Todd Stroger, County Bd. Pres. Candidate, Cable & Streaming
Jeff Berkowitz:... Isn’t there a difference between those two [politicians]. It is not just old and young. It sounds to many as a difference between Claypool, REFORM; John Stroger, NOT so much REFORM.
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Ald. Todd Stroger: When you are going to have someone come in and say I want an office that someone’s taking- sure, they’re going to say, “I’m a reformer because what do they want? They just want change. They want to change whatever is happening. That is all reform really is— is change...
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"Public Affairs," is featuring Chicago Ald. Todd Stroger, Democratic Nominee for Cook County Board President, tonight in 25 Chicago Metro suburbs [See, below, end of this post, for a detailed suburban airing schedule] on Comcast Cable; this coming Monday night [August 14] through-out the City of Chicago on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21 at 8:30 pm; And, anytime on the "Public Affairs," podcast page on your computer [Watch Now].
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The "Public Affairs," podcast page gives you a choice of more than twenty-five episodes of “Public Affairs," including shows with Ald. Todd Stroger; McCain, Obama and McSweeney; 8th CD candidates McSweeney [R]and Scheurer[I], Tony Peraica, Cook County Commissioner and Republican Nominee for County Board President , Deputy Governor Bradley Tusk on our video and audio podcast page[Watch here]. The podcast page also includes a one on one interview with 8th Cong. Dist. Republican Nominee David McSweeney [Barrington Hills], press conferences held with Governor Rod Blagojevich and his Republican Challenger, State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, a press conference with U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Cong. Bean and much, much more. [Watch here].
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Coming attractions on Public Affairs in the suburbs:
Next Week: Bill Scheurer [M-Lindenhurst], Moderate Party candidate for 8th Congressional District, is interviewed by Jeff Berkowitz, show host/producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search.
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features the Democratic Nominee for Cook County Board President, Ald. Todd Stroger, debating and discussing with show host and legal recruiter Jeff Berkowitz whether there is a schism between reformers and non-reformers in the Democratic Party, potential efficiencies from change or reform in the operation of the Cook County Health Bureau, required change or reform of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Cook County Taxes and Spending; Guns, Gays, God and Abortion, including whether abortion at Stroger Hospital is currently capped . This Public Affairs program will also air through-out the City of Chicago this Monday night, August 14 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV] and can be viewed anytime on your computer. [Watch Now].
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A partial transcript of the show with Ald. Stroger is included below and an additional partial transcript of the interview with Ald. Stroger will be posted on this blog later this week.
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Jeff Berkowitz: One of the topics on this show is, is there a schism in the Democratic party? It’s a bit interesting because in the Republican party, [former Republican State Senator] Pat O’Malley—a few years ago said everybody thought the Republican party was divided by the issue of abortion, between pro-choicers and pro-lifers. [However], he said the real schism in the Republican party, over the last three or four years… was between the reformers and the non-reformers. And now, it appears that in the election between Forrest Claypool and your father, John Stroger, in March of this year, which John Stroger won in a close race, fifty three percent to forty seven percent over Forrest Claypool--many of the pundits would say that race was between a reformer, Claypool, and a non-reformer, doing-it-the-old-way, John Stroger. Let me ask you. Is that right? And, are you a reformer, or a non-reformer?
Ald. Todd Stroger: Well, I think, right off the bat, that there comes a time when the generations move up and take the mantle. And, I think, in this instance, you’ll find that a lot of people who hold elected office in Cook County are above sixty [Ald. Stroger pauses] years of age. And there are going to be young people in the thirties and forties, who feel like it’s their time to move into those offices. So, when you have a generational change, you’re going to have a different way of thinking. But I don’t really consider the reformers’ taking over, or trying to take over. I think it is just that they see things a little differently because of the way they grew up and the previous group that held those offices. So, I see myself as just an energetic, young man who is ready to take on a higher position and take some true responsibility.
Jeff Berkowitz: …a lot of what you learned [about politics] …you learned around the house, and that’s not unusual for many people in political families—they learn not just from doing and going out and getting political experience but [also] what their parents, who are involved in politics, teach them. … [A]s you look back at that primary, looking at that race between your dad, John Stroger, and Forrest Claypool, wasn’t there a difference in the kinds of things they were saying: Claypool was talking about the bloat, the inefficiency, the patronage, the corruption in Cook County; John Stroger was talking about what he accomplished and what he hoped to accomplish. Isn’t there a difference between those two [politicians]. It is not just old and young. It sounds to many as a difference between Claypool, REFORM; John Stroger, NOT so much REFORM.
Ald. Todd Stroger: When you are going to have someone come in and say I want an office that someone’s taking- sure, they’re going to say, “I’m a reformer because what do they want? They just want change. They want to change whatever is happening. That is all reform really is— is change. So, if you put anyone else in that office but John Stroger, you’re going to have some kind of change. It is not going to be the same if it is me. It is not going to be the same if it was Forrest Claypool. But, what you learn from growing up in a political family if you’re paying any attention at all is that it is important to have allies to work with people, to be able to get things done. If you don’t get things done, then you are going to be out. And, I think that’s why President John Stroger won the election. He’s gotten things done. People could see it. Even the people who called themselves reformers can see that he made positive change. So, they wanted to put somebody new in. That’s just- That’s what I would say reform is.
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From this week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs. The program will also air though-out the City of Chicago this Monday night, August 14 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV] and can be viewed anytime on your computer [Watch Now].
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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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In twenty-five North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the show airs tonight in the regular weekly Public Affairs slot, 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.
In ten North Shore suburbs, the show is also 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.
