from the Brady for Governor campaign
Following the release this morning by Illinois Review of the entire McKenna Report, Republican candidate for Governor Bill Brady today called on Andy McKenna to come clean on the ethics review and reimburse the Republican Party for the funds he misspent on a poll that benefitted him.
“Andy has tried for weeks to cover this up and keep the public from knowing the whole truth,” Brady said, “and we now we know why. With all the documents and exhibits, it reads like a Blagojevich indictment. Andy should have just been up front all along.”
The ethics review, conducted by the Illinois State Republican Party, cited McKenna for “conflict of interest” and “ethical missteps” by secretly using state party funds to conduct an opinion poll of himself. McKenna has refused to answer questions about the episode and would not release the full report with documentation.
“Who’s wearing the Blago wig now?” Brady asked, referring to an ad campaign where McKenna superimposed Blagojevich’s hair on the State Capitol Building. “Andy might want to put it on himself and make a formal apology to the Republican voters and contributors of Illinois.”
Brady, campaigning in the Rockford area this morning, also called on McKenna to reimburse the state party for the cost of the poll.
“He spends millions of family dollars on his campaign,” Brady said. “The poll would be small change to him.”
