation, insurance companies will be banned from dropping coverage or increasing rates arbitrarily after a claim from an employee. Premium increases will be more predictable as they will need to be justified bases on paid claims.”
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Melissa Bean’s Healthcare101 – Part 6 of 13
May 6, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Cook County Board, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Melissa Bean, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – In response to the letter Melissa Bean wrote to the constituents in district 8 dated April 16, 2010. We will respond to each of her statements Melissa Bean made based on emotion with factual responses where she stated the following:
“Starting in 2014, those limited to the Individual market will be able to choose from a variety of benefit plans in a state-wide Exchange. By pooling together, they will have more benefit options, volume pricing, and reduced risk. An Estimated 31,500 uninsured Eighth District families will get access to affordable coverage.”
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Melissa Bean’s Healthcare101 – Part 5 of 13
May 5, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Liberals, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – In response to the letter Melissa Bean wrote to the constituents in district 8 dated April 16, 2010. We will respond to each of her statements Melissa Bean made based on emotion with factual responses where she stated the following:
“A man unable to start his own company because his pre-existing condition makes it IMPOSSIBLE to afford health insurance in the individual market. Moms and dads who have been laid off from work, dreading the expiration of COBRA benefits and access to health insurance for their families.”
Melissa Bean’s Healthcare101 – Part 4 of 13
May 4, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – In response to the letter Melissa Bean wrote to the constituents in district 8 dated April 16, 2010. We will respond to each of her statements Melissa Bean made based on emotion with factual responses where she stated the following:
“Across the district, I’ve heard of countless health care challenges families have been struggling with: A mother fearing for her son’s life because he’s hit his lifetime cap on benefits at age 14, contemplating bankruptcy to provide him care. A man unable to start his own company because his pre-existing condition makes it impossible to afford health insurance in the individual market. Moms and dads who have been laid off from work, dreading the expiration of COBRA benefits and access to health insurance for their families. I’m proud to have voted to end these uniquely American stories.
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Melissa Bean’s Healthcare101 – Part 3 of 13
May 3, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Melissa Bean, Republicans, Senate, Socialism, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – In response to the letter Melissa Bean wrote to the constituents in district 8 dated April 16, 2010. We will respond to each of her statements Melissa Bean made based on emotion with factual responses where she stated the following:
“After deliberate review of the final legislation in relation to (the concerns of the people of the 8th district) I supported it (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) because it will provide the health care security, affordability and choice families and businesses seek, while utilizing the private market-not a government takeover-and yielding a significant federal deficit reduction of $1.3 trillion…”
Melissa Bean’s Healthcare101 – Part 2 of 13
April 29, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – In response to the letter Melissa Bean wrote to the constituents in district 8 dated April 16, 2010. We will respond to each of her statements Melissa Bean made based on emotion with factual responses where she stated the following:
“After deliberate review of the final legislation in relation to (the concerns of the people of the 8th district) I supported it (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) because it will provide the health care security, affordability and choice families and businesses seek, while utilizing the private market-not a government takeover-and yielding a significant federal deficit reduction of $1.3 trillion…”
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Melissa Bean’s Healthcare101 – Part 1 of 13
April 29, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Liberals, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
In response to the letter Melissa Bean wrote to the constituents in district 8 dated April 16, 2010. We will respond to each of her statements Melissa Bean made based on emotion with factual responses where she stated the following:
“After deliberate review of the final legislation in relation to (the concerns of the people of the 8th district) I supported it (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) because it will provide the health care security, affordability and choice families and businesses seek, while utilizing the private market-not a government takeover-and yielding a significant federal deficit reduction of $1.3 trillion…”
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More of Melissa Bean’s Hypocritical Ways
April 22, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Joe Walsh, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – Since Melissa Bean voted yes on January 28, 2009 for the $787B stimulus bill the unemployment rate in Lake County continues to rise. While Bean spent the last year ignoring her constituents and the American people she continued down a path of the takeover of our healthcare industry while ignoring the jobs which are disappearing at an alarming rate in Lake County. Bean’s stance to support the Obama Administration’s failed policies is hurting businesses and individuals which live and work in Lake County.
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Melissa Bean’s Washington Math Doesn’t Add Up for 8th District Families
April 14, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Business, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Melissa Bean, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for Congress campaign (8th District)…
(Grayslake, IL)– Incumbent Rep. Melissa Bean is fond of calling herself a “fiscal conservative.” If only it were true.
According to a new study by the nonpartisan Heritage Foundation, thanks to big spenders in Congress, the federal government will spend $31,406 per household in 2010 – the highest level in American history (adjusted for inflation). In fact, government spending has increased by $5,000 per household (or nearly 25%) since 2008 alone.
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Bean Ducks Walsh Health Care Forum, Residents Come Out in Force
April 10, 2010 | Filed Under Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Republicans, State Government, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for Congress campaign…
Melissa Bean may have declined Joe Walsh’s invitation, but nearly 200 concerned 8th district residents turned out for Walsh’s health care forum on Thursday evening at American Legion Post 911 in Wauconda.
