Better than Fox's Conaty and Placko w/John Kass: Berkowitz w/ Dan Proft on School Choice, lower taxes, original sin and much more; Cable and Streaming

Dan Proft[Republican Primary candidate for Governor]: I was born with original sin as a Catholic and I’ve added to it considerably over my 37 years. [Watch show w/Proft here]

Jeff Berkowitz: But, any personal blemishes that are comparable to …
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Jeff Berkowitz: [The State] is in the business of defining marriage. But, why shouldn’t it define it in a way that is consistent with your libertarian philosophy.

Dan Proft: Well, it is not consistent with social mores. It is not consistent with the traditional definition of marriage, which is a building block institution in our civilization.
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Dan Proft: I’m not saying that gambling should be illegal.

Jeff Berkowitz: [you’re saying] the state shouldn’t do it?

Dan Proft: I’m saying the state should not be in the business of it because—

Jeff Berkowitz: Even if it’s a way of keeping taxes lower?
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Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft debates and discusses tonight a broad range of state leadership, legislative and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz on a show taped on August 16, 2009. Topics range from cutting the state income tax rates by 50% to ultimately abolishing the state income tax to capping state spending growth to Milton Friedman to Lord Keynes to Jack Ryan to school choice to the Chicago 9 to "Fixed systems," in Illinois Government to the importance of good ideas to Original Sin to guns and much, much more.

You can watch the show with Dan Proft on your computer. For another detailed partial transcript and more about the show with Dan Proft, please go here
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Chicago and Aurora:

The "Public Affairs," show featuring Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft airs throughout the City of Chicago tonight at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and also on 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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Non-traditional coalitions around School Choice, the second time is the charm?

Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: You have to build non-traditional coalitions. I announced my school choice program at a black Baptist church on the south side of Chicago. That is not exactly a normal coalition partner for the Republican Party.

Jeff Berkowitz: That’s where Jack Ryan announced—Hales Franciscan, south side school, African-American—

Dan Proft: And, I’ll be in East Hazel Crest—

Jeff Berkowitz: How did it work for Jack?

Dan Proft: We’ll never know.

Jeff Berkowitz: He won the primary but not the general.

Dan Proft: We’ll never know, but it had nothing to do with school choice.

Jeff Berkowitz: Because?

Dan Proft: I’m not interested—

Impact of personal blemishes

Jeff Berkowitz: Because he had a personal blemish, right?

Dan Proft: I’m not interested in rehashing 2004.

Jeff Berkowitz: Dan Proft, you got any personal blemishes?

Dan Proft: I was born with original sin as a Catholic and I’ve added to it considerably over my 37 years.

Jeff Berkowitz: But, any personal blemishes that are comparable to ….
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Jeff Berkowitz: You are 37 years old?

Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: I am.

Jeff Berkowitz: You are single?

Dan Proft: I am.

Jeff Berkowitz: You live in Chicago?

Dan Proft: I do.

The no skeletons oath

Jeff Berkowitz: You take the oath, no skeletons?

Dan Proft: [Hearty laughter] I am not here to present myself as a person without flaw, what I am here to do is say—

Jeff Berkowitz: But, not so many flaws that your message would be overridden?

Dan Proft: No, I don’t believe so, no

Jeff Berkowitz: And, this is not to make a bad example of …
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Jeff Berkowitz: Let me ask you this, you’re a Libertarian, right?

Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: Um-um.

Jeff Berkowitz: Basically?

Dan Proft: Um-um.

Live and let live

Jeff Berkowitz: Live and let live, right?

Dan Proft: Okay.

Jeff Berkowitz: Yeah. On gay rights-

Dan Proft: Within boundaries.

Jeff Berkowitz: On gay rights, you don’t want to allow individuals of the same gender to marry, why not? I mean, why should the state prohibit that? They’re not hurting anybody, are they?

Dan Proft: It’s not about hurting anybody. It’s about changing the definition of marriage. Marriage is—

Jeff Berkowitz: No, you can have a religious definition. I am talking about the state definition. Why is it that the state should intervene and say “You folks of the same gender can’t get married.” If the Catholic religion wants to say that, they can say what they want.

Dan Proft: Well, of course they can but my point is the state should not get in the business of re-defining marriage—

The State, Gays and the definition of marriage

Jeff Berkowitz: It is in the business of defining marriage. But, why shouldn’t it define it in a way that is consistent with your libertarian philosophy.

Dan Proft: Well, it is not consistent with social mores. It is not consistent with the traditional definition of marriage, which is a building block institution in our civilization.

Jeff Berkowitz: Same with gaming. You are libertarian. Why do you care about gaming? You’re upset—

Dan Proft: What do you mean why do I care about gaming?

Jeff Berkowitz: …if people want to …gamble, even though it is maybe a bad calculation—they’re likely to lose

Dan Proft: uh-uh.

The State, gaming and video poker

Jeff Berkowitz: Why should you say it’s a problem.

Dan Proft: I’m not saying that gambling should be illegal.

Jeff Berkowitz: [you’re saying] the state shouldn’t do it?

Dan Proft: I’m saying the state should not be in the business of it because—

Jeff Berkowitz: Even if it’s a way of keeping taxes lower?

Dan Proft: Look

Jeff Berkowitz: If you have the alternatives to finance a capital project-- raise taxes or have video poker gaming?

Dan Proft: It is irresponsible for the state to rely on the lottery to fund schools, on video poker to fund our infrastructure. These are big ticket systems that require sensible public policy and to talk on the one hand about gambling and how we don’t want to exploit the poor and then to say the Illinois lottery is how we fund schools…
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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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More than 100 of our shows from the last two years are posted on the Public Affairs YouTube page , including very recent shows with 7th CD Democratic Primary candidates State Rep. Collins, State Rep. Ford and Chief Deputy Recorder of Deeds Williams-Burnett; 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate State Rep. Hamos; and Republican Gubernatorial Primary Candidate Dan Proft.
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Better than Bears Football w/ Jay Cutler, Berkowitz w/ Republican Guv Candidate Dan Proft on Cable and Streaming-- An all new show

Dan Proft [Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate]: I would move to cut the [state] income tax rate. [Watch Proft here]

Jeff Berkowitz: To what?

Dan Proft: I’d move to try to cut it in half.
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Dan Proft:...The only way Illinois is viable short term or long term is to send a signal that we want businesses here because right now the signal that we are sending to the entire globe across the planet is “Don’t come to Illinois.” …
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Dan Proft: [Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels] did two things very similar to what I am talking about doing. He reformed their tax structure- he focused on property taxes-- and he slowed the rate of spending growth. Those two things.
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features Dan Proft, Republican Primary Guv candidate. The airing schedule for the Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs is included, below.
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Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft debates and discusses a broad range of state legislative and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz, on a show taped on August 16, 2009. Proft is facing five competitors in the Republican Primary. The discussion ranges from the impact of the Chicago 9 on public policy to school choice-school vouchers to Dan Proft's flaws and message to Original Sin to Jack Ryan to controlling state spending to cutting state taxes to changing a system that Proft contends is "fixed" to protect jobs and pensions for those who support the Chicago 9 to abortion to gun control to whether libertarians do and should support same sex marriage to much, much more.

You can now watch the show with Dan Proft, at 37-- the youngest Republican Primary Guv candidate-- on your computer.

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Cutting the state income tax--restoring prosperity in Illinois?

