Dancing with State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, On cable and soon to be Streaming
Updated on Wednesday, April 25 at 12:15 pm: You can now watch The Public Affairs show with State Rep. and possible 14th CD candidate Linda Chapa LaVia[D-Aurora] by Going here.
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Jeff Berkowitz: …are you running for the 14th Cong. District seat? [Currently held by Cong. Hastert [R-Yorkville]].
State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora]: We’ll have to see if the numbers are there.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You voted against drivers licenses, five or six years ago--
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: Right, five years ago.
Jeff Berkowitz: For, as you would put it, undocumented workers; as others would put it, illegal immigrants. You then voted for in-state tuition for undocumented children...
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This Week's suburban edition of "Public Affairs," airing in the Chicago metro suburbs, features State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora], the first Hispanic elected State Rep. to a single member district outside of Cook County, and that was in 2002 [See the end of this post for the suburban airing schedule of "Public Affairs."]
State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora], a 5th generation Mexican-American with a business and military background --and an Italian-American husband-- is in her fifth year as a State Rep.
Rep. Chapa LaVia discusses and debates with show host and legal recruiter Jeff Berkowitz the desireability, or lack thereof, of the Governor’s proposed Gross Receipts tax or the HB 750 tax swap; education reform [school vouchers-school choice and charter schools, a possible run in the 14th Cong. District [a seat currently held by Cong. Hastert] and much more. See, below, for a list of other topics discussed and for the Public Affairs suburban airing schedule. You may also [Go Here to watch this week's suburban show with State Rep. Chapa LaVia, as well as other shows with such notables as Obama, McCain, Giuliani, Senator Lauzen, John Filan, Sen. Syverson and many others on your computer; trouble accessing our cinema page on your computer? Try watching Public Affairs on I-Tunes].
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State Rep. Chapa LaVia will be the featured guest on the Monday, April 30, 2007 [8:30 pm, Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV]]City of Chicago edition of "Public Affairs."
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The show with State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora] will also air next Monday night at 7:30 pm in Aurora and some surrounding areas on Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10. The Aurora station reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
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The "Public Affairs," cinema page gives you a choice of more than twenty-five episodes of “Public Affairs," to watch on your computer including this week's suburban show State Rep. and possible 14th CD candidate Linda Chapa LaVia and last week's show with Sen. Chris Lauzen [R-Aurora], who is also a possible 14th CD candidate . The cinema page also has recent shows with State Rep. John Fritchey, State Rep. Paul Froehlich, as well as interviews, discussions or remarks with or by U. S. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and many, many more pols on our video podcast page[Go Here to Watch the Shows on your computer; you can drag the dial on the bottom of the screen to watch only portions of the thirty minute shows].
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Topics discussed in this week's suburban edition of Public Affairs include Governor Blagojevich's proposed Gross Receipts Tax, the HB750 tax swap and the impact of the proposed taxes on customers; Drivers licenses or Drivers Certificates for illegal immigrants; children of illegal immigrants paying in-state tuition rates to attend Illinois public universities and colleges; comprehensive national immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for certain illegal immigrants currently in the country, increased interior control and border control of illegal immigration; the need for more accountability in education, school vouchers-school choice and charter schools, a possible expansion of the "Caps," on the expansion of charter schools; Gov. Blagojevich's proposal to expand eligibility for health insurance subsidies, a possible run in the 14th Cong. Dist. by State Rep. Linda Chapa Lavia [D] and much, much more.
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Jeff Berkowitz: …are you running for the 14th Cong. District seat? [Currently held by Cong. Hastert].
State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora]: We’ll have to see if the numbers are there.
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Jeff Berkowitz: See the numbers.
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: We have to see the numbers.
Jeff Berkowitz: If the numbers are good, then you run?
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: There is a possible chance.
Jeff Berkowitz: It doesn’t really matter whether Cong. Hastert seeks re-election or not, your decision is independent of that. It’s about numbers, right?
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: It’s about the numbers. It’s representing people. And, I think it’s really important that people in that [14th Cong.] District feel like they are being represented and not be taken for granted. And, I’ve seen a lot of that.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You voted against drivers licenses [for illegal immigrants], five or six years ago--
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: Right, five years ago.
