November  2006

Elsie Fornero Passes Away

November 20, Elsie Fornero passed away peacefully. This is my brother-in-law Fred’s mother, my sister Debi’s mother-in-law and paternal grandmother to my nephew’s Zac and Kaleb. Prayers go out to the entire family.

Some asked for the address in order to send a card, it is:

Fred and Debi Fornero & sons

841 S. Manlove Street

Pontiac, IL 61764

“ELECTION  THANK YOU RECEPTION”

Saturday – December 2, 2006

2:00 to 4:00 pm

Rutherford Office

Corner of Howard & Plum Streets – Pontiac

It’s been a long road and this election season has come to a close.

Please join me, my family and supporters so that I can personally say “thank you”.

I am very proud of our campaign “TEAM”. We could not have built our visibility throughout the state without your help.

I hope you will join me to reminisce and share a few laughs. Refreshments will be served.

Thank you for your support and most of all your friendship;

it will never be forgotten!

A number of friends have asked as to my future…..I appreciate the interest and the encouragement. I have two years remaining in my Senate term and intend to continue the service to my Central Illinois constituency. I am honored to serve them and will continue to do so in an aggressive manner. As to the future….I know that I want to be helpful to bring new people in to the political process, encourage them to run for office at all levels and, where I can, give them advice and help. I am optimistic about what tomorrow will bring.

In January 2005 the Pontiac Bonneville had 139,335 miles on her and Election Night 2006 she had 242,180.  She runs great, loves the open road, gets regular 3,000 mile service, and her favorite drink is ethanol!

Thank you for the tremendous support in the bid for Secretary of State. Illinois is a great state with wonderful people. Though the election results weren’t what we had hoped, the experience was worth it. The best part of it all was making acquaintances with people I would never have met had I not gone on this journey. A special thanks to my family. God Bless you and God Bless America!

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

As a part of their election unit, the 8th graders at Iroquois West Middle School produced a commercial for their candidate. This was one produced for me. I really like it!

Click here to see the commercial!!

The Rutherford newspaper endorsements!

Decatur Herald Review

Galesburg Register

Lincoln Courier

Springfield Journal Register

Northwest Herald

Rockford Register Star

Champaign News Gazette

Peoria Journal Star

Southern Illinoisan

The Pantagraph

Southland Chamber Endorsement

"Dan has demonstrated his leadership in the Illinois Senate over the past years and brings an innovative vision to his candidacy for Secretary of State. His belief that Illinois will benefit from the latest business technology and his commitment to creating ultimate in customer service in the Secretary of State’s office demonstrates his understanding of business. As a business person he will bring a high standard of performance to his role as Secretary of State."

I was the guest on WBBM's 'At Issue' Chicago 780 AM. The half hour show is a popular forum for political and governmental debate. I taped a portion of the show with Political Editor, Craig Dellimore. Craig then taped the other portion with Jesse White. My preference was to have the two of us on the show together, but it did not happen that way.

Following is a link to hear the program. I am interested in your feedback:

Click Here

Be sure to vote!

and

Please join us Election Night!

Click here to see the invitation!