Dan Proft [Republican Primary Gubernatorial Candidate]: I would move to cut the [state] income tax rate.

Jeff Berkowitz: To what?

Dan Proft: I’d move to try to cut it in half.

Jeff Berkowitz: To 1 1/2% ?

Dan Proft: I’d go the exact opposite direction [of Quinn]. Gov. Quinn wants to raise it. Quinn and [Speaker Mike] Madigan want to raise it a percentage and a half, a 50% increase-- I’d like to cut it by 50%. And, the corporate income tax too, because that’s important, to send a signal—

Jeff Berkowitz: How much do you cut that? In half, too?

Dan Proft: Yes.

Jeff Berkowitz: What’s it now?

Dan Proft: It’s 4.8%

Send them a message

Jeff Berkowitz: So, 2.4 % [for the corporate state income tax]?

Dan Proft: Yes. The only way Illinois is viable short term or long term is to send a signal that we want businesses here because right now the signal that we are sending to the entire globe across the planet is “Don’t come to Illinois.” …
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Implementing the Laffer Curve-- following Gov. Daniels?

Dan Proft: [Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels] did two things very similar to what I am talking about doing. He reformed their tax structure- he focused on property taxes-- and he slowed the rate of spending growth. Those two things.

Jeff Berkowitz: So, if you do that…you are saying tax revenue in Illinois will probably increase in Illinois

Dan Proft: Well, because you will have increased economic activity- you will have businesses locating here.

Jeff Berkowitz: Lower tax rate, but higher tax revenue, right? That’s the Laffer curve.

Dan Proft: Yes, you expand the tax base.
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Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:

The show featuring Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft 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 Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night i.e., August 31 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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A sampling of shows and clips from those posted during the last seven months on the Public Affairs YouTube page include a show with Republican Primary Guv Candidate Dan Proft, a show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem Primary Candidate La Shawn K. Ford, a show w/ 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, a show w/ Circuit Court Clerk and 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Dorothy Brown. a show w/ Cook County Board President Todd Stroger (D-Chicago)- a candidate for re-election in 2010, 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, , 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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Advantage Cong. Mark Kirk: the centrist candidate in the Illinois U. S. Senate race

Kirk’s double header SRO town hall meeting

On the same day, yesterday, that the Obama Administration shifted its focus from healthcare reform to prosecution of former CIA interrogators in Iraq, Cong. Mark Steven Kirk (R-Highland Park, 10th CD) held a doubleheader town hall meeting to discuss why he opposed Obamacare and what his own proposed healthcare [or more precisely, health insurance] reform looked like. His venue was the new Village Hall in Arlington Heights, a core geographic area for Kirk in his Tenth Congressional District. The event, announced quietly on late Friday afternoon, was scheduled to take place from about 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

However, before 3:00 pm, more than six hundred people had shown up. The Hall seats about 200, and holds about 350. The nine year incumbent Cong. Kirk decided to hold two consecutive town halls of about 90 minutes each, which accommodated two separate sessions of about 350 attendees, with individuals who couldn’t find seats standing along the walls and sitting on the newly carpeted floors.

Kirk draws a bye on a Republican Senate Primary

Although Cong. Kirk is running in the Republican Primary for his party’s nomination for what he calls the Blagojevich-Burris Senate seat, the event was held in his role as a congressman. Nevertheless, he expected and will get fairly good press for his Senate campaign. Cong. Kirk, in large part, is the mainstream media’s model Republican, except for his strong early support of the Iraq War and President Bush.

Kirk has opposition from a half dozen Republican primary candidates, but nobody yet who has a political base, fundraising ability or sufficient wealth to give Cong. Kirk a run for his money, so to speak. Some conservatives seem to have settled on novice political candidate Pat Hughes as their answer to the very moderate Republicanism of the pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-gay rights, anti-surge, pro Cap and Trade Cong. Kirk. Kirk was a stout supporter of the Bush Tax Cuts and Iraq War until about the fall of 2006, at which point the naval reserve officer started to waffle on both, as the Country and his District turned blue.


Porter-Kirk moderation

Further, since Kirk won the 10th CD ten candidate Republican Primary in 2000, he has been a consistent, strong cultural moderate, if not liberal. He squeaked by then eight year State Rep. Lauren Beth Gash in the general election with a 5500 vote margin, and then won easy victories of 69% and 64% in 2002 and 2004, respectively, following in large part the John Porter tradition of being a strong “social liberal and fiscal conservative.” For a contra, albeit partisan, view on Cong. Kirk's moderation and independence, please go here.

Kirk: Surviving as a red man in the 10th CD as the District turned blue
Kirk’s decision in the Fall, 2006 campaign to stop touting the Bush Tax cuts and the Iraq War and then to oppose the surge in Iraq left many conservative Republicans wondering just why it was they should turn out for Kirk. But, enough of them did, along with his base of moderate Republicans, independents and some Democrats-- for him to win modest victories over Democrat Dan Seals of 53.4% - 46.6% in 2006 and 52.8% to 47.2 in 2008-- even though President Obama took the District with 61%, up from John Kerry’s 53% in 2004. [Seals now faces tough opposition from State Rep. Hamos in his Dem. Primary, as he asks Democrats for a third shot at winning the 10th CD].

Notwithstanding the above tight margins for Kirk, he was confident he could keep the seat, unless it was re-districted, as it might be, to be even more Democratic in 2012. But with Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan deciding not to run for either the Senate or Governor’s mansion last month, the Senate seat looked very winnable and attractive to Kirk and he finally decided to make the run.

Cong. Kirk: targeting the median voters starts right now

Unless a more politically credible conservative shows up, Kirk has the luxury to run, starting now, a general election U. S. Senate campaign that targets, for November, 2010, the median voter, statewide, i.e., those in the middle of the political spectrum, with some occasional red meat on economics for the conservative base—red meat that is also palatable to independents and moderates.


Cong. Kirk: No on Obama’s Stimulus Plan

For example, Cong. Kirk opposed the 787 billion dollar stimulus program as wasteful, ineffective and adding to the burgeoning deficits and debt. Unsustainable deficits, out of control federal spending and debt are general themes the Congressman pounded home yesterday as a backdrop for the healthcare insurance reform discussion. However, these themes are pleasing to centrists and moderates, as well as conservatives.

Kirk: Making the healthcare insurance business more competitive

When it came to healthcare insurance reform, Cong. Kirk emphasized yesterday that Illinois customers ought to be able to buy healthcare insurance from anywhere in the U. S., not just Illinois. That would, according to Kirk, open up the number of healthcare insurance providers, enhancing competition and innovation in the healthcare insurance sector. Cong. Kirk also wants limitations on medical malpractice suits, as a part of a more global, products liability reform. Kirk believes such limitations would save tremendous sums of money for healthcare consumers. Kirk would also provide incentives for consumers to maintain and continue to grow their health savings accounts.

Designing the Town Halls to maximize civility and tamp down the Cap and Trade objections

The format for each town hall was the same: A PowerPoint presentation of twenty minutes, or so, by Kirk that provided industry background information, international and domestic healthcare performance data and highlights of Obamacare and Kirkcare. The PowerPoint discussion was followed by general comments of twenty minutes, or so, on healthcare and insurance issues by two “expert,” doctors [including Dr. Jay Alexander, the chair of Kirk’s medical advisory group] which, in turn, was followed by about a fifty minute question and answer session between Kirk and the audience.

