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Friday, Dec 15, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Monday is my “Christmas with Rich Miller” speaking gig and I’ve decided to just shut down for the day, so I’ll be back on Tuesday. If you’re going to the event, don’t forget to bring a toy for kids 2-5. Whether you’re going or not, you can donate to Lutheran Social Services of Illinois by clicking here. You’ll be able to watch the luncheon address live at the Chicago City Club website.

Tom Petty will play us out…

I just don’t wanna kiss ‘em

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Rate Pritzker’s new digital ad

Friday, Dec 15, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Press release…

Today, JB for Governor released a new digital ad, “I Will Be In Charge,” highlighting Bruce Rauner’s excuses for his failed leadership, and JB’s commitment to taking charge as the next governor of Illinois.

“Bruce Rauner has done nothing but create crisis and destruction for Illinois’ working families while he’s been in charge,” said Pritzker campaign spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh. “Illinoisans deserve a governor in Springfield who will actually lead the state, stand up to Donald Trump, and get real results for Illinois families. Unlike Bruce Rauner, when JB Pritzker is governor, he will be in charge.”

* The ad…

* Transcript…

Bruce Rauner unleashed 736 days of a budget crisis on our state. He destroyed jobs and opportunities. Our schools and social services suffered, and families across the state have paid the price. And after all of that, he has the nerve to look you in the eye and say, ‘I’m not in charge.’ If I’m elected governor, when it comes time to passing a state budget, I will work with every elected official in Springfield, Republican or Democrat. And to be clear, I will be in charge. When the LGBTQ community needs my voice, when the Dreamers need my protection, when people of color need my commitment to justice and women everywhere need me to say, ‘we believe you,’ you will find me standing right there next to you. I will be in charge. And when Donald Trump attacks our values, undermines our institutions, tries to pit one American against another, I won’t stand by. I will be in charge. Illinois deserves better than Bruce Rauner. Illinois deserves a leader.

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Joe Berrios’ new radio ad features Jesse White, more attacks on Kaegi

Friday, Dec 15, 2017 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Have a listen…

* Script…

Jesse White: This is Secretary of State Jesse White. Let me tell you about my friend Joe Berrios. Growing up in Cabrini Green, Joe learned early on the importance of hard work, commitment and giving back. That’s exactly what he has done as a public official. As Cook County Assessor he has protected homeowners, made the office more accessible while cutting his staff 25 percent. Please join me, Jesse White, in supporting Joe Berrios for Cook County Assessor.

Announcer: While Joe Berrios works to reform a broken system, investment banker Fritz Kaegi profited off of it. Kaegi managed a fund that invested nearly $30 million in private prisons. Prisons where minority women faced abusive guards and detainees died suspiciously. The company he invested in even pushed for harsher sentencing laws. Fritz Kaegi saw prisons as a way to make money. He is no reformer.

* Related…

* Eric Zorn: Desperate Berrios and the ‘Republican’ lie: Kaegi’s camp fired back, calling the ad a “malicious lie,” saying the prison investments were made by others after he stepped down and declaring that “there is not a single document listing (a private prison company) as a holding that also lists Fritz as a portfolio manager.” Does the Berrios campaign have such a document? I asked Thursday and didn’t receive a response by my deadline. But even if they did … really? Is Berrios so desperate that he wants to make the campaign about ethical asset management in areas utterly unrelated to the duties of the assessor? And that he thinks branding his opponent as a secret Republican is the key to re-election?

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