Prairie State College students aid mentally ill and homeless
Prairie State College Mental Health Club and adviser Mary Ann Kubiak mailed thanks for an extensive gift drive delivering 850 gifts to shelters and individuals on Christmas Eve and Day. The note highlights joyful reactions and reflects on the spirit of Christmas and campus involvement.
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Prairie State College Mental Health Club
Mental Health Club
Mary Ann Kubiak
Prairie State College
Calls for reform in Chicago Heights politics and governance
The piece condemns machine politics in Chicago Heights, accusing it of patronage payrolls, bid rigging, ghost workers, and police misconduct. It advocates candidate reform and city manager governance to depoliticize city management and curb profit from politics. It warns against perpetual family influence and party excuses.
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Chicago Heights
Bloom High School
Incompetent leaders stain Park Forest village government
Henry Lorenz of Park Forest blasts the current president and Board of Trustees for silencing residents and wasting funds on consultants. He cites Sears’ departure, poor legal representation, and failed protections of village finances, while noting hope in the new village manager and urging change.
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Park Forest
Sears
Henry Lorenz Park Forest
Centre residents blame Parkside over Centre fate
A Park Forest Village meeting is used to critique Harold Back of Erie Development for buying the Centre in 1993 and then draining funds. Residents accuse the board and Village Attorney Kathleen Field Orr of enacting and enabling risky incentives. They urge accountability and removal of Back.
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Park Forest
Harold Back
Erie Development
Parkside Land Co
Centre
Cordish
Lincoln Mall
Orland Park
River Oaks
Parkside
Kelly
Patrick Kelly
Kathleen Field Orr
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Joliet Arsenal redux and land use plan revived
U S Representative Jerry Weller refiled the Joliet Arsenal bill to convert about 24 000 acres of the former munitions site into a prairie land conservation area a national veterans cemetery an economic development region under state control and a 425 acre Will County landfill. Senator John Glenn had blocked a Senate vote previously and Senator Paul Simon plans identical legislation in the Senate with a filing soon. Sangmeister’s family ties to the project are noted.
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U.S
Jerry Weller
R Morris
Joliet Arsenal
Will County
George Langmeister
D-Mokena
Weller
House
John Glenn
D-space
Ohio
David Carle
Paul Simon
Simon
Senate
Sangmeister
Libel suit persists after Steczo conceding race
State Rep. Jack OConnor continues a $1 million libel lawsuit against ex-Rep. Terry Steezo, despite Steeczo conceding recounts. OConnor says slander aimed at practical gain must be stopped. jury trial requested, with defendants due to respond soon.
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Terry Steczo
D-Oak Forest
Jack O’connor
R-Palos Heights
Steezo
Illinois House Democrats
O’connor
Auto O’connors
Dems
O’connors
Repubs
John Wayne Gacy
James Bailey
Steere
Capitol Hill Vote on Balanced Budget Amendment Split
U S representatives split along party lines on the Balanced Budget Amendment with Yes votes from Republicans Weller and Harris Fowell and Democrat Lipinski from Illinois, while Rep. Mel Reynolds opposed. Rep. Bobby Rush was excused for a family matter. Sen. Simon and Sen. Orrin Hatch will introduce the BBA on Monday, with Carle signaling a close Senate vote.
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U.S
Weller
Harris Fowell
Naperville
William Lipinski
Chicago
Mel Reynolds
Bobby Rush
Bess Berrigan
Simon
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Senate
Carle
Tax cap bill eyes Senate vote after House passage
Cook County tax cap legislation cleared the state House on Thursday and is expected for a Senate vote next month. Senator Palos Park Republican Pat O Malley said the bill will likely face little opposition.
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Cook County
State House
Senate
Palos
Pat O’malley
Palos Park
Campaign to Protect Consumer Rights backs consumer access fight
The electronic media campaign for the Campaign to Protect Consumer Rights is run by Public Response Group, formerly Lloyd Betourney and Associates. Betourney, a Democratic political strategist from Matteson, leads the effort with about two dozen allied groups opposing any law restricting consumer access to the justice system.
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Public Response Group
Lloyd Betourney
David Wilhelm to Speak at Shirley Green Center Richton Park
January Bytes notes former DNC chairman David Wilhelm will address Rich Township Democrats at 8 p.m. Feb 7 at Shirley Green Community Center in Richton Park. Also mentions Christine Todd Whitman’s veep rumors, Bob Kustra’s Senate bid talk, Rep Fawell on the Legal Reform Task Force, and other GOP events.
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Veep
Repub
Bytes
Whitman
GOP
Bytes Lite
Bob Kustra
Washington, D.C
Senate
Jim Edgar
Kustra
House
Dick Armey
Texas
Rep
Fawell
Republican Legal Reform Task Force
Cook County
Manny Hoffman
Karla Osantowski
Chicago Heights
Drug Enforcement Administration
Heights
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Indiana
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Maple Avenue
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BBA
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