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John David’s Blog
"When he’s not busy on the campaign trail these days, you might find him stepping into another role. Morthland gets dressed up in an 1860′s era outfit to portray John Deere for community groups. That’s pretty cool." http://deerejohnwqad.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/morthland-morphs-into-john-deere/
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Morthland Campaign Headquarters Hosts Farmer’s Market
PORT BYRON – Rich Morthland, a member of the Rock Island County Board and Republican candidate for the open 71st House District seat, is pleased to announce today that his campaign headquarters in Port Byron is now hosting a farmers market on Wednesday afternoons this summer “Several weeks ago, a local produce stand contacted my campaign office and asked if they could set up a small farmers market in our campaign headquarters parking lot on Wednesday afternoons,” Morthland said. “We thought this was a wonderful idea, and we readily agreed to have them come in.” Morthland campaign headquarters is located on Route 84 in Port Byron at 215 N. High Street “The stand is not affiliated with our campaign in any way except for the fact that we will share our space,” Morthland said. “We are pleased to be able to provide our space as a service to our community.” The stand is open from 2-5 p.m. on Wednesdays through the summer. For questions or more inform
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Rich Morthland in the Illinois Review
Saturday, July 17, 2010 Pay raises reflect insular arrogance by Rich Morthland Last week, Illinois heard a tale with a locally familiar ring. Gov. Pat Quinn has given out more raises to members of his staff than he has staff members. He did this while the chasm in Illinois’ budget gaped to $13 billion, our unfunded pension liability ballooned past the $60 billion mark, and our worst-in-the-nation bond rating slid into a slot between Iceland and Iraq. Where I live, it reopened the wound of the Rock Island County Board’s attempt to give 12.5 percent pay raises to incoming elected officials while asking the rest of the staff to tighten their belts – or worse. I am not suggesting that public employees should work unpaid or that raises never are appropriate. However, granting raises to elected officials and gubernatorial staff when government’s financial house is collapsing is as revealing as it is reprehensible. These acts have demonstrated that our state and local governm
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Hundreds turn out for East Moline Fourth of July Parade
The East Moline Fourth of July parade was a smashing success with over 100+ walkers in attendance. Thank you to all who attended and made the parade a success! [singlepic id=54 w=320 h=240 float=none]
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Letter: Hats off to Morthland, others for rejecting pay hike
It is seldom that I have ever written a letter to the editor in as much as I don't find many issues that really get to my heart. The issue of the raise in pay for some elected officials being reserved was completely phenomenal. Can you believe it? Their pay is really substantial in many ways comparing it with other residents of Rock Island County. Congratulations to Rich Morthland who started the entire change by speaking out on the people's rights and by going to the people. This certainly doesn't happen that often. By the way, why is the salary of the chairman of the board being increased to $90,000 this December? Wow! That doesn't make sense to me. My congrats go out to Rich Morthland and any of the county board members who followed in his footsteps. A good day for Rock Island County! Ruth Kelly, Savanna Source: http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=499810&query= -------------- Thank you Ruth!
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Morthland Disappointed with Gov. Quinn’s Budget
Rich Morthland, candidate for state representative in the 71st District, expressed his disappointment with Governor Pat Quinn's final state budget for the 2011 fiscal year. "While I think the governor's budget cuts are a step in the right direction, I am disappointed with this outcome. Governor Quinn's approach is a Band-Aid on the larger self-inflicted wounds our state has suffered," Morthland said. "We are facing a $13 billion deficit, and our state is being treated as a credit risk on par with Iceland and Iraq. When you're included in a league like that, you don't want to use a Band-Aid - you want to make sure you take the appropriate steps to heal the wound before you bleed to death. "I believe that we need to go through our budget line by line, item by item, and bureaucrat by bureaucrat to eliminate the waste and corruption rampant throughout our state. Once we do that, we can take steps to redirect spending to essential services like education," Morthland added. "Only
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