Chief Leach Head of the Republican Tribe

Some Johnson County citizens have noticed that Jim Leach has been passing out Indian headbands at parades throughout the entire 2nd district, except in Johnson County. Jacki Rand, who is a Choctaw Indian, is a UI Professor in the History Department and teaches American Indian Studies. Rand has been writing Leach letters about this for years. If it is not right to pass out the headbands at Parades in Johnson County, then it is not right to pass out the headbands in the rest of the 2nd District. Now this is similar to Leach saying things in Washington, while saying some entirely different in Johnson County. Check out John Deeth, who beat me to the scoop on this, for more on this.

Meanwhile Leach's opponent, Dave Loebsack, is continuing his walking tour of the 2nd District this week. Loebsack travels from Libertyville to Fairfield talking about universal health care, livable wages, renewable energy, and education.