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Commander Bob, OK, I am understanding what you are writing, stop the debate, pernmanently kill pending matter, and get it going for the 2nd & 3rd reading. Am I on the right track? In the interim the more Co-Sponsors the better correct. Thank You Pete

Commander Bob, Thank You for the update, So...after the motion to table does it go for a 2nd reading? That link is really helpful, and I will spend many hours of educational reading to learn it as much as possible. Pete

Al, That's a good Idea, On a positive note we have 6 of 12 committee members that are Co-Sponsors... Pete

Commander Bob, Educate me....How do we find out if has been tabled? Pete

That is true, BUT....Let us continue to take these baby steps... 1. 60 Co-Sponsors before the 1st committee meeting is a good thing! 2. 5 of the 12 committee members are already Co-Sponsors. 3. Out of 59 Legislative Districts in all of Illinois, 16 of them already have both Representatives that have Co-Sponsored this legislation. 4. Public Act 95-644 (HB0644) passed 17 Oct 07, started as HB0664 and had quite abit of ammendments movement / added and tossed back and forth between the House & Senate before finally approved. 5. The terminology of of Public Act 95-0644 Sec. 35 ILCS 200/15-169 new, still has burps in it. 6. HB0273 is very specific and to the point, nobody can question what exactly is being said or the intent of it. All we can do is DRIVE ON and stand up for what is RIGHT for Illinois Disabled Veterans!!!!! Take Care putintime

Sorry...Only meant to send it one time Pete

Al, I also faxed her last week and today at both her Faxes, I am positive your Fax put her on our side. We need her, she is the only Veteran on the Revenue & Finance Committee. I am also looking ahead and noticing that we have close to 20 legislative districts that both Representatives from that district have Co-Sponsored HB 0273. It may mean nothing, but I look at historical trends, and we are doing things that have never been achieved before. With that being said, I am going to go back to past IGA legislation sessions and see which Senators have Co-Sponsored past veteran legislation on this issue regardless it be HB's or SB's and what happened. Take Care, Pete Al, I also faxed her last week and today at both her Faxes, I am positive your Fax put her on our side. We need her, she is the only Veteran on the Revenue & Finance Committee. I am also looking ahead and noticing that we have close to 20 legislative districts that both Representatives from that district have Co-Sponsored HB 0273. It may mean nothing, but I look at historical trends, and we are doing things that have never been achieved before. With that being said, I am going to go back to past IGA legislation sessions and see which Senators have Co-Sponsored past veteran legislation on this issue regardless it be HB's or SB's and what happened. Take Care, Pete Al, I also faxed her last week and today at both her Faxes, I am positive your Fax put her on our side. We need her, she is the only Veteran on the Revenue & Finance Committee. I am also looking ahead and noticing that we have close to 20 legislative districts that both Representatives from that district have Co-Sponsored HB 0273. It may mean nothing, but I look at historical trends, and we are doing things that have never been achieved before. With that being said, I am going to go back to past IGA legislation sessions and see which Senators have Co-Sponsored past veteran legislation on this issue regardless it be HB's or SB's and what happened. Take Care, Pete

Stand to be corrected..... As of 10 February 2009 at 1330 the HB0273 has the following; A total of 56 Co-Sponsors, more than any other HB going in front of the Revenue & Finance Committee Hearing on February 11, 2009 at 1000. There are 5 members of the Revenue & Finance committee that have Co-Sponsored HB0273, they are; Linda Chapa LaVIA Bob Biggins ® Suzanne Bassi ® Careen M. Gordon (D) Ed Sullivan, Jr. ® HB0273 - MUST PREVAIL PLEASE email & Fax all the Illinois Representatives that have not Co-Sponsored this legislation. Better yet, send your personal story how it effects you or someone you know. We are making baby steps, but it is better than the previous IGA crawl that we have delt with in the last 4 years. Take Care, putintime </SPAN>

Al, Way to go!!!!!!.....Hopefully it is read while they are in debate or going over HB0273!!!!! Pete

Stand to be corrected..... As of 10 February 2009 at 1200 the HB0273 has the following; A total of 52 Co-Sponsors, more than any other HB going in front of the Revenue & Finance Committee Hearing on February 11, 2009 at 1000. There are 4 members of the Revenue & Finance committee that have Co-Sponsored HB0273, they are; Bob Biggins ® Suzanne Bassi ® Careen M. Gordon (D) Ed Sullivan, Jr. ® HB0273 - MUST PREVAIL PLEASE email & Fax all the Illinois Representatives that have not Co-Sponsored this legislation. Better yet, send your personal story how it effects you or someone you know. We are making baby steps, but it is better than the previous IGA crawl that we have delt with in the last 4 years. Take Care, putintime Al was right at the beginning when he mentioned the committee, but it was just the Democrats that had been selected at that time. Now they balanced the committee with 5 Republicans.

They just named the members for that 11 February 2009 Revenue & Finance committee, Now here is the questions.... First they have a total of 66 HB's to look at that day...Now HB0273 has the most co-sponsors with over 46, the next one even remotely close is HB0023 with 17. I am just wondering how this works, I will be following it closely. I do know I have personally emailed and Faxed everyone in this committee for support. So far only Careen M. Gordon has responded positively. Linda Chapa LaVia is a veteran and has co-sponsored past legislation on this issue. Keep Positive; Pete

Al, That database you provided fellow veterans is going to save so much time. Hopefully it is used and abused for all the right reasons. I see that they have set up a Feb 11 Revenue & Finance committee date at 10:00, If you go to committees and click, they have 43 HB's to go over that day, and NONE have the co-sponsors compared to HB0273, Let us keep it going. I am going to see who else co-sponsors before the end of the week before I send round two of my love letter emails..... Round two will consist of those that have not co-sponsored, and said they would on return emails, and past IGA co-sponsors of the same HB in previous legislation. Pete

