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  Meet the Wadsworths
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Last EditedRP  Mar 06, 2008 07:23pm
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MediaNewspaper - Chicago Tribune
News DateFriday, March 7, 2008 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionRob Wadsworth is a firefighter. His wife, Amanda, works as an office assistant. They live in Yorkville and get by OK on $73,000 a year. They have a mop-headed little boy and a cute little girl. Take a look at their photo here. Aren't they just adorable?

"We can't afford Bill Foster's tax hikes!!" says the headline on Oberweis' glossy flier, which was sent to voters in advance of Saturday's special election.

If Bill Foster gets his way, the Wadsworths will pay an extra $8,905 a year!

Total fiction. All of it. These people don't exist. They were created by Oberweis' campaign, which bought stock photos to use in the ad.

They're nice-looking folks, although they're sporting awfully big smiles given that they could be slapped with Foster's huge tax increases.

Pure coincidence? Makes us think any similarity between the Oberweis campaign and the truth is pure coincidence.

He's done this kind of thing before. In 2006, he ran a TV ad that used fake headlines from several newspapers to trash his Republican opponent for governor, Judy Baar Topinka. The ad had the Tribune masthead above a headline that said: "Investigation into Topinka." The Tribune didn't run that headline or those words.

This page endorsed Bill Foster earlier this week. One reason for that decision: Oberweis has shown in four campaigns that he plays fast and loose with the truth.

By the way, using Oberweis' calculations, the Wadsworths must be paying $34,250 in taxes on their $73,000 income. And that's before the $8,905 increase.

They really need a new tax accountant.

Oh, that's right. They're not real.
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