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(IVI-IPO) Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization Alderman Roderick Sawyer Mayor Anthony Calderone-Forest Park, IL (FOP) Fraternal Order of Police Alderman Ed Smith (Ret.) Mayor Deyon Dean-Riverdale, IL (CFFU) Chicago Fire Fighters Union Alderman Latasha Thomas Mayor Robert Donaldson-Hazelcrest, IL (IBEW) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Alderman JoAnn Thompson Mayor David Gonzalez-Chicago Heights, IL African Political Action Committee Alderman Michael Zalewski Mayor Keevan Grimmett-Dixmoor, IL Italian-American Political Coalition IL Senator Maggie Crotty Mayor Arlene Jezierny-Harwood Heights, IL Governor Pat Quinn IL Senator Don Harmon Endorsement Dorothy Brown p.3 Speaker of the House of Representatives, Michael Madigan IL Senator Mattie Hunter Mayor Eric Kellogg-Harvey, IL Secretary of State, Jesse White IL Senator Lou Lang Mayor Dr. Frank Pasquale-Bellwood, IL Chairman of Cook County Demoratic Party, Joseph Berrios IL Senator Kimberly Lightford Mayor Barrett Pedersen-Franklin Park, IL Senate President, Emil Jones (Ret.) IL Senator Kwame Raoul Mayor Rick Reinbold-Richton Park, IL Congressman Danny Davis IL Senator Je Schoenberg Mayor Ron Serpico-Melrose Park, IL Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. IL Senator Donne Trotter Mayor Joseph Tamburino-Hillside, IL Congressman Dan Lipinski IL Rep. Marlow Colvin Mayor Eugene Williams-Lynwood, IL Congressman Bobby Rush IL Rep. Monique Davis Mayor Henderson Yarbrough-Maywood, IL Alderman Carrie Austin IL Rep. Anthony DeLuca Committeeman John Allegretti Alderman Anthony Beale IL Rep. Kenneth Dunkin Committeeman Tim Bradford Alderman Howard Brookins IL Rep. Mary Flowers Committeeman Christine Cegilis Alderman Walter Burnett IL Rep. Connie Howard Committeeman Patricia Cullerton Alderman Willie Cochran IL Rep. Kevin McCarthy Committeeman Jesse Juarez Alderman Patricia Dowell IL Rep. Al Riley Committeeman Lou Lang Alderman Jason Ervin IL Rep. Robert Rita Committeeman Michael Looney Alderman Toni Foulkes Il Rep. Derrick Smith Committeeman Robert Lovero Alderman Deborah Graham Former President Cook County Board of Commissioners Bobbie Steele Committeeman Robert Martwick Alderman Leslie Hairston Cook County Commissioner Jerry Butler Committeeman Terry Matthews Alderman Michelle Harris Cook County Commissioner Earlean Collins Committeeman Antonio Munoz Alderman Sandi Jackson Cook County Commissioner Joan Murphy Committeeman John O’Sullivan Alderman Lona Lane Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims Committeeman Tom Sharpe Alderman Roberto Maldonado Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele Committeeman Edward Smollen Alderman Richard Mell Frank Avila, Commissioner, Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Committeeman Rocco Terranova Alderman Emma Mitts IL Appellate Court Justice William Cousins (Ret.) Committeeman Frank Zuccarelli Alderman John Pope Cook County Judge Sam L. Amirante (Ret.) Alderman Marty Quinn Mayor Andre Ashmore-Matteson, IL

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PSherlock JC Ad.indd 1 2/12/2012 5:07:32 PM Just being Jewish is not enough, not even close to enough. If a Jewish candidate is Jewish Chicago Election Analysis pitted against a non-Jewish candidate, and all things are equal in terms of their ability to by Avy Meyers do the job, there won’t necessarily be an endorsement. There are some non-Jews who have done an absolutely superb job of taking care of Election day has been moved back this year to Tuesday, March 20th 2012. both Jewish concerns and the community. They will most certainly be endorsed, and Early voting started Feb. 27 and runs through March 15 according to election lawyer yes, even against Jewish opposition. If a Jewish candidate is well-qualified for the office, James P. Nally. There are 51 voting sites in Chicago, and city residents who are but does not take care of real Jewish concerns for his or her constituents, he or she will registered to vote, are able to vote in the location of their choice. Suburban voters have not be endorsed. 43 locations to choose from. Chicago polling places can be found on the Chicago Board If there is no real benefit to the Jewish community in a race, it may not warrant our of Elections website. The Cook County Clerk’s website lists all the suburban locations. attention. There are political experts in regular newspapers and other media who can In the vast majority of cases, the primary is the real election. Many of the Republican perform that function, though too often they do so very poorly. (More inside) This is a candidates in the city are just token candidates. Jewish newspaper and I focus on Jewish concerns with full regard to society as a whole. In Cook County the number of Republican judicial candidates running can be counted The