Mexican American activist and former state legislator Frank Aguilar named to succeed Tobolski Democratic Committeemen in Chicagoland’s west and southwest suburbs voted to name former State Rep. Frank J. Aguilar to fill the vacancy on the Cook County Board’s 16th District that was vacated with the resignation of Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolski. Aguilar will…
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elections, Government, News, Orland Park, Politics, rayhanania, Suburban Chicagoland2020 , candidate , Cook County Review , Dan Patlak , Democratic Primary election , March 17 , Tammy Wendt , voters , voting Presidential candidates have no idea what Americans need Few of the Democrats hoping to become President really know what the real issues are that face voters. During their recent debate, they spent more time arguing over generic media-driven issues than not he issues that voters really care about. Here are some of the issues the…
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Government, News, Politics, Suburban Chicagoland, Taxesfixed income tax , Gov. J.B. Pritzker , graduated income tax , opinion poll , pension debt , poll , Pritzker Tax , survey , tax hike , voters Why I support Toni Preckwinkle for Chicago Mayor In politics, it’s rarely about who is great but rather about who is better. And in the race for Chicago Mayor between Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and former prosecutor Lori Lightfoot, the “better” candidate is Preckwinkle. Although I have some issues with her past policies,…
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Iowa caucus disaster smells like another effort to get Sanders
By Ray Hanania |
Iowa caucus disaster smells like another effort to get Sanders The Iowa Caucus debacle and the long delays in tabulating the final winners and losers has thrown the Democratic process in to a loop giving one apparent loser, Joe Biden, some wiggle room to avoid the negative publicity with his running only 4th — a…
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