The Q & A was quite civil. Limited follow-ups were allowed by the person asking the question and if the questioner or someone else interrupted Kirk’s answer, Cong. Kirk would simply remind the person that he had not interrupted them and that person would back off. Kirk faced questions from supporters and critics, but everyone remained civil and respectful, although some did express their disagreement with Kirk on healthcare insurance quite strongly. However, the strongest disagreement was reserved for apparent Republicans who complained about Kirk’s vote for “Cap and Trade,” or “Cap and Tax,” as some put it.

Over-all, the pro-Kirk forces in the room heavily outnumbered the Democratic opposition. Judging by clapping, the pro Government-option, Obamacare supporters seemed to be at 10% or fewer of the attendees. And, for the second session, the protestor support seemed to fall off sharply. The protestors, organized at least in part by Team Obamaand by TenthDems Chair and 10th CD Committeewoman Lauren Beth Gash, also had a prominent presence outside the Hall. Unlike Speaker Pelosi's characterization of the generally Republican opposition attending Democratic U. S. Representatives' town halls as Un-American, the protestors were well received and respected by Team Kirk.

The Kirk plan to reform healthcare insurance

Kirk spoke of lowering the cost of healthcare insurance, which he argued would expand coverage. Cong. Kirk also argued, “We want to ban the rule on pre-existing conditions.” Senate candidate Kirk emphasized 46 cents of every dollar spent by Congress is now borrowed and he questioned the “morality,” of “transferring that much debt to our children.”

Kirk emphasized that be believed Congress should make no law interfering with “decisions by you and your doctor.” He really had no response, however, for those who questioned whether insurance companies were currently interfering with those decisions. Kirk emphasized that he wanted “fully electronic medical records owned by each American.” The Congressman said that Congress “should provide the same tax deduction to individuals [for health insurance] that employers get.”

The cost of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid healthcare insurance plan

Kirk stated that the Congressional budget office put the cost of the Democrats proposed healthcare reform at more than a trillion dollars over a decade, to be paid for by cutting Medicare by 160 billion dollars [which Kirk opposes]; by increasing taxes by 570 billion dollars [which Kirk opposes] and by borrowing 295 billion dollars [which Kirk opposes].

Kirk argued, “by one estimate the congressional budget office says HR 3200 [the Democratic proposed legislation] will cause 15 million American to lose their health insurance. Other estimates go as high as one hundred million.” Further, Cong. Kirk said that under HR 3200, “the total combined tax rate for the State of Illinois would go to 49.97%,” which means “we would be four percentage points more taxed than France.”

Cong. Kirk: It’s centrist reform, stupid !

Kirk stated that his “centrist reform bill,” was backed by 34 other GOP moderates.

Cong. Kirk: No on illegal aliens and the Public Option

In response to specific questions on the issues, Kirk said he did not think “we should provide federally subsidized healthcare to illegal aliens,” and he “does not support a public option [i.e., a government entity providing health insurance as an alternative to the private sector].

Cong. Kirk: Yes on abortion, but no on the Feds' funding of abortions

Cong. Kirk said he did not support federal funding of abortions. The “Hyde Amendment,” which has been in effect for decades, provides for that prohibition, but Kirk did not reference that. In response to a follow up question that asked if he would support legislation that would “precisely prohibit federal tax dollars and state tax dollars for abortion,” Kirk said he “recently voted for the TR amendment that does that.” On the other hand, in response to a question, Kirk confirmed that he still supported “a woman’s right to choose,” but emphasized, “Just keep the government out of it.”

Cong. Kirk: The centrist proposal, one more time with feeling.

Cong. Kirk concluded the second town hall meeting by stating, “the President has laid out his version [of reform], largely reflected in HR 3200, which I would say politically is collapsing before our eyes, especially in the United States Senate. That being said…there are some things we could do that repeat all the successes of California and none of the errors of New Jersey that would lower the cost of health insurance for Americans…so we should do that without borrowing a trillion dollars, without lifting the tax rate of Illinois to 49.97 percent, without having government controls and so my job has been to create a centrist proposal that eventually people could come towards…”

Advantage Kirk

See what I mean? A centrist proposal. Senate Candidate Mark Steven Kirk is looking to be, as Roosevelt University Professor Paul Green likes to put it, “The white line down the middle of the road,” the location usually occupied by Paul and this journalist. It’s getting crowded on that white line.

Because Alexi Giannoulias and Cheryl Jackson will be vying with each other in a tough contested Democratic Primary, they will pull each other to the left and not be able to start positioning themselves in the middle of the road until February, 2010. Product placement can be quite important in politics. Advantage Kirk.

Better than a Cong. Mark Kirk Doubleheader Town Hall Healthcare Meeting: 7th CD Dem. Primary Candidate State Rep. La Shawn Ford, Cable and Streaming

Jeff Berkowitz: You would support “Cap and Trade.”

State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago): I would support "Cap and Trade." Watch the show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem. Primary candidate La Shawn Ford on your computer.

Jeff Berkowitz: And, you don’t think people are going to lose jobs in the 7th Cong. Dist.?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: … I do believe that we are in a situation where we have to preserve energy and that there is global warming.

Jeff Berkowitz: And, that takes priority over jobs at this point?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: It doesn’t take priority over jobs. I think that we can still have—create jobs in the 7th Cong. Dist. through the green technology.

Jeff Berkowitz: You think so?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: I know so.

Jeff Berkowitz: That’s going to offset them?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: That’s going to offset it because we have to bring green technology into the 7th Cong. District.
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7th CD Democratic Primary candidate State Rep. La Shawn Ford debates and discusses, tonight, a broad range of domestic public policy, foreign policy and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz, on a show taped on August 9, 2009. The current 13 year incumbent in the 7th Cong. Dist., Cong. Danny Davis (D-Chicago) still seems committed to running in the Cook County Board President Democratic Primary. However, Cong. Davis is circulating nominating petitions for both County Board President and Congressman from the 7tn CD, and it appears he won't proceed with his County Board President race if he doesn't like the way thinkgs are shaping up in the 7th CD primary, as he discussed last night on WVON with "Voice of the People," host La Shawn Ford and State Rep. Ford's co-host for that show, Jeff Berkowitz.

You can watch the show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem. Primary candidate La Shawn Ford on your computer. For a detailed partial transcript and more about the show with 7th CD candidate Rep. La Shawn Ford, please go here and here
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Chicago and Aurora:

The "Public Affairs," show featuring State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago), 7th Cong. Dist. Democratic Primary candidate, airs throughout the City of Chicago tonight at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and also on 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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Republican Primary gubernatorial candidates Brady and Dillard airing on the Illinois Channel this week

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This week's Illinois Channel program features interviews with Republican Primary candidates Senator Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) and Senator Kirk Dillard (R-Westmont).
These interviews will air this week throughout the State of Illinois from Monday thru Sunday on the Illinois Channel. You can watch them on the web through Sunday on the Illinois Channel website by clicking the picture relating to the Conservative Summit and also you can watch the show on the Illinois Channel's cable outlets.

The interviews were conducted at the Conservativ Summit, which was held on September 4, 2009 and consisted of interviews by Cisco Cotto, WIND 560 AM Radio of six individuals who had announced, at that time, as Republican Republican Primary candidates for Governor: Senator Bill Brady, Senator Kirk Dillard, Senator Matt Murphy, Cook County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom, Entrepreneur Adam Andrzejewski, and Political Consultant and Media Personality Dan Proft [See here for more about the Conservative Summit]. Since that time Senator Matt Murphy has announced he is running for Lt. Gov. on a ticket with Andy McKenna, who is expected to announce for Governor in early October. We anticipate the Illinois Channel will air, over the next few weeks, the interviews with the remaining gubernatorial candidates who appeared at the Conservative Summit.