bottom line is that Jewish Chicago looks for candidates of quality for the on the hands of Three Finger Mordecai Brown. community as a whole who will take care of Jewish concerns as they arise. The primary This is a very unusual election. When March 20th comes around, who knows if there Jewish concerns are on a national level and concern Israel. will be any excitement of a good kind in the Presidential race. Liberal, Conservative, Left Wing, Right Wing, Progressive—Jewish Chicago is not a Far and away the most exciting part of the election this year is the judicial races. fan of any of these on their own. Practical solutions to real-life problems is the best way There are as may judicial races as I can ever remember and there are no shortage of to go. The only “ism” I am into is Judaism. contested races. Advertising in Jewish Chicago has nothing to do with who gets endorsed. People who There are lots of high quality candidates, often butting heads. Lots of quality Jewish know me understand that. Compare the ads and the endorsements, and it is obvious that candidates and more than a few unqualified candidates of all races, creeds, religions and many endorsed candidates placed no ads, and there are advertisers who are not endorsed. backgrounds. State Senator Sen. Ira Silverstein bought by far the most expensive ad, the back Before I get started with the candidate rundown, it is important for everyone to know cover in the 2008 primary issue, was righteously and correctly criticized for dividing the the criteria we using in making our endorsements. Jewish community. His opponent was strongly endorsed. In the judicial races, I am changing things by greatly expanding coverage and making necessary changes to the way endorsements are made. If you actually appear before a judge, it could change your life a whole lot more than some weak kneed, corrupt alderman or state legislator. Yet most voters are clueless. Of the pitiful number of people who are registered to vote and the even more pitiful number of people that vote. 40% totally skip the bottom of the ballot that contains the judicial choices. This year, why not start at the bottom? It’s the one place you can be sure to find high quality candidates running against some who have no business running. If you think you can find all the ethnic candidates of your preference, you would be shocked how wrong you are going to be and some of the obviously Jewish ones are a real “shonda” who can do no better than make us look worse if G-d forbid they get elected. In the past, I was totally dependent on input from sitting judges and leading lawyers who I call on for endorsements. With the help of more excellent judicial and legal minds than ever, I have a learned a lot about the process and most importantly, inherent prejudices of some organizations and who may have them. This issue there will be a three tier approach to evaluating judicial candidates. First will be the opinions and input of that ever increasing number of highly rated and respected judicial and legal people. Second, will be a summary of the bar association ratings and a look at the individual bar associations and how they go about rating candidates and their prejudices, if any. Last, now that I have better clue, I’ll give you my honest feelings on the candidates in each race. I will say that the judges who have chosen to advertise as well as other candidates in other races, have shown a serious the Ishmaelites, (Ishmael, the father of all Arabs) they asked Him: What is in the Torah? interest in getting the Jewish vote; and that is a fourth factor that you should take into G-d answered: “Thou shalt not steal.” account. Not just with judges, but in all races. Their response, “keep your Torah”, No Way! On my weekly televised show, I have interviewed around three dozen judicial That should tell you every thing you need to know about Arabs and their claims to the candidates, making air time available to anyone who asked in a timely manner. land. Let me emphasize, this is not an invitation-only process far from it. You need to speak The Arabs have been repeatedly offered virtually every thing they could possible want up and speak up early if you want to be a part of the process. We continually evolve to and have continually refused it or budge the slightest. meet the ever increasing demand. It appalls me that Israel offered it, but maybe they knew there are no boundaries the Arabs Unfortunately, requests are still coming in. Some are highly qualified and/or endorsed find acceptable for a Jewish State anywhere, other than the bottom of the Mediterranean and/or took out ads. I can’t accommodate them. Sea and acted accordingly. Besides, for completely filling out our weekly show with a record number of Still, with all the brilliant minds accomplishing so much in Israel, when it comes to candidates who were interviewed