Wow, this happened right here in comments; this is quite a revelation although inadvertent, I’m sure, on Ferreri’s part.
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire as they say: Dan Ferreri serves in Campaign Operations (so says his business card) for the Chicago Republican Party. Ferreri says he is Co-Chair of the Campaign Operations Committee and that it’s a nonpaid position. Okay, so this proves exactly….what? Ferreri is BOTH David Ratowitz’s campaign manager and some type of operative for the Chicago GOP. the point is…it’s not exactly a great thing to find this out when we are only at the primary stage of this election.
This points to a definitive conflict of interest; IMO; unless he has resigned from one of them.
The Chicago Republican Party should not have *whatever the operative’s position is called* or Co-Chairs of the Campaign Operations Committee acting as Campaign Managers for any particular GOP candidate until after the Primary is over and the Republican candidate has been selected by the voters.
This is just more evidence of that BIPARTISAN COMBINE.
I look forward to his response. He condescendingly tells me he wants to ‘clear up a misunderstanding’ and offers to go out for coffee sometime. HEH. Of course, that’s the issue – I’VE MISUNDERSTOOD what’s RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY SCHNOZZ!
Ferreri is also listed on Campaign for Liberty PAC.-Ratowitz has some involvement in that. Campaign for Liberty is a nationwide campaign – but it’s not a Republican one. So interesting that all these non-GOP things are coming up in connection with the Ratowitz campaign, isn’t it? Campaign for Liberty PAC is not a republican enterprise. You can see its site here.
Our mission is to promote and defend the great American principles of individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a noninterventionist foreign policy, by means of educational and political activity.
It seems to be related in some way to Ron Paul’s noninterventionist foreign policy beliefs…some Ron Paulians are also TRUTHERS and believe we should let the Arab world succeed in driving the jews into the sea. Should be interesting to find out what Ratowitz believes on that score, too. Regardless, those who believe in nonintervention believe we should pull out all military bases from other countries, including the conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a movement that is anti-war as an extension of those noninterventionist beliefs.
Ratowitz appears on Campaign for Liberty here in meeting minutes-The Cook County Campaign for Liberty leadership team hosted an open meeting for all county members Wednesday night, May 20th. The following is an excerpt from the recap of that meeting that includes Ratowitz and Ferreri (click here for the whole thing)
David Ratowitz (5th District Coordinator) - mentioned he is planning to conduct Voter Registration training for any members who are interested in becoming Voter Registrars. David also announced the formation of the Illinois Liberty Council, a PAC focused on electing Liberty candidates, and encouraged members to get invovled.
Dan Ferreri Announced a meeting of the Libertarian Party PAC at the Plymouth restaurant on May 21st and also mentioned a 2nd amendment rally being planned for June 26th.
Dan Ferreri is also interested in planning a “Meet the Candidate” event for Illinois Gubernatorial Candidate Adam Andrzejewski sometime this summer. Please contact Dan if you are interested in helping to plan this event.
How interesting. This bleeds out to Adam GovernorTM
Oopsie, both Ratowitz and Ferreri are listed as members of the Log Cabin Republicans Meetup Group. (Because Dan wants to make sure I don’t “misunderstand” – I had originally said “Log Cabin Republicans”; my mistake!!!)
The hole just keeps getting deeper….and more things are turning up!
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Update: Dan says that Ratowitz believes in GOP principles; that’s funny-gay marriage and LGBT rights is not a conservative value; and neither is amnesty for illegals…and a noninterventionist Ron Paulian view of foreign policy-Ever hear of the Republican platform, Dan? Maybe you and the other RINOs ought to take a look at it. He also says that working as the Chicago GOP Campaign Operations Manager at the same time he’s working as Ratowitz’s campaign manager is not a conflict of interest because it’s done all the time (and there is nothing in the rules or law that stops this from happening, which is why they do it). Maybe it’s ‘done all the time’, but it doesn’t make it right. At the outset, Ratowitz is going to get more face time with the GOP insiders than the other two candidates because ‘my buddy Dan’ works on the Ratowitz campaign.
First, you have my position listed wrong-
I am Co-Chairman of the Campaign operations committee for the Chicago Republican party. This is an unpaid position. It is merely a way for me to help further the cause of Republicans in the city of Chicago by sharing some of my campaign management experience.
Second, The Chicago GOP is lending no support to any candidates in the pimary. I am not privy to any proprietary information, or giving David any special treatment.
The campaign operations commitee will kick off its efforts AFTER the primaries, and its efforts will be focused on helping state wide candidates, not those in congressional races.