The Illinois Channel cable outlets air a two hour, weekly block of programming on cable. The 40 minute segment with candidates Brady and Dillard is the first of several segments airing on the Illinois Channel this week, and that segment will air starting at the very beginning of that two hour block of programming. Please click on Distribution at the Illinois Channel website or 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.
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The footage of the Conservative Summit airing this week on the Illinois Channel
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Some examples of the scheduled times and channels for the segment with Gubernatorial candidate Brady and Dillard on the Illinois Channel this week of Sep. 28, 2009 ) are given below:

Galesburg, Cable Ch. 22, Monday-Sunday, 9:00am, 2:00 pm. 8:30 pm; Wednesday, 2:00 pm.

Bolingbrook Community TV, Cable Ch. 6,Monday and Friday, 6:00 am, Tuesday, 5:00 pm

Chicago CANTV, Cable Ch. 21, Saturday, 9:00 am
Chicago CANTV, Cable Ch. 19, Sunday, 8:30 am

DeKalb, Cable Ch. 14, Monday, 4:00 pm; Wednesday, 9:00 pm; Thursday, 6:00 am; Friday, 7:00 pm and Saturday, 6:00 am

Evanston, Cable Ch. 16, Sat., 12:00 pn,

Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, Cable Ch. 17, Monday, 7:00 pm; Tuesday-Friday, 9:30 pm

Naperville, Wide open west Cable Ch. 6, Monday, 11:00 am; Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00 pm; Saturday, 12:00 pm

Naperville, Comcast Cable Ch. 10: Monday, 11:00 am; Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00 pm; Saturday, 12:00 pm

Palatine, Comcast ch. 6, Tu., 12:00 pm; Wed., 6:00 pm; Sat., 9:00 am, Sun.,6:00 pm

Springfield, Municipal Ch. 18, M,W,F, 6:30 am; Sat. and Sun., 10:00 am

Springfield, Insight Cable Ch. 22, Monday-Sunday, 10:00 pm; Sat., Sunday, 8:00 am;

Westmont, Comcast Cable Ch. 16, M, W and F, 6:00 am, 9:00 am, 12:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 6:00pm and 10:00 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 Republican gubernatorial candidates Senator Brady and Senator Dillard begins at the very start of the two hour block of programming and runs for forty minutes.
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Berkowitz joins Cong. Danny Davis on State Rep. La Shawn Ford’s WVON Radio show, "Voice of the People," this Sunday night.

Jeff Berkowitz joins Cong. Danny Davis (D-Chicago, 7th CD) this Sunday night as a guest on host State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford’s WVON radio show, “The Voice of the People.” The show airs from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm on WVON 1690 AM-Radio. You can call in at 773-591-1690. Live outside the listening area? Not to worry, you can listen live on the web by going here.

Cong. Danny Davis is a declared candidate for Cook County Board President in the Feb. 2, 2010 Democratic Primary. However, he is passing nominating petitions for County Board President and the 7th Cong. District. Confused? Call in or listen in and we’ll try to clarify the confusion. We also may be addressing the Cook County Board President Democratic Primary, at large; the County Board President Republican Primary and the six, or so, candidates and issues in those primaries.
Additional issues to discuss could include repeal of the one cent Cook County Sales tax that was added to the total sales tax about two years ago; President Stroger's performance; public corruption; is Cook County government efficient or inefficient; the Temporary Juvenile Detention Center; torture of criminal defendants in Chicago, who knew and when did they know it?; the County hospitals and clinics-- and much, much more.

Other issues to discuss could include the 7th Cong. District Democratic Primary [portions of Chicago, the South Side and western municipalities and suburbs], which seems to have five, or so, candidates, including State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford; the 10th Cong. Dist. Democratic and Republican primaries on the North Shore and North and Northwest Chicago metro suburbs, which have many candidates; the U. S. Senate Republican and Democratic primaries and whatever else you and the host, State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford have on their minds.
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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. *************************************************************
A sampling of shows and clips from those posted during the last seven months on the Public Affairs YouTube page include a show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem Primary Candidate La Shawn K. Ford, a show w/ 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, a show w/ Circuit Court Clerk and 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Dorothy Brown. a show w/ Cook County Board President Todd Stroger (D-Chicago)- a candidate for re-election in 2010, 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, , 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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Berkowitz Eye on the Cheryle Jackson-Alexi Giannoulias U. S. Senate Democratic Primary Race, Part 2

In Part 1 of the Berkowitz Eye on the Jackson-Giannoulias U. S. Senate Democratic Primary race, we focused on Laura Washington's suggestion that Cheryle Jackson is leapfrogging over other African-American leaders in her "rookie run," for political office.

The remaining critique of Laura Washington’s assessment of Cheryle Jackson's U. S. Senate candidacy focuses on two points: (a) Washington’s view that “Jackson’s economic development mantra…will be dead on arrival by September,” and (b) Jackson’s “got to bone up on the myriad issues a serious Senate candidate must master…” Let's take a look at whether either of these argments makes sense.

Cheryle Jackson’s Economic Development Mantra DOA?

This is a serious substantive charge by Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington. Is Cheryle Jackson overplaying her “economic development” expertise? Is the economic development issue not that important? Is Jackson’s issue focus too narrow?

Cheryle Jackson’s team is poised to argue the Jackson Senate campaign is about, in large part, economic development, the economy and jobs. We’ll see if they can pull it off, but that’s their play. Ms. Jackson has been talking a lot about her job for the last few years as President of the Chicago Urban League, which Jackson transformed from an emphasis on social service agencies to jobs and entrepreneurship.

Cheryl Jackson and jobs

As Jack Kennedy and the late Jack Kemp used to say, the best form of welfare is a job—and not a “make work,” job created by government, but a wealth-creating job emanating from free enterprise. Is Cheryle Jackson another Jack Kennedy or Jack Kemp (Mr. Hope, Growth and Opportunity)? We’ll find out. At least, for now, she is playing in that ballpark.

Cheryle Jackson’s senior campaign adviser argued earlier this week to this journalist that (a) Microsoft and Google took off during an economic downturn, (b) jobs and innovation come from small business [hard to believe, but at one time, Microsoft and Google were small businesses], and (c) Jackson is interested in helping small business get off the ground and helping small businesses become larger businesses—creating many Illinois jobs along the way.

Transcending Race, Politics and Class

Team Jackson argues this focus on economics will have across-the-board appeal among Whites, Hispanics and African-Americans. Indeed, this is reminiscent of Barack Obama’s 2004 U. S. Senate Democratic Primary campaign, when he said frequently, “I may be rooted in the African-American community, but I am not limited by it.”

U. S. Senate Candidate Obama campaigned on the issues of affordable higher education, affordable healthcare and jobs—arguing implicitly to this journalist that he transcended race, politics and class, and that he would be competitive in every demographic- and he was. Is this where Cheryle Jackson is going? We’ll see. But one thing is for sure. Laura Washington’s judgment that Jackson’s arguments about economic development are “Dead on arrival,” is simply not warranted. Not when Illinois has an unemployment rate above ten percent, almost one percent above the national average and likely to be rising for the foreseeable future.

