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Lennie Jarratt Announces Campaign

Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
2306 N. Tedy Ln.
Round Lake Beach, IL 60073
847-302-3985
info@LennieJarratt.com
http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – November 7, 2011) Lennie Jarratt is officially announcing his candidacy for the 31st State Senate District.

I am running on the platform of supporting families, not government.  Too many families in the 31^st State Senate District are losing their jobs and homes due to the bad policies coming from Springfield.  These bad policies now have Illinois ranked in the 48^th worst financial position. Springfield is broke and their only solution it to squeeze more money from families with higher income taxes, high gas taxes, and internet taxes that destroyed extra income for many home based businesses.

My track record of holding local officials accountable for their actions puts Springfield on notice that I am coming to change the culture and end the back room deals.  Together, we can restore fiscal sanity and once again have Springfield policies supporting families, not government.

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(Round Lake, IL – March 9, 2011) Lennie Jarratt releases endorsement videos of Illinois Conservatives and the Illinois Tea Party

“In December of 2009, our leadership team decided to endorse candidates that can carry conservative principles.., and Lennie Jarratt obviously meets the criteria and his endorsement was a ‘No Brainer’ for us. We are 110% behind his candidacy,”  said Joe Kaiser, Illinois Conservatives

“Lennie was tea party before the tea party knew what the tea party was… we need to rally behind somebody who espouses those beliefs that make all of us get up everyday and say ‘we gotta do something about our country’ and that’s Lennie Jarratt,” said Andrew Gasser, Illinois Tea Party

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Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
372 North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002
847-886-9002
info@LennieJarratt.com

http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – March 7, 2011) Lennie Jarratt announces the endorsement of the Illinois Homeschool PAC.

The Illinois Homeschool PAC has made its endorsements in the 2012 Primary Elections. These endorsements are only for the 2012 Primary Elections and are based on candidate responses to the ILHPAC legislative questionnaire. All of these candidates have contested Primary Elections, and there is a clear and demonstrable difference between these candidates and their opponents on the issue of homeschool freedom.

As a homeschool parent of 8 years, I understand the needs of homeschoolers and the job it takes to teach a child. This experience will give me a unique perspective in the requirements to make sure all children in the state have access to a quality education.

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Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
372 North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002
847-886-9002
info@LennieJarratt.com

http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – March 2, 2011) Lennie Jarratt announces the endorsement of Bruno Behrend, former WKRS Radio Personality and Education Researcher/Reform Advocate.

“No one knows where the bodies are buried. No one knows the code. No one knows the changes that need to be made in Springfield to fix education better than Lennie. Or another way to put it is, there are some people that know, but they just won’t do it; Lennie will,” Behrend said.

Jarratt said, “I am honored to receive the endorsement of Bruno Behrend. Bruno has been fighting for quality education for all children for years. He has been years ahead of others in recognizing and pointing out the weaknesses in the current system. I will go to Springfield to bring quality education to all children.”

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Lennie Jarratt Announces Opening of Second Office

Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
372 North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002
847-886-9002
info@LennieJarratt.com

http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – March 4, 2011) Lennie Jarratt announces the opening of second office in Lindenhurst at the former 2010 Campaign Headquarters of State Senator Suzi Schmidt. The office will be used for the final two week push and was donated by Schmidt supporter Tom Crichton.

In addition, we received news that American Grizzlies United, a group dedicated to the ideals of Sarah Palin, along with Illinois for Palin have highlighted our campaign.

Jarratt supports the need to reform both pensions and Medicaid to help with Illinois’ fiscal crisis, noting that we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. He supports giving tax cuts to businesses who use e-verify, and he is a strong supporter of school choice.

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Lennie Jarratt Announces Endorsement of John Tsarpalas, former Executive Director Illinois Republican Party

Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
372 North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002
847-886-9002
info@LennieJarratt.com

http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – March 2, 2011) Lennie Jarratt announces the endorsement of John Tsarpalas, former Executive Director Illinois Republican Party.

“This guy lives and breathes what we all should be doing,” said Tsarpalas.  ”He smiles, he’s friendly, but he is tireless and committed. ”

“He will not move to the left.  He will not be swayed by the entrenched lobbying class down there.  I know this man. I know he is principled. That’s why I support him and why I just admire him.  He just keeps going and just keeps fighting for what we need, and that’s accountability,” he continued.

