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Dorothy
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PARTY
to the Subcircuits
Brown
opposed
in run for
4th Term
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Madigan
Secretary of State, Jesse White
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Senate President, Emil Jones (Ret.)
Congressman Danny Davis
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Congressman Dan Lipinski
Congressman Bobby Rush
Alderman Carrie Austin
Alderman Anthony Beale
Alderman Howard Brookins
Alderman Walter Burnett
Alderman Willie Cochran
Alderman Patricia Dowell
Alderman Jason Ervin
Alderman Toni Foulkes
Alderman Deborah Graham
Alderman Leslie Hairston
Alderman Michelle Harris
Alderman Sandi Jackson
Alderman Lona Lane
Alderman Roberto Maldonado
Alderman Richard Mell
Alderman Emma Mitts
Alderman John Pope
Alderman Marty Quinn
Alderman Roderick Sawyer
Alderman Ed Smith (Ret.)
Alderman Latasha Thomas
Alderman JoAnn Thompson
Alderman Michael Zalewski
IL Senator Maggie Crotty
IL Senator Don Harmon
IL Senator Mattie Hunter
IL Senator Lou Lang
IL Senator Kimberly Lightford
IL Senator Kwame Raoul
IL Senator Jeff Schoenberg
IL Senator Donne Trotter
IL Rep. Marlow Colvin
IL Rep. Monique Davis
IL Rep. Anthony DeLuca
IL Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
IL Rep. Mary Flowers
IL Rep. Connie Howard
IL Rep. Kevin McCarthy
IL Rep. Al Riley
IL Rep. Robert Rita
Il Rep. Derrick Smith
Former President Cook County Board of Commissioners Bobbie Steele
Cook County Commissioner Jerry Butler
Cook County Commissioner Earlean Collins
Cook County Commissioner Joan Murphy
Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims
Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele
Frank Avila, Commissioner, Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
IL Appellate Court Justice William Cousins (Ret.)
Cook County Judge Sam L. Amirante (Ret.)
Mayor Andre Ashmore-Matteson, IL
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Mayor Arlene Jezierny-Harwood Heights, IL
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Mayor Dr. Frank Pasquale-Bellwood, IL
Mayor Barrett Pedersen-Franklin Park, IL
Mayor Rick Reinbold-Richton Park, IL
Mayor Ron Serpico-Melrose Park, IL
Mayor Joseph Tamburino-Hillside, IL
Mayor Eugene Williams-Lynwood, IL
Mayor Henderson Yarbrough-Maywood, IL
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Committeeman Tim Bradford
Committeeman Christine Cegilis
Committeeman Patricia Cullerton
Committeeman Jesse Juarez
Committeeman Lou Lang
Committeeman Michael Looney
Committeeman Robert Lovero
Committeeman Robert Martwick
Committeeman Terry Matthews
Committeeman Antonio Munoz
Committeeman John O’Sullivan
Committeeman Tom Sharpe
Committeeman Edward Smollen
Committeeman Rocco Terranova
Committeeman Frank Zuccarelli
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ELECT
James Michael
McGing
Democratic Candidate for
Illinois Appellate Court
Robert Cahill Vacancy
ELECT
James Michael
Accomplishments
Circuit Court Judge
McGing
Has the only Public Nuisance Call in Cook County:
to address Gang, Gun, Drug and Prostitution
Endorsed by:
Former Federal Judge Wayne Andersen
Former Appellate Court Justice Sheila O’Brien
Former Appellate Court Justice Dom Rizzi
Former Appellate Court Justice Warren Wolfson
(former Dean of The DePaul University School of Law)
Past-Present Accomplishments
DePaul University School of Law
Accomplishments
Former Prosecutor
Circuit Court Judge
Co-Drafted the Cook County Boot Camp Law
Has the only Public Nuisance Call in Cook County:
to address Gang, Gun, Drug and Prostitution
Drafted the Police Fake Badge Law
Endorsed by:
Drafted 2005 Sex Offender Amendment Law
Graduate of the FBI National Academy
Former Federal Judge Wayne Andersen
Former Appellate Court Justice Sheila O’Brien
Former Appellate Court Justice Dom Rizzi
Former Appellate Court Justice Warren Wolfson
University of Illinois Chicago Criminal Justice Research Advisory Panel
Member -Department of Justice Regional Computer Forensic Oversight Board
Board Member-Park Ridge Express Youth Hockey Board
Board Member-Trinity Irish Dance Company
(former Dean of The DePaul University School of Law)
Past-Present Accomplishments
James Michael
DePaul University School of Law
McGing
Former Prosecutor
Co-Drafted the Cook County Boot Camp Law
Drafted the Police Fake Badge Law
ELECT
Drafted 2005 Sex Offender Amendment Law
Graduate of the FBI National Academy
James Michael
University of Illinois Chicago Criminal Justice Research Advisory Panel
Member -Department of Justice Regional Computer Forensic Oversight Board
McGing
Board Member-Park Ridge Express Youth Hockey Board
Board Member-Trinity Irish Dance Company
Volunteer- Misericordia Home
ELECT
ELECT
Volunteer- Misericordia Home
James Michael
McGing
AccomplishmentsDemocratic Candidate for
Circuit Court Judge
Has the only Public Nuisance Call in Cook County: Robert Cahill Vacancy
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(FOP) Fraternal Order of Police
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(IBEW) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
African Political Action Committee
Italian-American Political Coalition
Governor Pat Quinn
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Madigan
Secretary of State, Jesse White
Chairman of Cook County Demoratic Party, Joseph Berrios
Senate President, Emil Jones (Ret.)
Congressman Danny Davis
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Congressman Dan Lipinski
Congressman Bobby Rush
Alderman Carrie Austin
Alderman Anthony Beale
Alderman Walter Burnett
Alderman Willie Cochran
Alderman Patricia Dowell
Alderman Jason Ervin
Alderman Toni Foulkes
Alderman Deborah Graham
Alderman Leslie Hairston
Alderman Michelle Harris
Alderman Sandi Jackson
Alderman Lona Lane
Alderman Roberto Maldonado
Alderman Richard Mell
Alderman Emma Mitts
Alderman John Pope
Alderman Marty Quinn
Alderman Roderick Sawyer
Alderman Ed Smith (Ret.)
Alderman Latasha Thomas
Alderman JoAnn Thompson
Alderman Michael Zalewski
IL Senator Maggie Crotty
IL Senator Don Harmon
IL Senator Mattie Hunter
IL Senator Lou Lang
IL Senator Kimberly Lightford
IL Senator Kwame Raoul
IL Senator Jeff Schoenberg
IL Senator Donne Trotter
IL Rep. Marlow Colvin
IL Rep. Monique Davis
IL Rep. Anthony DeLuca
IL Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
IL Rep. Mary Flowers
IL Rep. Connie Howard
IL Rep. Kevin McCarthy
IL Rep. Al Riley
IL Rep. Robert Rita
Il Rep. Derrick Smith
Former President Cook County Board of Commissioners Bobbie Steele
Cook County Commissioner Jerry Butler
Cook County Commissioner Earlean Collins
Cook County Commissioner Joan Murphy
Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims
Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele
Frank Avila, Commissioner, Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
IL Appellate Court Justice William Cousins (Ret.)
Cook County Judge Sam L. Amirante (Ret.)
Mayor Andre Ashmore-Matteson, IL
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Mayor Robert Donaldson-Hazelcrest, IL
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Mayor Arlene Jezierny-Harwood Heights, IL
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Mayor Eric Kellogg-Harvey, IL
Mayor Dr. Frank Pasquale-Bellwood, IL
Mayor Barrett Pedersen-Franklin Park, IL
Mayor Rick Reinbold-Richton Park, IL
Mayor Ron Serpico-Melrose Park, IL
Mayor Joseph Tamburino-Hillside, IL
Mayor Eugene Williams-Lynwood, IL
Mayor Henderson Yarbrough-Maywood, IL
Committeeman John Allegretti
Committeeman Tim Bradford
Committeeman Christine Cegilis
Committeeman Patricia Cullerton
Committeeman Jesse Juarez
Committeeman Lou Lang
Committeeman Michael Looney
Committeeman Robert Lovero
Committeeman Robert Martwick
Committeeman Terry Matthews
Committeeman Antonio Munoz
Committeeman John O’Sullivan
Committeeman Tom Sharpe
Committeeman Edward Smollen
Committeeman Rocco Terranova
Committeeman Frank Zuccarelli
Edward J.
Maloney
Elect
Judge Deborah Jean Gubin
Roy Vacancy
for
Cook County Circuit Court Judge
(Pucinski vacancy)
The only candidate in his race to
have been found
Recommended or Qualified
by all Bar Associations
and endorsed by
The Illinois Committee
for Honest Government
“Highly Qualified”
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers
www.edmaloneyforjudge.com
8th Judicial Subcircuit
Greater Lakefront
Over 35 years as an Attorney
● Experience in both Civil and Criminal Litigation
● Appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to fill the
vacancy of Maureen Durkin Roy
● Adjunct Faculty Loyola & John Marshall Law Schools
● Found Highly Qualified/Recommended or Qualified/
Recommended by All Bar Associations
● Endorsed by Democratic Party, IVI-IPO, Personal
PAC, Chicago Federation of Labor; Indo-American
Democratic Organization, Jan Schakowsky, Sara
Feigenholtz, among many others
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Paid for by Friends of Edward J. Maloney
● Active in Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Chicago Bar
Association and Women’s Bar Association
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Paid for by: Friends to Elect Judge Deborah Gubin
“...a demonstrated awareness
of the importance of diversity
issues and character to be an
effective Appellate Court Judge.”
