tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7485034818535226094..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-78950308110036125582007-06-21T16:12:00.000-05:002007-06-21T16:12:00.000-05:00When the people of the state get their tax bills and see just what the legislators did for (to) them. They will be lucky if any of them get elected again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-62238277319449725432007-06-21T16:07:00.000-05:002007-06-21T16:07:00.000-05:00Anon, no I didn't think I was being greedy. I worked for the Illinois legislature for 6 years before I moved to Indy to go to law school. I got a job at a law firm based on academics and experience--top 10% of my class and law review. I had no prior connections to the law firm which hired me, and I didn't rely on anyone in politics to help me get the job. I was paid the same as any other associate at the firm with similar experience. I studied the issues I was working on and ably represented my clients I represented before the General Assembly. I didn't spend my time wining and dining legislators, taking trips with them and otherwise purchasing their influence. If they supported my client's position, it was because I did my job and did it well. I never personally gained from any work I ever did over at the State House. Check the personal finances of the lobbyists in the hallways over there. You would be surprised at all the self-dealing they do--sometimes behind their own client's backs.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-40368593139643620352007-06-21T14:39:00.000-05:002007-06-21T14:39:00.000-05:00Kuzman's a young guy with a family. What's wrong with him or anyone else going into the private sector to try to improve their careers? Revolving door? Maybe, but that's life. And for now it's legal.<BR/><BR/>Gary, when you were a lobbyist, did you think you were 'greedy'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2077497283627950152007-06-21T09:48:00.000-05:002007-06-21T09:48:00.000-05:00There are Republican areas in Lake County.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1765906217756035002007-06-21T09:10:00.000-05:002007-06-21T09:10:00.000-05:00I would be surprised if Kuzman's district were competitive...are there *any* Republican lawmakers from Lake Co.? Also, I'm not sure what his district looked like 11 years ago, but I would suspect that the most recent redistricting would have made it safer, if that were an issue.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519737020352873595noreply@blogger.com