Better than Monday Night Football: 16th CD Democratic Nominee Abboud, Cable and Streaming on Illinois Channel
Jeff Berkowitz: I know. Just as a matter of inspiration, just philosophy, would you like that? To see people have more [school] choice?
Robert Abboud [16th CD Democratic Nominee]: I think that each local government and the school system has to make that choice for themselves, because that decision is fundamentally different in Chicago, than it is in Polo. And you cannot make them-
Jeff Berkowitz: So let the local schools, if they want vouchers, fine-
Robert Abboud [D-Barrington Hills]: That’s why we have local school government. Absolutely.
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The "Public Affairs," show with 16th CD Democratic Nominee Robert Abboud has been airing this week throughout the State of Illinois , and it will continue to do so thru Sunday on the Illinois Channel. You can watch it on the web through Sunday on the Illinois Channel website by clicking the picture of Abboud and also you can watch the show on the Illinois Channel's cable outlets. You can also watch the show with Abboud here. Go here for a partial transcript of the show and for links to more about the show's topics, Robert Abboud and additional partial transcripts of the show.
The Illinois Channel cable outlets air a two hour, weekly block of programming on cable. The show with candidate Abboud is the third of three segments airing on the Illinois Channel this week, and will air starting about 85 minutes into that two hour block of programming. Please click on Distribution at the Illinois Channel website or click here to find the cable airing days, time at which the two hour block of programming begins and the channel for your location.
Please note that 16th CD incumbent Republican Congresswoman Don Manzullo is scheduled to appear on "Public Affairs," and the Illinois Channel in late September to discuss domestic and foreign public policy issues.
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Some examples of the scheduled times and channels for the show with Robert Abboud on the Illinois Channel this week of August 11th (including for areas within the 16th CD) are given below:
Belvidere, Insight Cable Ch. 20, Thursday, 7:25 pm
Freeport, Insight Cable Ch. 17, Thursday, 7:25 pm
Rockford, Insight Cable Ch. 17, Thursday, 7:25 pm
Galesburg, Cable Ch. 22, Thursday-Sunday, 10:25am, 3:25 pm. 9:55 pm
Bolingbrook Community TV, Cable Ch. 6, Friday, 7:25 pm
Chicago CANTV, Cable Ch. 21, Saturday, 10:25 am
Chicago CANTV, Cable Ch. 19, Sunday, 9:55 am
DeKalb, Cable Ch. 14, Friday, 8:25 pm and Saturday, 7:25 am
Evanston, Cable Ch. 16, Sat., 1:25 pn,
Naperville, Wide open west Cable Ch. 6, Saturday, 1:25 pm
Naperville, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, Saturday, 1:25 pm
Romeoville, Comcast Cable Ch. 6, Fri., Sat., Sunday; 6:25 pm
Springfield, Municipal Ch. 18, Sat. and Sun., 11:25 am
Springfield, Insight Cable Ch. 22, Fri., Sat., and Sun., 11:25 pm
Springfield, Insight Cable Ch. 18, Sat., Sun., 6:25 am
Westmont, Comcast Cable Ch. 16, Friday, 7:25 am, 10:25 am, 1:25 pm, 4:25 pm, 7:25 pm, 10:25 pm.
To find the days, time and channel for which the two hour block of Illinois Channel programming begins in your village or municipality, please click on Distribution at the Illinois Channel website or click here to find the cable airing days, time at which the two hour block of programming begins and the channel for your location. The show with Abboud begins 85minutes into the two hour block of programming.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Education. School vouchers, school choice. Would you be attracted to that?
Robert Abboud, 16th CD Dem. Nominee (Barrington Hills): I’m a huge fan of the public school system. I see the issues public schools have to deal with... We need to support our public schools.
