Monday, July 20, 2009

Better than David Gregory w/ Mitch McConnell: Berkowitz w/Cook County Board President Todd Stroger; Cable and Streaming

Jeff Berkowitz: So, that would be four African-Americans who are running and seem to be critical of you, …you’re not going to accuse these folks of being racist, are you? Because they’re African-Americans.

President Todd Stroger: Well, you don’t have to be any certain color to be a racist, but no, I’m not accusing them. [Watch the show w/ President Stroger]


Jeff Berkowitz: But, [they are] not prejudice toward other African-Americans.

President Todd Stroger: No, no. But, I think what you will find is—they will never truly be critical of our administration. And, when they do, what you will find is .... So, when Cong. [Danny] Davis spoke about ... ********************************
The "Public Affairs," show featuring Cook County Board President Todd Stroger airs throughout the City of Chicago tonight i.e., July 20 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV). President Todd Stroger debates and discusses with Jeff Berkowitz, show host and Executive Legal Recruiter, the major public policy issues and politics relating to the 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary. For more about tonight's show, including another partial transcript of the show and a list of topics, please go here

The program with President Stroger also airs tonight 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.

You can also watch the show with President Todd Stroger on your computer.

This Week's suburban edition of Public Affairs features Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County and candidate for President of the Cook County Board in the 2010 Democratic Primary.
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Jeff Berkowitz: You have a bunch of folks running…for Cook County Board President: Ald. Toni Preckwinkle…, Circuit Court … Clerk [of Cook County] Dorothy Brown, Cong. Danny Davis. Cmsr. Larry Rogers hasn’t said he is going to run- Cmsr. On the Board of Review- but there is speculation.

President Todd Stroger: Hm Hm.

Jeff Berkowitz: So, that would be four African-Americans who are running and seem to be critical of you, …you’re not going to accuse these folks of being racist, are you? Because they’re African-Americans.

President Todd Stroger: Well, you don’t have to be any certain color to be a racist, but no, I’m not accusing them.

Jeff Berkowitz: But, [they are] not prejudice toward other African-Americans.

President Todd Stroger: No, no. But, I think what you will find is—they will never truly be critical of our administration. And, when they do, what you will find is they’ve said something that they know nothing about. So, when Cong. [Danny] Davis spoke about the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center and [said] it is a mess—I don’t run the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center and in reality, I’m the one who went to Springfield and asked that the bill be sponsored and passed that turned that authority over to the Chief Judge’s office—like the other counties in our state—from there we could ask for more money from the State to run the facility and it also was something that- since it is that kind of justice thing—it seemed like it belonged to the Chief Judge’s office. And then [Cong. Davis] complained about the jail- he said the jail is a mess…the jail is run by the Sheriff. If he thinks that the jail is a mess and that it needs cleaning up, he ought to run against the Sheriff, not the County Board President. So, the more we hear them speak, the more we’ll realize [my opponents] do not know exactly what the County does…

Well, Ald. Preckwinkle told of an episode, a story- when she was sitting just where you are—just a week…ago. And, she said…
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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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A sampling of shows and clips from those posted during the last seven months on the Public Affairs YouTube page include a show with Cook County Board President Todd Stroger (D-Chicago), a show with Chicago Ald. Toni Preckwinkle, a candidate for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Democratic Primary, 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, , 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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