— Cook County Bar Association
Qualified
Experienced
Fair
“Integrity, experience and
intelligence -- the triple play for
judges. Pat Sherlock has them all.”
— Myron M. Cherry
Elect
Patrick J.
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SHERLOCK
Illinois Appellate Court Judge
Paid for by Sherlock for Appellate Court
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Jewish Chicago Election Analysis
by Avy Meyers
Election day has been moved back this year to Tuesday, March 20th 2012.
Early voting started Feb. 27 and runs through March 15 according to election lawyer
James P. Nally. There are 51 voting sites in Chicago, and city residents who are
registered to vote, are able to vote in the location of their choice. Suburban voters have
43 locations to choose from. Chicago polling places can be found on the Chicago Board
of Elections website. The Cook County Clerk’s website lists all the suburban locations.
In the vast majority of cases, the primary is the real election. Many of the Republican
candidates in the city are just token candidates.
In Cook County the number of Republican judicial candidates running can be counted
on the hands of Three Finger Mordecai Brown.
This is a very unusual election. When March 20th comes around, who knows if there
will be any excitement of a good kind in the Presidential race. Far and away the most exciting part of the election this year is the judicial races.
There are as may judicial races as I can ever remember and there are no shortage of
contested races.
There are lots of high quality candidates, often butting heads. Lots of quality Jewish
candidates and more than a few unqualified candidates of all races, creeds, religions and
backgrounds.
Before I get started with the candidate rundown, it is important for everyone to know
the criteria we using in making our endorsements.
Just being Jewish is not enough, not even close to enough. If a Jewish candidate is
pitted against a non-Jewish candidate, and all things are equal in terms of their ability to
do the job, there won’t necessarily be an endorsement.
There are some non-Jews who have done an absolutely superb job of taking care of
both Jewish concerns and the community. They will most certainly be endorsed, and
yes, even against Jewish opposition. If a Jewish candidate is well-qualified for the office,
but does not take care of real Jewish concerns for his or her constituents, he or she will
not be endorsed.
If there is no real benefit to the Jewish community in a race, it may not warrant our
attention. There are political experts in regular newspapers and other media who can
perform that function, though too often they do so very poorly. (More inside) This is a
Jewish newspaper and I focus on Jewish concerns with full regard to society as a whole.
The bottom line is that Jewish Chicago looks for candidates of quality for the
community as a whole who will take care of Jewish concerns as they arise. The primary
Jewish concerns are on a national level and concern Israel.
Liberal, Conservative, Left Wing, Right Wing, Progressive—Jewish Chicago is not a
fan of any of these on their own. Practical solutions to real-life problems is the best way
to go. The only “ism” I am into is Judaism.
Advertising in Jewish Chicago has nothing to do with who gets endorsed. People who
know me understand that. Compare the ads and the endorsements, and it is obvious that
many endorsed candidates placed no ads, and there are advertisers who are not endorsed.
State Senator Sen. Ira Silverstein bought by far the most expensive ad, the back
cover in the 2008 primary issue, was righteously and correctly criticized for dividing the
Jewish community. His opponent was strongly endorsed.
In the judicial races, I am changing
things by greatly expanding coverage
and making necessary changes to the way
endorsements are made.
If you actually appear before a judge, it
could change your life a whole lot more
than some weak kneed, corrupt alderman
or state legislator. Yet most voters are
clueless.
Of the pitiful number of people who
are registered to vote and the even more
pitiful number of people that vote. 40%
totally skip the bottom of the ballot that
contains the judicial choices.
This year, why not start at the bottom?
It’s the one place you can be sure to find
high quality candidates running against
some who have no business running.
If you think you can find all the ethnic
candidates of your preference, you would
be shocked how wrong you are going to
be and some of the obviously Jewish ones
are a real “shonda” who can do no better
than make us look worse if G-d forbid
they get elected.
In the past, I was totally dependent
on input from sitting judges and leading
lawyers who I call on for endorsements. With the help of more excellent
judicial and legal minds than ever, I have
a learned a lot about the process and
most importantly, inherent prejudices of
some organizations and who may have
them.
This issue there will be a three tier
approach to evaluating judicial candidates.
First will be the opinions and input of
that ever increasing number of highly
rated and respected judicial and legal
people.
Second, will be a summary of the
bar association ratings and a look at the
individual bar associations and how
they go about rating candidates and their
prejudices, if any.
Last, now that I have better clue,
I’ll give you my honest feelings on the
candidates in each race.
I will say that the judges who have
the Ishmaelites, (Ishmael, the father of all Arabs) they asked Him: What is in the Torah?
chosen to advertise as well as other candidates in other races, have shown a serious
G-d answered: “Thou shalt not steal.”
interest in getting the Jewish vote; and that is a fourth factor that you should take into
Their response, “keep your Torah”, No Way! account. Not just with judges, but in all races.
That should tell you every thing you need to know about Arabs and their claims to the
On my weekly televised show, I have interviewed around three dozen judicial
land.
candidates, making air time available to anyone who asked in a timely manner.
The Arabs have been repeatedly offered virtually every thing they could possible want
Let me emphasize, this is not an invitation-only process far from it. You need to speak
and have continually refused it or budge the slightest.
up and speak up early if you want to be a part of the process. We continually evolve to
It appalls me that Israel offered it, but maybe they knew there are no boundaries the Arabs
meet the ever increasing demand.
find acceptable for a Jewish State anywhere, other than the bottom of the Mediterranean
Unfortunately, requests are still coming in. Some are highly qualified and/or endorsed
Sea and acted accordingly.
and/or took out ads. I can’t accommodate them.
Still, with all the brilliant minds accomplishing so much in Israel, when it comes to
Besides, for completely filling out our weekly show with a record number of
candidates who were interviewed uncut, live to tape on average from
7 to 9 minutes, we produced 6 additional shows under the banner of
Sonny Hersh election specials.
You can learn a lot by watching the interviews.
Sonny is my entire technical crew, and totally invaluable. He often
disagrees with me politically and my opinion does not reflect his.
Sonny operates the website http://www.ntnm.org and posts
everything on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/sonnyhtv,
where you will find all of our interviews over the last five years.
Unfortunately or fortunately as the case may be, we have really
over loaded the schedules of our Chicago and suburban stations.
In Evanston on ECTV, we have shows airing every Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday up to Election Day with a major
“blast” replaying all the shows the Monday before Election Day.
In close to three dozen suburbs in North and Northwest suburban
Cook County, our regular show airs at 6 pm on Mondays and
Judge Schleifer has been found
then there is a special three-hour election showcase, featuring 19
candidates, 17 judicial, that will air on Channel 19 or 35, every
highly qualified, well qualified,
single Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. up to election day.
qualified or recommended by all
CANTV-19 and CANTV-21 in Chicago will be airing our shows
major bar associations including:
on numerous and varied dates. Please check our website at ntnm.org.
• Illinois State Bar
for details as they occur.
• Chicago Bar
Our regular show airs every Thursday at 7:30 pm and repeated the
• Chicago Council of Lawyers
next day, Friday at 2:30 pm on CANTV-19. The show has been in
• Northwest Suburban Bar
those slots for 20 years.
• Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Jewish Chicago, originally a paid monthly publication with 4,500
• Hispanic Bar
subscribers is celebrating our 30th anniversary.
• Hellenic Bar
To get an official Jewish Chicago endorsement, a clear consensus
• Asian American Bar
is needed. Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and
• Puerto Rican Bar
thermo nuclear incendiary devices.
Many of the pictures in this publication are taken from still frames
• Lesbian and Gay Bar
of the TV show which is Sonny Hersh’s work.
• Women’s Bar
I am hosting a live one-hour election preview show on CANTV-19,
Sunday morning March 11, that will be co-hosted by Chicago’s
Judge Schleifer is an Active Member of the
leading election lawyer, Jim Nally. The program is being produced
Jewish Judges Assoication and the Past President
by Sonny and will most likely air on YouTube within a day as a twopart show. Go to our Website at http://ntnm.org/, or click to Youtube
of Decalogue Society of Lawyers
and go to sonnyhtv.
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Integrity • Experience • Excellence
Israel and the Jewish Religion
Every Jewish Soul knows down deep that our spiritual home is,
was and always will be Israel which is ours alone and belongs to no
other.
That same Jewish soul also knows down deep that the Heavens
and Earth, were created by the All-Knowing and Seeing, most
merciful G-d Al-Mighty, and that there is a Heaven and Hell and a
World to Come.
I want to give my thanks to the Al-Mighty for making this our
most successful issue since the glory days of the 80’s.