uncut, live to tape on average from 7 to 9 minutes, we produced 6 additional shows under the banner of Sonny Hersh election specials. You can learn a lot by watching the interviews. Sonny is my entire technical crew, and totally invaluable. He often PUNCH #181 disagrees with me politically and my opinion does not reflect his. Sonny operates the website http://www.ntnm.org and posts everything on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/sonnyhtv, where you will find all of our interviews over the last five years. Unfortunately or fortunately as the case may be, we have really over loaded the schedules of our Chicago and suburban stations. In Evanston on ECTV, we have shows airing every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday up to Election Day with a major “blast” replaying all the shows the Monday before Election Day. In close to three dozen suburbs in North and Northwest suburban Integrity • Experience • Excellence Cook County, our regular show airs at 6 pm on Mondays and then there is a special three-hour election showcase, featuring 19 Judge Schleifer has been found candidates, 17 judicial, that will air on Channel 19 or 35, every highly qualified, well qualified, single Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. up to election day. qualified or recommended by all CANTV-19 and CANTV-21 in Chicago will be airing our shows major bar associations including: on numerous and varied dates. Please check our website at ntnm.org. for details as they occur. • Illinois State Bar Our regular show airs every Thursday at 7:30 pm and repeated the • Chicago Bar next day, Friday at 2:30 pm on CANTV-19. The show has been in • Chicago Council of Lawyers those slots for 20 years. • Northwest Suburban Bar Jewish Chicago, originally a paid monthly publication with 4,500 • Decalogue Society of Lawyers subscribers is celebrating our 30th anniversary. • Hispanic Bar To get an official Jewish Chicago endorsement, a clear consensus • Hellenic Bar is needed. Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and • Asian American Bar thermo nuclear incendiary devices. • Puerto Rican Bar Many of the pictures in this publication are taken from still frames • Lesbian and Gay Bar of the TV show which is Sonny Hersh’s work. • Women’s Bar I am hosting a live one-hour election preview show on CANTV-19, Sunday morning March 11, that will be co-hosted by Chicago’s Judge Schleifer is an Active Member of the leading election lawyer, Jim Nally. The program is being produced by Sonny and will most likely air on YouTube within a day as a two- Jewish Judges Assoication and the Past President part show. Go to our Website at http://ntnm.org/, or click to Youtube of Decalogue Society of Lawyers and go to sonnyhtv. Chicago Council of Lawyers Lauds Judge Schleifer Israel and the Jewish Religion The highly respected Chicago Council of Lawyers stated that Every Jewish Soul knows down deep that our spiritual home is, Judge Schleifer “has substantial litigation experience in complex was and always will be Israel which is ours alone and belongs to no matters and has been praised for community service and her other. service to the legal profession.” That same Jewish soul also knows down deep that the Heavens and Earth, were created by the All-Knowing and Seeing, most A Hard Working And Effective Judge Who merciful G-d Al-Mighty, and that there is a Heaven and Hell and a World to Come. Deserves Your Vote On March 2O I want to give my thanks to the Al-Mighty for making this our Judge Schleifer was appointed to the bench in 2010 most successful issue since the glory days of the 80’s. by the Illinois Supreme Court. She is now responsible I also invite any and all 2 state solution supporters to tell me all for over 6,000 cases. or any Arab rulers of Palestine. To sing the Palestinian national anthem. To provide the dates of this imagined, so-called, Palestinian homeland that is the creation of fertile and evil imaginations; and www.ElectJudgeSchleifer.org supply any and all facts backing the existence of an Arab ruled land called Palestine. According to “From Time Immemorial” written by Joan Peters, the (847) 772.9288 1900 British census showed that the land that covers Israel and the Endorsed By The Democratic Party of the 12th Subcircuit so called West Bank contained 110,000 people. 