Who owns a bank?

Cheryl Jackson argues she can identify with the average person, unlike the thirty-three year old Alexi Giannoulias, whom she asserts represents privilege. Jackson’s line is that unlike her Democratic Primary opponent, State Treasurer Giannoulias and his family, “I don’t own a bank, the bank owns me.” Of course, Jackson makes this argument while drawing a $227,000 annual salary from the Chicago Urban League, which puts her in the top one or two percent of income earners in America.

Boning up on the issues

As to Cheryle Jackson "boning up on the issues, " her senior campaign adviser acknowledged to this journalist that Ms. Jackson is currently studying a four-inch notebook with materials on thirty different issues. The campaign adviser made the point that Treasurer Giannoulias also has to “bone up,” on the issues. It is not as if the Illinois State Treasurer spends a lot of his official time focusing on domestic public policy, foreign policy and cultural issues. Indeed, when has anyone heard State Treasurer Giannoulias-- or those close to his Senate Campaign-- discuss Giannoulias' views on national issues?

War and economic stimulus

Touching on some specific national issues, Jackson’s senior campaign adviser told this journalist earlier this week that Jackson is concerned that “President Obama not get bogged down in Afghanistan in the same way that President Bush did in Iraq and LBJ did in Vietnam.” On the economy side of things, Jackson’s adviser said Jackson would have supported, had she been in the Senate, “some sort of economic stimulus package, but not necessarily the same one that passed.”

Of course, the question remains—Does or will Cheryle Jackson know the national issues well enough to be a strong candidate in the general election? We’ll find out when Cheryl Jackson comes on “Public Affairs,” which we hope and anticipate will be soon.

Cheryle Jackson sat for a recent "Seinfeld interview," with Chicago Tonight's Phil Ponce in which he asked no questions about substantive public policy issues. Not one question about bailouts, the economic stimulus program, healthcare, education, taxes, spending, the Iraq or Afghanistan War, trade, abortion or anything substantive. It truly was an interview "about nothing." Maybe Laura Washington needs to write about WTTW having to "bone up on the issues."

Boning up on the issues with Giannoulias

The same questions and doubts raised by Laura Washington about Jackson and the issues extend to State Treasurer Giannoulias. Indeed, even more so. Giannoulias scheduled several appearances on “Public Affairs,” when he was running in the 2006 Democratic Primary for Treasurer, and he cancelled each one. His opponent in that primary, Paul Mangieri, although from downstate, did manage to appear on “Public Affairs.” In the general election in 2006, Senator Radogno, Giannoulias’ opponent, appeared on “Public Affairs,” but Giannoulias was, again, a "no show." And, Giannoulias' reluctance to engage journalists on substantive public policy issues was a pattern, not the exception, in 2006.

Although Giannoulias has essentially been running in the Democratic U. S. Senate Primary for a good chunk of this year, he has not responded to requests to come on “Public Affairs,” and discuss national issues. Nor has he done much of that elsewhere. So far, Giannoulias’ campaign has mostly been about touting his ability to raise money and to get endorsements. He has been a bit thin on substance, unless by that you mean, “Cash on Hand.”

The Obama Senate Seat Test

When then State Senator Barack Obama came on “Public Affairs,” even before he was a U. S. Senate candidate, he argued, “I know the issues, I have a vision and I speak out.” So far, neither Giannoulias nor Jackson has demonstrated he (she) can pass even the first part of the Obama three-part test for his Senate seat.

So, if Laura Washington is going to raise the issue about Cheryle Jackson's knowledge and engagement on public policy issues, she should raise that same issue about 33 year old Alexi Giannoulias. I mean, fair is fair.

Finally, you might be wondering how does either Democratic candidate stack up relative to their likely general election opponent, Cong. Mark Kirk, on the above points? That’s a good question—but, one for another day.
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Berkowitz Eye on Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias: Either ready for a prime time U. S. Senate bid?

Is Cheryl Jackson Leapfrogging over other African-American, would be Senate Candidates?

Laura Washington took a sharp swipe in her column this week at Cheryle Jackson. As Washington put it, “political rookie,” Jackson is trying to “leapfrog,” over generations of African-American political leadership in her bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination to the U. S. Senate.

This, of course, is the seat that Barack Obama won, essentially, in a sharply contested 2004 Democratic primary, among a field of seven candidates. It is the same seat that the now impeached, arrested, indicted Governor Blagojevich allegedly tried to sell to the highest bidder. And, those bidders allegedly included, in one form or another, the current incumbent, Senator Burris and Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Chicago, 2nd CD)

The Blagojevich-Burris senate seat?

So, putting it mildly, the seat Cheryl Jackson seeks is a storied seat- and it is the only senate seat currently held by an African-American, who is only the fourth African-American to serve in the Senate since Reconstruction. One would think there might be quite a few Democrats, including African-Americans, who would be stepping up to run for the Obama seat [or as Republican Primary candidate for the senate seat Cong. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park, 10th CD) likes to call it, the Blagojevich-Burris seat].

The taint of being appointed by Rod Blagojevich, what Burris did to obtain that Senate appointment, what he said he did —and the press, legislative and State’s Attorney’s investigations of same-- took Senator Roland Burris out of contention in 2010. However, we would expect at least a few formidable African-Americans to join Jackson in her game of leapfrog.

Surprisingly, no other African-American candidates have shown up on the Democratic side of the ledger. Laura Washington asserts that the “roster of those [African-Americans] who would covet an open Senate is endless: congressmen, aldermen, commissioners, state legislators…” Perhaps. But, even if there are a lot of such folks who “covet the seat,” nobody else, at least so far, seems to think he or she can win it. At least not so much that such a person is willing to step up and become a candidate.

African-American Congressional Candidates for the Senate Seat?

A senior Jackson campaign adviser argued to this reporter yesterday, “Nobody else has a financial network that can raise six to ten million dollars in the primary and twenty-five million dollars in the general election.” That’s a pretty good point. We don’t know that Cheryle Jackson has such a financial network, but she at least can credibly make that claim.

Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr., who at one point in his career was wheeling and dealing, in a political sense, with 2002 gubernatorial candidate Blagojevich for his support for the 2004 Senate nomination, might have wanted to take a shot at a 2010 bid and he might have had the financial network to do it. But, Cong. Jackson’s activities and those allegedly undertaken on his behalf regarding his interest in the Senate appointment from Blago are requiring Jesse Jr. to keep a low profile at this moment.

African-American Cong. Bobby Rush (D-Chicago, 1st CD) may have “spanked,” Obama (as Obama himself describes it) in Obama’s 2000 unsuccessful primary effort to oust Rush from his 1st Cong. District seat, but Rush isn’t going to spank anybody statewide. Nor does Cong. Danny Davis (D-Chicago, 7th CD) apparently think he can win statewide, as he is focusing now on a bid for Cook County Board President in the Democratic Primary, while covering all bases by circulating nominating petitions for his 7th CD seat, as well.

So, just which African-American congressman does Washington think Jackson is leapfrogging over? Somebody who is invisible to the rest of us.

African-American Aldermanic Candidates for the Senate Seat?

Aldermen being leapfrogged by Jackson? Just whom does Washington have in mind? Ald. Freddrenna Lyle? Ald. Sandi Jackson? Anybody else? I don’t think so.

