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Jeff Berkowitz: Would Emil Jones, President of the State Senate, now probably the odds-on favorite to get that position—you know, people say that they would like Emil there because he’ll play ball, is that right?
Tony Peraica: That’s right.
Jeff Berkowitz: And so--
Tony Peraica: He would not be a reformer.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Is [Cook County Assessor] Jim Houlihan- one of the Great White [Democratic] Hopes to take that position—would he be a reformer?
Tony Peraica: No.
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Tony Peraica: I am not Forrest Claypool, am I? Do I look like Forrest Claypool?
Jeff Berkowitz: Actually, you do look a little like him.
Tony Peraica: Big Laugh [Show ends].
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"Public Affairs," is featuring Tony Peraica [R-Riverside] Republican Nominee for President of the Cook County Board, this week in 35 Chicago Metro suburbs on Comcast Cable; a week from this coming Monday night through-out the City of Chicago; And, on your computer, right now. [See here].
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Watch Tony Peraica, Republican nominee for Cook County Board President, on your computer, right now. [See here for the Podcast Page]. The video and audio podcast page has twenty recent episodes of "Public Affairs," including, in addition to Peraica, Congresswoman Bean [D- Barrington, 8th CD]; 8th CD Republican nominee David McSweeney [Barrington Hills]; Democratic State Rep. nominee Judith-Rae Ross [Skokie] and State Senator Ira Silverstein [D-Chicago].
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For more about Cook County Board issues and politics, See here.
For a description of some of the topics covered in the "Public Affairs," show with Tony Peraica, Republican nominee for Cook County Board President, see here.
For a partial transcript of the show with Tony Peraica, Republican nominee for Cook County Board President, see here.
For an additional transcript of this week's "Public Affairs," show with Tony Peraica, see, below.
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Show host Jeff Berkowitz and Republican nominee for President of the Cook County Board, Tony Peraica, discussed possible selections by the Cook County Democratic Central Committee to be the Democratic nominee for President of the Cook County Board in the event that President Stroger withdraws his candidacy for re-election to that position in the fall:
Jeff Berkowitz: Is [Cook County Commissioner] Bobbie Steele a reformer? Would she change government in the way that you would like to change it?
Tony Peraica: No.
Jeff Berkowitz: Is [Cook County Assessor] Jim Houlihan- one of the Great White [Democratic] Hopes to take that position—would he be a reformer?
Tony Peraica: No.
Jeff Berkowitz: Would Sheriff Sheehan- another Great White Hope- would he be a reformer?
Tony Peraica: I don’t think so.
Jeff Berkowitz: Would Emil Jones, President of the State Senate, now probably the odds-on favorite to get that position—you know, people say that they would like Emil there because he’ll play ball, is that right?
Tony Peraica: That’s right.
Jeff Berkowitz: And so--
Tony Peraica: He would not be a reformer.
Jeff Berkowitz: Emil would not be a reformer…Anybody who gets slated in that position is slated because they’ll play ball, right? This is a pay to play state?
Tony Peraica: Look, these are all individuals who have worked in the vineyards of the regular Democratic Party for the last thirty years and you think they are going to bring reform to anything?
Jeff Berkowitz: [Ald.] Ricky Munoz is said to be an Hispanic reformer and wasn’t he supporting Stroger?
Tony Peraica: You would have to ask him. I have no idea.
Jeff Berkowitz: It seemed like I saw him there [at Stroger headquarters, following along with Sen. Donne Trotter, who was speaking to the cameras on behalf of the Stroger campaign, that evening]…Cong. Luis Gutierrez, was he supporting Stroger?
Tony Peraica: I believe he did, yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: Is he a reformer?
Tony Peraica: No.
Jeff Berkowitz: All right, are you going to get Forrest Claypool to support you?
Tony Peraica: I hope to, yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: You working on that?
Tony Peraica: I am working on it.
Jeff Berkowitz: And, you think he could bring you his supporters?
Tony Peraica: I think he could bring a sizeable number.
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Jeff Berkowitz: [Republican County Board Commissioner Liz] Gorman says she has issues to discuss before she endorses you [for Cook County Board President].
You know about those issues?
Tony Peraica: I am sure she will come up with some and I look forward to that discussion.
Jeff Berkowitz: So, you can put this on a positive note? You can win African-American votes. You can unite things in the Republican Party. You can be the next Cook County Board President [the first Republican in almost four decades, since Richard Ogilvie was elected in 1968, to hold that position].
Tony Peraica: That’s right. It will take approximately 650,000 votes to make up that 51% in Cook County with a 50% turnout of registered voters and I believe that I can do that, absolutely.