I also invite any and all 2 state solution supporters to tell me all
or any Arab rulers of Palestine. To sing the Palestinian national
anthem. To provide the dates of this imagined, so-called, Palestinian
homeland that is the creation of fertile and evil imaginations; and
supply any and all facts backing the existence of an Arab ruled land
called Palestine.
According to “From Time Immemorial” written by Joan Peters, the
1900 British census showed that the land that covers Israel and the
so called West Bank contained 110,000 people. 60,000 Jews, 40,000
Arabs, many nomadic with no real home and 10,000 Christians.
The Talmud teaches us that before G-d offered the Torah (The
Holy Bible) to the Jewish people, He offered it to all the other
nations of the Earth. When he offered it to the Guardian Angel of
Chicago Council of Lawyers Lauds Judge Schleifer
The highly respected Chicago Council of Lawyers stated that
Judge Schleifer “has substantial litigation experience in complex
matters and has been praised for community service and her
service to the legal profession.”
A Hard Working And Effective Judge Who
Deserves Your Vote On March 2O
Judge Schleifer was appointed to the bench in 2010
by the Illinois Supreme Court. She is now responsible
for over 6,000 cases.
www.ElectJudgeSchleifer.org
(847) 772.9288
Endorsed By The Democratic Party of the 12th Subcircuit
Paid for by the Committee to Elect Judge Andrea M. Schleifer.
A copy of our report is (or will be) filed with the State Board of
Elections at Springfield, Illinois.
public relations, the State of Israel rates a minus 100.
Factually, the truth is on the side of the Jewish people and there is not an honest,
objective word the Palestinian/Arabs have said on the subject.
The Torah teaches us, G-d gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants,
Yitzchok (Isaac) and Yaakov (Jacob) for all time. Us, not them.
That 12,000 or so square miles (which includes the West Bank, approximately onefifth the size of the State of Illinois is ours and no one else’s.
Those poor needy Arabs will simply have to settle for the 840,000 square miles that
totally surround, dwarf and continually endanger Israel.
President of the United States
Most Experienced and Highest Qualified
The Chicago Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Lesbian and Gay Bar Association
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Puerto Rican Bar Association of IL
Women’s Bar Association of IL
Hellenic Bar Association
Chicago Council of Lawyers
Highest rating available!
Highly Qualified
Highly Qualified
Highly Recommended
Highly Recommended
Highly Qualified
Recommended
Recommended
Well Qualified
What a nightmare this race has become.
On the Democratic side, President Barack Obama is running unopposed.
On the Republican side, as of this writing, George Romney and Rick Santorum are
the front runners with Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul still hanging in there.
Barack Obama has been noting better than an extension of the incompetency of the
George Bush administration.
Those who tell you three years is not enough to stem the incompetency of the Bush
years, fail to realize that Obama is more of the same and even worse.
This is longest stretch of Presidential incompetency in the history of the nation and
may be too much to ever fully overcome.
Obama is still campaigning on “change”.
Change you can believe in. The two worst
things going during the Bush years were
#1 The real estate and economic collapse
and #2 Not being satisfied with taking out
Sadam Hussein, but starting a major and
costly war to bring democracy to nations
that wants no part of it.
If democracy should succeed there, like
supposedly in Egypt and other nations
involved in the “Arab Spring,” whose true
feelings and viewpoints of the majority are
horrifying, anti-American and even more
Jew-hating than their corrupt and highly
bribable leadership. At least the bribable
could be manipulated to cool it on many
levels. A new Hell may be being created.
So what change did President Obama
gives us? He keeps Bush’s military leaders whose
leadership brought us a no win situation,
costly, squandered the surplus acheived
unbder the Clinton administration into
a massive national deficit over Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Ability, Experience & Integrity
Judge Larry Axelrood is endorsed by
State Senator Ira Silverstein and Alderman Debra Silverstein
Paid for and authorized by Committee to Elect Judge Larry Axelrood
Of late, he has lightened up a tad on Israel. Though he is clearly no friend of the Jewish
Obama then rehires the same incompetents that stood watch while the national real
State.
estate market collapsed to ruin, oops, run our economy.
It is also clear he has only done so to curry the Jewish vote in an election year who he
The with a clear mandate of victory, greater than has been seen in many years‒where
has caused to turn increasingly Republican
Republicans will totally bow to his wishes in the first 100 days in office‒; with a massive,
He has done this and so many other things strictly to get re-elected and to be able show
unbeatable, majority in the US Senate and House‒; with those same incompetents in place
his true colors in a second term which will only bring this country down into an abyss from
in defense and the economy‒; he continues the horrific Bush policies that drove our nation
which we may never, ever recover.
into debt and ruin.
The Republicans have not done the voters any favors.
Obama increases our massive debt beyond belief and continues a no win military
In what should be a slam dunk elect a Republican year the field is weak. George Romney,
strategy while seeking to make his “Change you can believe in” with a proposed gigantic
Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul still stand and all are lacking.
and misguided “Cap and Trade Bill” that would have further impoverished the average
Rick Rubio, Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Mitch Daniels and others took a pass on 2012.
American and was rejected by his own party.
The one truly outstanding Republican candidate Jon Huntsman, has dropped out of the
Then comes a hastily and sloppily conceived National Health Care Bill (“Obamacare”)
race.
that will subjugate, force and oppress every single American to do pay into private insurance
What made John Huntsman so outstanding was that he was not only middle-of-thecompanies, by the corrupt and out-of-touch U.S. Congress, or face heavy penalties and
road and could reach out to both sides, but that he had a world view and a true depth
fines if they don’t tow the letter of his dictates.
of understanding both on the national scene and as a successful governor. He was an
Plus hire thousands upon thousands and thousands of additional heartless, soulless IRS
agents to further subjugate the American people to his will.
outstanding ambassador to China.
He sunk huge amounts of money into “Green Energy” firms that have failed. Solyndra,
He was pragmatic and not stuck on following some impractical whore like so called
$500-million failed dollars and invested an amount that ran to nine figures in an electric
idealistic route and had the best interests of the country at heart.
car company in Indiana that is laying fallow, without one single car being produced and
He was a unifier and not a divider and not an alienator like the rest of the cast.
there is more. Lots more.
Of the remaining Republicans: There is Ron Paul. While I like the idea of a smaller,
With a crumbling infrastructure, Bridges, roads and so much more that would have
sustainable, non oppressive government, he goes way too far.
provided millions of jobs and built and fixed things that could have lasted for 100 years or
He would totally remove us from the international arena where despite recent faux
more, Obama chose to go the ideological route
with a fool proof majority and accomplished
jack squat and brought about major gridlock.
He has the nerve to put himself on a
Countywide Margaret O’Mara Frossard Vacancy
pedestal and posing as an outsider looking in
while charging that the Republicans won’t let
him accomplish anything.
Yet as President, he is arguably the most
powerful man on the face of the planet,
● FAIRNESS
● INTEGRITY
though some have downgraded him to No. 2
behind the ruler of China. He still maintains
● HONESTY
● EXPERIENCE
the majority in the Senate which gives him
two of the three branches of government in
his back pocket, only missing the House.
A true leader could have achieved a Endorsements:
compromise and moved the nation forward.
Yet three years later, the unemployment rate Cook County Democratic Party
is still higher than when the incompetent Chicago Federation of Labor
George Bush left office.
IVI-IPO
What’s worse is that so many have been Cook County College Teachers Union #1600
out of work for so long, they no longer count
in the unemployment figures. Many more are Chicago Fire Fighter Union Local 2
Personal Pac
working less hours and are very part time.
The real figure is staggering and some of Indo-American Democratic Organization
the mindless an uncaring in Washington talk
Committee For Honest Government
about the depression being over.
The press and both parties have ignored Italian American Police, Latin American Police,
the startling increase in food prices and the Polish American Police
smaller boxes of food that go for substantially Hon. Jan Schakowsky, Congressman Mike Quigley
higher prices for many reasons, always
Hon. Lou Lang, Hon. Larry Suffredin,
directly attributable to increasing the wealth
of large corporations. Congress has become Hon. Sara Feigenholtz
aloof and well-fed and paid for and do not
have to go near a grocery store.
Those same companies that shot up food
prices, sponsor TV, Radio and Newspapers
who won’t touch their advertisers and should
condemned by a public that is to busy sending
text messages, enjoying their Internet and
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Any one who thinks the Democratic Party
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Black Women Lawyers, Asian American Bar, Illinois State Bar,
The Republicans never were.
As for Israel, Obama clearly showed a
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total deference to the Arabs early on and put
America’s only real ally in the Middle East on
the defensive in an unfair and vicious manner.
Chair of the 23rd District Steering Committee
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pax’s, the US of A has done much good.
His racist and anti-Israel newsletters of the early days should not be ignored. He is
persona non grata.
Newt Gingrich is totally brilliant and often his own worst enemy. He has clearly
demonstrated he can operate brilliantly on the highest levels and screw up beyond belief.
If Israel was the only issue, he would get my vote.
He has the guts to tell the truth, that there is no such thing as a Palestinian State. It is
totally made up and complete manure.
He not only strongly stands behind Israel, he strongly believes they should be dictating
to the United States of America on how to proceed in the Middle East.
He is also totally non electable. He is my second Republican choice.
Rick Santorum is a big government conservative.