Chicago Ald. Lyle (6th Ward) is well spoken and bright. She might already know or be able to master national issues. But, raise six to ten million dollars for a statewide run in the primary? Give me a break. Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson (7th Ward)? Cong. Jackson’s spouse is quite charismatic, telegenic, smart and quick. But, the cloud over her husband may extend to her, unfair as that may be for both. And two years of experience as an elected Alderman does not give her an edge over Cheryle Jackson. Most importantly, does Sandi Jackson have a national network from which she could raise six million dollars for her primary? I don’t think so.

And, on it goes, as Laura Washington might say. In short, there is nobody for Cheryle Jackson to leapfrog. We all know you can’t beat a somebody with a nobody. As Cheryl Jackson’s senior adviser said to this journalist yesterday, just whom does Laura think Cheryle is leapfrogging? Whom indeed.

Cheryle Jackson’s Economic Development Mantra DOA?

[Please go here to read Part two of the Berkowitz Eye on the Jackson-Giannoulias Democratic U. S. Senate Primary
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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. *************************************************************
A sampling of shows and clips from those posted during the last nine months on the Public Affairs YouTube page include a show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem Primary Candidate La Shawn K. Ford...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 segment of Bill O'Reilly with Berkowitz discussing a clip of Obama from 2002 on Blagojevich and many more shows.
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Better than Fox's Placko w/Cong. Davis: Berkowitz w/7th CD Dem. Primary Candidate Rep.La Shawn Ford on Cable and Streaming

State Rep. and 7th CD Dem. Primary candidate La Shawn Ford: Well, you know, I am a Catholic and I believe that we have to protect life and preserve life. Watch the show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem. Primary candidate La Shawn Ford on your computer.

Jeff Berkowitz: But, you’re not ready to say you would like to overturn Roe v. Wade?
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago): ...The minimum wage can’t be too high because these are the people that work very hard in our society.
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Jeff Berkowitz: So, you are a union guy. You think unions help. Some people say that unions cause wages to be above the market wage and therefore people become unemployed [by unions]. Do you disagree with that?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: You know. I am a union guy, I am a people’s guy…I need the unions to be more in line with what’s good for the people- what’s good for-- what the Constitution says—Justice for all.
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Jeff Berkowitz: The President says [Cap and Trade] is a good idea. You’re going to cap carbon emissions- people can trade that—others say it’s going to cost a great deal, business is going to be driven away to other countries, people in the United States [will] lose jobs. Who’s right? President Obama or his critics?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: The President is right. You know, we—
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago), 7th Cong. Dist. Democratic Primary candidate. The airing schedule for the Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs is included, below.
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Democratic Primary candidate State Rep. La Shawn Ford debates and discusses a broad range of domestic public policy, foreign policy and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz, on a show taped on August 9, 2009. It is likely that State Rep. Ford will be facing five or more competitors in the 7th CD Democratic Primary. The current 13 year incumbent in the 7th Cong. Dist., Cong. Danny Davis (D-Chicago) appears committed to running in the Cook County Board President Democratic Primary. State Rep. Ford has indicated his run in the 7th CD Primary is contingent on Cong. Davis not running for re-election. Cong. Davis is circulating nominating petitions for both County Board President and Congressman from the 7tn CD, but appears to be likely to move ahead with a run for County Board President.

You can now watch the show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem. Primary candidate La Shawn Ford on your computer. For a detailed partial transcript and more about the show with 7th CD candidate Rep. La Shawn Ford, please go here
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Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:

The show featuring State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago), 7th Cong. Dist. Democratic Primary candidate, 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 State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago), 7th Cong. Dist. Democratic Primary candidate, will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night i.e., August 24 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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A sampling of shows and clips from those posted during the last seven months on the Public Affairs YouTube page include a show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem Primary Candidate La Shawn K. Ford, a show w/ 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, a show w/ Circuit Court Clerk and 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Dorothy Brown. a show w/ Cook County Board President Todd Stroger (D-Chicago)- a candidate for re-election in 2010, 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, , 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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Better than WTTW's Phil Ponce w/Cheryle Jackson, Berkowitz w/ Cmsr. Larry Suffredin on "Saving Cook County," Cable and Streaming

Jeff Berkowitz: … most people thought this Cook County Board [President] race was going to be about, at least in part, some would say in large part, the [Cook County] sales tax increase.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston): That’s a minor part of it. [Watch the show w/Cook County Board President candidate Larry Suffredin here].
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Cmsr. Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston): …I am the only suburban candidate in this race. I have to make the suburbs understand that this is their chance to take over this Government…
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The "Public Affairs," show featuring Cook County Board Member Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston) airs throughout the City of Chicago tonight at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV).

Cmsr. Suffredin debates and discusses "Cook County Board public policy issues and politics with Jeff Berkowitz, show host and Executive Legal Recruiter. Suffredin argues on the show that he should get credit for negotiating two years ago with President Stroger to cut Stroger's proposed increase in the County Sales Tax from two percent to one percent, and for getting President Stroger to agree to appoint an independent County Health Bureau Board in exchange for Suffredin's support for Stroger's tax increase.

Should Suffredin get brickbats for giving President Stroger the vote he needed to pass a 1% sales tax increase? Or, should Suffredin get kudos for persuading Pres. Stroger two years ago not to seek a two percent sales tax increase? We discuss, you decide. For more about tonight's show, including partial transcripts and a list of topics, please go here.

At the time tonight's program was taped (Aug. 9), Cmsr. Suffredin said he would be a candidate for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Democratic Primary. Today, he announced he would not be a Candidate for President of the Cook County Board, but he would seek re-election as a Cook County Board Member. Cmsr. Suffredin told Jeff Berkowitz this afternoon that due to a change this week in his "family obligations," he had decided not to run for County Board President.
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The program with Cmsr. Suffredin 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 now watch the "Public Affairs," show w/2010 Democratic Cook County Board President Primary candidate Larry Suffredin 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. *************************************************************
"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 State Rep. and 7th CD Dem Primary Candidate La Shawn K. Ford, a show w/ 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, a show w/ Circuit Court Clerk and 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Dorothy Brown. a show w/ Cook County Board President Todd Stroger (D-Chicago)- a candidate for re-election in 2010, 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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Better than Christian Farr on NBC-5 News: Berkowitz w/ 7th CD Dem.Primary candidate La Shawn Ford on jobs,minimum wages and much more. Now Streaming

Jeff Berkowitz: Do you support that woman’s right to choose?

State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago): You know I support----life. [Watch the show here w/ 7th CD candidate La Shawn Ford]

Jeff Berkowitz: …Well, if you support life, some people [with that view] would say that they would support a constitutional amendment that protects the embryo, that would ban abortion—would you go down that road?
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State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago) is running in the 2010 Seventh Cong. Dist. Democratic Primary, on the assumption that the current occupant of that seat, thirteen-year incumbent Cong. Danny Davis, is not seeking re-election. And, it appears to be the case that Cong. Davis will not seek re-election but will instead run for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Democratic Primary.

Rep. La Shawn Ford is the featured guest on next week’s Suburban Edition of Public Affairs [See the Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule for “Public Affairs,” at the close of this post ]. 7th Cong. Dist. Democratic Primary candidate La Shawn Ford debates and discusses a broad range of domestic public policy, foreign policy and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz, on a show taped on August 9, 2009. It is likely that State Rep. Ford will be facing five or more competitors in the 7th CD Democratic Primary.