Jeff Berkowitz: For, as you would put it, undocumented workers; as others would put it, illegal immigrants. You then voted for in-state tuition for undocumented children- some would say children of illegal immigrants, but then in this session…you voted, yes, give them [illegal immigrants] a driver certificate?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: Yes, for me, it is a Homeland Security issue, it is an American issue. It is knowing where the person is and making that individual pay into the system and start the process of making them become either a resident or asking them to remove themselves. There is also a stipulation in there that if they have a “record,” then they would be deported. So, there is a lot of good stuff in there.
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Jeff Berkowitz: …the Governor calls it the Gross Receipts Tax. Everything is taxed, not just final sales—[but also] intermediate sales, expansion [of the tax to] services, e.g., haircuts, car repairs—there are a few exceptions, but they are few and far between…is there a seven billion dollar tax increase in store for your constituents and, heck, for all of those who live in Illinois?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: I am not on board—
Jeff Berkowitz: You are not signing on to the GRT, the Gross Receipts Tax?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: Not signing on to it right now. It affects my business. I have received those postcards and letters.
Jeff Berkowitz: Might you sometime support it?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: Not right now. Not in its current form, even though he has even raised the cap to two [million dollars, that is- businesses with revenue of less than two million dollars will not pay the GRT]. That’s still not enough… and people are naïve if they don’t think it is going to come down to the average person. Because if it gets put in place and we are going to have to pay these taxes—corporations—
Jeff Berkowitz: It gets passed on?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: It gets passed on right down to us.
Jeff Berkowitz: So, it is kind of like a take on the NRA. Individuals pay taxes, corporations don’t pay taxes?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: Yeah, there you go.
Jeff Berkowitz: Does that make sense to you? Individuals pay taxes, not corporations? Do you agree?
State Rep. Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora]: Eventually.
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State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora], as she is airing this week on Public Affairs in 35 Chicago Metro suburbs [See below for the suburban airing schedule] and as will be airing on Monday, April 30, 2007 [8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21, CANTV] on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs and at 7:30 pm on Aurora Community Television, on Comcast Cable Ch. 10 in Aurora and some surrounding areas. The show was recorded on April 22, 2007. You may also[watch the show with Rep. Chapa LaVia here].
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In twenty-five North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the "Public Affairs," show airs every Tuesday night 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 Public Affairs show airs three times each week in its regular slots at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as indicated, below. ******************************************************
The suburban episode of Public Affairs with guest State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora] 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 week on Monday night, 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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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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Jeff Berkowitz: …are you running for the 14th Cong. District seat? [Currently held by Cong. Hastert [R-Yorkville]].
State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora]: We’ll have to see if the numbers are there.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You voted against drivers licenses, five or six years ago--
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: Right, five years ago.
Jeff Berkowitz: For, as you would put it, undocumented workers; as others would put it, illegal immigrants. You then voted for in-state tuition for undocumented children...
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This Week's suburban edition of "Public Affairs," airing in the Chicago metro suburbs, features State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora], the first Hispanic elected State Rep. to a single member district outside of Cook County, and that was in 2002 [See the end of this post for the suburban airing schedule of "Public Affairs."]
State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora], a 5th generation Mexican-American with a business and military background --and an Italian-American husband-- is in her fifth year as a State Rep.
Rep. Chapa LaVia discusses and debates with show host and legal recruiter Jeff Berkowitz the desireability, or lack thereof, of the Governor’s proposed Gross Receipts tax or the HB 750 tax swap; education reform [school vouchers-school choice and charter schools, a possible run in the 14th Cong. District [a seat currently held by Cong. Hastert] and much more. See, below, for a list of other topics discussed and for the Public Affairs suburban airing schedule. You may also [Go Here to watch this week's suburban show with State Rep. Chapa LaVia, as well as other shows with such notables as Obama, McCain, Giuliani, Senator Lauzen, John Filan, Sen. Syverson and many others on your computer; trouble accessing our cinema page on your computer? Try watching Public Affairs on I-Tunes].
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State Rep. Chapa LaVia will be the featured guest on the Monday, April 30, 2007 [8:30 pm, Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV]]City of Chicago edition of "Public Affairs."
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The show with State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora] will also air next Monday night at 7:30 pm in Aurora and some surrounding areas on Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10. The Aurora station reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
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The "Public Affairs," cinema page gives you a choice of more than twenty-five episodes of “Public Affairs," to watch on your computer including this week's suburban show State Rep. and possible 14th CD candidate Linda Chapa LaVia and last week's show with Sen. Chris Lauzen [R-Aurora], who is also a possible 14th CD candidate . The cinema page also has recent shows with State Rep. John Fritchey, State Rep. Paul Froehlich, as well as interviews, discussions or remarks with or by U. S. Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and many, many more pols on our video podcast page[Go Here to Watch the Shows on your computer; you can drag the dial on the bottom of the screen to watch only portions of the thirty minute shows].