60,000 Jews, 40,000 Paid for by the Committee to Elect Judge Andrea M. Schleifer. Arabs, many nomadic with no real home and 10,000 Christians. A copy of our report is (or will be) filed with the State Board of The Talmud teaches us that before G-d offered the Torah (The Elections at Springfield, Illinois. Holy Bible) to the Jewish people, He offered it to all the other nations of the Earth. When he offered it to the Guardian Angel of public relations, the State of Israel rates a minus 100. Factually, the truth is on the side of the Jewish people and there is not an honest, What a nightmare this race has become. objective word the Palestinian/Arabs have said on the subject. On the Democratic side, President Barack Obama is running unopposed. The Torah teaches us, G-d gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants, On the Republican side, as of this writing, George Romney and Rick Santorum are Yitzchok (Isaac) and Yaakov (Jacob) for all time. Us, not them. the front runners with Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul still hanging in there. That 12,000 or so square miles (which includes the West Bank, approximately one- Barack Obama has been noting better than an extension of the incompetency of the fifth the size of the State of Illinois is ours and no one else’s. George Bush administration. Those poor needy Arabs will simply have to settle for the 840,000 square miles that Those who tell you three years is not enough to stem the incompetency of the Bush totally surround, dwarf and continually endanger Israel. years, fail to realize that Obama is more of the same and even worse. This is longest stretch of Presidential incompetency in the history of the nation and President of the United States may be too much to ever fully overcome. Obama is still campaigning on “change”. Change you can believe in. The two worst things going during the Bush years were #1 The real estate and economic collapse and #2 Not being satisfied with taking out Sadam Hussein, but starting a major and costly war to bring democracy to nations that wants no part of it. If democracy should succeed there, like supposedly in Egypt and other nations involved in the “Arab Spring,” whose true feelings and viewpoints of the majority are horrifying, anti-American and even more Jew-hating than their corrupt and highly bribable leadership. At least the bribable could be manipulated to cool it on many levels. A new Hell may be being created. So what change did President Obama gives us? He keeps Bush’s military leaders whose leadership brought us a no win situation, costly, squandered the surplus acheived unbder the Clinton administration into a massive national deficit over Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Paid for and authorized by Committee to Elect Judge Larry Axelrood Obama then rehires the same incompetents that stood watch while the national real Of late, he has lightened up a tad on Israel. Though he is clearly no friend of the Jewish estate market collapsed to ruin, oops, run our economy. State. The with a clear mandate of victory, greater than has been seen in many years‒where It is also clear he has only done so to curry the Jewish vote in an election year who he Republicans will totally bow to his wishes in the first 100 days in office‒; with a massive, has caused to turn increasingly Republican unbeatable, majority in the US Senate and House‒; with those same incompetents in place He has done this and so many other things strictly to get re-elected and to be able show in defense and the economy‒; he continues the horrific Bush policies that drove our nation his true colors in a second term which will only bring this country down into an abyss from into debt and ruin. which we may never, ever recover. Obama increases our massive debt beyond belief and continues a no win military The Republicans have not done the voters any favors. strategy while seeking to make his “Change you can believe in” with a proposed gigantic In what should be a slam dunk elect a Republican year the field is weak. George Romney, and misguided “Cap and Trade Bill” that would have further impoverished the average Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul still stand and all are lacking. American and was rejected by his own party. Rick Rubio, Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Mitch Daniels and others took a pass on 2012. Then comes a hastily and sloppily conceived National Health Care Bill (“Obamacare”) The one truly outstanding Republican candidate Jon Huntsman, has dropped out of the that will subjugate, force and oppress every single American to do pay into private insurance race. companies, by the corrupt and out-of-touch U.S. Congress, or face heavy penalties and What made John Huntsman so outstanding was that he was not only middle-of-the- fines if they don’t tow the letter of his dictates. road and could reach out to both sides, but that he had a world view and a true depth Plus hire thousands upon thousands and thousands of additional heartless, soulless IRS of understanding both on the national scene and as a successful governor. He was an agents to further subjugate the American people to his will. outstanding ambassador to China. He sunk huge amounts of money into “Green Energy” firms that have failed. Solyndra, He was pragmatic and not stuck on following some impractical whore like so called $500-million failed