About Maureen Yates: Community Servant and A Candidate Clearly Destined to Serve in Politics (in the Illinois 6th US House District)

About Maureen Yates: Community Servant and

A Candidate Clearly Destined to Serve in Politics

(in the Illinois 6^th US House District)

Born in England to Irish parents (knows what it is like to be the child of immigrants)

Nazis bombed her home city as a child during the second world war in the outskirts of London. (As a civilian, your views on war change depending upon whether you will be doing the bombing or the bombing will be done to you).

Education: Grammar School (English High School)

University entrance (7 subjects).

(Well educated; intelligent; articulate; critical reader; critical thinker)

Worked for a Trade Union for FIVE years.

Belonged to a union and worked for a union

Has seen the inside of negotiating for better conditions for the people.

Has first-hand experience of the necessity for compromise and negotiations.

(Understands labor issues and the importance of having a strong union)

Twice married. Two daughters with first husanbd whom she followed from London suburbs to live while he was stationed in West Indies and South Africa. Divorced first husband after 14 years. Obtained full custody of the two girls.

(Put husband ahead of career; loving and responsible mother. Embraces adventure.)

Worked in London FIVE years as secretary to the president of a chemical company.

(Highly valued worker. Understands intimately the issues of working women.)

Worked for computer company as executive in charge of all women staff.

(Recognized for leadership role and liasson representing female workers;

(Recognized for her communication skills between top management and workers.)

Met present husband, married and left chemical company to have son.

(Puts family first ahead of career. Knows the importance of being an at-home

(mother. Strong family values.)

Followed second husband whose work took him from Brussels, Belgium, to Bremen, Germany, to Stamford, Connecticut, and finally to Chicago.

Worked as a paralegal for a real estate closings attorney in Trumbull, Connecticut. Attorney also Chairman of the Democratic Party in Trumball Also worked with attorney on Trumbal Democratic Party more than SEVEN years.

(Life-long commitment to the ideals of the Democratic Party; party servant.)

After second husband's Chicago transfer, started own company, teaching & demonstrating flower arranging and wedding planning. Self-employed 13 years. Retired about 2 years.

(Successful small-business owner; sensitive to and fully knowledgeable on issues unique to small businesses owners.)

Have lived in Barrington 25 years.

(Stable member of the community; knows the important local issues.)

Son graduated Barrington High School is now a policeman on the south side of Chicago. Son's wife is a teacher in Chicago;

Eldest daughter is a social worker in Connecticut where her husband teaches.

Other daughter is early learning teacher in Connecticut married to an engineer.

(Children are accomplished community servants with very successful marriages.)

Five grandchildren range ages from 18 to almost 4; eldest grandchild is in college youngest grandchild now in day care

(Very aware of issues affecting working mothers with children.)

Volunteered at a not for profit group of homes for the elderly – 29 years, first in New York and then in Brookfield, Illinois. I was a board member for 10 years and the State President for 4 years. We organized many fund raisers, oversaw the budget, finances and ethics. I ran the Board for the 501(c)3 part of the organization. For 4 years I was also on the Home Board which runs the Home.

(Intimately familiar with the concerns and conditions of the aged and the infirm.)

Good Shepherd Hospital volunteer, approximately 4 years.

Board member of NW Animal League, an organization devoted to lobbying for animal protection laws.

(Takes the message of Genesis I, that human beings are to care for the animals of God's creating, seriously; Knows laws are needed to protect weaker creatures from stronger, predatory ones who would do them harm. Believes government can offer good and useful solutions to the practical problems of every day living.)

Election Judge for the last 8 years (now on a sabbatical while running for office).

(Knows the nuts and bolts of elections. Concerned about and knows how to detect voter fraud.)

Melissa Bean campaign worker for 7 years: phoning, mailings, letter writing, fund-raising committee member, enlisted volunteers, obtained contributions, supported candidate. Melissa will NOT give her an endorsement, because Melissa is a BITCH, and part of the entrenched incumbency of the Democratic party. The democratic party is fading into oblivion faster than the Republicans, whose demise began with Gnewt Greenbacksgrich and the so-called 1992 Republican party's new leadership - basically the corrupt Tom Delay, Grover Norquist, Jack Abramohoff, Ralph Reed, et al who are the most savage and bestial street fighters around -- and also the greediest fucking pigs we will ever encounter.

(Life-long Democrat, committed to upholding the democratic process and ideals.)

Member of these fund-raising organizations:

Public Citizens, (cares for human beings)

Common Cause, (cares for human beings)

Sierra Club, (cares for the environment)

Audobon Society, (cares for animals)

Defenders of Wildlife, (cares for animals and the environment)

ACLU, (cares for social justice and the American Constitution and Bill of Rights)

Southern Poverty Law Center, (understands hate groups, hate crimes, prejudice)

The Nature Conservancy, (cares for the environment)

National Parks & National Parks Conservation Association, (environmentalist)

World Wildlife Fund, (environmentalist)

National Wildlife Federation, (environmentalist)

Wilderness Society, (environmentalist)

Paralyzed Veterans of America, 

(supports the troops and remembers them – AFTER they return crippled by the war: understands full well wars devesating effects both on innocent citizens, AND on soldiers).

PETA, (animal lover)

Castleton Horse Rescue, (horse lover)

The Assisi Foundation, (devout Christian)

National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, (law-abiding; respects police)

NAACP, (truly believes in equal rights)

SW Indian Relief Council, (believes in lifting up the impoverished)

Christian Appalachian Project, (follower of the way of Jesus; lives the beatitudes)

Toys4Tots. (cares for children of poor families)

Democratic Party, (DNC), and the DCCC

(Life-long commitment to the ideals of the Democratic Party.)