In contrast to Rep. Bean’s controlled, closed-door, invite-only forums, Walsh’s was open to the public.
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Walsh to Obama: I’m Going For It
April 1, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for Congress campaign (8th District)…
(Grayslake, Ill)– “They’re actually going to run on a platform of repeal…My attitude is, go for it… If they want to have that fight, we can have it.” – President Barack Obama, speaking on the GOP in Iowa last week
This is the typical, single-party combative nature of this administration and those starry-eyed individuals who follow it like my opponent, Rep. Melissa Bean.
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Bean The Progressive
March 29, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Melissa Bean, President, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
March 29, 2010 – Beans healthcare vote of “yes” is just another vote among other votes over the last year which the voters in her district continue to reject. Her voting record is that of a far left progressive. This is not a progressive district and she continues to follow the failed policies of the Obama administration and Nancy Pelosi.
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Walsh to Bean: How is raising their taxes doing small businesses ‘due diligence’?
March 25, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Joe Walsh, Melissa Bean, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for Congress campaign (8th District)…
“This is about doing due diligence on behalf of small businesses and families that I represent in the 8th District,” -Rep. Melissa Bean, on her vote for Obamacare, March 23, ABC Link
Perhaps as part of her “due diligence”, Rep. Bean should have considered talking to actual small business owners in the district or small business trade associations like the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
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Bean Puts Party Politics Ahead of Constitution, Constituents: Votes to Sanction Shady ‘Deem-and-Pass’
March 21, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Republicans, Senate, Socialism, State Government, Taxes, The Law, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for Congress campaign (8th District)…
(Lake Zurich, Ill)– Yesterday, Melissa Bean voted down a bi-partisan effort that would have forced members of the House to cast their vote for or against Obamacare in the light of day. In so doing, Melissa Bean, who voted for an even more expansive government takeover of health care last year, has endorsed the so-called “deem-and-pass” sleight-of-hand House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears intent on employing to get Obamacare passed on Sunday. Twenty-eight Congressional Democrats joined every Congressional Republican in voting against allowing the use of this procedural gimmick.
Former U.S. Attorney Generals Ed Meese and William Barr had this to say about the “deem-and-pass”,
The “deem and pass” and similar options under consideration in the House of Representatives plainly violate at least the spirit of the Constitution’s bicameralism and presentment requirements. Those constitutional requirements were intended to ensure democratic transparency with a straightforward up-or-down vote in each House on all bills that become law. More importantly, these requirements were designed to ensure that the new national government actually followed “the consent of the governed,” which the Declaration of Independence had declared before the world to be the only basis of legitimate government.
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Tea Party Protest at Illinois Rep. Bean’s Office
March 20, 2010 | Filed Under Americans For Prosperity, Barack Obama, Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Melissa Bean, President, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
I attended a gathering of Americans protesting both for and against Obamacare in front of Illinois Rep. Melissa Bean’s Schaumburg offices this afternoon, though those protesting against Obamacare far out numbered those in favor of it I have to say. It is also amazing that anyone came out as cold and snowy as it was!
I suppose there were just over 100 folks out with their Gadsen flags, American flags, and both professionally printed and homemade signs with their favorite slogans upon them. One fellow even showed up with his tricorn hat and a pitchfork!
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Palatine Tea Party: Healthcare Protest At Rep. Bean’s Offices
March 16, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Chicago, Communism, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Corruption, Health, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Melissa Bean, President, Socialism, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
-By Warner Todd Huston
The folks at the Palatine Tea Party has some good video and photos of the protest outside Representative Melissa Bean’s offices (D, 8th District).
The protest was held at noon on Monday, March 15.
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Anti-Healthcare Rally in Schaumburg – Tuesday, March 16, NOON!
March 15, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Health, Illinois, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Socialism, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to have enough votes to shove ObamaCare down Americans’ throats by Friday.
Will you be available during lunch on Tuesday for a show of opposition to Congresswoman Melissa Bean? She is the ONLY swing vote in Illinois, so YOU can make a difference!
Join all northeast Illinois Tea Party and grassroots organizations at Congresswoman Melissa Bean’s office on Tuesday for a “Health Care Bill Rally”
1701 E. Woodfield Road (Suite 200)
Schaumburg
March 16th
!2 NOON
Feel free to bring those signs, bullhorns, etc.
Bean Set to Vote Interests of Trial Lawyers Over Interest of Constituents
March 11, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Campaign Finance, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Joe Walsh, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for Congress campaign…
(LAKE ZURICH, IL)– With the Obamacare legislation nearing a vote, Rep. Melissa Bean (D-8) remains intent on representing the special interests that control her political party as opposed to voting the interests of 8th district families.
Bean, who received more than $31,000 in campaign contributions from trial lawyers during her 2008 re-election campaign, is set to vote for a federal government takeover of health care that, among other things, fails to meaningfully address increasing health care costs directly attributable to frivolous lawsuits and excessive jury awards.
