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In December 2009, a radio ad attacking Senate candidate U.S. Rep. [[Mark Kirk]], Kirk's Republican primary opponent [[Andy Martin]] quoted Roeser as saying there is a "solid rumor that Kirk is a [[homosexual]]."<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-kirk-martin-29-dec29,0,440249.story Chicago Tribune, "Rep. Mark Kirk's sexual orientation questioned in GOP opponent's ad"]</ref> <ref>[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=347138&src=329 Daily Herald, "GOP slams ad questioning Kirk's sexual orientation"]</ref> In response to the rumor-mongering ad, the "Illinois Republican Party stated that, "Mr. Martin will no longer be recognized as a legitimate Republican candidate by the Illinois Republican Party."<ref>[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=347138&src=329 Daily Herald, "GOP slams ad questioning Kirk's sexual orientation"]</ref>
In December 2009, a radio ad attacking Senate candidate U.S. Rep. [[Mark Kirk]], Kirk's Republican primary opponent [[Andy Martin]] quoted Roeser as saying there is a "solid rumor that Kirk is a [[homosexual]]."<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-kirk-martin-29-dec29,0,440249.story Chicago Tribune, "Rep. Mark Kirk's sexual orientation questioned in GOP opponent's ad"]</ref> <ref>[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=347138&src=329 Daily Herald, "GOP slams ad questioning Kirk's sexual orientation"]</ref> In response to the rumor-mongering ad, the "Illinois Republican Party stated that, "Mr. Martin will no longer be recognized as a legitimate Republican candidate by the Illinois Republican Party."<ref>[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=347138&src=329 Daily Herald, "GOP slams ad questioning Kirk's sexual orientation"]</ref>



Government Contracts

Roeser has long crusaded against taxes and gocernment spending, yet his company, Otto Engineering has been awarded 223 government defense contracts since the year 2000. These contracts have netted Otto Engineering a total of $3,955,227 acccording to Governmentcontractswon.com.
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*[http://www.championnews.net/ Champion News], an internet news site published by Jack Roeser
*[http://www.championnews.net/ Champion News], an internet news site published by Jack Roeser
*[http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=964 Champion News Talk Radio archives]
*[http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=964 Champion News Talk Radio archives]
*[http://http://www.governmentcontractswon.com/department/defense/otto_engineering_inc_005434170.asp?yr=09]

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Revision as of 21:39, 26 July 2011

Jack Roeser (John O. Roeser) is an engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, businessman and more recently a civic leader and candidate for elected office.

Roeser is Chairman and founder of Otto Engineering Inc. in Carpentersville, Illinois, which manufactures electronic control and communication switches for aerospace, medical and industrial uses since 1961. In 2006, Otto had over 500 employees and annual sales of over $79 million. He has received over 50 patents in Electrical, Mechanical, Machinery and Marine products.[1][2]

Roeser enlisted in the Army in 1942 and served during World War II as a Corporal in the 1689th Engineer Battalion Combat Engineers in the Pacific Theater. He served in combat with distinction fighting the Japanese in the Philippines, most notably in the Battle of Leyte. He was one of the first U.S. Soldiers to set foot on Japan after their surrender to the Allies in 1945.[3]

In 1948 he received his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois graduating with Pi Tau Sigma honors. In 1996 Roeser was chosen as an Outstanding Alumnus of the University of Illinois.[4]

After graduating from the University of Illinois and before founding Otto Engineering he worked at the Hawthorne Works and started a three other successful businesses which are now owned by other corporations.[3][2]

Roeser is a competitive sailor. Of the many trophies his boat The Jeannine has won[5] the most prestigious is the Chicago-Mackinac Cup awarded in 1988 for winning the Chicago Yacht Club's 90th Chicago to Mackinac Boat Race.[6]

Roeser lives in Barrington, Illinois, with his wife, Jeannine.

Civic and Political activities

He is the Founder and President of the Family Taxpayers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization . The foundation claims as its primary focus the promotion of school choice as a catalyst for improvement in the public school system and as a vehicle for choices in education that will benefit students and empower parents.[2]

He is the publisher of Champion News, an internet news service which also has a Chicago talk radio program broadcasted on WIND (AM) 560 AM. [7]

He challenged incumbent Governor Jim Edgar in the Republican primary in 1994 and lost the election, garnering only 25% of the vote.[8] He also served by appointment on Governor Edgar's Education Transition Team and Lamar Alexander's Education 2000 in Illinois.[2]

Awards

Business

  • High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year, 1991[2]

Military Service

Education

  • Elgin Community College Friend of Education Award [9]
  • "Miracle on 41st Street" Award by St. Elizabeth School [10]

Controversy

In 2004, a Federal Election Commission complaint by a Washington, DC based group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, alleged that Mr. Roeser illegally funded a series of attack ads against Barack Obama who was running for U.S. Senate against Alan Keyes.[11] Roeser, who pledged to raise $1 million for Keyes' campaign, contributed $40,000 to Empower Illinois and a related group and also met with Keyes to discuss his campaign. According to a settlement issued by the FEC, the Empower Illinois Media Fund violated campaign rules by raising money to defeat Obama without registering with the FEC as a political committee or complying with federal contribution limits and reporting requirements. Empower Illinois agreed to pay a $3,000 penalty and retroactively report its expenses and contributors.[12] But the FEC said Roeser himself wasn’t complicit in the groups' violations.[13]

In December 2009, a radio ad attacking Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, Kirk's Republican primary opponent Andy Martin quoted Roeser as saying there is a "solid rumor that Kirk is a homosexual."[14] [15] In response to the rumor-mongering ad, the "Illinois Republican Party stated that, "Mr. Martin will no longer be recognized as a legitimate Republican candidate by the Illinois Republican Party."[16]


Government Contracts

Roeser has long crusaded against taxes and gocernment spending, yet his company, Otto Engineering has been awarded 223 government defense contracts since the year 2000. These contracts have netted Otto Engineering a total of $3,955,227 acccording to Governmentcontractswon.com.

References

  1. ^ Otto Engineering: About webpage
  2. ^ a b c d e Family Taxpayers Foundation: About Us webpage
  3. ^ a b c US Army Reserve MIL webpage, 416th Theater Engineer Command, From Trenches To Dollars, Retired Corporal Receives Medal, Jack Roeser Receives medal
  4. ^ MechSE Distinguished Alumni
  5. ^ Race to Mackinac Trophy Winners (Through 2009)
  6. ^ History of the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac.pdf
  7. ^ Champion News, About page
  8. ^ Our Campaigns webpage for 1994 IL Governor- R Primary, note:possibly user generated data
  9. ^ Jack Roeser presented the ECC Friend of Education Award
  10. ^ "Miracle on 41st Street" Award by St. Elizabeth School
  11. ^ "CREW Files FEC Complaint Against US Senate Candidate Alan Keyes, Empower Illinois Media Fund and Jack Roeser"
  12. ^ FEC - Alan Keyes Conciliation Agreement.pdf
  13. ^ Politico: "Anti-Obama 527 fined for rule violations"
  14. ^ Chicago Tribune, "Rep. Mark Kirk's sexual orientation questioned in GOP opponent's ad"
  15. ^ Daily Herald, "GOP slams ad questioning Kirk's sexual orientation"
  16. ^ Daily Herald, "GOP slams ad questioning Kirk's sexual orientation"
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