Jeff Berkowitz: You’ve got to do very well in the suburbs, right?
Tony Peraica: Very well in the suburbs and we have to double the [Republican] vote in the City. About 250,000 [in the City and 400,000 in the suburbs].
Jeff Berkowitz: In the suburbs, you would emphasize the cost of Cook County Government; in the communities that benefit from these services, you would say that you could provide these services better. Is that the way to do it?
Tony Peraica: No question about it. And, also the proposals that were put together by Commissioner Quigley recently and by Commissioner Hansen in 1974 about reinventing Cook County Government is something that I would actually try to put into practice and merge some of these departments, eliminate the corruption and insider deals, eliminate some of the duplicative levels of management, people who are making over $100,000—
Jeff Berkowitz: Privatize things more?
Tony Peraica: Well, some things, perhaps, should be privatized.
Jeff Berkowitz: The unions will be against you just like they were against Claypool for his privatization [when he was running the City of Chicago Parks Dept.]
Tony Peraica: You’re assuming things again without having any factual basis for it.
Jeff Berkowitz: Were the unions against Claypool?
Tony Peraica: I believe they were.
Jeff Berkowitz: So, why are they not going to be against you?
Tony Peraica: I am not Forrest Claypool, am I? Do I look like Forrest Claypool?
Jeff Berkowitz: Actually, you do look a little like him.
Tony Peraica: Laughter, big time! [Show ends].
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In 25 North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the show airs tonight in its regular Tuesday night time slot: 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.
In 10 North Shore suburbs, the show is airing in its regular airing slot at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as indicated, below.
The show with Cook County Board President Republican nominee Tony Peraica is also available as a video podcast currently at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with nineteen other shows, which are currently airing there[See here]. The show with Tony Peraica will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night, April 17 at 8:30 pm on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21.
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The episode of Public Affairs, featuring Cook County Board President Republican nominee Tony Peraica [R-Riverside],airs tonight:
at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette
And at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.
and this Monday, Wednesday and Friday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
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Public Affairs, with Cook County Board President Republican nominee Tony Peraica [Riverside] was recorded on April 2, 2006 and is airing on the Suburban edition of Public Affairs this week [week of April 10] and on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs on Monday night, April 17 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. See, above, for a detailed, regular suburban airing schedule for Public Affairs . The show with County Board President nominee Peraica is also available as a video podcast currently at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with nineteem other shows, which are also airing there. [See here].
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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Tony Peraica: That’s right.
Jeff Berkowitz: And so--
Tony Peraica: He would not be a reformer.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Is [Cook County Assessor] Jim Houlihan- one of the Great White [Democratic] Hopes to take that position—would he be a reformer?
Tony Peraica: No.
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Tony Peraica: I am not Forrest Claypool, am I? Do I look like Forrest Claypool?
Jeff Berkowitz: Actually, you do look a little like him.
Tony Peraica: Big Laugh [Show ends].
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"Public Affairs," is featuring Tony Peraica [R-Riverside] Republican Nominee for President of the Cook County Board, this week in 35 Chicago Metro suburbs on Comcast Cable; a week from this coming Monday night through-out the City of Chicago; And, on your computer, right now. [See here].
************************************************************
Watch Tony Peraica, Republican nominee for Cook County Board President, on your computer, right now. [See here for the Podcast Page]. The video and audio podcast page has twenty recent episodes of "Public Affairs," including, in addition to Peraica, Congresswoman Bean [D- Barrington, 8th CD]; 8th CD Republican nominee David McSweeney [Barrington Hills]; Democratic State Rep. nominee Judith-Rae Ross [Skokie] and State Senator Ira Silverstein [D-Chicago].
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For more about Cook County Board issues and politics, See here.
For a description of some of the topics covered in the "Public Affairs," show with Tony Peraica, Republican nominee for Cook County Board President, see here.
For a partial transcript of the show with Tony Peraica, Republican nominee for Cook County Board President, see here.
For an additional transcript of this week's "Public Affairs," show with Tony Peraica, see, below.
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Show host Jeff Berkowitz and Republican nominee for President of the Cook County Board, Tony Peraica, discussed possible selections by the Cook County Democratic Central Committee to be the Democratic nominee for President of the Cook County Board in the event that President Stroger withdraws his candidacy for re-election to that position in the fall:
Jeff Berkowitz: Is [Cook County Commissioner] Bobbie Steele a reformer? Would she change government in the way that you would like to change it?
Tony Peraica: No.
Jeff Berkowitz: Is [Cook County Assessor] Jim Houlihan- one of the Great White [Democratic] Hopes to take that position—would he be a reformer?
Tony Peraica: No.