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The episode of Public Affairs, featuring Ald. Todd Stroger, Democratic Nominee for Cook County Board President, 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 Wednesday night 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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Transcript draft prepared by Jeff Berkowitz and Amy Allen, who also does research for “Public Affairs,” and has her own political blog [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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Ald. Todd Stroger: When you are going to have someone come in and say I want an office that someone’s taking- sure, they’re going to say, “I’m a reformer because what do they want? They just want change. They want to change whatever is happening. That is all reform really is— is change...
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"Public Affairs," is featuring Chicago Ald. Todd Stroger, Democratic Nominee for Cook County Board President, tonight in 25 Chicago Metro suburbs [See, below, end of this post, for a detailed suburban airing schedule] on Comcast Cable; this coming Monday night [August 14] through-out the City of Chicago on CANTV, Cable Ch. 21 at 8:30 pm; And, anytime on the "Public Affairs," podcast page on your computer [Watch Now].
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The "Public Affairs," podcast page gives you a choice of more than twenty-five episodes of “Public Affairs," including shows with Ald. Todd Stroger; McCain, Obama and McSweeney; 8th CD candidates McSweeney [R]and Scheurer[I], Tony Peraica, Cook County Commissioner and Republican Nominee for County Board President , Deputy Governor Bradley Tusk on our video and audio podcast page[Watch here]. The podcast page also includes a one on one interview with 8th Cong. Dist. Republican Nominee David McSweeney [Barrington Hills], press conferences held with Governor Rod Blagojevich and his Republican Challenger, State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, a press conference with U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Cong. Bean and much, much more. [Watch here].
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Coming attractions on Public Affairs in the suburbs:
Next Week: Bill Scheurer [M-Lindenhurst], Moderate Party candidate for 8th Congressional District, is interviewed by Jeff Berkowitz, show host/producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search.
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features the Democratic Nominee for Cook County Board President, Ald. Todd Stroger, debating and discussing with show host and legal recruiter Jeff Berkowitz whether there is a schism between reformers and non-reformers in the Democratic Party, potential efficiencies from change or reform in the operation of the Cook County Health Bureau, required change or reform of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Cook County Taxes and Spending; Guns, Gays, God and Abortion, including whether abortion at Stroger Hospital is currently capped . This Public Affairs program will also air through-out the City of Chicago this Monday night, August 14 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV] and can be viewed anytime on your computer. [Watch Now].
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A partial transcript of the show with Ald. Stroger is included below and an additional partial transcript of the interview with Ald. Stroger will be posted on this blog later this week.
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Jeff Berkowitz: One of the topics on this show is, is there a schism in the Democratic party? It’s a bit interesting because in the Republican party, [former Republican State Senator] Pat O’Malley—a few years ago said everybody thought the Republican party was divided by the issue of abortion, between pro-choicers and pro-lifers. [However], he said the real schism in the Republican party, over the last three or four years… was between the reformers and the non-reformers. And now, it appears that in the election between Forrest Claypool and your father, John Stroger, in March of this year, which John Stroger won in a close race, fifty three percent to forty seven percent over Forrest Claypool--many of the pundits would say that race was between a reformer, Claypool, and a non-reformer, doing-it-the-old-way, John Stroger. Let me ask you. Is that right? And, are you a reformer, or a non-reformer?
Ald. Todd Stroger: Well, I think, right off the bat, that there comes a time when the generations move up and take the mantle. And, I think, in this instance, you’ll find that a lot of people who hold elected office in Cook County are above sixty [Ald. Stroger pauses] years of age. And there are going to be young people in the thirties and forties, who feel like it’s their time to move into those offices. So, when you have a generational change, you’re going to have a different way of thinking. But I don’t really consider the reformers’ taking over, or trying to take over. I think it is just that they see things a little differently because of the way they grew up and the previous group that held those offices. So, I see myself as just an energetic, young man who is ready to take on a higher position and take some true responsibility.
Jeff Berkowitz: …a lot of what you learned [about politics] …you learned around the house, and that’s not unusual for many people in political families—they learn not just from doing and going out and getting political experience but [also] what their parents, who are involved in politics, teach them. … [A]s you look back at that primary, looking at that race between your dad, John Stroger, and Forrest Claypool, wasn’t there a difference in the kinds of things they were saying: Claypool was talking about the bloat, the inefficiency, the patronage, the corruption in Cook County; John Stroger was talking about what he accomplished and what he hoped to accomplish. Isn’t there a difference between those two [politicians]. It is not just old and young. It sounds to many as a difference between Claypool, REFORM; John Stroger, NOT so much REFORM.
Ald. Todd Stroger: When you are going to have someone come in and say I want an office that someone’s taking- sure, they’re going to say, “I’m a reformer because what do they want? They just want change. They want to change whatever is happening. That is all reform really is— is change. So, if you put anyone else in that office but John Stroger, you’re going to have some kind of change. It is not going to be the same if it is me. It is not going to be the same if it was Forrest Claypool. But, what you learn from growing up in a political family if you’re paying any attention at all is that it is important to have allies to work with people, to be able to get things done. If you don’t get things done, then you are going to be out. And, I think that’s why President John Stroger won the election. He’s gotten things done. People could see it. Even the people who called themselves reformers can see that he made positive change. So, they wanted to put somebody new in. That’s just- That’s what I would say reform is.
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From this week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs. The program will also air though-out the City of Chicago this Monday night, August 14 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV] and can be viewed anytime on your computer [Watch Now].
*****************************
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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In twenty-five North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the show airs tonight in the regular weekly Public Affairs slot, 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19 or 35, as indicated, below.
In ten North Shore suburbs, the show is also 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.
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The episode of Public Affairs, featuring Ald. Todd Stroger, Democratic Nominee for Cook County Board President, 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 Wednesday night 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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Transcript draft prepared by Jeff Berkowitz and Amy Allen, who also does research for “Public Affairs,” and has her own political blog [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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