Ex-Lake County GOP Chairman Arrested for Kiddie Porn
Tom Adams, village president of Green Oaks and former Lake County Republican Party 
Central Committee Chairman, was accused of distributing child pornography.
In their arrest stories, both the Daily Herald and the Chicago Tribune call Adams a “mayor,” but he isn’t. He’s just the village president of a tiny town of 3,500.
Adams was GOP chairman from 2002-2004 and now serves as chairman of the Mayor Richard Daley-dominated Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. It's financed largely by the John D. McArthur Foundation.
The caucus has been preparing the way for a state income tax and other tax hikes for several years.
In 2003, for instance, the caucus pushed for the state to pay 51% of the cost of local education. That would, of course, require a massive hike in state taxes.
The only tax that has been mentioned by supporters of that concept and which is capable of bringing in significant money has been the state income tax. The Mayors group calls it a “tax swap,” just as the Rev. and State Senator James Meeks, 1994 gubernatorial candidate Dawn Clark Netsch and former Governor Jim Edgar did when they proposed similar plans.
When the income tax was established and hiked, municipalities were cut in on the deal. Undoubtedly, they would expect a share of any future hike in the state income tax, again, proving that following the money is a good idea, if one really wants to know what is going on.
With this arrest, I wonder if Adams was blackmailed into supporting the tax hike, which would suck money out of his home area. Or maybe he just has bad judgment in public policy, as he admittedly does elsewhere.
Nicholas B. Blase, another guy who likes to call himself a mayor, but is really Village President of Niles, recently was arrested for “convincing” local businessmen to buy insurance from his favored broker, is the Mayors’ Caucus Legislative Committee Chairman. Blase is a Democrat.
Maybe investigators should be looking at all the guys and gals who have to assuage their egos by using the inflated title of “mayor” when they are really village presidents.
More political stories at McHenry County Blog.
8 comments:
Sometimes I really appreciate your comments, Cal. However, this time I really have to ask what's your point? Are you REALLY pointing out that this guy was arrested for kiddie porn? Are you pointing out that many small town leaders call themselves "mayor" instead of their proper title? Are you pushing the anti-tax platform? Do you have an axe to grind against him for lack of support?
Does this guy have a criminal record? What were the circumstances surrounding his arrest?
Pot, meet kettle
bizarre
Article X, Section 1, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois:
The State has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education.
Current ranking of sources of public education funding in the state of Illinois:
1) Local property taxes (53%)
2) State funding (36%)
3) Federal government (10%)
Why does the right always want to dump constitutional provisions as soon as they become inconvenient? So much for the rule of law.
Article III. Section 3
"All elections shall be free and EQUAL"
Yeah, and the left has room to talk.
Roesers Next
Of course, the section of the state constitution quoted by anon 8:08 fails to mention the little matter that the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that it is "horatory," I believe the operative word was.
In other words, it cannot be enforeced.
Next argument, please.
Lake County Sheriff Gary Del Re has been very quiet on this particular arrest. Perhaps because Adams helped get him into office and has backed him for the last 8 years. Put this one on top of the other problems and I'm thinking Del Re may be toast.
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