Big government and higher taxes will drive more Americans out of work and into poverty.
While government should have no place in Abortions and Contraception it should also
fund neither.
This is individual choice between man and G-d and though there is a clear right and
wrong, the government has no place in the equation.
Not Obama forcing religions to go against their core beliefs, and not Santorum opening
up a debate that also forces the governments will on people who are entitled to make their
own choice, right or wrong and only face G-d with the consequences.
G-d gave us Free Will and on this matter, which has so long the divided this country and
created too many barriers between opposing groups, the
government needs to get the hell out totally and leave
things to individuals.
It is beyond American and in Obama’s case, antiAmerican to force anyone, let alone religious institutions
to do things that go 100% against the Bible.
Want abortion, want contraception, fund it yourself,
or build a non profit to make your wishes happen.
100% legally. Don’t make religious peoples tax dollars
preform acts we abhor.
That leaves Mitt Romney.
I had the pleasure of running into his father, former
Michigan Governor George Romney.
While I never voted for him, there was only one
opportunity and I registered Democrat that year, he was
a middle-of-the-road, compassionate Republican and an
admirable human being. He grew up from financially
meager roots, unlike Mitt.
“...As a lawyer, Judge Trew was
Mitt’s governmental claim to fame was his term as
well-respected for her legal ability
governor which was admirable.
First, a Republican being elected in the bluest of all
and litigation skills, with a variety
blue states, Massachusetts is admirable.
of experience in both civil and
Second, as I clearly pointed out in the introduction to
Jewish Chicago, I don’t believe in left or right, Liberal
criminal law matters. As a judge,
or Conservative or Progressive, I believe in practical
she is praised for her courtroom
solutions to real world problems.
I am not against the idea of National Health Care, but
management skills, for her temgiven the cost and the problems, if it’s not real, screw it.
perment, and for the quality of her
If you have to force people or heavily fine them, no
way.
opinions. She is considered to
If it is an ill conceived, poorly thought out, totally
have an outstanding knowledge of
oppressive plan like “Obamacare”, it should be totally
procedural and substantive law.”
forgotten and buried forever.
It is the job and should be the main focus of any
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elected official to carry out the will of the people.
Romney, a Republican, was elected governor in a
heavily Democratic, liberal-bent state and he followed
the will of the people of Massachusetts who wanted
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The debates are a joke, they should be placed on the
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Just because some one has snappy populist answers
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Mitt Romney wants to do what’s right for America. It
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to win the Republican the nomination first, which is no
easy road. He also knows and is willing to adjust which
is the real key. He is by far the most flexible candidate
which is good and the only one like that.
He is not dogmatic, but clearly has not walked the
road in the shoes of a middle class human being. Unlike
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from J Street who are evil self hating Jews, she has kept her 100% pro Israel voting record
in a socialist, liberal, progressive growing anti-Israel voting district. Give credit where
credit is due. Maybe I swung at her too hard last time.
Jewish Chicago strongly endorses Cong. Jan Schakowsky.
adjust, to do what is best for America.
Yes, he has made some offensive statements, that is just plain going to happen given the
nature and amount of these debates.
He is the candidate most likely to be able stop the 12 years of Bush/Obama American
nightmare.
Jewish Chicago strongly endorses the candidacy of Mitt Romney for Republican
Candidate for President of the United States.
Tenth District
On the Republican side, Cong. Bob Dold is unopposed.
United States Congress
Second District
US Congressman Jessie Jackson Jr. versus former Congresswoman Debbie Halverson.
You would think going against Jessie Jr. would be a slam dunk, but over the last few years
he has really changed his view and has become pro Israel and something
AIPAC has clearly recognized.
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During Debbie Halverson’s one term she was shaky and if pro anything
it was J Street which is a collection of self hating, self destructive Israel
hating Jews led by the filth known as George Soros.
Despite the change in Jessie Jr.’s stance, his alleged attempted bribery,
presently under Federal and Congressional Investigation makes him
persona non grata.
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If you live in that district, forget both of them.
On the Democratic side, Jewish candidate Ilya Sheyman is a far left-Peace Now-JStreet-loving pro Palestinian totally forget it candidate.
Jewish candidate Brad Schnieder is unimpressive and vague on Israel.
John Tree, served in the armed forces for three years from 1994 to 1997. He spent a
total of four months in Israel as an active duty Captain in the U.S. Air Force with classified
access to installations and intelligence in Israel.
He is not Jewish, but fully understands and stands strongly behind the State of Israel.
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In the Eighth District, we have no use for either Democratic Candidate.
Republican Joe Walsh is unopposed and a strong supporter of Israel.
Ninth District
Incumbent Jan Schakowsky versus challenger Simon Ruberio.
I’d oppose North Shore political boss Jan Schakowsky in a second if
there were a serious pro-Israel challenger.
While she has a 100% pro Israel voting record, her moderate support
of J Street and taking a 6 figure donation from them puts a bulls eye on
her chest.
For those saying she is a very nice Jewish lady, they have a point.
The last time I interviewed her in her office, she was sweet, totally
charming and even brushed the lint off my jacket with one hand. But don’t
think she didn’t have a machete in the other hand, in case of the slightest
attack.
Those who don’t know how ruthless she can be are blind. Her second
husband, not Jewish is a convicted felon, yet the daily papers ignore that.
Welcome to Chicago.
I ripped her apart when she ran against Joel Pollack, a serious and
substantial challenger who she totally trounced.
There is no serious challenger this time, despite accepting 6 figures
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Illinois Senate and House
Forbes magazine recently rated the State of Illinois 49th out of 50 financially, shamefully
outdone only by California. A short time later, Illinois’ bond rating was downgraded further.
The indebtedness to the pension fund should be criminal. But when the guilty parties are
the legislators who write the laws, it is not going to happen,
No piece of campaign reform legislation has ever been passed into law under Michael
Madigan’s watch before he has figured out a way around it.
The Chicago Tribune will rant and rave all day and all night about Madigan, but come
election time, they always endorse him. I wonder what’s in it for them.
There are no state-wide offices up for election during a presidential election year, we are
left with The State and House races.
State Senate
Contested primary races in Jewish areas are few and far between this year, but things
will be heating up for the fall.
Sen. Heather Steans, who is Jewish and married to a Smith, represents the 7th district
along the north lake front. She was a six-figure contributor to Blagojevich which got her
appointed to her seat by Blagojevich crony, 48th Ward Committeeman and political boss
Carol Ronen.
Ronen was a state Senator until Blagojevich appointed her to a high-paying State job
that she quit eight weeks later and retired, reaping in an additional $38,000 of pension a
year, putting her over the $100,000 mark. A pension that is larger than any salary she ever
made as a state senator.
When still a senator and a member of the Blagojevich Governor’s Commission on
Discrimination and Hate Crimes, a scandal erupted when a black Muslim member of the
group, Sister Claudette Muhammad brought group members to witness Nation of Islam
Minister Louis Farrakhan in action. He repeatedly spewed his hatred of Jews to the
assembled. The appalled members of the commission, many of them Jewish, demanded
the governor remove Muhammad from the Discrimination and Hate Crimes Commission.
Blagojevich refused. As a result, all the Jewish members of the commission resigned
with the exception of Carol Ronen, a shameful move in our opinion.
Interestingly, State Rep. Lou Lang stepped forward and offered to join the Commission
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until it was made abundantly clear to him that he was going to lose any and all Jewish
support in his heavily-Jewish district.
So back to Heather Steans, her qualifications for office: she writes big checks to convicted
felons and kowtows to Carol Ronen.
Steans is unopposed, but I thought that 7th District voters should know their State
Senator’ s qualifications for office and her running crew.
No endorsement here.
In the 8th District, Senator Ira Silverstein who rivals Ronen in his own special way,
having shoved his wife, Ald. Debra Silverstein down our throats in a run-off victory in
the 50th Ward. The two, make no mistake, work closely together ̶ a team in every way she being the guts and the one who calls the shots.
None of us who have known Ira since he was a kid, ever thought he’d turn into a mean
and vicious bully.
Then the “fun” began. The celebration echoed throughout the neighborhood. I’m not
saying that everything here is directly attributable to the Silversteins, maybe it’s just a
coincidence; wink, wink, nudge, nudge. That is something you should decide for yourself.
Right after Debra’s victory, one of the highest-rated, finest-run, physically-impeccable
nursing homes in the neighborhood was visited by state inspectors who stunningly found
violations that require six figures to repair.
One of principal owners, well known though out the community for his good heart and
charity was coincidentally a large Berny Stone contributor.
Many of you are familiar with the Wi-Fi building on McCormick which has created a
safe haven and special gathering place for Jewish businesses and organizations. They even
have a synagogue and a kosher deli inside.
They also have a $70,000 plus lease with the State of Illinois and guess what? Strong
efforts were made to break that lease right after Debra’s election.
Do you think the fact that one of their owners was a major Stone contributor might have
had something to do with it?
Debra herself came prancing across the street from her office to Tel Aviv Bakery and
to tell them she didn’t like their sign or their awning, and that it was in violation of city
ordinance. Debra wanted it fixed right away.
