Stalker George Gollin Eyes Run for Congress

[Armando Ramos]

I sure wouldn't want to disappoint him. Some people call it "vitriol," others just call it "the truth."

Tom Kacich: UI prof ready for vitriol if he campaigns
Wed, 05/01/2013 - 7:00am | Tom Kacich



George Gollin, a potential Democratic candidate for Congress in the 13th Congressional District, said he's prepared for negative ads, dirty tricks or anything else thrown his way should he get into the race.

There was some measure of that last year when Republican Rodney Davis ran against Democrat David Gill in the district that stretches from Champaign-Urbana southwest to Madison County near St. Louis. So-called independent groups poured millions of dollars into the race, much of it spent on harsh, negative television ads. There were also "trackers" who trailed the candidates, tried to goad them into provocative exchanges and constantly videotaped their responses.

Davis won that race, and likely will face a similar onslaught next year when interest groups will attack his congressional voting record.

Gollin, although he has never run for public office before, said he had a similar experience when he investigated diploma and credentials fraud, and worked with members of Congress to crack down on them.

The reaction, found on numerous websites, has been all kinds of vitriolic attacks on Gollin, his family and the University of Illinois.

"If someone says something negative about me in a political context, it would at the worst just be more of the same," said Gollin, a Champaign resident who is a professor of physics at the University of Illinois. "I can't imagine it would be similar to that level in a political election."

The attacks, Gollin believes, are from people involved in credentials fraud.

"They published doctored photographs, published my Social Security number, my vehicle identification numbers and other personal information," he said.

Gollin is still looking into running for the Democratic nomination, but he has set up a website, is accepting campaign donations and gave what he said was his first political speech Sunday night.

He's even preparing for a summer of meetings, political picnics, parades and more.

"I love that stuff," he said. "I'm just so happy talking to people, hanging out. I really do enjoy it."

He said he'll decide whether to run either this summer or fall and said if he does run, he will take unpaid leave from his job at the UI for the spring semester of 2014.

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Some more of Gollum's fiction. How many lies can you spot on his campaign website?

Who would know more about "educating our children" than the Gollin Klan, where it takes two PhDs to produce one foul-mouthed lesbian cheerleader?

Scientist, Teacher, Watchdog

My family and I have lived in Champaign since 1989. I teach physics at the University of Illinois, and work in national education and science policy. I am also considering running for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ten years ago, I came upon a gang of Americans selling visa services into the Middle East, and fake college degrees—including MDs—all over the world. I published a report about them and, to my alarm, found myself in a fight. There were threats to my family and rumblings about lawsuits, arson, and gunfire. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security took an interest and sent the perpetrators to prison. We discovered that members of their circle were involved in child pornography and human trafficking.

Two members of congress learned of the case and drafted legislation to suppress credential fraud, asking some of us in higher education to help. The bill was well received by the House of Representatives. But a senator whose party had been receiving money from the largest diploma mill in the United States objected. He gutted most of what we had created.

This is how our government fails us.

I am convinced that we can change this, that we can carry our ideas to Washington and drive them past gridlock, past partisanship, and past the river of money that flows through our politics. We have seen audacious goals succeed elsewhere: South Africa, Northern Ireland, Eastern Europe. It can be done here.

Our birthright is to dream boldly. It is within our power to educate our children, develop clean energy, care for the elderly and infirm, and fight corruption. Working together, we can change everything.

Friends of George Gollin
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Champaign, IL 61824-0333
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GoDaddy and a PO Box???? Sounds like the exact sort of highly suspect arrangement that those unsavory diploma mills perpetrate! What do the Friends of George Gollin have to hide???? Wouldn't a reputable operation have a real address??? Some sort of nefarious activity under foot here?????

Phone number 217-979-1104 tracks back to a cell phone! Again, what sort of reputable operation uses a cell phone as a primary number? Another highly suspect circumstance associated with a fly-by-night operator.

See how it works, George? Your little "campaign" hasn't even gotten off the ground and you already look like a complete flake, or more of a complete flake than you already looked like.

Better hire a bunch of good lawyers and accountants because somebody is going to make double damn sure that you are complying with all the campaign finance laws.