Jeff Berkowitz: In the inner-city, for instance—you could have pockets where schools aren’t doing so well in the 16th, but in the City of Chicago, just as an example, one out of every two schools, I think, people would often label as a failing school. People say, for people who like those schools, that’s fine, but why not give the people who want to take their money, their pro-rata share, a choice. Competition. You like competition?
Robert Abboud: I love competition.
Jeff Berkowitz: Why not give them that? Charter schools as a means of competition, vouchers as a means of competition.
Robert Abboud: There’s nothing to prevent someone from doing this.
Jeff Berkowitz: But they can’t [currently] take their pro-rata share. [Private schools] can’t compete. Right now we spend about 14 thousand dollars per kid per year in the Chicago public schools.
Robert Abboud: That’s right.
Jeff Berkowitz: If somebody’s dissatisfied, and if they want to leave and if they could take that 14 thousand, then they’ve got a choice. But if you simply say to them they can leave, they don’t have any money with which to leave.
Robert Abboud: This is not a congressional decision. This is a matter for local communities.
Jeff Berkowitz: I know. Just as a matter of inspiration, just philosophy, would you like that? To see people have more [school] choice?
Robert Abboud: I think that each local government and the school system has to make that choice for themselves, because that decision is fundamentally different in Chicago, than it is in Polo. And you cannot make them-
Jeff Berkowitz: So let the local schools, if they want vouchers, fine-
Robert Abboud: That’s why we have local school government. Absolutely.
Jeff Berkowitz: Bush tax cuts. 2001, 2003, substantial tax cuts. You know they’re going to expire soon, people say without those tax cuts, the economy will be facing one of the hugest tax increases in history. Would you support the continuation of the Bush tax cuts?
Robert Abboud, 16th CD Dem. Nominee (Barrington Hills): I support a realignment of the tax policy that we have today. Some of those cuts should remain in place, but others need to be removed. There are a couple of problems here. First off, the very fact that an executive pays half the tax rate that their assistant does, their secretary does, that the mid- to lower-person in their company does, is a fundamentally flawed tax policy. Second of all, we’re carrying almost ten trillion dollars in debt. That costs us about forty two billion dollars a month.
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Robert Abboud: By the way, your point about Republicans and Democrats and Independents, it’s a big tent, and in fact I’ve got as many Republicans working on our finance committee as Democrats.
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Our thanks to Public Affairs intern Amy Allen for preparing a draft partial transcript of our show with Robert Abboud
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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. You may watch "Public Affairs," shows with Presidential Candidates Obama and McCain, this week's Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs w/Senator Barack Obama, Gov. Sebelius (D-KS), DLC Chairman Harold Ford, Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Attorney General Madigan, WTTW's Carol Marin, Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan, Sun-Times Abdon Pallasch and much more, Monday night's City of Chicago and Aurora edition of Public Affairs w/16th CD Democratic Nominee Robert Abboud(Barrington Hills Village President), last week's Chicago and Aurora edition of Public Affairs with Cook County Cmsr. and Republican State's Attorney Nominee Tony Peraica and shows with many other pols (including some archived as far back as 2005 at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
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Recently posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include this week's Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs w/Senator Obama (D-IL), Gov. Sebelius (D-KS), DLC Chairman Harold Ford, Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Attorney General Madigan, WTTW's Carol Marin, Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan, Sun-Times Abdon Pallasch and much more, Monday night's Chicago and Aurora edition of Public Affairs w/ 16th CD Democratic Nominee Robert Abboud, who is taking on 16 year, 16th CD Republican incumbent, Cong. Don Manzullo; other recent shows featuring Cook County Cmsr. and Republican State's Attorney Nominee Tony Peraica, Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan , 13th CD Demoratic Nominee Scott Harper,State Rep. Candidate Tim Stratton (R-Glencoe, 58th Dist.), Sen. Kwame Raoul(D-Chicago), Senator John Cullerton (D-Chicago)- ; State Rep. candidate Joan Solms (R-Aurora), Comm. Forrest Claypool (D-Chicago) on the Obama Presidential campaign and shows with many other pols.