She was told business was bad the walk-in business is noticeably down, as are Jewish
shoppers on Devon. The bakery owners pleaded for her to give them a little time and
they’ll fix everything.
On the next morning, city inspectors showed up and wrote the bakery a $250 citation.
The owners of the bakery are not politically involved with anyone.
That is not the only sign story.
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judges has found Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste highly
recommended, recommended, or qualified.
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Alderman Joe Moore, 49th Ward, Chicago
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49th Ward, Chicago
Democratic Committeewoman Carol Ronen,
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Evanston Alderman Peter Braithwaite, Ward 2
Evanston Alderman Melissa A. Wynne, Ward 3
Evanston Alderman Donald N. Wilson, Ward 4
Evanston Alderman Delores A. Holmes, Ward 5
Evanston Alderman Mark Tendam, Ward 6
Evanston Alderman Jane Grover, Ward 7
Evanston Alderman Ann Rainey, Ward 8
Evanston Alderman Coleen Burrus, Ward 9
Evanston City Clerk Rodney Greene
Evanston Township Supervisor Patricia Vance
Evanston Township Assessor Bonnie Wilson
Evanston School District 202 President Mark Metz
Evanston School District 202 Vice President Martha Burns
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The nearby Music House received a similar in-person visit from Debra who
showed her the new sign they had just bought. Debra told them it was against
city code and they couldn’t put it up.
The Music House is not political, just a normal, good-hearted neighborhood
business.
Debra waltzed into to New York Kosher at Devon and Francisco. New
York Kosher did have Stone signs up. I shouldn’t speak for him, though it’s
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political contribution even if he so desired.
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Debra tells Moshe, the owner, that the sign has to come down. That sign has
been a landmark in the neighborhood for 67 years. All these signs allegedly
violate city sign law in some way rightly ignored for years by Ald. Berny
Stone who showed some heart and compassion by leaving such businesses
alone.
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politics anymore, but he watched for years and saw that fewer Jews in the
neighborhood mean less prosperity for Jewish businesses,
and it wouldn’t take a whole lot to close them down.
It is not cheap to remove a sign, Avi Fox of Rosenblum’s,
Moshe’s former next door neighbor who moved the business
to Skokie told me, it takes thousands of dollars to take down
a sign.
Moshe faces an initial $900 fine if the sign stays up. So, for
that matter, do all the rest of the businesses on Devon. Debra
has personally visited many, if not all of them.
In Moshe’s case he put the “New York Kosher” sign on
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ebay and found for $500, someone who collects quality,
meaningful signs like that for a museum of sorts.
• Started Youth Peer Juries
He brought in his own crew and on a Friday morning
the sign was removed. It cost him $4.500. Moshe was
• Started system for added protection for
lucky getting it taken down in this manner, but that sign
is also a neighborhood landmark and brought in business. Senior Citizen victims of domestic violence
I don’t usually do this, but much of his business comes
from doing trays for various Jewish groups and synagogues,
and his stuff is really good.
Chicago Bar Association (2010):
They make their own salads at New York Kosher and with
Orval Kent and Sam’s Club no longer being kosher, it’s a
“Judge Pucinski is well regarded for her diligence and work ethic.”
really good time to check New York Kosher out.
Some of the salads and deli offerings are unusual, but
good.
Chicago Council of Lawyers (2010):
No more than a couple of hours after the sign came
“Judge Pucinski is well respected for her temperament ... respondents
down, Ald. Debra Silverstein comes waltzing in the store
exclaiming “Oh my, your sign is down, what happened?”
appearing before her on real estate tax matters praise her abilities as a judge.”
How lovely Debra! From their dealings with you, city
officials have this unusual but similar look when your name
comes up. They’ve never seen or dealt with anybody like
you.
Ted’s Fruit Market on the 2800 block of Devon closed
down. So did the kosher fish and pizza place near Tel Aviv
Bakery whose owner made a four figure contribution to
Debra. People who don’t like dealing are looking to move.
There is so much more to tell, but Ira is running unopposed
and the Silverstein’s are creating new and similar tales all the
time.
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Judge Mathias William Delort
Hardened, seasoned politicians tell me about their experiences with her in a state of
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disbelief.
Debra and Ira even tried bullying me last year with the threat of a phony law suit, a
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common Silverstein tactic.
Delort is well regarded for his knowledge of the law, work
Rich Miller of Capital Fax wrote up the incident and predicted it would backfire on the
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I have lots of people that are willing to come forward if needed. It, is a common Silverstein
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bully tactic.
“He was well-respected as an able and well-prepared
As for Ira, I’d hit him harder, but pity the poor guy. He is going to be so frustrated at
practitioner with good legal ability and temperament. As
not being able to exercise his contempt for the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
a jurist, he reportedly listens well and responds clearly and decisively. He is respected
guaranteeing freedom of the press by not being able to scatter hundreds, if not thousands
for his knowledge of the law and for his excellent temperament.”
of pages of Jewish Chicago in broad daylight in front of eye witnesses on Devon. That’s
As the President of the North Town Community Council, Delort worked tirelessly for
better schools and parks in our community.
because it’s stapled this time.
If he’s foolish enough to try it, please take a picture and pretty please, share.
He is endorsed by: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Alderman
He’ll have opposition in the fall.
Debra Silverstein, Senator Ira Silverstein, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky,
Congressman Mike Quigley, Commissioner Larry Suffredin and many other
No soup for you Silverstein! Get out of my neighborhood.
distinguished political leaders devoted to good government and an honest judiciary.
In the Ninth District, Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, the finest Jewish senator in Illinois is
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stepping down to take a position guiding the charitable endeavors of J.B. Pritzker. I don’t
blame him for wanting to break away from that cesspool.
We wish Jeff much success in his new position.
Vying for his spot are State Rep. Daniel Biss who has
been ducking me for years, and his challenger is Marc
Levine.
Levine built a credit union and was a bilingual teacher, I
am not familiar enough with him to say anything one way
or another.
Jewish Chicago makes no endorsement for the
Democratic nomination for State Senate in the Ninth
District.
It should be noted that former pro-Israel Congressional
candidate and Kosher ice cream magnate Jim Oberweiss
is running for State Senate as a Republican in the 25th
district. He lives in Sugar Grove. There is not much of a
Jewish community that way so I don’t know enough about
the race to endorse.
Senator Dan Kotowski grew up in West Rogers Park
where his parents still reside. While I don’t agree with
all his politics, he is the one man in the Senate I know
Appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court and Assigned to Child Protection
to be unquestionably honest and trustworthy through and
through.
The Chicago Bar Association found Peter Vilkelis... “enjoys an outstanding
No one works harder to know his constituents than
reputation for his integrity, legal knowledge, trial skills, temperament
Kotowski who spends something like three hours every
day, knocking on doors in his district.
and fine demeanor.”
Jewish Chicago endorses Sen. Dan Kotowski in the
28th district.
Dr. Arie Friedman (R), is running unopposed for State
Senate in the 29th district. We backed him for Congress
in 2010.
Judge Vilkelis was recommended by the following organizations:
He landed his nighthawk combat helicopter over 400
times on U.S. Navy vessels.
Jewish Chicago endorses Dr. Arie Friedman for
State Senate in the 29th district.
• The Black Women Lawyer’s Association • The Hellenic Bar Association
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Elect Judge
Peter Vilkelis
Democrat-Circuit Court of Cook County
on March 20, 2012
30 years experience as a trial lawyer and former prosecutor
State House
In the 12th district, Rep. Sara Feigenholtz is
running unopposed. A graduate of the Ida Crown Jewish
Community, Feigenholtz has been the go-to Jewish person
in the House for important Jewish legislation. The recent
bill that enable willing adoptees and their birth parents was
something she worked on closely with Agudath Israel.
She is a genuine honest and caring person. It’s a shame
there aren’t more like her in Springfield.
Jewish Chicago endorses State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz,
(D) 12th.
The 14th District race is a sign of the times.
There are two openly lesbian candidates doing battle in
the 14th District in Rogers Park and Edgewater.
Incumbent, Kelly Cassidy was appointed by the
aforementioned Ronen crew to fill in the seat of Harry
Oesterman, who is now the Alderman of the 48th ward.
Unlike most of the Ronen crowd, we actually connected
and she was going to come here for an interview, but
unfortunately, legitimately had to cancel. I give her credit
for the effort. I hope I’ll get the opportunity to interview
• The Cook County Bar Association
• The Decalogue Society of Lawyers
• The Lesbian and Gay Bar Association
• The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
In addition to the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Council of Lawyers,
Judge Vilkelis was found “Qualiﬁed” by the following organizations:
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• The Asian-American Bar Association
• The Illinois State Bar Association
• The Hispanic Lawyers Association
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JUDGE KAY MARIE
HANLON
● Kay Marie Hanlon is a Cook County Circuit Court
Judge currently sitting in a felony trial courtroom. Kay
was elected to the bench in 2004 and retained in 2010
with an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.
● Kay has a breadth of judicial experience, having
served in virtually every kind of courtroom in the Cook
County Circuit Court system (traffic, civil, domestic
relations, criminal misdemeanors & felonies).
Chicago Bar Association
Highly Qualified
Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Recommended
● Experience ● Integrity ● Independence
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her in the future. This is her first election.
