Better than Dane Placko w/Cmsr. Suffredin: Berkowitz w/Chicago Ald. Preckwinkle, Cable and Now Streaming
UPDATE: You can now watch the show with Ald. Preckwinkle streaming.
Links added at 2:30 am on Wednesday.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Torture of criminal defendants in the City of Chicago by the Chicago police, did Mayor Daley know about that when he was State’s attorney?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: I have no idea what he knew, you should talk to him. But, I find it—
Jeff Berkowitz: …What’s your opinion. Because, you said you ran for Alderman at that time. You were certainly involved in Chicago politics and public policy. What’s your opinion? Did he know? Did [Mayor Richard M. Daley] know torture was going on?
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (D-4th Ward), who is a candidate for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Democratic Primary. Topics discussed with Jeff Berkowitz, show host and Executive Legal Recruiter,include parking meters, 2016 Chicago Olympics, Cook County's 1% increase in the sales tax and repeal of same; torture of individual criminal defendants by the Chicago police during the 1970s and 1980s; healthcare provided by the Cook County Health Bureau
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Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle [D- 4th Ward] [Candidate for Cook County Board President in 2010 Dem Primary]: Now, if those kinds of substantive issues don’t matter to you and all you care about is how often [someone] votes against the Mayor, then we have a different definition of reform. In my view, it is substantive, as well as, you know, taking your whacks at Richie [Daley].
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Jeff Berkowitz: Torture of criminal defendants in the City of Chicago by the Chicago police, did Mayor Daley know about that when he was State’s attorney?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: I have no idea what he knew, you should talk to him. But, I find it—
Jeff Berkowitz: …What’s your opinion. Because, you said you ran for Alderman at that time. You were certainly involved in Chicago politics and public policy. What’s your opinion? Did he know? Did he know torture was going on?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: I think that it’s extremely unlikely that folks in the State’s Attorney’s office, the hierarchy in the police department, public defender’s [didn’t know]—I think it was pretty widely known all up and down the criminal justice system.
Jeff Berkowitz: Right, Police Supt. Brzeczek got a letter, you know that famous letter, and he forwarded it on to the Mayor. Has anybody in the City Council ever said, “We want a hearing on that issue.” We want to know what the Mayor knew, as State’s Attorney and we want to do something about it…
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: No, we’ve had several hearings around the Burge cases. And, they were all about particular cases as we looked at settlement deals that were put forward.
Jeff Berkowitz: The reason I am asking that is because you sort of say you are a reformer. Right?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: Um-Um.
Jeff Berkowitz: And, you’ve been at this for 18 years, you’ve been in the City Council for 18 years. People might say if you are going to go to the Cook County Board and if you are going to clean things up and if you are going to be the reformer that you seem to be suggesting Todd Stroger’s not, where’s the evidence you’ve been doing it in the City Council because-- have you been taking on the Mayor? I mean—
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: Is that the only definition of reform-- in your mind?
Jeff Berkowitz: That’s not the only one but isn’t that a key one because if you not willing to take on the Mayor, are you going to be willing to take on the other forces, when you are Cook County Board President, that come at you, that resist reform.
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: Let me just talk about my record for a minute. I’ve worked very hard on affordable housing issues, including being the principal sponsor of an affordable housing ordinance that was introduced for the first time in 1998- in which we finally got some action on in 2007…we ended up with a much more narrow ordinance, but which was passed in 2007. I’ve worked on living wage ordinances in 1998 and 2002…and then I was the sponsor of the big box living wage ordinance that was finally voted on in the summer of 2006…
Jeff Berkowitz: So, that’s an example of some reform that you say you’ve accomplished, you’ve led, right?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: Well, in the case of affordable housing, after nine years, we actually got some action out of the City Council…
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Jeff Berkowitz: Would you say the Democratic Party got seduced inappropriately by Governor Rod Blagojevich?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: No... You know, there were a lot of things he stood for, Kidcare, for example; trying to get healthcare for all the young people and the kids in Illinois who aren’t covered by healthcare—
Jeff Berkowitz: So, the programs you supported of Rod Blagojevich, but not necessarily the procedures he used, his practices—
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: No, and besides which…how could you ever expect that an elected official, let alone an ordinary citizen, would know the magnitude of his alleged misdeeds when the federal prosecutor worked on it for months to put their case together.
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The "Public Affairs," show with Ald. Preckwinkle can now be watched here
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The "Public Affairs," show with Ald. Preckwinkle was taped on June 28, 2009
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Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:
The show featuring Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (D-4th Ward) is airing this week in the North and Northwest Chicago Metro suburbs in its regular slot:
Tuesday night (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 Tuesday night(tonight) 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 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday 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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Chicago and Aurora:
The "Public Affairs," show featuring Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle, a candidate for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Dem. Primary, will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night i.e., July 13 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and on that same night on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The Aurora station, ACTV-10, aka Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
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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. *************************************************************
"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area, Aurora and Rockford on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here.
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"Hot," recent posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include a show with economist Art Laffer [inventor of the Laffer Curve] and FNC's Steve Moore about their book, "The end of Prosperity," and the Obama Administration's economic policies; the fastest five minutes on the web- a New York Times video about Obama-Berkowitz, a show with State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), a show with Professor Stephen Presser, a Northwestern University Law School Professor, about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court, a show with State Rep. Hamos (D-Evanston) about Illinois' budget deficit and Hamos' likely run in the 2010 Attorney General Dem. Primary , a show with the most recently announced Republican Primary Guv candidate Dan Proft (will announce his decision by end of June) , the second fastest five minutes on the web- a segment of Bill O'Reilly with Berkowitz discussing a clip of Obama from 2002 on Blagojevich and many more shows.
