Louis I. Lang

State Representative

Assistant Majority Leader

16th District

Democratic Floor Leader

Chairman Gaming

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Judiciary I - Civil Law

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Capitol Office: 109 State Capitol, Springfield, IL 62706

217-782-1252

District Office: 4121 Main St., Skokie, IL 60076

847-673-1131 E-Mail: RepLouLang@aol.com

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Lou Lang Thanked for his comments, by Illinois residents, to the General Assembly on July 7, 2007 regarding the Illinois State Budget

To: reploulang@aol.com
Sent: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 5:34 pm
Subject: Speech (7/7/07)

Representative Lou Lang:

Although I live nowhere near your district and tend to lean more to the Republican side of Independent, I want to express my thoughts on the speech you gave to the General Assembly on the 7th of July. I heard it on the CapitolFax blog and actually read the transcript as I listened to it on my computer.

I want to thank you for you candor, intelligent thoughts and how you stepped up and challenged the governor. I'm not much of a political junky (although as a teacher I tend to pay more attention), but I do follow what happens (or doesn't happen) in Springfield. I hope that you will continue to step to the microphone and tell the truth!

Please continue to push your leaders to complete the budget, and please do so in a truly balanced fashion (not stealing from future money sources as has been done in the past).

Thanks again, you made my day!

Nathan Nollen, Pontiac, IL

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From: Keith Schroeder
To: reploulang@aol.com
Sent: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 8:25 pm
Subject: General thank you

Dear Rep. Lang,

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your comments yesterday before the general assembly.  While I am sure that many remotely aware of state politics are thinking the same things, you were able to state the "facts" of this overtime session very eloquently.  While politicians are not really known to be beneath petty games, I think it's safe to say that the finger for a vast majority, if not all, of the blame for this year's political games can be pointed strongly at Mr. Blagojevich (I refuse to call him Governor anymore, since I don't remember the last time he acted like one).

I actually am a staunch conservative and generally vote Republican (although I did vote for Lisa Madigan and Dan Hynes in the last election).  Political affiliation aside, I believe that Mr. Blagojevich has been a huge embarrassment to this state, not just this session, but for the previous four years, and I would be saying the same thing if he was a Republican.  I don't normally seek to give advice to the Democratic party, but I honestly feel that if the Democrats in this state stand up and find some way to get rid of Blagojevich, or at least minimize his influence as much as possible, it would give a huge lift to the Democrats in this state that stand up for integrity, honesty, and financial responsibility, such as you did yesterday.

Thank you again for your words yesterday, and I pray that they'll make some sort of an impact in how the rest of this overtime session proceeds (although I won't be holding my breath).

Sincerely,

Keith Schroeder, Rushville, IL

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From: John & Marsha Miller
To: reploulang@aol.com
Sent: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 7:01 pm
Subject: YOU ROCK!

I absolutely loved your floor speech yesterday.  It should be printed in every single solitary newspaper in this state, and the sooner the better.  Keep up the good work.

Marsha Miller

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From: Marty Maloney
To: reploulang@aol.com
Sent: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 6:47 pm
Subject: Thank You

Representative Lang,

I just wanted to thank you for the speech you gave yesterday speaking about/to the Governor.  Unfortunately, I live in Park Ridge and my guess is that my representation was not present, though I'm just guessing on that. 

I did hear your speech on The Capitol Fax Blog, and was encouraged at your thinking and ability to stand up to our Governor...we need more thinking like yours and more Democrats willing to step up and publicly challenge Rod's policies and decisions that will leave the State much worse for them.

 Again thank you for your actions.

 Marty Maloney

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From: Terry
To: RepLouLang@aol.com
Sent: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 7:27 am
Subject: Re: My comments on the House floor regarding the Governor's Special Sessions

DEAR LOU: 

THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE TRANSCRIPT OF YOUR SPEECH TO ME.  IT MADE ME QUITE PROUD TO KNOW YOU, NOT JUST AS ONE OF MY REPRESENTATIVES, BUT AS A FRIEND.  I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW BADLY THIS SITUATION EFFECTS THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS.  YOU KNOW THAT VERY WELL.  YET,  IT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT THERE REALLY ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO GIVE A DAMN. 

I WISH YOU AND YOUR FELLOW REPRESENTATIVES THE VERY BEST OF LUCK.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD, AND DEDICATED WORK ON OUR BEHALF.

BEST REGARDS,

TERRY 

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