You can now watch the show with State Rep. and 7th CD Dem. Primary candidate La Shawn Ford on your computer. A partial transcript of the show is included, below.
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Abortion

Jeff Berkowitz: Do you support that woman’s right to choose?

State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-Chicago): You know I support----life. [Watch the show here w/ 7th CD candidate La Shawn Ford]

Jeff Berkowitz: …Well, if you support life, some people [with that view] would say that they would support a constitutional amendment that protects the embryo, that would ban abortion—would you go down that road?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: You know that’s something that I haven’t had a chance to go across the 7th Congressional District to find out—

Jeff Berkowitz: So, you’re not taking a position on that?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: Well, you know, I am a Catholic and I believe that we have to protect life and preserve life.

Jeff Berkowitz: But, you’re not ready to say you would like to overturn Roe v. Wade?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: Oh no, not at all.
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Minimum wages and unemployment

Jeff Berkowitz: …some people say high minimum wages make people unemployed because they could work for a lower wage and have a job but the minimum wage drives business away from hiring them. Do you agree? Can the minimum wage be too high?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: No, not at all.

Jeff Berkowitz: You don’t agree with that?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: No, the minimum wage can’t be too high because these are the people that work very hard in our society.

Unions and unemployment

Jeff Berkowitz: So, you are a union guy. You think unions help. Some people say that unions cause wages to be above the market wage and therefore people become unemployed [by unions]. Do you disagree with that?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: You know. I am a union guy, I am a people’s guy…I need the unions to be more in line with what’s good for the people- what’s good for what the Constitution says—Justice for all.

Cap and Trade--- and unemployment

Jeff Berkowitz: …Do you know about Cap and Trade?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: Yeah.

Jeff Berkowitz: The President says that’s a good idea. You’re going to cap carbon emissions- people can trade that—others say it’s going to cost a great deal, business is going to be driven away to other countries, people in the United States lose jobs. Who’s right? Obama or his critics?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: The President is right. You know, we—

Jeff Berkowitz: You would support “Cap and Trade.”

Rep. La Shawn Ford: I would support “Cap and Trade.”

Jeff Berkowitz: And, you don’t think people are going to lose jobs in the 7th Cong. Dist.?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: … I do believe that we are in a situation where we have to preserve energy and that there is global warming.

Jeff Berkowitz: And, that takes priority over jobs at this point?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: It doesn’t take priority over jobs. I think that we can still have—create jobs in the 7th Cong. Dist. through the green technology.

Jeff Berkowitz: You think so?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: I know so.

Jeff Berkowitz: That’s going to offset them?

Rep. La Shawn Ford: That’s going to offset it because we have to bring green technology into the 7th Cong. District.
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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 State Rep. and 7th CD Dem Primary Candidate La Shawn K. Ford, a show w/ 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, a show w/ Circuit Court Clerk and 2010 Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Dorothy Brown. a show w/ Cook County Board President Todd Stroger (D-Chicago)- a candidate for re-election in 2010, 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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Berkowitz w/ Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, 2010 Democratic Cook County Board President Primary candidate, now Streaming

Jeff Berkowitz: This is a government [Cook County] that you’re going to get down from…24,500 employees to 22,000?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston): It is easily done.

Jeff Berkowitz: You don’t like Todd Stroger, you like Mayor Daley? 1 to 10, what would you give Mayor Daley?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: a 5, I think the Mayor has not done a very good job in the last five years.
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You can now watch the "Public Affairs," show w/2010 Democratic Cook County Board President Primary candidate Larry Suffredin here.
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Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: …I am the only suburban candidate in this race. I have to make the suburbs understand that this is their chance to take over this Government…

Jeff Berkowitz: Is it important to the suburbs because of the high taxes they pay? Or, is it important because of the services—

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: Because of the services they need.

Jeff Berkowitz: What services do the suburbanites get out of Cook County Government?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: …They are getting more and more healthcare services. The also need to know that the [tax] assessment process is fair and …
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Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: …my record in the past being endorsed by people like Jesse Jackson, Jr., like Senator Rickey Hendon…I have proved myself as somebody who delivers services to all people and my fighting for the independent Health Board, the majority of those patients are African-American, who are getting the benefits of that Board.

Jeff Berkowitz: So, you are fighting for [African-Americans]?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: Absolutely.
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Jeff Berkowitz: … We’re making news…most people thought this Cook County Board [President] race was going to be about, at least in part, some would say in large part, the [Cook County] sales tax increase.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston): That’s a minor part of it. [Watch the show w/Cook County Board President candidate Larry Suffredin here].

Jeff Berkowitz: You’re saying it’s not an issue. You’re thumbing your nose at the Chicago Tribune. Right here, as you speak to me—
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Jeff Berkowitz: Which income level would you start raising incomes taxes at?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I think a progressive income tax, which is what the federal system is.

Jeff Berkowitz: No, but which income tax group would you say should pay a higher tax? $50,000? $100,000? $150,000?
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Jeff Berkowitz: Well, what is [your net worth]? Just tell us right now. August 9, 2009.
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The show with Cook County Board President Candidate Larry Suffredin was taped on August 9, 2009.
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For more about this week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs, featuring Cook County Cmsr. Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston), a declared candidate for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Democratic Primary, including partial transcripts and a list of show topics, the suburban airing schedule and the airing schedules for Chicago and Aurora, please go here.
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Updated at 11:15 am on Thursday, August 13, 2009: You can now watch the show w/2010 Democratic Cook County Board President Primary candidate Larry Suffredin here.
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Jeff Berkowitz: … We’re making news…You watch Public Affairs … because we make news…most people thought this Cook County Board [President] race was going to be about, at least in part, some would say in large part, the [Cook County] sales tax increase.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston): That’s a minor part of it. [Watch the show w/Cook County Board President candidate Larry Suffredin here].

Jeff Berkowitz: You’re saying it’s not an issue. You’re thumbing your nose at the Chicago Tribune. Right here, as you speak to me—
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Jeff Berkowitz: Maybe if you [hadn’t] raised [the sales tax] a year ago, the economy in Cook County and Illinois might be better [now].

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: Cook County would have gone bankrupt. Cook County would have failed. We wouldn’t have the ability of the Sheriff to be out at Burr Oak Cemetery trying...
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Jeff Berkowitz: Which income level would you start raising incomes taxes at?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I think a progressive income tax, which is what the federal system is.

Jeff Berkowitz: No, but which income tax group would you say should pay a higher tax? $50,000? $100,000? $150,000?
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Jeff Berkowitz: Are you going to make [your tax returns] available on October 15th.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: If I am a candidate for this office, absolutely.
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Jeff Berkowitz: Well, what is [your net worth]? Just tell us right now. August 9, 2009.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I don’t know.

Jeff Berkowitz: More than a million?
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This week’s suburban edition of Public Affairs features Cook County Cmsr. Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston). Suffredin is a declared candidate for Cook County Board President in the 2010 Democratic Primary. The airing schedule for the Chicago Metro suburban edition of Public Affairs is included, below.
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The "Public Affairs," show with Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, Candidate for President of the Cook County Board in the 2010 Democratic Primary, can now be watched here .
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The Cook County Sales Tax: the big issue in the 2010 President's race?

Jeff Berkowitz: … We’re making news…You watch Public Affairs … because we make news…most people thought this Cook County Board [President] race was going to be about, at least in part, some would say in large part, the [Cook County] sales tax increase

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: That’s a minor part of it.