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How will Bean Vote for The American Death Panel?
March 10, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Joe Walsh, Melissa Bean, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) March 10, 2010 – We the People reject this government takeover of 1/6th of our United States economy to government run healthcare which Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are proposing. The government can not run anything successfully without running deficits. Saying the healthcare bill is deficit neutral is nonsense and the American people know it. Does Bean know the will of the people which live in her district and knows what is best for our families? If so, how was it measured and by whom?
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A Vote for Melissa Bean Will Cost You $3,900
March 10, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for Congress campaign…
(LAKE ZURICH, IL)– Rep. Melissa Bean’s stubborn refusal to reject the federal government takeover of our health care system will cost the average 8th district resident $3,900, so says a study on the proposed Obamacare legislation by the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI). IPI Study
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8th District, Joe Walsh to Bean: Learn from Lipinski and vote NO
March 10, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Campaign Finance, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for congress campaign…
(LAKE ZURICH, IL)– Today, Republican Congressional nominee Joe Walsh called on his opponent, three-term incumbent Melissa Bean, to learn from her Illinois Democrat colleague Dan Lipinski and vote “NO” on Obamacare.
Illinois U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, a Democrat who represents the 3rd district, has joined the ranks of other Congressional Democrats displaying the courage to vote with their conscience– not their party.
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Walsh to Bean on Health Care Vote: Vote Your District Not Your Party
March 8, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Republicans, State Government, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Joe Walsh for Congress campaign…
(Lake Zurich, Illinois) – 8th District Republican congressional nominee Joe Walsh today called on his liberal Democrat opponent Rep. Melissa Bean to swallow her pride and vote “No” on the Obamacare federal takeover of health care legislation nearing a vote in the House.
“For the first time in a long time Melissa Bean needs to listen to her constituents and vote her district,” said Walsh. “A government takeover of health care is absolutely the wrong approach to fix what ails with health care in America- and 8th district voters know it. Melissa Bean was not elected to represent public sector unions and march in lockstep with her party. She was elected to represent the interests of 8th district families and support policies that speak to their very real economic insecurities. This legislation will worsen the quality of care we have access to and increase unemployment,” Walsh said.
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8th District Walsh: Dirty Rangel Money Should Go to Charity Not Bean for Congress
March 5, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Campaign Finance, Congress, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, House of Representatives, Illinois, Joe Walsh, Liberals, Melissa Bean, Republicans, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Walsh for Congress campaign…
(Lake Zurich, Illinois) – Apparently, ‘I already spent it’ is a good enough reason for keeping dirty money, at least for Rep. Melissa Bean.
Bean is refusing to give back or to charity the $28,000 she received from Rep. Charlie Rangel who is under investigation from the House Ethics Committee for accepting lavish vacations from special interest groups with business before the powerful House Ways and Means committee while serving as chairman. He is also being investigated for failing to report assets, including his interest in a Dominican Republican guest unit, according to the Daily Herald.
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Bean Defense for Refusing to Return Rangel Cash: “I spent it”
March 5, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Campaign Finance, Chicago, Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Liberals, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party…
(Palatine, Illinois) – March 5, 2010 – Melissa Bean has raised $1,004,549* and has $784,894* cash on hand as of Wednesday, January 13, 2010 and has to defend receiving $28,000 between 2005 and 2007 from the New York congressman Charlie Rangel. While other Democrats dump their cash, Melissa Bean’s spokesman Jonathan Lipman made this statement. “The money was given before Rangel was under investigation for ethics abuses. Plus, he says, the money has already been spent.”
So if we understand from Melissa Bean that as long as you spent the money, it’s okay?
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Melissa Bean is Missing-in-Action on Health-care
March 4, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Tea Party, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
From the Palatine Tea Party folks…
(Palatine, Illinois) – March 4, 2010 – We reject Melissa Bean on the issue of health-care. The citizens in the 8th district do not have a voice with Melissa Bean. She hides from her constituents and can not defend her vote on health-care.
On November 7th, 2009 she voted yes for government run health-care and for federally funded abortion services. These votes do not represent the majority of people which live in the 8th district. She is out of touch with the voters.
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8th District Congressman Bean Holding Town Meeting Feb. 27
February 26, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Liberals, Melissa Bean, State Government, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | Comments Off
The folks at the Palatine Tea Party have alerted us to the fact that Congressman Melissa Bean will be holding a town hall to hear from her constituents on Feb. 27.
According to the Palatine folks, Bean will be moving around quite a bit on Saturday appearing at several stores throughout the day. It strikes me as sort of odd, but apparently she is touring four Jewel-Osco grocery stores and will be meeting in the aisles near the entrance to the stores. I guess she doesn’t expect too many attendees since she isn’t meeting at a sit-down venue but rather in the aisles of a grocery store.
Anyway, here is the schedule:
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