dollars and invested an amount that ran to nine figures in an electric idealistic route and had the best interests of the country at heart. car company in Indiana that is laying fallow, without one single car being produced and He was a unifier and not a divider and not an alienator like the rest of the cast. there is more. Lots more. Of the remaining Republicans: There is Ron Paul. While I like the idea of a smaller, With a crumbling infrastructure, Bridges, roads and so much more that would have sustainable, non oppressive government, he goes way too far. provided millions of jobs and built and fixed things that could have lasted for 100 years or He would totally remove us from the international arena where despite recent faux more, Obama chose to go the ideological route with a fool proof majority and accomplished jack squat and brought about major gridlock. ELECT JUDGE DIANN KAREN MARSALEK He has the nerve to put himself on a Countywide Margaret O’Mara Frossard Vacancy pedestal and posing as an outsider looking in while charging that the Republicans won’t let him accomplish anything. PUNCH: #153 on March 20, 2012 Yet as President, he is arguably the most powerful man on the face of the planet, though some have downgraded him to No. 2 ● FAIRNESS ● INTEGRITY behind the ruler of China. He still maintains the majority in the Senate which gives him ● HONESTY ● EXPERIENCE two of the three branches of government in his back pocket, only missing the House. A true leader could have achieved a Endorsements: compromise and moved the nation forward. Yet three years later, the unemployment rate Cook County Democratic Party is still higher than when the incompetent Chicago Federation of Labor George Bush left office. IVI-IPO What’s worse is that so many have been Cook County College Teachers Union #1600 out of work for so long, they no longer count in the unemployment figures. Many more are Chicago Fire Fighter Union Local 2 working less hours and are very part time. Personal Pac The real figure is staggering and some of Indo-American Democratic Organization the mindless an uncaring in Washington talk about the depression being over. Committee For Honest Government The press and both parties have ignored Italian American Police, Latin American Police, the startling increase in food prices and the Polish American Police smaller boxes of food that go for substantially Hon. Jan Schakowsky, Congressman Mike Quigley higher prices for many reasons, always directly attributable to increasing the wealth Hon. Lou Lang, Hon. Larry Suffredin, of large corporations. Congress has become Hon. Sara Feigenholtz aloof and well-fed and paid for and do not have to go near a grocery store. Those same companies that shot up food prices, sponsor TV, Radio and Newspapers Attorney for 21 years with trial experience who won’t touch their advertisers and should condemned by a public that is to busy sending Circuit Court Judge assigned to Traffic Court text messages, enjoying their Internet and Bar Ratings: Qualified or recommended by many bar associations including: HDTV’s to care and notice what is real. Any one who thinks the Democratic Party Chicago Bar, Cook County Bar, Women’s Bar, Decalogue Society, is still the party of people doesn’t have a clue. The Republicans never were. Black Women Lawyers, Asian American Bar, Illinois State Bar, As for Israel, Obama clearly showed a total deference to the Arabs early on and put Puerto Rican Bar, Hispanic Lawyers and Lesbian and Gay Bar. America’s only real ally in the Middle East on the defensive in an unfair and vicious manner. As President of the United States of Chair of the 23rd District Steering Committee America, he literally, physically, bowed to Member of the 19th District CAPS Advisory Council anti-human, oppressive Arab rulers. Appalling! Community Council President, Lake View Community There are thousands more words I could Paid for by Citizens to Elect Diann Karen Marsalek. A copy of our report is or will be available for purchase from the Illinois State Board of Elections, Springfield, Illinois. write along these lines. pax’s, the US of A has done much good. VOTE His racist and anti-Israel newsletters of the early days should not be ignored. He is DEMOCRAT persona non grata. Newt Gingrich is totally brilliant and often his own worst enemy. He has clearly demonstrated he can operate brilliantly on the highest levels and screw up beyond belief. If Israel was the only issue, he would get my vote. He has the guts to tell the truth, that there is no such thing as a Palestinian State. It is totally made up and complete manure. He not only strongly stands behind Israel, he strongly believes they should be dictating to the United States of America on how to proceed in the Middle East. He is also totally non electable. He is my second Republican choice. Rick Santorum is a big government