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Links added at 2:30 am on Wednesday.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Torture of criminal defendants in the City of Chicago by the Chicago police, did Mayor Daley know about that when he was State’s attorney?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: I have no idea what he knew, you should talk to him. But, I find it—
Jeff Berkowitz: …What’s your opinion. Because, you said you ran for Alderman at that time. You were certainly involved in Chicago politics and public policy. What’s your opinion? Did he know? Did [Mayor Richard M. Daley] know torture was going on?
***************************************************
This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (D-4th Ward), who is a candidate for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Democratic Primary. Topics discussed with Jeff Berkowitz, show host and Executive Legal Recruiter,include parking meters, 2016 Chicago Olympics, Cook County's 1% increase in the sales tax and repeal of same; torture of individual criminal defendants by the Chicago police during the 1970s and 1980s; healthcare provided by the Cook County Health Bureau
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Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle [D- 4th Ward] [Candidate for Cook County Board President in 2010 Dem Primary]: Now, if those kinds of substantive issues don’t matter to you and all you care about is how often [someone] votes against the Mayor, then we have a different definition of reform. In my view, it is substantive, as well as, you know, taking your whacks at Richie [Daley].
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Jeff Berkowitz: Torture of criminal defendants in the City of Chicago by the Chicago police, did Mayor Daley know about that when he was State’s attorney?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: I have no idea what he knew, you should talk to him. But, I find it—
Jeff Berkowitz: …What’s your opinion. Because, you said you ran for Alderman at that time. You were certainly involved in Chicago politics and public policy. What’s your opinion? Did he know? Did he know torture was going on?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: I think that it’s extremely unlikely that folks in the State’s Attorney’s office, the hierarchy in the police department, public defender’s [didn’t know]—I think it was pretty widely known all up and down the criminal justice system.
Jeff Berkowitz: Right, Police Supt. Brzeczek got a letter, you know that famous letter, and he forwarded it on to the Mayor. Has anybody in the City Council ever said, “We want a hearing on that issue.” We want to know what the Mayor knew, as State’s Attorney and we want to do something about it…
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: No, we’ve had several hearings around the Burge cases. And, they were all about particular cases as we looked at settlement deals that were put forward.
Jeff Berkowitz: The reason I am asking that is because you sort of say you are a reformer. Right?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: Um-Um.
Jeff Berkowitz: And, you’ve been at this for 18 years, you’ve been in the City Council for 18 years. People might say if you are going to go to the Cook County Board and if you are going to clean things up and if you are going to be the reformer that you seem to be suggesting Todd Stroger’s not, where’s the evidence you’ve been doing it in the City Council because-- have you been taking on the Mayor? I mean—
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: Is that the only definition of reform-- in your mind?
Jeff Berkowitz: That’s not the only one but isn’t that a key one because if you not willing to take on the Mayor, are you going to be willing to take on the other forces, when you are Cook County Board President, that come at you, that resist reform.
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: Let me just talk about my record for a minute. I’ve worked very hard on affordable housing issues, including being the principal sponsor of an affordable housing ordinance that was introduced for the first time in 1998- in which we finally got some action on in 2007…we ended up with a much more narrow ordinance, but which was passed in 2007. I’ve worked on living wage ordinances in 1998 and 2002…and then I was the sponsor of the big box living wage ordinance that was finally voted on in the summer of 2006…
Jeff Berkowitz: So, that’s an example of some reform that you say you’ve accomplished, you’ve led, right?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: Well, in the case of affordable housing, after nine years, we actually got some action out of the City Council…
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Jeff Berkowitz: Would you say the Democratic Party got seduced inappropriately by Governor Rod Blagojevich?
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: No... You know, there were a lot of things he stood for, Kidcare, for example; trying to get healthcare for all the young people and the kids in Illinois who aren’t covered by healthcare—
Jeff Berkowitz: So, the programs you supported of Rod Blagojevich, but not necessarily the procedures he used, his practices—
Ald. Toni Preckwinkle: No, and besides which…how could you ever expect that an elected official, let alone an ordinary citizen, would know the magnitude of his alleged misdeeds when the federal prosecutor worked on it for months to put their case together.
**************************************************************
The "Public Affairs," show with Ald. Preckwinkle can now be watched here
******************************************
The "Public Affairs," show with Ald. Preckwinkle was taped on June 28, 2009
************************************
Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:
The show featuring Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (D-4th Ward) is airing this week in the North and Northwest Chicago Metro suburbs in its regular slot:
Tuesday night (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 Tuesday night(tonight) 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 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 pm on Comcast Cable Channel 19 in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Ft. Sheridan, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Kenilworth, Lincolnshire, Riverwoods and Winnetka.
*************************************************************
Chicago and Aurora:
The "Public Affairs," show featuring Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle, a candidate for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Dem. Primary, will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night i.e., July 13 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and on that same night on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The Aurora station, ACTV-10, aka Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
*************************************************
Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. *************************************************************
"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area, Aurora and Rockford on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here.
**********************************************************
"Hot," recent posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include a show with economist Art Laffer [inventor of the Laffer Curve] and FNC's Steve Moore about their book, "The end of Prosperity," and the Obama Administration's economic policies; the fastest five minutes on the web- a New York Times video about Obama-Berkowitz, a show with State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), a show with Professor Stephen Presser, a Northwestern University Law School Professor, about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court, a show with State Rep. Hamos (D-Evanston) about Illinois' budget deficit and Hamos' likely run in the 2010 Attorney General Dem. Primary , a show with the most recently announced Republican Primary Guv candidate Dan Proft (will announce his decision by end of June) , the second fastest five minutes on the web- a segment of Bill O'Reilly with Berkowitz discussing a clip of Obama from 2002 on Blagojevich and many more shows.
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