Randi Scheurer Takes on Blackwater, Company That Abandoned Her Son in Iraq and Trains in Mt. Carroll

I know some anonymous poster(s) doesn't think much of my posting press releases from McHenry County area candidates, so I won't this time.

But 8th congressional district Congresswoman Melissa Bean's announced primary opponent Randi Scheurer has brought a fight-for-hire company named Blackwater into her campaign.

And, it's personal.

She says that the company abandoned her son Dan at the side of a road in Iraq, where he was serving in the armed forces.

According to her press release,

"Her son Daniel was hit by a private contractor in Baghdad while walking along the side of the road, thrown into a gully abandoned by these mercenaries. He now goes to the Veterans hospital in North Chicago to deal with the injuries incurred by this lawless, careless, greedy company running Bush's war in it's own dark way."

It continues,

"They have just set up a paramilitary camp in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, where they intend to train a private military to be available to fight all around the globe."

Scheurer's husband Bill Scheurer ran against Bean under the Moderate Party banner and has announced he will do it again next year.

You can read the full release at McHenry County Blog.

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