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Topics discussed in this week's suburban edition of Public Affairs include Governor Blagojevich's proposed Gross Receipts Tax, the HB750 tax swap and the impact of the proposed taxes on customers; Drivers licenses or Drivers Certificates for illegal immigrants; children of illegal immigrants paying in-state tuition rates to attend Illinois public universities and colleges; comprehensive national immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for certain illegal immigrants currently in the country, increased interior control and border control of illegal immigration; the need for more accountability in education, school vouchers-school choice and charter schools, a possible expansion of the "Caps," on the expansion of charter schools; Gov. Blagojevich's proposal to expand eligibility for health insurance subsidies, a possible run in the 14th Cong. Dist. by State Rep. Linda Chapa Lavia [D] and much, much more.
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Jeff Berkowitz: …are you running for the 14th Cong. District seat? [Currently held by Cong. Hastert].
State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora]: We’ll have to see if the numbers are there.
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Jeff Berkowitz: See the numbers.
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: We have to see the numbers.
Jeff Berkowitz: If the numbers are good, then you run?
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: There is a possible chance.
Jeff Berkowitz: It doesn’t really matter whether Cong. Hastert seeks re-election or not, your decision is independent of that. It’s about numbers, right?
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: It’s about the numbers. It’s representing people. And, I think it’s really important that people in that [14th Cong.] District feel like they are being represented and not be taken for granted. And, I’ve seen a lot of that.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You voted against drivers licenses [for illegal immigrants], five or six years ago--
Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia: Right, five years ago.
Jeff Berkowitz: For, as you would put it, undocumented workers; as others would put it, illegal immigrants. You then voted for in-state tuition for undocumented children- some would say children of illegal immigrants, but then in this session…you voted, yes, give them [illegal immigrants] a driver certificate?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: Yes, for me, it is a Homeland Security issue, it is an American issue. It is knowing where the person is and making that individual pay into the system and start the process of making them become either a resident or asking them to remove themselves. There is also a stipulation in there that if they have a “record,” then they would be deported. So, there is a lot of good stuff in there.
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Jeff Berkowitz: …the Governor calls it the Gross Receipts Tax. Everything is taxed, not just final sales—[but also] intermediate sales, expansion [of the tax to] services, e.g., haircuts, car repairs—there are a few exceptions, but they are few and far between…is there a seven billion dollar tax increase in store for your constituents and, heck, for all of those who live in Illinois?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: I am not on board—
Jeff Berkowitz: You are not signing on to the GRT, the Gross Receipts Tax?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: Not signing on to it right now. It affects my business. I have received those postcards and letters.
Jeff Berkowitz: Might you sometime support it?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: Not right now. Not in its current form, even though he has even raised the cap to two [million dollars, that is- businesses with revenue of less than two million dollars will not pay the GRT]. That’s still not enough… and people are naïve if they don’t think it is going to come down to the average person. Because if it gets put in place and we are going to have to pay these taxes—corporations—
Jeff Berkowitz: It gets passed on?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: It gets passed on right down to us.
Jeff Berkowitz: So, it is kind of like a take on the NRA. Individuals pay taxes, corporations don’t pay taxes?
Rep. Chapa LaVia: Yeah, there you go.
Jeff Berkowitz: Does that make sense to you? Individuals pay taxes, not corporations? Do you agree?
State Rep. Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora]: Eventually.
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State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora], as she is airing this week on Public Affairs in 35 Chicago Metro suburbs [See below for the suburban airing schedule] and as will be airing on Monday, April 30, 2007 [8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21, CANTV] on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs and at 7:30 pm on Aurora Community Television, on Comcast Cable Ch. 10 in Aurora and some surrounding areas. The show was recorded on April 22, 2007. You may also[watch the show with Rep. Chapa LaVia here].
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In twenty-five North Shore, North and Northwest suburbs, the "Public Affairs," show airs every Tuesday night 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 Public Affairs show airs three times each week in its regular slots at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Ch. 19, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, as indicated, below. ******************************************************
The suburban episode of Public Affairs with guest State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia [D-Aurora] 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 week on Monday night, 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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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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