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• Sex abuse case against priest is dismissed

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 163
  A decades-old sexual abuse allegation against a Roman Catholic priest from Poland was dismissed today in Cook County Circuit Court. Rev. Chester Przybylo, 59, who for the  last decade has been pastor of the Shrine of Christ the King in  Winfield, had been accused of molesting a 13-year-old Polish immigrant while ...
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• EXTRA: Preckwinkle wants women’s vote

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 123
  Toni Preckwinkle, the Chicago alderman who’d like to run on what’s left of Barack Obama’s coattails for the presidency of Coo k County Board, is counting on getting a significant share of the women’s vote if her campaign is to succeed come Feb. 2. Preckwinkle is the African-American candidate whom some ...
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• Endorsements for Put-Back Amendment Grows

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  Press release from the Put-Back Amendment campaign: The Put-Back Amendment is the only amendment that will bring real reform to Springfield. It enacts 8 year term limits so we no longer will have lifetime politicians who hold a death grip over the state. It ensures fair elections by ending gerrymandering, reforms ...
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• 62nd District State Rep Race: Paul Mitchell picks up Four Group Endorsements

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  From the Mitchell campaign: ‘This morning, everyone here at Paul Mitchell’s campaign office is in a celebratory mood,’ said a campaign volunteer.. ‘The list of endorsements is growing; we’ve just added four conservative groups to the endorsements list, with more to come!’ ‘These four endorsements,’ ...
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• Topinka’s Union Endorsement is ‘Business As Usual’

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  From the Jim Dodge for Comptroller campaign: AFSCME’s inflexibility is part of state’s budget problems (DECEMBER 13, 2009 Orland Park, IL) Jim Dodge, Republican Candidate for Illinois Comptroller calls The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ endorsement of his opponent an ...
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• 8th District Race: Joe Walsh Rally Dec. 17

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  If you have ‘HAD ENOUGH’ with the direction our country is heading, please join me for a WALSH CHRISTMAS RALLY! Together we can plan the next 6 weeks to win on February 2nd to take the challenge to Melissa Bean in November 2010. Thursday, December 17, 2009 Hackney’s Restaurant 880 N. Old Rand Rd. Lake ...
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• Kelly Confronts Quinn: We Want Real Reform NOW!

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  A letter to supporters from GOP Comptroller candidate William J. Kelly Dear Friends, I would just like to thank everyone for coming out to protest for real reform. Today, we did something truly great: In front of the mainstream media, we asked Pat Quinn at his City Club speech at Maggiano’s in Chicago when he ...
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• How to Appeal Your Property Tax Assessment in Wheeling

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  Wheeling Assessor, Dan Patlak, gives you some needed info about your property tax bill in Wheeling Township. Dan emailed me to let me know of this helpful video service. Even though our campaign is well under way, I’m still working hard as the taxpayer advocate in my position as the Wheeling Township Assessor. ...
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• Champions Endorse Jim Dodge for Comptroller, With Kelly Shocker

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  -By Warner Todd Huston The folks at ChampionNews.net have endorsed Jim Dodge for Illinois Comptroller . And they aren’t shy about saying what they think of the other two candidates, William Kelly and Judy Baar Topinka, either: they’re “clowns.” ChampionNews.net is a conservative organization out of Chicago ...
  13 hours ago

• TAPROOT: Christmas Candidate Forum

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  -By Warner Todd Huston Tonight I attended the TAPROOT Christmas event and listened to 15 Republican state-wide and DuPage County candidates all of whom came to address those gathered at the Hilton in Lisle to hear them speak. From Gubernatorial candidates, Senate candidates, judges and local county folks to… is ...
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• Eleven-Year-Old Aston Wise Killed by Coward with Shotgun

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 138
  When will it stop? The sad news from the Chicago Sun-Times : Eleven-year-old Aston Wise was a passenger in a sport-utility vehicle parked on a South Shore street Friday night when a masked gunman opened fire with a shotgun, killing Aston and critically wounding his father. Aston, of the 6800 block of South East ...
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• Surgeon/cop straddles two worlds of violence

  
  Positive LEO — Authority: 145
  His team already was dressing for battle, and Andrew Dennis was trying to catch up. With the trunk of his car open, he secured his rifle. Helmet. Headset. Pistol. Taser. He was then quickly briefed about the night’s target: a small home on a dark street with someone inside rumored to carry a gun. Cook County ...
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• Illinois Greens holding ‘holiday party’

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 600
  In an email to supporters, Green Party congressional candidate Matt Reichel talked about a “holiday party” that gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney, Cook County Board Presidential candidate Tom Tresser, and he would attend.  Details are below. Just a reminder that our Green Party Holiday Party will take place ...
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• 9 Interesting Links From December 11th

  
  Greg In The Desert — Authority: 133
  KOB.com – Albuquerque non-profit provides protection for women – Imagine having your own personal bodyguard outside your home all day and all night at no cost. That’s what an Albuquerque non-profit group is providing, specifically for abused women. The Official Site of Rio Rancho, NM – Outdoor Lighting Task ...
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• 10 Interesting Links From December 11th

  
  Greg In The Desert — Authority: 133
  KOB.com – Albuquerque non-profit provides protection for women – Imagine having your own personal bodyguard outside your home all day and all night at no cost. That’s what an Albuquerque non-profit group is providing, specifically for abused women. The Official Site of Rio Rancho, NM – Outdoor Lighting Task ...
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• Todd Stroger Doesn’t Like Those Poll Numbers

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 138
  From the Sun-Times : Embattled Cook County Board President Todd Stroger blasted a new poll showing he’s in third place in the four-way race for his job. A Tribune poll of what has been described as 500-plus likely voters shows Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown leading the pack in next month’s ...
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• BG Exclusive: Confirmed, Obama Sending Terrorists to Illinois

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 546
  -By Warner Todd Huston In a shocking news flash, BigGovernment.com has published a Department of Justice Memo that authorizes the Obama Administration to send terrorists into Illinois! Via Obama Executive Order 13492, terrorists WILL BE SENT to Illinois. Here is the text of that memo ( download document here ): ...
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• Brown cautiously optimistic about showing in Tribune poll

  
  Clout St — Authority: 629
  Posted by Hal Dardick at 11:45 a.m. Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown today said shes "cautiously optimistic" about her chances to win the Democratic Cook County Board president nomination after a new Tribune poll showed her on top with about seven...
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• Stash for Thu, Dec 10, 2009

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 486
  Download Link: Secret Stash - Register to access Download audio file (NORML_Daily_AudioStash_2009-12-10.mp3) Hemp Headlines MPP to try marijuana legalization again in Nevada First a Cannabis Café in Oregon, now a Ganja Gourmet Restaurant in Colorado… but are they “medical”? Jewish leaders ...
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• Temp agency shorted workers wages, lawsuit says

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 163
  Last September, Miguel Deniz, a laborer at a southwest suburban  warehouse, wandered into a Joliet church looking for help. Worker-rights organizers were holding an information session, and Deniz, who was with about 20 other employees, was pretty sure something was wrong. He was working an awful lot of hours that ...
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