| Clarification | The committee has decided to file its final report and terminate because it cannot afford to defend against the campaign finance complaint filed against it. The committee believes it fully complied with the Illinois Election Code, and it did not coordinate with any candidates in producing the mailers identified as independent expenditures. However, as the complaint discovery process began, we realized as a committee of essentially two people with limited resources, we are unable to defend ourselves. We also believe that the discovery is intended to discover material unrelated to the campaign finance complaint for political purposes. We have chosen not to amend our quarterly reports identifying certain mailers as independent expenditures because we stand by that categorization and believe it is appropriate. |