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Illinois quickly becoming a one-party tyranny as bad officials drag it down

Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Illinois quickly becoming a one-party tyranny as bad officials drag it down
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Illinois quickly becoming a one-party tyranny as bad officials drag it down Failed Democrats like Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx are not only dragging Cook County down the tubes but they are also dragging the state down with it. Failure of officials like Gov. J.B. Pritzker to speak out…

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Defending the statue of Christopher Columbus

Posted on July 23, 2020 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Defending the statue of Christopher Columbus
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Defending the statue of Christopher Columbus Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot continues to turn her back on the rule of law and defending all of the city’s ethnic and racial groups, taking no action to punish ands identify individuals engaged in the destruction of statues including an attempted destruction of the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant…

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Stop focusing on guns, focus on the criminals

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Stop focusing on guns, focus on the criminals
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Stop focusing on guns, focus on the criminals If Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot would stop trying to be the icon of several “movements” and start acting like a leader who can recognize the real problems, maybe Chicago wouldn’t be making headlines every week with record shootings and a growing list of gun related fatalities. By…

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2nd Coronavirus case slams Orland Park Village government

Posted on June 27, 2020June 27, 2020 By Ray Hanania 3 Comments on 2nd Coronavirus case slams Orland Park Village government
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Opinion: 2nd Coronavirus case slams Orland Park Village government Two days after revealing the first case of coronavirus to infect an employee in the beleaguered administration of Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, a second confirmed Coronavirus case has been confirmed in the Village’s Recreation Department. The two cases are a political embarrassment for Pekau who is vacationing during…

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The hatred and reverse racism of the protests

Posted on June 17, 2020July 12, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on The hatred and reverse racism of the protests
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The hatred and reverse racism of the protests Mayor Lori Lightfoot has again taken the side of injustice, marginalizing the violence of the looters, arsonists and even killers who attacked business and police in order to play politics with the emotions and violence of the Black Lives Matter protests following in the wake of the…

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lets everyone down

Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lets everyone down
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lets everyone down Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot puts her own personal agenda ahead of the safety of not only the citizens of Chicago but all of Cook County in a selfish political display that jeopardizes the safety of everyone who doesn’t embrace violence. Lightfoot has done nothing to prosecute the looters…

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Mayor Emanuel’s disregard for the best interests of taxpayers

Posted on December 12, 2018November 29, 2019 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Mayor Emanuel’s disregard for the best interests of taxpayers
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Mayor Emanuel’s disregard for the best interests of taxpayers Mayor Rahm Emanuel, one of the worst mayors to ever sit in the Chicago mayor’s office, is making one last effort to slam taxpayers in suburban Chicagoland to pay for the financial shortfalls and deficits caused by his poor leadership. He wants to jack up the…

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