Gary Karlin is a big conservative guy from Chicago. He's a Mike Huckabee supporter and he's running for 47th Ward Republican Committeeman as a "family values" candidate.
But now it turns out he owes over $82,000 in child support and that he had disappeared for 14 years to avoid paying.
Oops!
Another day, another "family values" hypocrite.
(Source: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5664080&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1)
Sunday, February 3, 2008
The Conservative Fool Of The Day is...Gary Karlin!
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ReplyDeleteWhat the story doesn't reveal about Marie is that
ReplyDelete1. She took $10,000 from our joint checking account to give to her mother.
2. She took out a $250,000 insurance policy upon Gary's death, when they first married at age 22.
3. She charged 4 credit cards to the limit, causing Gary to file for bankruptsy. These were mostly lavish gifts for her mother, brother, friends and boyfriends.
4. She was caught in bed with a guy by the name of Tim Hughes and she was charged with domestic violence and found guilty by a DuPage County judge and had several stints in jail for violating an order of protection.
5. She often called Gary's employers, once calling 20 times a day, until his employer got sick of his ex-wife being a distraction to his co-workers. He was fired and fell behind on child support.
6. She called new employers, as soon as the Illinois Department of Labor got wind that he was going to be paid later in the week and caused him to loose more jobs.
7. It isn't that he doesn't care about his daughter, Marie often passed Kathryn off to some other relative while she was out at Benjamin's, a bar across the street from where she lived nearby (Lawrence Ave, Harwood Heights), and she was seen in there having tequilla shots and beers and buying rounds for friends on credit cards and living a rather lavish lifestyle. Only when Gary was there to pick up his daughter, she never remembered where Kathryn was.
At that time there were no laws enforcing fathers' rights to see their children.
After all this destructive behavior, Gary decided it was time to get on with his life.
It is true that Gary is a conservative; however, he is also a populist-conservative.
He spent years in Caprini Green, being a friend to fatherless black children and teaching them bible and being a boys basketball church. It was the best way he could spend many heartbroken years, being away from his daughter.
Kathryn, it was never that I didn't care about you, but your mother kept us apart.
Gary also spent time in church on the fundraising committee, helping to raise over $100,000 annually for the community soup kitchen to feed the needy.
It is true that I ran for Republican Committeeman, mostly to bring light to how bad fathers' rights are neglected.
During my divorce proceedings it was written in Illinois Revised Statues chapter 40 that you are to pay 20% for one child for child support, yet a corrupt court in DuPage county (and Marie) took 50% of my paycheck. As I fell behind, that amount increased to 80%. How exaclty is that fair to fathers? How can someone expect to live on nothing?
How can you make-up payments on thin air?
I come here to read a good Illinois story, and I see it trashed by negative comments.
ReplyDeleteFor the record here is the article about Mr. Karlin:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5664080&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1
Draw your own conclusions from that.
You should see Gary Karlin's blog, since Fox News didn't give him a chance to respond before the newscast was aired.
ReplyDeleteThis is America where not just the liberal media is heard from, but the absolute truth.
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CHICAGO – Illinois' attorney general on Thursday threatened to go to the state Supreme Court to have embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared unfit to hold office if he doesn't resign soon.
ReplyDelete"I am prepared to take action," state Attorney General Lisa Madigan said on CNN.
She said the best thing would be for Blagojevich (bluh-GOY'-uh-vich) to resign. The governor was arrested Tuesday on charges that he put President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat up for sale and he has ignored calls for his resignation.
"The easiest way for us to move on in the state of Illinois is for Governor Blagojevich to do the right thing for the people and to resign," she said. "Now, it doesn't appear that he has any inclination to do that. Maybe things will change today or tomorrow."
Madigan said she "won't wait terribly long."
"I have the opportunity to go to our Illinois Supreme Court and ask them to declare our governor is unable to serve and put in our lieutenant governor as acting governor," Madigan said.
Several other options are being considered to force the governor from office.
Legislative leaders planned a special session Monday to strip Blagojevich of his power to pick a new U.S. senator, putting the decision in the hands of Illinois voters instead. Lawmakers also prepared to discuss the possibility of impeachment.
Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn predicted that if Blagojevich doesn't resign, it won't be long before he's either impeached or taken to the state's highest court by Madigan.
"I really think that the governor needs to resign and step aside right now and I think that will happen," Quinn told NBC's "Today" program Thursday. "If the governor doesn't act he will be impeached."
Quinn also said that if he became governor, he may opt to appoint Obama's replacement rather than wait for a special election.
He said that while he's generally in favor of letting voters choose public officials, the economic crisis makes it vital for the state to have two senators in place.
Blagojevich's lawyers have insisted he is innocent, and stressed that he still has important work to do for the state of Illinois.
Blagojevich's decision to show up for work Wednesday like it was another day at the office angered much of the state's political establishment, and Obama and U.S. Senate leaders demanded that he step down. The prospect that the second-term Democratic governor might still try to appoint someone to the Senate also loomed.
"He appears to listen to no one, and his conduct becomes more outrageous as time goes on," said Steve Brown, spokesman for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
The first fallout from the scandal also emerged Wednesday, with U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. denying any misconduct while confirming that he is the Senate candidate mentioned in the federal charges as someone Blagojevich thought would pay money to be appointed to the seat. Jackson, the son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, said he had been assured by prosecutors he was not a target of the investigation.
On Tuesday, FBI agents arrested Blagojevich at his home and took him away in handcuffs. Prosecutors released a thick document that included excerpts of wiretapped conversations in which the governor allegedly schemed to enrich himself by offering to sell Obama's Senate seat for campaign cash or a lucrative job inside or outside government.
They also alleged he pressured the Tribune Co. to fire editorial writers at the Chicago Tribune after several negative editorials about Blagojevich.
Blagojevich is charged with conspiracy and solicitation to commit bribery, punishable by up to 20 years in prison and 10 years, respectively.
More than 24 hours after the arrest, Obama joined other prominent Democrats in calling for Blagojevich's resignation.
"The president-elect agrees with Lt. Gov. Quinn and many others that under the current circumstances it is difficult for the governor to effectively do his job and serve the people of Illinois," Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
Asked whether Obama supports a special election, Gibbs said Obama believes the Illinois General Assembly should consider how to fill the Senate seat and "put in place a process to select a new senator that will have the trust and confidence of the people of Illinois."
Senate Democrats were more pointed in a letter to the governor: They "insist that you step down" and not name anyone to replace Obama. An appointment by a new governor would "be the most expeditious way for a new senator to be chosen and seated in a manner that would earn the confidence of the people of Illinois and all Americans," wrote Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and the party's second-ranking leader, Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois.
They suggested the Senate might reject anyone chosen by Blagojevich. The Constitution gives the Senate authority to refuse to allow a member to be sworn in.
It was unclear what incentive the governor had to give up his office.
A resignation might make him appear guilty. The office also gives him a certain amount of clout, which can help him raise money for his defense.
Republican Sen. Christine Radogno said it's possible Blagojevich would use his resignation as a bargaining chip with prosecutors and agree to step down in exchange for leniency.
When Illinois lawmakers meet Monday, they'll consider changing state election law to fill Senate vacancies by special election, rather than leaving the decision to the governor. But holding an election could take months and give Republicans a shot at capturing a seat now in Democratic hands.
Brown, the spokesman for the House speaker, noted that any change in the law would go to the governor's desk, where Blagojevich could let it sit and still pick a senator.
"Despite our best efforts, the governor could play hide the ball. That is an inescapable reality," Brown said. "I'm hoping that's not the case."
Brown said the speaker hasn't ordered staff to begin researching impeachment but that individual legislators are doing so. The speaker's office also compiled a memo earlier this year on arguments for impeaching the governor.
Associated Press writers Adam Goldman in Chicago and Liz Sidoti in Washington contributed to this report.
Your point is.......?
ReplyDeleteI hate to tell you this, but it's the Dems who want Blago out of office.
Doesn't he have a blog http://republican47.blogspot.com and a myspace account?
ReplyDeleteThere's this new website called http://www.illinoisdeadbeatdads.com where there's others just like him.
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