ILLINOIS VETERANS LETS DO IT TOGETHER WE ARE AT 39 CO-SPONSORS FOR HB0273. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING BUT A VERY GOOD BEGINNING, THE 96TH ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE IN NOW IN SESSION....CONTACT YOU REPRESENATIVES AND SENATORS, MATTER FACT CONTACT ALL OF THEM AND LET THEM KNOW, THAT WE KNOW, WHAT IS GOING ON...GET INVOLVED!!!!, THERE ARE ABOUT 870,000 VETERANS IN ILLINOIS. tHAT IS WHY MORE THAN 180 LAWMAKERS IN ILLINOIS THAT MAKE MANY DECISIONS THAT WILL EFFECT YOU. CONTACT ALL 39 CO-SPONSORS OF HB0273 AND THANK THEM FOR ALL THE DISABLED VETERANS IN ILLINOIS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. PUTINTIME

Al, Tried to send you an email, for some reason I cannot.. Question of the day???? The past IGA's (94th & 95th) also had the exact same legislation as HB0273 (HB4197 in the 95th IGA) (HB4247 in the 94th IGA) and never got passed the First Reading and ended up getting dropped at the end of each session. What is your suggestion to overcome this delemia, or to overcome it before it becomes stagnet. Pls Assist!!!! Thanxs Pete

Al & Grace, You two are throwing out names that have not even responded to my emails. You two are neighbors.... Take Care, Pete

Al & Grace, Stay on it....Go to the IGA website, we are at 14 co-sponsors, and by the names we are hearing from in a positive note, more are to come. Al, You are so right, it's a whole new game, and we must run with it. 4 More C-Sponsors; Rep. l. Dugan. - 79th District Rep. M. Berrios - 39th District Rep. S. Feigenholtz - 12th District Rep. A. Saviano - 77th District Please call, write, fax, or email these Rep. and Thank them for their support on HB0273, we need all the attention that we can get. Let's get it going full speed.... Take Care, putintime

Our emails & Faxes are working.... Rep. H. Ramey,Jr. - 55th District Please call, write, fax, or email this Rep. and Thank him for his support in HB0273, we need all the attention that we can get. Let's get it going full speed.... Take Care, putintime

Grace, Great!!! You did the right thing....Once you see her as a co-sponsor personally write her, and Thank her. I have had a few that say they are going to but.....I'm waiting until Feb 4. when they will be in Springfied. Here is a Thank You letter I personally send to all that are Cheif Co-Sponsors / Co- Sponsors. Illinois Represenative ............; From ALL the Illinois Disabled Veterans & I thank you for being a Co-Sponsor on legistation HB0273. It will help equalize the injustice of benefits for Illinois Disabled Veterans, in retrospect to other state benefits concerning property tax and limited income disabled veterans. Sincerely, Joseph C. Peterson Illinois Life Member: The American Legion # 203674429 American Veterans (AMVETS) # 2302527 Disabled American Veterans (DAV) # 120199594432 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) # 410674 American Military Retiree Association (AMRA) # 14185 The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA) # 16572873 Take Care, Pete

We appriciate any and all support we can get.... Thank You... Take Care, Putintime

Grace, I'm going to stay at this sub site for now...We have had 8875 hits so far, and to me it is going to the veterans it effects the most; Illinois Veterans. Appriciate the insight, more and more veterans are getting involved, and that is great. Word of mouth and newspapers are another way, there are veterans everywhere or family members of veterans, and family members of those currently serving. This HB0273 effects many people in Illinois, and we need to start the snowball effect going down a mountain. Take Care, Pete

samalw, Did the same thing, Did the emails to each individual to personalize it, but it took me longer 'cause I'm sorta anal retentive on the computer, but it is a tool that I now would have a hard time living without. I have learned to make backup files and still keep a hard copy of many things. thanxs putintime

Illinois Veteran who want to get involved.... I have many 2007-2008 Illinois / Handbook of GOVERNMENT paperback books left that are very informative.If you want one just sent a message to me and I will get one out to you. We must UNITE and FIGHT for what is RIGHT when it comes to Illinois Disabled Veterans and HB0273. To many other states already have some type of this benefit for their disabled veterans, now that Blago is gone and Quinn is in, we need to step it up. I know that Quinn is proactive when it comes to veteran issues. Samalw is a wiz on linking and inputted much information that can be downloaded if need be. Lets get involved and show Illinois what being a veteran is all about. Take Care, Putintime

Al, Grace and all Illinois Veterans getting involved We are going to see this through to the end one way or another.... I have emailed all Illinois Representatives / Senators, now I am going for the newspapers opinion columns (most of them are free). Al is the link man...I am sure if more veterans understood the process they would be able to understand their Reps / Senators lingo. I am working with some veterans organizations to get our fellow district Representatives and Senators to talk at local organizations..ie..American Legion, Veteran of Foreign Wars posts etc...Maybe this will help put a bug in their ear that we are not only watching, but also listening what they have to say about veterans in their districts. Take Care Pete

Great.... Now we must get all involved and contact all the Illinois Representatives and Senators to Co-Sponsor HB0273, while it is a hot item, and sounds like Blago be gone 59-0 We have 9 Co-Sponsors so far, and the house does not convene till February 4, 2009 Take Care, Pete

Al, How do you send private messages through this site. My email is: fta981001@yahoo.com Have you been watching this thing on Blago? All these people are calling and defending him. He needs to go IMHO !! I'm glad ya got the book, Your going to see a number of emails have changed, but the fax numbers are good. Take Care Pete