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Robert Abboud [16th CD Democratic Nominee]: I think that each local government and the school system has to make that choice for themselves, because that decision is fundamentally different in Chicago, than it is in Polo. And you cannot make them-
Jeff Berkowitz: So let the local schools, if they want vouchers, fine-
Robert Abboud [D-Barrington Hills]: That’s why we have local school government. Absolutely.
******************************************
The "Public Affairs," show with 16th CD Democratic Nominee Robert Abboud has been airing this week throughout the State of Illinois , and it will continue to do so thru Sunday on the Illinois Channel. You can watch it on the web through Sunday on the Illinois Channel website by clicking the picture of Abboud and also you can watch the show on the Illinois Channel's cable outlets. You can also watch the show with Abboud here. Go here for a partial transcript of the show and for links to more about the show's topics, Robert Abboud and additional partial transcripts of the show.
The Illinois Channel cable outlets air a two hour, weekly block of programming on cable. The show with candidate Abboud is the third of three segments airing on the Illinois Channel this week, and will air starting about 85 minutes into that two hour block of programming. Please click on Distribution at the Illinois Channel website or click here to find the cable airing days, time at which the two hour block of programming begins and the channel for your location.
Please note that 16th CD incumbent Republican Congresswoman Don Manzullo is scheduled to appear on "Public Affairs," and the Illinois Channel in late September to discuss domestic and foreign public policy issues.
********************************************
Some examples of the scheduled times and channels for the show with Robert Abboud on the Illinois Channel this week of August 11th (including for areas within the 16th CD) are given below:
Belvidere, Insight Cable Ch. 20, Thursday, 7:25 pm
Freeport, Insight Cable Ch. 17, Thursday, 7:25 pm
Rockford, Insight Cable Ch. 17, Thursday, 7:25 pm
Galesburg, Cable Ch. 22, Thursday-Sunday, 10:25am, 3:25 pm. 9:55 pm
Bolingbrook Community TV, Cable Ch. 6, Friday, 7:25 pm
Chicago CANTV, Cable Ch. 21, Saturday, 10:25 am
Chicago CANTV, Cable Ch. 19, Sunday, 9:55 am
DeKalb, Cable Ch. 14, Friday, 8:25 pm and Saturday, 7:25 am
Evanston, Cable Ch. 16, Sat., 1:25 pn,
Naperville, Wide open west Cable Ch. 6, Saturday, 1:25 pm
Naperville, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, Saturday, 1:25 pm
Romeoville, Comcast Cable Ch. 6, Fri., Sat., Sunday; 6:25 pm
Springfield, Municipal Ch. 18, Sat. and Sun., 11:25 am
Springfield, Insight Cable Ch. 22, Fri., Sat., and Sun., 11:25 pm
Springfield, Insight Cable Ch. 18, Sat., Sun., 6:25 am
Westmont, Comcast Cable Ch. 16, Friday, 7:25 am, 10:25 am, 1:25 pm, 4:25 pm, 7:25 pm, 10:25 pm.
To find the days, time and channel for which the two hour block of Illinois Channel programming begins in your village or municipality, please click on Distribution at the Illinois Channel website or click here to find the cable airing days, time at which the two hour block of programming begins and the channel for your location. The show with Abboud begins 85minutes into the two hour block of programming.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Education. School vouchers, school choice. Would you be attracted to that?
Robert Abboud, 16th CD Dem. Nominee (Barrington Hills): I’m a huge fan of the public school system. I see the issues public schools have to deal with... We need to support our public schools.
Jeff Berkowitz: In the inner-city, for instance—you could have pockets where schools aren’t doing so well in the 16th, but in the City of Chicago, just as an example, one out of every two schools, I think, people would often label as a failing school. People say, for people who like those schools, that’s fine, but why not give the people who want to take their money, their pro-rata share, a choice. Competition. You like competition?