I am a member of the Log Cabin Republicans meetup group. The Log Cabin Republicans are an important constituency.
Campaign for Liberty is not David’s PAC. It is a non-partisan issue activism group. With close to 150,000 members nationwide.
You want me to publish your business card?
Definitional hairsplitting, but leave it to lawyers, LOL…good for you. Keep complaining it’s not going to change the facts.
I don’t care what you say about the Chicago GOP; you’re serving in a role that will give David more face time with GOP insiders; of that there can be little doubt.
I will update the information on Campaign for Liberty. It looks like David and you are also on the Ron Paulian side of non intervention in international relations. Do you hate Jews, and do you align with the people who think we should stop supporting Israel? How far does the Ron Paul connection go? Ron Paulians libertarians also tend to be TRUTHERS. Are you guys truthers, too?
Cao — perhaps you are not aware of how fragmented the GOP is in Chicago. The CGOP is like the Middle East, with a bunch of Greeks thrown in for good measure. And — who are the GOP insiders, in your opinion? Steve
You make me laugh. Look up William Hale Thompson and know that my family has been fighting this problem in Illinois for over 100 years.
The “insiders” are the ones who cross-pollinate. They straddle working for certain campaigns and working for the GOP organizaton-and tell themselves it’s okay because it’s done all the time. They also cross-pollinate between parties. They give the campaign they’re working on a ‘leg up’ with the ‘inside scoop’ and more face time with other insiders…like…say, Andy McKenna as an example, or Pat Brady, or whoever the popular GOP nom de jour is for whatever level the race.
Plus, when you’re “connected” like that, you’ll get tons and tons of “free” advice.
There are a couple of names for you, but I’m not going to go down the list…that would take me all day. And I’m not sure what else is cooking under the radar with the Ratowitz campaign – but I’ve seen enough that stinks there to know that the GOP voters need to know who this guy really is before they go to the polls.
Theoretically, no GOP operative should work for a candidate until after the primary. Like Dan here, who works for the Chicago GOP and is working as a candidate’s campaign manager at the same time.
It doesn’t take much intelligence to figure that out, “Steve”.
https://www.chicagogop.com/blog/314-stevemiller/
there is something weird with your security certificate there; you might want to have that looked at.
Thanks — glad I could provide humor. Nobody could be further from the outside than Andy McKenna and Pat Brady, in my opinion. I was thinking you meant insiders like Tom Swiss of the Chicago GOP and Jeremy Rose of the CYR’s. Tom and Jeremy make it pretty clear that they are for reforming the party, and from what I know, haven’t supported individual candidates during the primary. You do make a good point though…do you think the Democrat Party Organizations in Chicago cross this line too? (and…I really am Steve Miller)
Isn’t that what I said? There are no distinguishable differences between the candidates that wind up on the ballot other than one calls himself a democrat and one calls himself a republican.
Read Phyllis Schlafly’s “A choice not an echo”. It still applies.
The Truth About Tom Swiss
That’s REFORM? Give me a break.
Tom Swiss talks the talk, but he sure ain’t walkin’ the walk. That’s true with most of these guys and the voters are sick of it.
You said:
“Update: Dan says that Ratowitz believes in GOP principles; that’s funny-*** marriage and LGBT rights is not a conservative value; … Ever hear of the Republican platform, Dan?”
I feel like I have to respond to this. The republican party has a long history of defending civil liberties & being at the forefront of minority issues.
The 1st republican presidential candidate, John Freemont, ran under the slogan of “Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, Fremont.”, and the early republican party helped to free the slaves, ensure equal rights for african americans & even played a major part in the fight for women’s right to vote. Hell, the 1st women elected to congress was a republican. Even today, the parties principles are such that they can only be read as promoting freedom & equality for all citizens, and as defending our rights from the government, not using it to take those freedoms away.
That’s odd, sexual orientation – e.g., *** PEOPLE – or transgenders who have their breasts surgically removed and take hormones to appear to be masculine-do not qualify yet as a protected class or a minority as far as I’m concerned; they’re simply freaks.
Read the book “Light in the Closet: Torah, Homosexuality and the Power to Change” to find out why that is…homosexuality just like bestiality and pedophilia – all which will be “normalized” after we accept sodomy as “normal”…are deviant behaviors. That is, they deviate from the norm.
What you’re using is a broad interpretation of law that isn’t in effect yet, (particularly in Illinois)- although lawyers like Ratowitz sure are trying to get us there.