Paula Basta is the opposition. She is a lifelong social worker who works at the
Levy center and a very nice, intelligent person. Michael Dobrow has been managing
her campaign.
We are giving Paula the nod here. Jewish Chicago endorses Paula Basta for
State Representative in the 14th District.
In the 16th District, Skokie native Rep. Lou Lang has served as a champion for
the gambling industry. He wants video poker machines at every convenience store,
liquor store, bar, supermarket any place in the state of Illinois with a liquor license.
He puts most of his effort into gambling and virtually none to the people of his
district.
As one of Michael Madigan’s top people, he literally is at his beck-and-call. No
one has had a larger hand in Illinois’ financial crises than Mr. Madigan.
No thanks Lou, no soup for you either.
In the 17th and 18th Districts, none of the candidates have opposition. Only Robyn
Gabel is an incumbent and has done well.
We’ll flesh it out in the fall.
The only other race that I want to point out is in the 57th district where up and
coming Republican Jonathan Greenberg will taking on incumbent Democrat
Elaine Nekritz, in what shapes to be a real battle in the fall.
Greenberg is formerly with AIPAC and is very impressive individual.
Cook County
In Cook County, the States Attorney, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of the Circuit
Court are up for election. Only one is contested.
States Attorney Anita Alvarez is deservedly running unopposed. In upsetting
multiple opponents without tying herself to any political organization, she has the
freedom to run her office independently.
She has some very good people working for her, and she is doing her best to live
with painful budget cuts that a failing economy has necessitated.
An avid runner, her workload has cut down the length of her jaunts. Unlike virtually
any politician I have ever interviewed, you can look her clearly in the eye and know
she is being 100 percent straight and on the up-and-up.
Her sincerity and lack of political ties are a rare combination.
Jewish Chicago endorses Anita Alvarez for States Attorney of Cook County.
Karen Yarbrough is running unopposed to replace the retiring Recorder of Deeds
Eugene Moore. Her people called to cancel her interview about the time she was
supposed to be here.
Unlike a number of newspapers, I’ll tell you when I don’t know enough about a race
to give you an endorsement. As for this slot, I don’t know.
Alderman Ricardo Muñoz is seeking to step up to a bigger stage by running for
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Even with the recent budget cuts, there
are 1,900 employees in that office, which is a huge load to handle.
Muñoz is a very likeable, intelligent individual. He was in rehab a couple of years
ago and is doing well.
Incumbent Dorothy Brown is seeking her fourth term as Clerk of the Circuit Court.
When she first ran, she was hailed by all the papers as an exciting, independent
newcomer who, if anything, was overqualified to run the office.
She is lawyer, a CPA, has an MBA, and has an advanced knowledge of computers
and computer science.
Although she is endorsed by the Democratic party, that’s probably because they
can’t lick her, and they have tried.
She got reamed in the papers for fining people for wearing blue jeans and because
some of her employees were collecting to buy her a birthday present.
Given much less publicity is that she was 100 percent cleared by the Inspector
General.
In the past I have heard some complaints from judges about the way her office
handles records, which I found curious because she was in the forefront and a major
force in the establishment the Illinois Integrated Justice System--a statewide effort
to integrate the computers of all the various law enforcement agencies and court
systems of all state, counties and cities in Illinois.
It is an effort we extensively covered on the TV show. It’s a massive undertaking
that has paid real dividends, and with new technology arriving regularly, it is an
ongoing effort.
When the blue jeans and birthday present stories hit, it received an excessive
amount of coverage of by the daily papers and those same newspapers endorsed her
opponent.
She also ran against Mayor Daley the prior year. One has to wonder if those same
papers who were very protective of the last Mayor come election time, weren’t doing
Mayor Daley’s dirty work for him.
For all the ranting and raving about Mayor Daley, come election time, they were
overly protective and solid supporters.
They also never gave the Inspector General’s report its proper day in the sun,
considering all the bashing.
Having interviewed 30-something judges and knowing so many county officials, I was
in a unique position to discreetly find out what they thought of the job her office was doing.
All those extra people you see in court are mostly working for the Clerk. The judges,
attorneys on both side of the aisle, etc., as well as the general population who go to court
from traffic tickets, to divorce, to foreclosure, child support and custody, robberies,
burglaries, murders and more, are all dependent on those records
Of a little over 20 people who were willing to discuss things under the promise of total
anonymity, only two had anything bad to say.
Some marvel at the job she is doing, considering the nature of government and the
fact that the equipment her office has is not the latest and greatest, because that’s the way
government budgets work.
Many talked about the high degree of professionalism of her employees, and gave her
credit for organization and making increasing amounts of data available online.
At one time I might have been curious about what the Tribune might have to say about the
job she is doing, but after seeing their endorsements the last few years for extraordinarily
lame candidates, over some extremely qualified candidates, it is obvious they play a bit too
much ball with the powers that be.
One interview with sanctimonious members of a newspaper panel, many of whom have
no real knowledge of the needs of most of the various offices, means I care less and less
about their picks and so should you.
They would be doing the city a favor by following the lead of the Sun-Times and stop
making endorsements.
How they can endorse and tout people with no administrative experience to run large
agencies is absurd.
Being a good senator or legislator does not translate into real life administrative skills.
The people who depend on Dorothy Brown to make their jobs, courtrooms, etc., work
are really happy with the job she is doing.
Jewish Chicago strongly endorses Dorothy Brown for re-election as Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Cook County.
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Over the 20 years we have been doing our TV show, the North Town News Magazine, we have been privileged to have retiring President of the MWRD, Terry O’Brien as a
frequent guest.
On two different occasions we took an extensive tour of the Deep Tunnel, one of which
is our most watched show of all time, with over 100,000 views. It has been seen in almost
every nation around the world and is featured in engineering libraries on almost every
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Thomas T. Morris
The People’s Committeeman
Republican, 50th Ward
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Michael Forti will bring over 30 years of
federal and state courtroom experience and
knowledge to the Cook County Circuit Court.
A graduate of Northwestern University School
of Law, Michael is the only candidate in his
race found Highly qualified by the Chicago
Bar Association and ranked Qualified or
Recommended by every other bar association.
He is the endorsed candidate in the Simmons
Vacancy for Circuit Judge of Cook County.
continent.
If you type “deep tunnel” in Google, you’ll see the link for the video near the top of the
page.
We’ve also filmed a boat ride aboard Pollution Control 1, which regularly tests the inland
waterways for pollution levels.
All of the above journeys were a real education.
Most don’t realize that much of the work and direction at the MWRD are done by skilled
professional engineers and the like, who have been there for 20 years or more. They are
extremely knowledgeable people.
They commission studies to schools like the University of Illinois as necessary to
understand what they need to do to make the inland waterways as clean as possible.
Over the last 20 years the number of fish found in these waterways has approximately
doubled--a sign that the water keeps getting cleaner and cleaner and cleaner, though
nobody in their right mind should expect to ever safely swim in the North Shore Channel. Never, ever.
It is a man-made canal that is 10 feet deep throughout. No sloping shore lines. Get the
cramps and you drown.
More and more people are using the walkways, building homes, and opening restaurants
on the banks of the inland waterways.
The methods and efforts put in place by the MWRD are working, and everything keeps
improving. They are continually more pristine, but not 99 and 44/100% pure.
They have been fiscally prudent, continually shrinking their workforce through
retirements, without laying off or firing employees. Their work force has been painlessly
reduced from 3,000 to 2,000 over O’Briens tenure.
Ongoing work on the deep tunnel has continually lessened flooding throughout
Chicagoland, virtually eliminating it in many areas.
Unfortunately, with 100-year rains coming about twice a year, there is a limit to what
you can do.
We had a seven-inch rain last year. That’s the equivalent of 70 inches of snow. Some
things in life are acts of G-d, and He can trump all man-made precautions anytime,
anyplace, anywhere.
Humans can’t fix everything, that’s not how it works.
They have a AAA bond rating, the highest rating possible. Higher than the federal
government, which under Obama has been reduced to AA.
Now the Obama administration, in their desire to make a political splash, has decreed
that the sewage treatment plants at Howard and McCormick and on the far south end must
further disinfect the water they discharge.
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Among Michael Forti’s key supporters are:
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Toni Preckwinkle
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H Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
H Congressman Michael Quigley
H State Senator Jeff Schoenberg
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There is an ongoing three million dollar study getting closer to completion, conducted
by the University of Illinois, that they have chosen to supercede.
Through federal decree they have declared the MWRD needs to perform this disinfection
at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Chicago Tribune environmental advocate, Michael Hawthorne, parading as an objective
reporter, describes it as something that will cost MWRD taxpayers less than $7 a month.
Sounds like an infomercial sales pitch.
In real money, we are talking more than $80 a year per family. In an era where
governments are so choked, in serious hock on pensions, when we are cutting policeman,
library hours, graffiti cleanup, talk of cuts in the fire department, sanitation (3 times this
winter my alley went 2 weeks between garbage picks) and more, it’s insane.
