Monday, February 05, 2007

Ald. Candidate Brendan Reilly's Bond: Cable and Streaming

...Using the vernacular of Governor Rod Blagojevich, does Brendan Reilly have the testicular virility to face the issues. Because, in the City Council, things get tough.If you can’t handle Berkowitz, can you handle the City Council?
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Tonight's City of Chicago edition of "Public Affairs," airing throughout the City of Chicago at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV], features Brendan Reilly, Phantom of the City Council, being questioned, in absentia, on the issues by show host and legal recruiter Jeff Berkowitz. You may also [Watch the show with ghost guest Brendan Reilly on your computer].
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The failure of Brendan Reilly, Ghost Guest Candidate for Chicago's 42nd Ward Alderman, to keep his commitment to appear on "Public Affairs," is noted by show host and legal recruiter Jeff Berkowitz as he discusses the issues and candidates in the 42nd Ward race and questions, Reilly, in absentia, on various Chicago City Council issues, including ethics, public policy and the commitment of aldermanic Wannabees. For a more detailed discussion of tonight's show topics, the 42nd Ward race and another partial transcipt of the show, see here.
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The "Public Affairs," cinema page gives you a choice of more than twenty-five episodes of “Public Affairs," including this week's suburban show with State Senator Susan Garrett [D-Lake Forest] and Tonight's City of Chicago show with ghost guest Brendan Reilly, recent shows with Sen. Syverson [R-Rockford], Metropolitan Planning Council President MarySue Barrett, State Rep. Paul Froehlich, Eric Zorn-Dan Proft, John McCarron, Gery Chico, former State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger, Chicago Mayoral Candidate Dorothy Brown [D] and State Rep. Julie Hamos [D-Evanston], as well as interviews, discussions or remarks with or by U. S. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giulianiand many, many more pols on our video podcast page[Watch here].
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Jeff Berkowitz: … so, who’s going to call the shots here if Brendan Reilly does get elected…it raises a legitimate question: Is his campaign chairman going to call the shots? Is his former boss, Speaker Mike Madigan, going to call the shots…we’d ask Brendan Reilly these questions and he could clarify those issues if he were here, but he’s not. He said he would be here, he committed to being here…when we told him Ald. Burt Natarus would not be here, two weeks ago he said he would be here—then Brendan Reilly’s Campaign Chairman, Rob Nash, decided “he could only lose,” by showing up. That’s what we were told by Reilly’s field representative. So, using the vernacular of Governor Rod Blagojevich, does Brendan Reilly have the testicular virility to face the issues. Because, in the City Council, things get tough. If you can’t handle Berkowitz, can you handle the City Council. Would he walk away and say, he can only lose, so he is not going to go to a City Council debate...
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Jeff Berkowitz: Is Brendan Reilly a pay to play kind of guy? He spent a lot of time [working] in the state legislature. He spent a lot of time with Speaker Mike Madigan. Is that the world he inhabits? Was he a registered lobbyist? We asked his field representative. He said he didn’t know…Is he going to stand up to folks who want to do Pay to Play? We would ask Brendan Reilly… and if he were here, he could tell us… He said he would be here. He committed to being here, but he’s not…Let’s see if Ronald Reagan has anything to say…
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Jeff Berkowitz: … We might want to ask [Brendan Reilly] about Hired Truck, Hired Tow, Hired Thief. What does Brendan Reilly think about…What would he do, Intergovernmental Affairs, IGA and Torres and Vic Reyes and Robert Sorich…who is going off to prison, tried on the matter of…all sorts of improper things going on in City hiring… what does Brendan Reilly…
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Jeff Berkowitz:…People in the 42nd Ward are concerned about development. A lot of people there will say… there has been too much development; developers are running amok-- some will say. Too high a density [in the 42nd Ward]. What’s Brendan Reilly going to do about that?...I don’t know. He’s not here…He said he would be here…As former Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood used to say: in politics, your word is your bond…. And Brendan Reilly just breaks his [commitment]? ... What kind of bond is that. You can have AAA bonds, you can have junk bonds…you’re going to have to make an assessment; what does that tell you about Brendan Reilly in terms of keeping his word?
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Ghost guest Aldermanic candidate Brendan Reilly, as is airing tonight on Public Affairs throughout Chicago at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV]. The show was recorded on January 21, 2007. You may also[watch the ghost guest Brendan Reilly program 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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