Hey, here’s an idea….look back in history and see how many *** families there were – and what has the definition of marriage been since the beginning of time? It never had dogs, cats or *** people – or even transgenders in it….unless you’re talking about in Islamic countries. I’m talking about here in the history of the US.
Homosexuality and the acts they perform on each other such as sodomy, not to mention mouth-to-****** stimulation-and fisting-are a health risk. That’s not “discrimination”, that’s a medical fact. The laws that protected people from the risks of this behavior are quietly being repealed, which I find to be quite frightening. Homosexuals are a risk to the public health which is why there were laws against sodomy. But don’t worry, Ratowitz and his ilk are all about changing that. Who cares if it’s a risk? You’re following the social justice template! Protect that victim class! Which is of a serious concern since Ratowitz is supposed to represent conservative values.
I wonder exactly which conservative values it is that he’s supposed to represent. I’m finding more and more about him that is in direct opposition to conservative values.
I’m sorry that you folks are so vicious that you can’t recognize what you’re doing, but from what I understand about the Chicago GOP – you guys are way off – completely far out – and not connected to the rest of the GOP on issues.
Ferreri and Ratowitz should get the hell away from the GOP…let them get on and come out of the closet as what they really are…Ron Paulian anti-war troofers who support sexual orientation as a holy protected victim class and to hell with Christianity and the First Amendment!
Who cares about the further complete destruction of the family unit? Let’s do as Kevin Jennings, the “Safety” Czar suggests, and teach fisting to school age children!
Go back and look at the GOP party platform, Caitlin – it does not follow the “social justice” template.
And shut the hell up (on this blog) until you do.
I must also qualify that I’m not opposed to **** in general, but I am opposed to **** redefining the definition of marriage and further destroying the family that is already fractured in this country. I oppose the *** agenda because it’s really about demonizing Christians and forcing them to hide their faith in public – which is against freedom OF religion -something that has always set this country apart from others.
The Radical *** Agenda is about changing our country to one of FREEDOM FROM RELIGION–and is a radical leftist view–and they don’t care that they offend people with their outrageous behavior such as what happens at the Folsom Street Fairs- and other “*** pride” events – sodomy slings, pig *** orgies, golden showers, and other stuff that makes me want to puke.
Larry Sinclair is an openly *** man who is running for Congress in Florida, and I support his efforts – but that’s because he’s being honest about who he is and what he stands for.-and he stands for traditional values and opposes the radical *** agenda.
The Chicago Libertarian Party held a benefit for Ratowitz at the Irish Heritage center on Sept. 30th. I was told they had A LOT of leftovers!
“More on the point of Ratowitz being a Libertarian, his volunteer coordinator, Scott Davis, is the Cook County Chairman for the Campaign for Liberty.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=18756
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=16028“
Yes, and Ferrari and Davidson were both a part of the fiasco with Ratowitz’s petitions and are named in the Objectors challenge pdf document on David Orr’s site. Davidson was the notary on a petition turned in by Ferrari, a circulator of the petition, but who also signed off on the petition.
Scott Tucker a bloviating nutcase, is running on the GOP ticket for Illinois State House of Representatives in the 11th District (if I understand it correctly). There isn’t a picture of him on his campaign website; no videos; no press releases. He is apparently associated with the Ratowitz campaign through the Log Cabin Republicans meetup group; and also the Campaign for Liberty. Behind the scenes through email, he called me a coward
and a racist.This is a nasty group of people by all appearances, and from what I’m told by others….they are a collection of misfits.
Cao (or whatever your real name is),
You sure are an expert on who I am.
I am not a homosexual, and not a realtor. Please correct both comments.
E-mail me at Scott@TuckerMailServer.com and I’ll provide you with a headshot for your blog.
I have canvassed for Ratowitz, once, last Saturday. That’s the totality of my involvement.
I’m not in LCR. That’s a different Scott Tucker.
I’m also not an astronomer, or a photographer. There are a lot of Scott Tucker’s out there.
I’m not associated with Campaign for Liberty.
I called you a coward for not using your real name. I never called you a racist.
Your self-righteous politics blog is what’s nasty.
I’ll answer whatever questions you have for me, but you have never asked me any.
Thanks,
Scott Tucker
You have my email; if you want it corrected send it to me. I was talking to people about who you were – so sorry if I have the wrong information…but these are people who supposedly have met a balding fat guy who asks a lot of questions. 5′8″, 180 lbs or so…
Put up a photo on your campaign website, that would be a good start…
I guess I construed your support of log cabin republicans and your odd stand on marriage as something other than it is.
okay, I corrected it.
So this isn’t you, heh?