Monday, October 12, 2009

Better than Conaty and Placko w/ Cong. Kirk:Berkowitz w/ 14th CD Republican Candidate Sen.Randy Hultgren on War,bailouts and vouchers;Cable&Streaming

Randy Hultgren, State Senator (R-Winfield) and 14th CD Republican Primary candidate: …I think [school] vouchers is a term that is so loaded but again if we can get parental choice— [Watch the show w/Sen. Hultgren]

Jeff Berkowitz: So…if I call them scholarships, then you are okay [with them]?

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Sen. Randy Hultgren: Well, I have heard stories. I don’t know for sure but I know [Cong. Bill Foster (D-14th CD)] is very tied in with unions and unions play a great role but when they become coercive, which they do…I think that’s where it goes overboard…in this type of thing it goes too far …it’s more than persuasion…
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Jeff Berkowitz: Personal disclosure, transparency-- would you release your tax returns?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: I would, kind of boring.
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The "Public Affairs," show featuring State Senator Randy Hultgren (R-Winfield), Candidate in the 2010 14th Cong. Dist. Republican Primary and a member of the General Assembly for the last eleven years, is airing: (1) throughout the City of Chicago tonight, Oct. 12, at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and (2) on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The program also airs at 3:30 pm tomorrow and Wednesday in Aurora and surrounding areas[These are additional regular slots for Public Affairs in Aurora]. 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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Watch the show with Sen. Hultgren on your computer.
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School vouchers, school choice?

Randy Hultgren, State Senator (R-Winfield) and 14th CD Republican Primary candidate: …I think [school] vouchers is a term that is so loaded but again if we can get parental choice—

Jeff Berkowitz: So…if I call them scholarships, then you are okay [with them]?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: Again, I want to see how it looks, but the idea of giving parents the ability to teach their kids, that’s what I want to support.

Free Trade?

Jeff Berkowitz: Free trade, NAFTA, CAFTA,Yes or no?...would you have supported NAFTA and CAFTA?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: I think so, yes.

Card Check: taking away the right to a secret ballot?

Jeff Berkowitz: The so-called Employee Free Choice Act, some people call it Card Check—you know, the union person stands outside the Hall and says please sign this card—maybe he doesn’t say please, and if you sign it and he gets a certain number of authorizations, then that proposed union gets certified. Some people would say you’re giving up—the employees are giving up the secret ballot—do you favor that?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: I am opposed to that.

Jeff Berkowitz: Do you know what Cong. Bill Foster (D, 14th CD) thinks about that?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: Well, I have heard stories. I don’t know for sure but I know he is very tied in with unions and unions play a great role but when they become coercive, which they do…I think that’s where it goes overboard…in this type of thing it goes too far …it’s more than persuasion…

Disclosing tax returns?

Jeff Berkowitz: Personal disclosure, transparency-- would you release your tax returns?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: I would, kind of boring.

Jeff Berkowitz: Have you?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: I haven’t yet, so—

Jeff Berkowitz: But, if I call up next week, you would release them to me and any other members of media.

Sen. Randy Hultgren: Yeah, I would like …
Disclosing net worth?

Jeff Berkowitz: Your net worth, what is it approximately?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: I’m not worth very much, I’ve been a public servant—

Jeff Berkowitz: Ballpark?

Sen. Randy Hultgren: …I think probably $300,000- $400,000, depending on how the house—our house is our main asset…
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For an additional partial transcript of tonight’s show, please go here.
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This week’s “Public Affairs,” show in the Chicago Metro North and Northwest suburbs features Bill Cadigan (R-Winnetka), running in the 10th Cong. Dist. Republican Primary. For a Public Affairs Chicago Metro airing schedule, please go 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. *************************************************************
More than 112 of our shows from the last two years are posted on the Public Affairs YouTube page . *********************************************************************