Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Former Lake County GOP Chairman Arrested for Distributing Kiddie Porn
Tom Adams, village president of Green Oaks and former Lake County Republican Party 
Central Committee Chairman, was accused of distributing child pornography.
In their arrest stories, both the Daily Herald and the Chicago Tribune call Adams a “mayor,” but he isn’t. He’s just the village president of a tiny town of 3,500.
Adams was GOP chairman from 2002-2004 and now serves as chairman of the Mayor Richard Daley-dominated Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. It's financed largely by the John D. McArthur Foundation.
The caucus has been preparing the way for a state income tax and other tax hikes for several years.
In 2003, for instance, the caucus pushed for the state to pay 51% of the cost of local education. That would, of course, require a massive hike in state taxes.
The only tax that has been mentioned by supporters of that concept and which is capable of bringing in significant money has been the state income tax. The Mayors group calls it a “tax swap,” just as the Rev. and State Senator James Meeks, 1994 gubernatorial candidate Dawn Clark Netsch and former Governor Jim Edgar did when they proposed similar plans.
When the income tax was established and hiked, municipalities were cut in on the deal. Undoubtedly, they would expect a share of any future hike in the state income tax, again, proving that following the money is a good idea, if one really wants to know what is going on.
With this arrest, I wonder if Adams was blackmailed into supporting the tax hike, which would suck money out of his home area. Or maybe he just has bad judgment in public policy, as he admittedly does elsewhere.
Nicholas B. Blase, another guy who likes to call himself a mayor, but is really Village President of Niles, recently was arrested for “convincing” local businessmen to buy insurance from his favored broker, is the Mayors’ Caucus Legislative Committee Chairman. Blase is a Democrat.
Maybe investigators should be looking at all the guys and gals who have to assuage their egos by using the inflated title of “mayor” when they are really village presidents.
Central Committee Chairman, was accused of distributing child pornography. In their arrest stories, both the Daily Herald and the Chicago Tribune call Adams a “mayor,” but he isn’t. He’s just the village president of a tiny town of 3,500.
Adams was GOP chairman from 2002-2004 and now serves as chairman of the Mayor Richard Daley-dominated Metropolitan Mayors Caucus. It's financed largely by the John D. McArthur Foundation.
The caucus has been preparing the way for a state income tax and other tax hikes for several years.
In 2003, for instance, the caucus pushed for the state to pay 51% of the cost of local education. That would, of course, require a massive hike in state taxes.
The only tax that has been mentioned by supporters of that concept and which is capable of bringing in significant money has been the state income tax. The Mayors group calls it a “tax swap,” just as the Rev. and State Senator James Meeks, 1994 gubernatorial candidate Dawn Clark Netsch and former Governor Jim Edgar did when they proposed similar plans.
When the income tax was established and hiked, municipalities were cut in on the deal. Undoubtedly, they would expect a share of any future hike in the state income tax, again, proving that following the money is a good idea, if one really wants to know what is going on.
With this arrest, I wonder if Adams was blackmailed into supporting the tax hike, which would suck money out of his home area. Or maybe he just has bad judgment in public policy, as he admittedly does elsewhere.
Nicholas B. Blase, another guy who likes to call himself a mayor, but is really Village President of Niles, recently was arrested for “convincing” local businessmen to buy insurance from his favored broker, is the Mayors’ Caucus Legislative Committee Chairman. Blase is a Democrat.
Maybe investigators should be looking at all the guys and gals who have to assuage their egos by using the inflated title of “mayor” when they are really village presidents.
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I wonder if men who traffic in kiddie porn were born that way, just like those with other offbeat sexual orientations? If it's in the genes, then they really can't change.
With all due respect, Respectful, I don't beleieve genetics has anything to do with it in this instance. Lack of values and a sense of right and wrong are more likely.
Gee Cal -
One topic that includes: "Kiddie Porn", ego (mayor v/s village president, tax swaps, possible blackmail, and general bad judgment -
I would say you managed to excellently crunch a lot into this item.
I was thinking about addressing one and then got waylayed thinking about another.
My summer brain isn't up to this challenge.... lol
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Isn't it amazing though how power can corrupt in so many ways - and there is no "sound" until long after the corruption has become part of the "understood" status quo?
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One topic that includes: "Kiddie Porn", ego (mayor v/s village president, tax swaps, possible blackmail, and general bad judgment -
I would say you managed to excellently crunch a lot into this item.
I was thinking about addressing one and then got waylayed thinking about another.
My summer brain isn't up to this challenge.... lol
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Isn't it amazing though how power can corrupt in so many ways - and there is no "sound" until long after the corruption has become part of the "understood" status quo?
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