conservative. Big government and higher taxes will drive more Americans out of work and into poverty. While government should have no place in Abortions and Contraception it should also fund neither. This is individual choice between man and G-d and though there is a clear right and wrong, the government has no place in the equation. Not Obama forcing religions to go against their core beliefs, and not Santorum opening Paid for by Committee to Elect Kevin W. Horan up a debate that also forces the governments will on people who are entitled to make their own choice, right or wrong and only face G-d with the consequences. G-d gave us Free Will and on this matter, which has so long the divided this country and created too many barriers between opposing groups, the government needs to get the hell out totally and leave things to individuals. It is beyond American and in Obama’s case, anti- ENDORSED BY: American to force anyone, let alone religious institutions JUDGE to do things that go 100% against the Bible. Want abortion, want contraception, fund it yourself, IVI-IPO or build a non profit to make your wishes happen. 100% legally. Don’t make religious peoples tax dollars PERSONAL PAC preform acts we abhor. MARY That leaves Mitt Romney. I had the pleasure of running into his father, former GAY & LESBIAN Michigan Governor George Romney. While I never voted for him, there was only one TREW VICTORY FUND opportunity and I registered Democrat that year, he was a middle-of-the-road, compassionate Republican and an admirable human being. He grew up from financially “...As a lawyer, Judge Trew was meager roots, unlike Mitt. Mitt’s governmental claim to fame was his term as well-respected for her legal ability governor which was admirable. and litigation skills, with a variety First, a Republican being elected in the bluest of all blue states, Massachusetts is admirable. of experience in both civil and Second, as I clearly pointed out in the introduction to criminal law matters. As a judge, Jewish Chicago, I don’t believe in left or right, Liberal or Conservative or Progressive, I believe in practical she is praised for her courtroom solutions to real world problems. management skills, for her tem- I am not against the idea of National Health Care, but given the cost and the problems, if it’s not real, screw it. perment, and for the quality of her If you have to force people or heavily fine them, no opinions. She is considered to way. If it is an ill conceived, poorly thought out, totally have an outstanding knowledge of oppressive plan like “Obamacare”, it should be totally procedural and substantive law.” forgotten and buried forever. It is the job and should be the main focus of any -- Chicago Council of Lawyers elected official to carry out the will of the people. Romney, a Republican, was elected governor in a heavily Democratic, liberal-bent state and he followed  Chicago Bar Association...... Qualified the will of the people of Massachusetts who wanted  Chicago Council of Lawyers...... Qualified this type of health care. He abided by the wishes of his  Hispanic Lawyers Association...... Qualified electorate. For this he should be commended.  Illinois State Bar Association...... Qualified The debates are a joke, they should be placed on the Appointed by  Lesbian & Gay Bar Association...... Highly Recommended same despicable level as realty shows.  Hellenic Bar Association...... Recommended Just because some one has snappy populist answers Illinois Supreme Court  Cook County Bar Association...... Recommended that look good on TV, there is zero connection to who  Women’s Bar Association...... Recommended will make a good President.  Decalogue Society of Lawyers...... Recommended Mitt Romney wants to do what’s right for America. It VOTE DEMOCRAT  Black Women Lawyers...... Recommended doesn’t mean he knows what that is. He knows he has  Asian American Bar Association...... Recommended to win the Republican the nomination first, which is no Ballot #183 easy road. He also knows and is willing to adjust which www.votetrew.com is the real key. He is by far the most flexible candidate which is good and the only one like that. March 20, 2012 He is not dogmatic, but clearly has not walked the Paid for by Vote Trew committe road in the shoes of a middle class human being. Unlike virtually all other candidates, he is willing to learn and adjust, to do what is best for America. from J Street who are evil self hating Jews, she has kept her 100% pro Israel voting record Yes, he has made some offensive statements, that is just plain going to happen given the in a socialist, liberal, progressive growing anti-Israel voting district. Give credit where nature and amount of these debates. credit is due. Maybe I swung at her too hard last time. He is the candidate most likely to be able stop the 12 years of Bush/Obama American Jewish