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Morning campaign stuff
Thursday, Oct 13, 2022 - Posted by Isabel Miller * A quick roundup to start your day…
* Column: Complaint accuses Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau of using mayoral campaign funds for congressional bid: “There is compelling evidence that Respondents have violated FEC regulations by improperly using funds from Mr. Pekau’s mayoral campaign committee to support Mr. Pekau’s federal campaign,” according to the complaint. * Illinois Attorney General candidate Thomas DeVore visits Crystal Lake, calls SAFE-T Act ‘unconstitutional’: Thomas DeVore, a southern Illinois attorney, spoke at the Around the Clock Restaurant on Route 14 to criticize the Illinois Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, also known as the SAFE-T Act, which he maintains is both unconstitutional and beyond saving via future legislative changes. * Voter turnout in Chicago area counties will be crucial to determining gubernatorial winner: Many strategists believe state Sen. Darren Bailey, the Republican candidate, will clean up downstate. That puts the focus on voters in the six-county greater Chicago area, where the majority of Illinois residents live. * Naperville’s high-powered weapons sale ban hangs over 41st House race: Yang Rohr, a sponsor of state legislation that would ban “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines, supports the strengthening of “red flag” laws to prevent potentially dangerous people from owning weapons… Janor, while embracing local control for communities like Naperville, also is focused on maintaining Second Amendment rights. He said law enforcement agencies must be supported in attempts to take weapons from people who should not have them, like in cases of revoked FOID cards. * Cashless bail a point of contention between state 24th District Senate candidates Lewis, Nowak: The two candidates for Illinois’ 24th Senate District differ on a critical component of the SAFE-T Act, with one citing law enforcement opposition and the other saying cashless bail focuses on “risk, not riches.” * Challenger Philip Nagel seeks to curtail government authority; incumbent Patrick Joyce cites ‘extreme political agendas’: The Republican candidate in the state’s 40th Senate District says COVID-19 mandates and the education system in Illinois prompted him to challenge Democratic incumbent Patrick Joyce. Philip Nagel said he drafted legislation last year called the Parental Medical Choice Act, filed by his representative, that would’ve taken away the governor’s emergency authority to mandate medical treatment for students in K-12 schools or higher education institutions. * Patrick Thomas Brouillette: 2022 candidate for Illinois House District 44: Abortion is a state issue, as the high court has determined. Abortion remains legal in Illinois, and no changes will take place. Illinois already has the most permissive laws on abortion in the country. One item I take issue with is the repeal of the parental notification law last year. I believe the repeal of that law is extreme and wrong. Parents have every right to know if their minor child will be undergoing any health care procedure. That said, I also support ensuring there are protections built into the law for those cases involving abuse of a child. * Fred Crespo: 2022 candidate for Illinois House 44th District: “As far as term limits is concerned, I supported term limits for legislative leaders and helped add these limits to the House rules. However, I’m concerned about the impact of term limits in general. As I talk to out of state legislators who are term limited, they express concerns that the lack of institutional knowledge enables lobbyists and staff to exercise undue influence on policy issues,” Crespo said.
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- Big Dipper - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 8:06 am:
Trib endorsed Alexi.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 8:10 am:
BD, we’ll be getting to that later today.
- H-W - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 8:24 am:
Great way to start the morning. Thanks, Isabel.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 8:37 am:
===…which he (DeVore) maintains is both unconstitutional and beyond saving via future legislative changes.===
DeVore on brand, the harsh reality is that wholly on the political side, both Pritzker and Raoul have not clearly or simply owned the next needed steps to the trailer bill(s) to the Act, leaving a large hole for one like DeVore to say both “unconstitutional” and “beyond saving” without a pushback that begins and ends where neither Pritzker or Raoul won’t go, “what is next beyond what I’d seen now?”.
- MisterJayEm - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 8:44 am:
CBS2:
So you’re telling me that the ballots cast in the region with the most voters may decide the outcome of this state-wide election?
Well, I’ll be dipped…
– MrJM
- H-W - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 8:52 am:
@Mr. JM = For me, the real issue will be whether or not the “reallocation” of polling places will impact the outcome.
I can easily imagine tens of thousands of voters showing up after dinner, only to find they are not at the proper polling place.
And if there is a statistically significant relationship with race, heaven help us.
- Dog Lover - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 8:59 am:
I appreciate the local paper printing a sample ballot. My husband and I went through it last night. We vote in person at a small town church.
- Amalia - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 9:00 am:
wow, this roundup. thanks Isabel, so much to follow.
- Langhorne - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 9:04 am:
Crespo is right about term limits. You have turnover in members, losing their depth of knowledge. While lobbyist and staff seemingly stay around forever.
Christopher Mooney, a professor at UIUC, has done scholarly research on the topic. Look for that, if you are interested.
- Langhorne - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 9:12 am:
Pet peeve. I saw a TV ad for the workers rights amendment. They featured a box with a checkmark in it.
Another pet peeve. The red and blue damn donkey and elephant that media have been using for 50 years at least.
- We’ll See - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 9:14 am:
@MrJM - if John Madden was a political pundit……
- Froganon - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 9:17 am:
What Amalia said.
Term limits insure that staff & lobbyists control the flow of info and the base of knowledge. They solve nothing.
- JoeMaddon - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 9:52 am:
**@MrJM - if John Madden was a political pundit……**
Eh… I’d go with the John Smoltz of political punditry. Except Smoltz would add on a: “as well as the person with the most yard signs.”
- Colors of Fall - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 10:08 am:
Saw “Trump endorsed - Mary Miller…” signs today and wondered if JB was ‘meddling’ again, or if those were signs by her campaign.
- Anonish - Thursday, Oct 13, 22 @ 10:08 am:
DeVore: …that’s unconstitutional
Everyone else: you keep using that word, I do not think that means what you think it means.