Monday, August 31, 2009

Schakowsky town hall: Armour-all brand astroturf comes to the green lawns of Skokie

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) will hold a town hall meeting tonight. Doors open at 5:00pm--be there early! Although the event begins at 6:30pm, I suspect that Schakowsky, arguably the most liberal member of the House of Representatives, will attempt to pack the Niles West Auditorium with her zealots.

Niles West is within walking distance to my home, in fact, I plan to walk there.

Here's what a Marathon Pundit reader found on the website of Barack Obama's political shop, Organizing for America:

Monday, August 31st
Parking Lot Open at 5 PM, Doors Open at 5:30
Niles West High School
5701 Oakton, Skokie, IL 60077
Time: Monday, August 31 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Host: Alex Armour
Location: Niles West High School Auditorium
5701 Oakton
Skokie, IL 60077

Grass roots organizing?

Uh uh.

Thanks to that tipster, here's what I found about host Alex Armour.

From LinkedIn:

Alex Armour, Political Director at Schakowsky for Congress

Current: Political Director at Schakowsky for Congress

Past: Campaign Manager at Joe Moore for Alderman
GOTV Coordinator at Duckworth for Congress
Coalition Coordinator at Fair Taxes for All Coalition (FTFA)

Education Beloit College

Websites
My Company
My Website

Armour is on Schakowsky's campaign payroll.

From the FEC site:

ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 01/15/2009 $1,881
ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 02/28/2009 $1,881
ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 03/15/2009 $1,881
ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 03/30/2009 $1,881
ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 04/15/2009 $1,881
ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 04/30/2009 $1,881
ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 05/15/2009 $1,881
ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 05/29/2009 $1,881
ARMOUR, ALEX SALARY HIGHLAND PARK IL 60635 06/15/2009 $1,881
Total--$16,929


Grass roots?

Nope, Armour-all brand astroturf.

Barring a major news development, this will be by last post before I walk to the rally. I live be updating my blog from my Blackberry.

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