It’s not just that what the MWRD is doing is working, and now we are going spend like
drunks without waiting for a critical study for true scientific guidance, it’s that the bottom
of the inland waterways are loaded with heavy metals and dangerous containments that get
stirred up and rise if a boat moves too fast. They are going to be releasing that disinfected
water right over those contaminants.
Let’s also understand that the Obama administration’s dictate puts the full onus of
payment on the MWRD. They are not putting their money where their decrees dictate.
There are six candidates running for three available slots. In ballot position order, Stella
Black does property tax appeals and talks the popular environmental talk without any real
knowledge. When she was on my show, Black flashed such ignorance of the facts that I cut
her off less than 4 minutes in and ended things. I have never done that with anyone else.
Second on the ballot is Commissioner Debra Shore, hailed and celebrated by many as
an environmental stalwart, but not on these pages. She can really talk the talk. She makes
a great impression, gives great speeches and presentations. She
does have some points, but no one actually bothers to check facts,
which often, at best, are suppositions based on maybes. No one
really knows what is real.
She is Jewish. She had a husband and a child and switched
teams to be a lesbian.
She is a “self-styled” environmentalist. She has a master’s in
fine arts in creative writing from Columbia College--a degree that
is likely integral to her environmental presentations which are
more lacking in reality and loaded with wishes and high hopes
than most realize.
It’s time she was retired from this type of public life and given
the opportunity to spend her time on creative writing properly
labeled.
Third on the ballot, is Kari K. Steele, 36, whose qualifications
are that she has risen through the political ranks as a political
worker, She speaks in meaningless populist slogans with no real
substance.
Fourth is Patrick Daley Thompson, a nephew of Mayor Daley.
He is a successful attorney and is extremely intelligent.
He really believes in cleaning up the environment, but unlike
many of the others, when he speaks to the superintendents and
engineers at the MWRD, he is capable of recognizing their
expertise, absorb and learn. He’s a good man and President
O’Brien highly recommends him.
Patricia Young, fifth on the ballot, a former MWRD
commissioner for 17 years, left office for a MWRD desk job in
2009, but has thrown her hat back in the ring.
She has a master’s in public administration from IIT and has
great familiarity with the real life workings of the MWRD.
President O’Brien has a lot of respect for her and so do we.
Last is Commissioner Patricia Horton, whose political sponsor,
former State Sen. Ricky Hendon, has left politics.
She has not been impressive during her term in office.
Jewish Chicago endorses Patrick Daley Thompson and Patricia Young for Commissioners
of the MWRD.
Judicial Races
This year we put an extra special emphasis on the judicial scene. There are a lot
more races than usual, many of them hotly contested, a lot of high quality candidates
and it’s an all too neglected area on the electoral road.
If you haven’t read the introduction, it would behoove you to check out the judicial
preview and then come right back.
There will be three levels of ratings: First the opinions of highly rated and respected
legal and judicial people. Second, a look at the bar ratings. Third I’ll give you my
opinion and who I will be voting for.
As for ratings, it is important to understand the value and meaning of the bar
associations.
I spoke to numerous members of the Judicial and Legal Community and gave the
most weight to those who were not pushing or advocating candidates.
The Chicago Bar Association is considering by far the most thorough of all, though
politics and preferences can enter the fray. They are, after all, human.
The Alliance consists of eleven bar associations. Their representatives all gather
together as a group to interview the various candidates and each hear and see the exact
the same thing.
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A bar association that gives the candidate an NE, means Not Evaluated through
no fault of the candidate and that tells you the bar association was not present for the
interview.
Candidates who choose not to appear are penalized going forward. It usually
indicates that the candidate feels he is not going to get good ratings and is dodging
them.
Almost all members of the Alliance are special interest groups and invariably have
some built in prejudice.
The exception is the Illinois State Bar Association, who are just plain not as thorough
as the Chicago Bar Association.
The Cook County Bar Association would seem generic, but are given no special
respect by the JLC.
The following have obvious interests: The Asian Bar Association, the Black
Women’s Lawyer Association, the Decalogue Society (Jewish), Hellenic Bar
Association, Hispanic Lawyers Association, Lesbian and Gay Bar Association. Puerto
Rican Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association.
The Chicago Council of Lawyers is highly thought of by many and are more
thorough than most. Their prejudice is so-called liberal or progressive candidates. I
have yet to hear a JLC member rave about them unless their politics are similar
to the Council.
For the purpose of my evaluation, I give the Chicago Bar Association more
weight than all the rest.
There are two other groupings, the Decalogue Society because this is a
Jewish publication and the sum total of the ratings of the other ten members of
the Alliance.
A number of judges are appointed. If they lose an election, they are often
reappointed if they have proper political pull or if they are quality judges.
Individual members of the Supreme Court do the appointing and they take turns.
The new rules are that if they lose an election they will not be reappointed.
Appointed judges gave up their old jobs, be it a partnership in a law firm or a
governmental position as a prosecutor or public defender. Those not elected will
be jobless with no guarantee of employment.
That is why so many are running because they were all told they will not be
reappointed unless elected.
A third category is Associate Judge. When certain openings occur all vested
judges at a certain level vote among a number of pre-selected candidates and the
winners becoming associates.
That is a life time job, though they don’t have quite the full benefits of an
elected judge. The salary is about ten-thousand dollars smaller and they don’t
get to vote for associates. I don’t know what all the differences are, but those
two seem the most important to the JLC.
There are some associates running against people whose careers are on the
line and there is a selfishness to that, I am not fond of.
Many of those of those on the line are older and are legitimately concerned
about their futures.
I often interviewed a half a dozen or more judges
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There is one contest and there are five judges
vying for one slot. The judicial and legal community
dwell on just three, appointed incumbent Supreme
Court Judge Mary Jane Theis, Appellate Court
Judge Aurelia Pucinski and Appellate Court Judge
Joy V. Cunningham.
By and large the majority really like Aurelia
Pucinski and think despite some poor ratings that
she is a quality judge and the best campaigner of all
and that she will upset the apple cart and win.
Ratings wise, Theis and Cunningham have
highly qualified from the Chicago Bar Association.
Pucniski is rated qualified.
Theis has the highest grades from six members of
the alliance and Cunningham, two. Pucinski has her
share of not-qualified. Judge James G. Riley is rated
qualified by all but one and Thomas Flannigan only
got one passing grade.
As for me, I am not a JLC or a legal scholar. I am
impressed by Theis’ marks and brains but find her
lacking emotional resonance. Cunningham is brilliant, Pucinski impresses me with her
wisdom, fairness and humanity.
I asked a lot of people why the low ratings and they felt she was a really excellent
judge.
I am voting for Judge Aurelia Pucinski for the Supreme Court.
Appellate Court
When a case is appealed it goes to the Appellate Court. There are 24 appellate court
judges who sit in panels of four, three of whom preside over each race.
When going before the bar associations, written samples are required, as an integral
part of their work is legal research.
There are six appellate races. Three are not contested. Judge Nathaniel Howse
whose ratings are sky high; Judge Maureen Elizabeth Connors who received excellent
Alliance ratings and a qualified from the CBA; and Judge Terrence Lavin who has
good ratings.
In the Cahill vacancy there are six candidates and I interviewed three and made
contact with a fourth. Judge Pamela Hill-Veal and Judge Laura Marie Sullivan are
poorly rated.
The main conversation from the JLC was about Judge Matt Delort, largely because
he is from West Rogers Park. Judge James Michael McGing and Judge Kay Marie
Hanlon are both very well thought of.
Those three all are rated highly qualified by the CBA. Delort and Hayes edged
McGing mildly in the Alliance ratings and were all equally rated by the Decalogue
Society.
I would really like to vote for all three. I know exactly who I am voting for, but
not because they stand out over the other two. It is more of a personal preference so I
choose to stay silent in print.
The Gallagher vacancy also contains an embarrassment of quality candidates. I
interviewed all three and would be proud to vote for all three.
I didn’t hear a single bad word about any of them from the JLC and heard much praise
and positive opinions.
The candidates are Judge Patrick Sherlock, Judge P. Scott Neville, Jr and Judge
Marguerite Anne Quinn.
The alliance is in love with Judge P. Scott Neville Jr. with six high grades including
the Decalogue Society. Judge Patrick Sherlock has passing marks from all but the
liberal Council. Judge Marguerite Quinn has mostly not recommended grades.
Interestingly, the CBA rates all three equally qualified.
Who am I voting for?. Neville is brilliant and exemplary, Sherlock has something
special going for him and Quinn is an exceptionally fine individual.
When my decision comes down to personal considerations, it does not belong in
Jewish Chicago.
The O’Brien vacancy has five contestants. Judge Jesse Reyes, Judge Rudolfo
Garcia, Judge William S. Boyd, Judge Ellen Flannigan, and Don Sampen.
Judge Reyes is very popular with the JLC as is Judge Boyd who were both
interviewed.
Marks wise the Chicago Bar Association found Sampen highly qualified, Flannigan
not recommended and the other three qualified.
Reyes and Garcia barely edged Sampen with the Alliance and the Decalogue Society
gave their highest rating only to Reyes.
My vote goes to Judge Jesse Reyes with Judge Boyd a close second.
Cook County Circuit Court
Uncontested races in the circuit court and the subcircuits will not be addressed.