Robert Abboud: I love competition.
Jeff Berkowitz: Why not give them that? Charter schools as a means of competition, vouchers as a means of competition.
Robert Abboud: There’s nothing to prevent someone from doing this.
Jeff Berkowitz: But they can’t [currently] take their pro-rata share. [Private schools] can’t compete. Right now we spend about 14 thousand dollars per kid per year in the Chicago public schools.
Robert Abboud: That’s right.
Jeff Berkowitz: If somebody’s dissatisfied, and if they want to leave and if they could take that 14 thousand, then they’ve got a choice. But if you simply say to them they can leave, they don’t have any money with which to leave.
Robert Abboud: This is not a congressional decision. This is a matter for local communities.
Jeff Berkowitz: I know. Just as a matter of inspiration, just philosophy, would you like that? To see people have more [school] choice?
Robert Abboud: I think that each local government and the school system has to make that choice for themselves, because that decision is fundamentally different in Chicago, than it is in Polo. And you cannot make them-
Jeff Berkowitz: So let the local schools, if they want vouchers, fine-
Robert Abboud: That’s why we have local school government. Absolutely.
Jeff Berkowitz: Bush tax cuts. 2001, 2003, substantial tax cuts. You know they’re going to expire soon, people say without those tax cuts, the economy will be facing one of the hugest tax increases in history. Would you support the continuation of the Bush tax cuts?
Robert Abboud, 16th CD Dem. Nominee (Barrington Hills): I support a realignment of the tax policy that we have today. Some of those cuts should remain in place, but others need to be removed. There are a couple of problems here. First off, the very fact that an executive pays half the tax rate that their assistant does, their secretary does, that the mid- to lower-person in their company does, is a fundamentally flawed tax policy. Second of all, we’re carrying almost ten trillion dollars in debt. That costs us about forty two billion dollars a month.
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Robert Abboud: By the way, your point about Republicans and Democrats and Independents, it’s a big tent, and in fact I’ve got as many Republicans working on our finance committee as Democrats.
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Our thanks to Public Affairs intern Amy Allen for preparing a draft partial transcript of our show with Robert Abboud
**************************
Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. You may watch "Public Affairs," shows with Presidential Candidates Obama and McCain, this week's Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs w/Senator Barack Obama, Gov. Sebelius (D-KS), DLC Chairman Harold Ford, Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Attorney General Madigan, WTTW's Carol Marin, Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan, Sun-Times Abdon Pallasch and much more, Monday night's City of Chicago and Aurora edition of Public Affairs w/16th CD Democratic Nominee Robert Abboud(Barrington Hills Village President), last week's Chicago and Aurora edition of Public Affairs with Cook County Cmsr. and Republican State's Attorney Nominee Tony Peraica and shows with many other pols (including some archived as far back as 2005 at www.PublicAffairsTv.com
*************************************************************
Recently posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include this week's Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs w/Senator Obama (D-IL), Gov. Sebelius (D-KS), DLC Chairman Harold Ford, Cong. Rahm Emanuel (D-Chicago), Attorney General Madigan, WTTW's Carol Marin, Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan, Sun-Times Abdon Pallasch and much more, Monday night's Chicago and Aurora edition of Public Affairs w/ 16th CD Democratic Nominee Robert Abboud, who is taking on 16 year, 16th CD Republican incumbent, Cong. Don Manzullo; other recent shows featuring Cook County Cmsr. and Republican State's Attorney Nominee Tony Peraica, Real Clear Politics' Tom Bevan , 13th CD Demoratic Nominee Scott Harper,State Rep. Candidate Tim Stratton (R-Glencoe, 58th Dist.), Sen. Kwame Raoul(D-Chicago), Senator John Cullerton (D-Chicago)- ; State Rep. candidate Joan Solms (R-Aurora), Comm. Forrest Claypool (D-Chicago) on the Obama Presidential campaign and shows with many other pols.
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