Jeff Berkowitz: You’re saying it’s not an issue. You’re thumbing your nose at the Chicago Tribune. Right here, as you speak to me—

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: The Chicago Tribune is, at this point, maybe not even in business by…February.

Jeff Berkowitz: So, you’re writing off that endorsement. They’re not going to endorse you.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: The Tribune’s not going to endorse me. They’ve already said it fourteen times in editorials. The Chicago Sun-Times probably isn’t going to endorse me.

Jeff Berkowitz: Because of your support of the sales tax [increase].

Nobody reads the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: Newspapers. Nobody’s reading them, Jeff. Nobody’s reading them.

Jeff Berkowitz: Come on, now. They are very important in the suburbs. The Tribune is important in the suburbs…

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: It was important in the suburbs.

Jeff Berkowitz: The Sun-Times is important on the South Side of Chicago.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: They were important.

Jeff Berkowitz: It is important in the African-American community.

What are the issues in the 2010 Board President race?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: They may not be in business. Newspapers aren’t the issue. The issues are—what is in the best interests of people here… the million people who are now getting their health care at our system…In New Trier Township [includes Winnetka, Kenilworth, Wilmette, Glencoe, Northfield and Glenview on Chicago’s North Shore] that I represent…what are [their officials] talking about? Expanding their food pantry. We have poverty all around us because of the economy.

Jeff Berkowitz: We have more unemployment in Illinois than the average in the country.

The Cook County economy and the Sales Tax increase

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: Exactly right… and that’s why we’ve got to reduce the sales tax…

Jeff Berkowitz: Oh, now we have to reduce it. You didn’t mind raising it [before].

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I stabilized government.

Jeff Berkowitz: You told me [the sales tax increase] was not doing anything to hurt the [Cook County] economy and now you’re saying it is? Two minutes ago, you said that on this show.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: No, I said to you that you never collect extra revenue. You don’t build up surpluses. We don’t need the sales tax [increase] today. We needed it a year ago. We don’t need it today.

Jeff Berkowitz: Maybe if you [hadn’t] raised [the sales tax] a year ago, the economy in Cook County and Illinois might be better [now].

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: Cook County would have gone bankrupt. Cook County would have failed. We wouldn’t have the ability of the Sheriff to be out at Burr Oak Cemetery trying to do those investigations because we wouldn’t have the revenue. [President Todd Stroger stated recently on “Public Affairs,” (Watch here) that he opposed the repeal of the sales tax because of various financial needs that could arise in the future, referring, for example, to Sheriff Dart’s recent request for $200,000 from Cook County’s general revenue fund to cover the cost of Dart’s investigations at Burr Oak Cemetery].
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Tax the rich? Who is rich? Raise the state income tax on those families with incomes more than 85K?

Jeff Berkowitz: …You also want to tax the rich. You want a progressive tax.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: No, no. A progressive tax…we’re all the rich. There are a lot of us out here who have incomes who can afford to pay more in income tax than we do. But, we’ve got to get this to be a fairer system.

Jeff Berkowitz: Which income level would you start raising incomes taxes at?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I think a progressive income tax, which is what the federal system is.

Jeff Berkowitz: No, but which income tax group would you say should pay a higher tax? $50,000? $100,000? $150,000?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I think you start at $85,000, which is the salary of a [Cook] County Commissioner. I think from $85, 000 on, you should be able to …

Jeff Berkowitz: So, you’re telling people out there, people earning $85,000 or more, our viewers, they should be paying more taxes.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: They should be paying more income tax and they should be paying less property tax and less sales tax.

Jeff Berkowitz: That’s not a prescription to win this race. You want to be County Board President, right?

What wins the race for Cook County Board President?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: The prescription to win this race is to put together a program in which the people get the services they need, and those services are fair assessments; they are a fair sales tax; they are property tax reforms that protect the schools having the revenues they need- that’s what the County Board President [has] got to do.

Jeff Berkowitz: You are running for Cook County Board President.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: But, I collect the taxes at Cook County for all those schools. We assess the property taxes for Cook County.
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Will Cmsr. Suffredin make his tax returns available to the public?

Jeff Berkowitz: Right now. August 9, 2009. Right now. Make them available. They’re filed in the spring, right? Did you file your tax returns?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I have an extension. I’ll be filing my last year’s [tax] returns--

Jeff Berkowitz: August 15th?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: Probably October 15th.

Jeff Berkowitz: Are you going to make [your tax returns] available on October 15th.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: If I am a candidate for this office, absolutely.

Suffredin to release his tax returns on October 15, 2009

Jeff Berkowitz: You’ll make them available Oct. 15th?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: That’s right.

Jeff Berkowitz: Schedules, everything, Okay?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I don’t have any problem with that. I mean, look, transparency is what’s important. Money is important.

Suffredin's Net Worth: More than a million?

Jeff Berkowitz: What’s your net worth. Are you going to tell people your net worth?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: They can see what my net worth is, it’s no problem.

Jeff Berkowitz: No, they can’t see it. It doesn’t say it on your tax return.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: No, No. I file my economic disclosure statement.

Jeff Berkowitz: Does that state your net worth?

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: It certainly gives them enough indication of it.

Jeff Berkowitz: Well, what is it? Just tell us right now. August 9, 2009.

Cmsr. Larry Suffredin: I don’t know.

Jeff Berkowitz: More than a million?
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Larry Suffredin, Cook County Board Member and 2010 Democratic Primary candidate for Cook County Board President, debates and discusses Cook County public policy and political issues with show host Jeff Berkowitz. Topics discussed include whether it made sense to raise the Cook County sales tax in 2007 and whether it makes sense to repeal all or a portion of the increase now; whether the County Board will override President Stroger’s veto of the County’s repeal of a portion of the 2007 sales tax increase; whether it made sense for Cmsr. Suffredin to support an increase in the sales tax of 1% in 2007; whether the independent Cook County Health Bureau board has been a significant force for improving the efficiency of the Health Bureau; does Mayor Daley deserves a high or low job performance rating; will Cmsr. Suffredin have a diverse inner circle as County Board President; does the 2016 Olympics in Chicago represent ethnic cleansing; Did Cook County provide a financial guarantee for the 2016 Chicago Olympics; the optimal level of employment by Cook County government; the appropriateness of the County Board’s loan to Regional Supt. Flowers’ office; will Cmsr. Suffredin release his tax returns; has it been appropriate for Cmsr. Suffredin to lobby for clients; what is Cmsr. Suffredin’s net worth; media bias and how well has President Stroger performed.
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The "Public Affairs," show with Cmsr. Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston), Candidate for President of the Cook County Board in the 2010 Democratic Primary, was taped on August 9, 2009
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Public Affairs Chicago Metro suburban airing schedule:

The show featuring Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, Candidate for President of the Cook County Board in the 2010 Democratic Primary, 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. The show with Cmsr. Suffredin will also have a special airing in these ten villages on this Thursday, Aug. 13, at 5:30 pm on Ch. 19.
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Chicago and Aurora:

The "Public Affairs," show featuring Cmsr. Larry Suffredin, Candidate for President of the Cook County Board in the 2010 Democratic Primary, will also air throughout the City of Chicago this coming Monday night i.e., August 17 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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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 Circuit Court Clerk and Cook County Board President Democratic Primary candidate Dorothy Brown. 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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