The Conlon Vacancy has three candidates, Karen Lynn O’Malley, Jo Anne Hopson
Guillemette who has bad marks across the board and chose not to appear before the
CBA and Stanley Hill.
The JLC like O’Malley and Hill.
Both have similar ratings across the board.
I am voting for Karen Lynn O’Malley.
The Kinnaird vacancy is a two person race and I interviewed both Kevin Cunningham
and Judge Erica Reddick.
Both appear to be liked by their peers.
The CBA and Decalogue Society rate them equally and Reddick has the edge with
the Alliance.
My vote goes to Judge Erica Reddick.
The O’Brien vacancy
Cynthia Ramirez who has the endorsement of the Cook County Democratic Party,
takes on Gerald V. Cleary. I interviewed Ramirez.
The JLC did not talk up either one.
The CBA gave Cleary it’s highest grade and found Ramirez qualified. They both
got the highest marks from the Decalogue Society. Ramirez has the best grades from
the Alliance.
I haven’t made up my mind on this race.
The Frossard vacancy has four candidates. Nicholas C. Patton, Judge Kevin Horan,
Judge Diann Marsalek.
Marsalek is really well liked in the legal community, Horan too.
Wimberly received bad grades across the board. Patton got her share of bad grades,
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not reccommended. Maloney got a Highly recommended from The Decalogue
Society.
I got to see Propes impugn me publicly. She called to apologize the next day.
I like Ed Maloney a lot and he is my clear choice in this race.
The Simmons vacancy has three challengers Michael Forti, Jessica O’Brien
and James Wright.
It’s funny how in some races I’ve interviewed everybody and heard tons
about them and in others, nothing.
All I have to go on here are grades. Michael Forti gets the highest marks
from the CBA. O’Brien has passing grades across the board and the Hispanic
bar group rate Wright highly and the African Americans gave him a thumbs
down.
My vote goes to Michael A. Forti.
The Stewart vacancy. Seven candiates Pamela Leeming, Terrence Jordan,
Deidre Baumann, Mary Margaret Burke, Sammy Lacey Jr., Rhonda Sallee and
Steve Demitro. I interviewed Leeming, Baumann and Sallee.
This is another race where I didn’t get much buzz from the JLC.
Leeming is the only candidate with passing grades across the board, but non
were high grades. Burke got a passing grade from the CBA and flunked the
entire Alliance. Jordan, Lacy, Demitro and Salle failed to get a single passing
grade. In Salle’s case it was lack of experience.
Baumann who is Jewish had the second highest marks and has had members
of the Decalogue Society stick up for her.
My vote goes to Deidre Baumann.
The Ward vacancy is the final county wide race. I interviewed two candidates
and had contact with a third. The field contains Alfred M. Swanson, Denise
Marie Nalley, Elizabeth Mary Hayes, Joan Marie Kubalanza, Peter J. Vilkelis
and Brian J. Stephenson.
In the JLC, Swanson and Vilkelis are well liked.
Grade wise, Swanson, Kubalanza, Vilkelis and Stephenson have very close to
the exact same grades.
I interviewed both Swanson and Vilkelis and liked them very much; but I
have a clear choice. Peter J. Vilkelis gets my vote.
Subcircuit Races
We are only going to deal with contested races in Jewish area or of Jewish
Interest.
Sixth Subcircuit
Beatriz Santiago, Mark Ferrante, Gregory Emmet Ahern Jr., Carlos
Claudio, Kent Delgado and Ricardo Lugo comprise the field. I
interviewed Claudio and Ferrante.
No JLC buzz worth reporting.
Ferrante got the highest marks from the CBA and the Decalogue
Society. Ahern got also got an HQ from the CBA. Ferrante wins the
Alliance big time.
Mark Ferrante, who has serious ties to the Jewish comnmunity is
my clear choice in the Sixth subcircuit.
Eighth Subcircuit
Chiola vacancy - Rodney Stewart, Judge Celia Gamrath, Judge James
Shapiro and Thomas Osran
The JLC clearly likes Shapiro, he is very popular and highly
thought of. Gamrath is respected.
The CBA gave both Shapiro and Gamrath HQ’s. Shapiro also got
an HQ from the Decalogue Society. The Alliance mildly favored
Shapiro over Gamrath. Thomas Osran is Jewish and got good grades
across the board. Stewart did well with everybody but the council.
I interviewed Shapiro and Stewart and had some contact with
Gamrath.
Shapiro, is a clear pick. Stewart and Ganrath could have been
endorsed in the right field.
Cole vacancy - Brad Trowbridge, John Ehrlich, Gideon Abraham
Baum, Judge Helaine “Lanie” Berger, Judge James L. Kaplan and
Ellis Levin.
The JLC really likes Judge Kaplan who is presently filling the slot
for this vacancy. There are four Jews in this race and that is a crime.
There are plenty of other races they could have chosen. Ellis Levin is
not well liked and Judge Berger who is an Associate with a lifetime
job created resentment by running against the popular Kaplan who is up in years and is caring for a special needs child.
Ratings: John Ehrlich edges the rest, Kaplan got good grades across the board, Berger got low grades from the CBA and the council. Brad Trowbridge lacks experience, but that
can be obtained.
Judge James Kaplan is a clear choice in a slam dunk runaway.
Roy vacancy - Judge Deborah Jean Gubin, Sharon Finegan Patterson and Judge Nicholas Geanopoulos.
Judge Deborah Jean Gubin, is very well liked and respected. She got the only high grade from the Decalogue Society and easily wins the Alliance. Patterson has slightly better
grades than Geanopoulos who passing grades from every one.
Judge Deborah Jean Gubin who is Jewish, has the best grades, if I lived in the eighth, I’d vote for her.
Ninth Subcircuit Bender vacancy - Judge Michael Ian Bender versus Judge Lionel Jean Baptiste.
The JLC loves Bender and thought the world of his father. They both have done pro bono work for Nazi hunter Simon Weisenthal’s as his personal lawyer.
I can’t begin to tell you how many non-Jewish judges tried to butter me up by talking up Judge Michael Bender.
When he worked for the village of Skokie, he made sure that every indigent Jew who passes away was taken care of by the Jewish Sacred Society and arranged for a proper Jewish
burial for all who had the need with Chicago Jewish Funerals.
He has close relationships with a number of area Rabbis, I could go on and on.
Judge Baptiste is a very fine individual and I like him. His ratings are a bit lower than Bender’s but he gets all passing grades. He is very popular with the Evanston crowd where
he was alderman and works very hard at everything he does to get where he is in life.
There a lot of races where he would be my
choice, but I can’t think any judicial race that is
more important to me than this one.
My vote goes to Michael Bender and I would
choose him over every single other judge on
the ballot. He is the single most important
endorsement in this publication.
Epstein vacancy - Judge Mary Trew, Abbey
Fishman Romanek, David C. Adams and Judge
Larry Axelrood.
My least favorite candidate in this election
is Abbey Fishman Romanek. She used the
facilites of the office of the Attorney General of
Illinois to do political work for Dan Seals; She
got caught and was told to resign or be fired.
There is more, but why bother. No thanks
Abbey.
David C.Adams is a really good lawyer who
works with former Judges and brilliant legal
minds, Marv Leavitt and Alan Greiman.
He gets poor grades because his experience
is in the Appellate courts and not the sort of
trail cases he would encounter by winning
a circuit court slot, but it’s obvious the CBA
thought highly of him.
I think the world of Mary Trew’s legal ability.
A lot of lawyers think very highly of her. She
always get good bar ratings and takes her work
very seriously. She belongs on the bench.
In Larry Axelrood I am presented with a
dilemma. He is an associate and is guaranteed
a job. Yet the JLC thinks the world of him; he
has far and away the highest grades, does some
incredibly noble deeds and is Jewish.
I really hate picking anybody over Mary
Trew, especially an Associate, but I have to
pick Larry Axelrood in this race.
We’ll close with a race in the Twelfth
Subcircuit in suburban Cook County that has a
lot of Jewish territory.
Running for the Rochford vacancy - Judge
Andrea Schleifer, Michael John Halloran,
Robert F. Babbitt, Daniel P. Scott, James C.
Murray and Jerome Pieczonka.
Babbit, Scott and Murray can be knocked out
right away, due to their horrid ratings. Murray
has good ratings across the board, nothing low
or high.
Halloran and Schleifer have close to the same
marks.
Schleifer gets good buzz from the JLC; she is
Jewish, very conscientious, and if I lived in the
Twelfth Subcircuit, Andrea M. Andy Schleifer
would be clear choice.
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Honorable Judge Gerald C. Bender Vacancy
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"...Judge Bender is well versed in civil and
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excellent temperament, diligence and
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●Member Jewish Judge's Association of Illinois
●Past President Decalogue Society of Lawyers
●Former Personal Attorney to War Crime Hunter Simon Weisenthal
●Ensured and Provided Observant Burials for Jewish Bodies as Public Administrator
●Former Assistant Corporation Council, Village of Skokie
●Expanded Community Services as President of the Skokie Park District Board of Commissioners
●Executive Board Member, Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois
●Represented Victims of the Benjamin Smith Hate Crimes
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