Just before any election a host of groups come out of the woodwork, offering their recommendations for this office, or that one. Many of these groups go dormant the moment the polls close; many will not resurface again.
Pictured above is a palm card from a group called LGBTQ Impact. The group has a website (that's a link in the preceding sentence) and I can say with certainty that this is at least the second election cycle in which LGBTQ Impact has tried to make an impact -- I found a 2018 palm card on my computer this morning, though it does not look as though I had time to post it here.
For the Illinois Supreme Court, LGBTQ Impact recommends Justice Nathaniel Roosevelt Howse. In the two contests for the Appellate Court, the group offers support for Justices Michael B. Hyman (Neville, Jr.) and John Griffin (Simon vacancy).
In contested countywide Circuit Court races, LGBTQ Impact follows the official Cook County Democratic Party ticket with the exceptions of Cristin Keely McDonald Duffy (Bellows vacancy), Kelly Marie McCarthy (Coghlan vacancy), Joseph Chico (Mason vacancy), and Russell W. Hartigan (C. Sheehan vacancy).
In subcircuit races, LGBTQ Impact offers support for Judge Sondra Nicole Denmark (2nd Subcircuit, "A" vacancy), Bradley R. Trowbridge (8th Subcircuit, Fleming vacancy), Maire Aileen Dempsey (10th Subcircuit, McGing vacancy), Audrey Victoria Cosgrove (10th Subcircuit, O'Brien vacancy), and Judge Daniel O. Tiernan (14th Subcircuit, Lacy vacancy).
No board of directors, no address, no phone number, contact page does not work, not a registered not for profit, and didn’t bother contacting all candidates to evaluate them.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, this seems on the up and up.
The issue is not whether it is a registered not-for-profit, but whether it is a registered PAC. Not-for-profits cannot engage in political activity. Who are you, Moose and Squirrel?
ReplyDeleteWhat a lawyer's response! I believe the point being made was that this can't possibly be a reputable outfit like . . . well . . . like . . . well . . . oh, I see your point. None of these are reputable outfits and no, not-for-profits can't engage in partisan political activity, so what was the point? Oh, I get it, to throw dirt. How clever.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to take their endorsements less seriously than Injustice Watch's judicial guide but more seriously than the Cook County Democratic Party's slated list. We know the latter is definitely paid for.
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