ILL-inois: RINO Dillard collects suspicious Big Labor contributions

David Ormsby of the Illinois Observer is reporting that state Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale), a candidate for governor best known for his appearance in a 2007 Barack Obama campaign ad, received a suspicious infusion of cash for his own campaign fund.

The lion's share came in three checks of $52,600 each. The contributors were: Illinois Operating Engineers Local 150, Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC, and the Illinois Lunch Pail Republicans PAC.

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But what he does not need is grief over "transparency" that may come with the Illinois Lunch Pail Republicans PAC check dated September 9.

On September 6, the Lunch Pail reported a $52,600 contribution from the Washington, D.C.-based Engineers Political Education Committee PAC. And three-days later the Pail, which has raised or donated no other money recently, funneled the same amount to Dillard.

It looks like the Engineers' money got laundered.

The Illinois Lunch Pail Republicans is a pro-Union PAC.

Does this mean, at least until the general election campaign, that Republican-in-Name-Only Dillard is Big Labor's choice for governor?

Let's hope this story catches wind, because Illinois voters have had their fill with chicanery described by Ormsby.

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