− | In 2008, he was the statewide spokesman and one of three state-wide coordinators for the group seeking to convene an Illinois Constitutional Convention.<ref>(2008) Sweeney, Chuck, Constitutional convention? Here's a pro-con,<i>Rockford Register Star,</i>, June 18</ref> He wrote the field guide for campaign workers which was used in other states also seeking to convene constitutional conventions. | + | In 2008, he was the statewide spokesman and one of three state-wide coordinators for the group seeking to convene an Illinois Constitutional Convention.<ref>(2008) Sweeney, Chuck, Constitutional convention? Here's a pro-con,<i>Rockford Register Star,</i>, June 18</ref> He wrote the field guide for campaign workers which was used in other states also seeking to convene constitutional conventions. He was selected a charter member of the board of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF) in 1994. |