Jeff Berkowitz: Would Sheriff Sheehan- another Great White Hope- would he be a reformer?
Tony Peraica: I don’t think so.
Jeff Berkowitz: Would Emil Jones, President of the State Senate, now probably the odds-on favorite to get that position—you know, people say that they would like Emil there because he’ll play ball, is that right?
Tony Peraica: That’s right.
Jeff Berkowitz: And so--
Tony Peraica: He would not be a reformer.
Jeff Berkowitz: Emil would not be a reformer…Anybody who gets slated in that position is slated because they’ll play ball, right? This is a pay to play state?
Tony Peraica: Look, these are all individuals who have worked in the vineyards of the regular Democratic Party for the last thirty years and you think they are going to bring reform to anything?
Jeff Berkowitz: [Ald.] Ricky Munoz is said to be an Hispanic reformer and wasn’t he supporting Stroger?
Tony Peraica: You would have to ask him. I have no idea.
Jeff Berkowitz: It seemed like I saw him there [at Stroger headquarters, following along with Sen. Donne Trotter, who was speaking to the cameras on behalf of the Stroger campaign, that evening]…Cong. Luis Gutierrez, was he supporting Stroger?
Tony Peraica: I believe he did, yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: Is he a reformer?
Tony Peraica: No.
Jeff Berkowitz: All right, are you going to get Forrest Claypool to support you?
Tony Peraica: I hope to, yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: You working on that?
Tony Peraica: I am working on it.
Jeff Berkowitz: And, you think he could bring you his supporters?
Tony Peraica: I think he could bring a sizeable number.
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Jeff Berkowitz: [Republican County Board Commissioner Liz] Gorman says she has issues to discuss before she endorses you [for Cook County Board President].
You know about those issues?
Tony Peraica: I am sure she will come up with some and I look forward to that discussion.
Jeff Berkowitz: So, you can put this on a positive note? You can win African-American votes. You can unite things in the Republican Party. You can be the next Cook County Board President [the first Republican in almost four decades, since Richard Ogilvie was elected in 1968, to hold that position].
Tony Peraica: That’s right. It will take approximately 650,000 votes to make up that 51% in Cook County with a 50% turnout of registered voters and I believe that I can do that, absolutely.
Jeff Berkowitz: You’ve got to do very well in the suburbs, right?
Tony Peraica: Very well in the suburbs and we have to double the [Republican] vote in the City. About 250,000 [in the City and 400,000 in the suburbs].
Jeff Berkowitz: In the suburbs, you would emphasize the cost of Cook County Government; in the communities that benefit from these services, you would say that you could provide these services better. Is that the way to do it?
Tony Peraica: No question about it. And, also the proposals that were put together by Commissioner Quigley recently and by Commissioner Hansen in 1974 about reinventing Cook County Government is something that I would actually try to put into practice and merge some of these departments, eliminate the corruption and insider deals, eliminate some of the duplicative levels of management, people who are making over $100,000—
Jeff Berkowitz: Privatize things more?
Tony Peraica: Well, some things, perhaps, should be privatized.
Jeff Berkowitz: The unions will be against you just like they were against Claypool for his privatization [when he was running the City of Chicago Parks Dept.]
Tony Peraica: You’re assuming things again without having any factual basis for it.
Jeff Berkowitz: Were the unions against Claypool?
Tony Peraica: I believe they were.
Jeff Berkowitz: So, why are they not going to be against you?
Tony Peraica: I am not Forrest Claypool, am I? Do I look like Forrest Claypool?
Jeff Berkowitz: Actually, you do look a little like him.
Tony Peraica: Laughter, big time! [Show ends].
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In 25 North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the show airs tonight in its regular Tuesday night time slot: 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.
In 10 North Shore suburbs, the show is airing in its regular airing slot at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as indicated, below.
The show with Cook County Board President Republican nominee Tony Peraica is also available as a video podcast currently at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with nineteen other shows, which are currently airing there[See here]. The show with Tony Peraica will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night, April 17 at 8:30 pm on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21.
******************************************************
The episode of Public Affairs, featuring Cook County Board President Republican nominee Tony Peraica [R-Riverside],airs tonight:
at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette
And at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling.
and this Monday, Wednesday and Friday night at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
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Public Affairs, with Cook County Board President Republican nominee Tony Peraica [Riverside] was recorded on April 2, 2006 and is airing on the Suburban edition of Public Affairs this week [week of April 10] and on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs on Monday night, April 17 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21. See, above, for a detailed, regular suburban airing schedule for Public Affairs . The show with County Board President nominee Peraica is also available as a video podcast currently at the Public Affairs Cinema Complex, along with nineteem other shows, which are also airing there. [See here].
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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