“This State is in real, real trouble.  We’re about to become Detroit. Unless we elect people like [Lennie] to the State Senate to stop it, to fight it, to do something about it, it’s going to happen.”

Jarratt said, “John is a gifted communicator of conservative ideas and I am honored to receive the support of a conservative stalwart like John Tsarpalas.

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Lennie Jarratt Announces Endorsement of Multiple Life Organizations

Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
372 North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002
847-886-9002
info@LennieJarratt.com

http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – February 22, 2011) Lennie Jarratt announces the endorsement of the Illinois Center for Ethics PAC, Illinois Center for Life PAC, Illinois Federation for Life PAC and the Lake County Life PAC.

“As the father of a child who was born prematurely, and a brother to an autistic sibling, I have a firsthand understanding of how precious life is.  I will always vote on the side of Life to protect the vulnerable in our society; this includes the unborn, the disabled and the elderly, ” Jarratt said.  ”It is an honor to receive the acknowledgment and trust of these tremendous groups.”

Lennie Jarratt is the clear choice in this race because he has proven himself to be a man of integrity and selfless service in helping others.

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Lennie Jarratt Responds to Gov. Quinn’s Budget Proposal

Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
372 North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002
847-886-9002
info@LennieJarratt.com

http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – February 22, 2011) Lennie Jarratt Responds to Gov. Quinn’s Budget Proposal. Gov. Quinn claimed to provide us with hard truths about the budget and asked for fundamental change.

Anyone paying attention in Illinois knew we had a “rendezvous with reality” years ago. It is only the out of touch Springfield political elites that have not recognized the realities and burdens their out of control tax and spend policies have placed on the hard working families of this state.

What solutions did Gov. Quinn propose? He didn’t propose real solutions for the major issues facing this state. He called for gimmicks that will costs families more money at the gas pump; he called for more “working groups” to study the problems; he cuts spending to the most vulnerable in our society while continuing to add more debt to our children and grandchildren to pay for.

Gov. Quinn, President Cullerton, Speaker Madigan, Leaders Radogno and Cross, here is a reminder of the commons sense solutions I have already proposed over the past weeks to stop the out of control pensions and to make Illinois a destination state for businesses and jobs.

1. Voluntary tax cut to all businesses which will Restore Jobs (Full details at RestoreJobs.com)
2. Pension reform highlighted by 20 year vestment periods, the end to artificially inflated pensions, and a hard cap of $75,000 (Full details at http://www.lenniejarratt.com/issues/pension-reform/)

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Lennie Jarratt Announces Tax Accountability Endorsement

Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
372 North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002
847-886-9002
info@LennieJarratt.com

http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – February 22, 2011) Lennie Jarratt announces the endorsement of Tax Accountability, the political action arm of Taxpayers United of America.

“In recognition of your exceptional desire to fight taxes and support economic growth, Tax Accountability endorses you for the March 20, 2012 primary.” ~ Jim Tobin, President, Tax Accountability

“I am honored to be endorsed by Tax Accountability and their recognition of my work fighting for the citizens and families of Lake County and the State of Illinois. We must now take the fight to Springfield to stop their out of control taxing and spending,” Jarratt said.

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Lennie Jarratt Proposes Common Sense Pension Reform

Contact:
Lennie Jarratt
372 North Ave
Antioch, IL 60002
847-886-9002
info@LennieJarratt.com

http://www.LennieJarratt.com/

(Round Lake, IL – February 15, 2011) Lennie Jarratt proposes common sense pension reform. For years, Springfield has made simple issues complicated; full of loop holes and special rules for certain individuals which allow family, friends and campaign donors to increase their pension retirement payout and take advantage of the Taxpaying public. This has led to an unfunded pension liability of $80 – $100 Billion, depending on what numbers you look at.  Some of the leading factors that have contributed to this problem are the following:

• Inflated pensions due to end of career salary bumps
• Short vestment periods
• Overly generous percentages and early retirement ages
• Out of control spending and skipping of pension payments

It is time we started having the hard discussions. We can no longer afford to play around the edges of major problems and continue kicking the can down the road to our children and grandchildren. We can solve these problems today with a return to common sense instead of the smoke and mirrors used by the political elites in Springfield.

See the full plan at http://www.lenniejarratt.com/issues/pension-reform/