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Eleven years ago, Aaron Schock was nineteen, just out of high school, and a candidate for the Peoria Public Schools Board of Education. At the time, 200 signatures were required to get on the ballot, and he filed 220. Attorney Bob Hall, a close friend of Schock’s opponent (board president Rhonda Hunt), contested [...] A: They’re both largely in the 17th Congressional District, according to the latest gerrymander: View Larger Map Generally speaking, Peoria south of War Memorial Drive will be in the 17th, and North Peoria will be in the 18th. The 17th covers tremendous territory, extending to Illinois’ borders with Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Rockford is [...] From a press release: Congressman Ray LaHood calls on Colleen Callahan to pull TV ad LaHood “irritated” Callahan is using his name to smear Schock in a “dishonest” ad (SPRINGFIELD) In news conferences today in Peoria and Springfield, Congressman Ray LaHood expressed his irritation with Colleen Callahan’s latest TV ad using his name and [...] A press release from the State’s Attorney’s office via the Schock campaign: NOTICE TO THE MEDIA Last week our office was asked by a congressional candidate to review allegations that an opposing congressional candidate had notarized but wrongly or improperly dated a document in early 2000. Commendably, both candidates seem to agree that it [...] But as a notary public, Schock was required to provide accurate information about witnessing documents being signed. Schock declared that he witnessed the documents being signed on Jan. 1, 2000, but they weren’t actually signed until more than a year later. –October 15, 2008 “I can honestly tell you I don’t remember signing anything. [...] If you’ve read today’s Journal Star article on the amount of money raised and spent by candidates for the 18th Congressional District, I thought you might like to see a visual representation: All I can say is, “Wow!” The big story now is that Aaron Schock notarized back-dated documents for his father seven years ago. The story states that neither “Schock or his parents benefited financially from using the incorrect date,” but that nevertheless, “using an incorrect date would be misconduct. Under the Illinois Notary Public Act, knowingly committing official misconduct is [...] |
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