Fess Up Jeff: Ties to Indicted Cellini

Brendan Appel is smart, hard-working, and principled. It's long past time for Democrat pay to player Jeff Schoenberg to go. The Appel campaign:

THE MATH ADDS UP FOR SCHOENBERG: $12,500 FOR BLAGOJEVICH, $1,000 FROM CELLINI CONNECTED GROUP & A JOB FOR HIS WIFE FROM TONY REZKO

Schoenberg Received Contribution From Cellini Group, Ties to ‘Pay to Play’ Culture Grow Stronger

KENILWORTH, IL — With today’s indictment of Springfield power broker William “Bill” Cellini on federal corruption charges, Senate District nominee Brendan Appel called on Senator Jeff Schoenberg to come clean about his ties, not only to convicted influence peddler Antoin “Tony” Rezko, but to Cellini and a contribution Schoenberg received from the Good Government Council, a Cellini-connected political action committee.

Cellini was indicted today, as a result of the ongoing “Operation Board Games” investigation by federal authorities into state corruption, on one count each of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe.

Disclosures to the Illinois State Board of Elections reveal Jeff Schoenberg has received $1,000 from the Ilinois Asphalt Pavers Association’s Good Government Council, a political action committee and organization that Cellini has run for the past several years. Schoenberg’s connection to the ‘Pay to Play” culture in Springfield grows ever stronger with the revelation yesterday that Schoenberg went to convicted influence peddler Tony Rezko to get a state board chairmanship for his wife, along with contributing $12,500 to Blagojevich’s campaign (Blagojevich and Schoenberg have not been accused of any wrongdoing).

“With only five days to go in the campaign, Jeff Schoenberg’s connections to the ‘Pay to Play’ culture in Springfield grow ever stronger,” said Appel. “His ties to Blagojevich, Rezko, and Cellini, while troubling, speak for themselves. Working families in the 9th District deserve better.”