Chicago strongly endorses Cong. Jan Schakowsky. nightmare. Jewish Chicago strongly endorses the candidacy of Mitt Romney for Republican Tenth District Candidate for President of the United States. On the Republican side, Cong. Bob Dold is unopposed. On the Democratic side, Jewish candidate Ilya Sheyman is a far left-Peace Now-J- Street-loving pro Palestinian totally forget it candidate. United States Congress Jewish candidate Brad Schnieder is unimpressive and vague on Israel. John Tree, served in the armed forces for three years from 1994 to 1997. He spent a Second District total of four months in Israel as an active duty Captain in the U.S. Air Force with classified US Congressman Jessie Jackson Jr. versus former Congresswoman Debbie Halverson. access to installations and intelligence in Israel. You would think going against Jessie Jr. would be a slam dunk, but over the last few years He is not Jewish, but fully understands and stands strongly behind the State of Israel. he has really changed his view and has become pro Israel and something AIPAC has clearly recognized. During Debbie Halverson’s one term she was shaky and if pro anything Justice P. Scott it was J Street which is a collection of self hating, self destructive Israel hating Jews led by the filth known as George Soros. Despite the change in Jessie Jr.’s stance, his alleged attempted bribery, presently under Federal and Congressional Investigation makes him Neville, Jr. persona non grata. Democrat for Appellate Court If you live in that district, forget both of them. March 20, 2012 Eighth District

In the Eighth District, we have no use for either Democratic Candidate. Republican Joe Walsh is unopposed and a strong supporter of Israel.

Ninth District Incumbent Jan Schakowsky versus challenger Simon Ruberio. I’d oppose North Shore political boss Jan Schakowsky in a second if there were a serious pro-Israel challenger. While she has a 100% pro Israel voting record, her moderate support of J Street and taking a 6 figure donation from them puts a bulls eye on her chest. For those saying she is a very nice Jewish lady, they have a point. The last time I interviewed her in her office, she was sweet, totally charming and even brushed the lint off my jacket with one hand. But don’t think she didn’t have a machete in the other hand, in case of the slightest attack. Those who don’t know how ruthless she can be are blind. Her second “Experience Counts” husband, not Jewish is a convicted felon, yet the daily papers ignore that. Experience Bar Ratings Welcome to Chicago. n 38 years as a practicing Attorney and n Decalogue Society of Lawyers-Highly Recommended I ripped her apart when she ran against Joel Pollack, a serious and Judge n Cook County Bar Association-Highly Recommended substantial challenger who she totally trounced. n Elected to the Circuit Court in 2000 n Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of There is no serious challenger this time, despite accepting 6 figures n Appointed by the Illinois Supreme Chicago-Highly Recommended Court to the Appellate Court in 2004 n Illinois State Bar Association-Highly Qualified n Authored over 760 opinions, including n Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois-Highly Qualified Judge James A. Rule 23 orders, summary orders and n Hellenic Bar Association-Recommended dissents n Asian American Bar Association-Recommended n n Chicago Daily Law Bulletin has Women’s Bar Association of Illinois-Recommended SHAPIRO written over 80 articles highlighting n Chicago Bar Association-Qualified Justice Neville’s decisions n Former President, Decalogue Guest Lecturer at the University of Endorsements n Society of Lawyers Chicago, John Marshall and Loyola’s The Cook County Democratic Party School of Law n Secretary of State Jesse White n Speaker Michael Madigan Education n President Toni Preckwinkle According to the Chicago Bar Association, Judge Shapiro is n B.A. in history from Culver Stockton n Alderman Edward M. Burke “Highly Qualified,” the highest rating they offer. College n Alderman Howard Brookins n J. D. from Washington University’s n Alderman Pat Dowell Chicago Bar Association – Highly Qualified School of Law n Proviso Township Democratic Organization Decalogue Society – Highly Recommended n Northwest Suburban Bar Association – Highly Recommended VOTE FOR The Chicago Federation of Labor Asian American Bar Association – Qualified n The Illinois AFL-CIO Black Women Lawyers’ Association – Recommended INDEPENDENCE n Chicago Council of Lawyers – Qualified IVI-IPO Cook County Bar Association – Recommended INTEGRITY Hellenic Bar Association – Recommended Early Voting FEbruary 27, 2012 - March 15, 2012 Illinois State Bar Association – Qualified EXPERIENCE Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chicago – Recommended Puerto Rican Bar Association – Recommended CHIOLA VACANCY Women’s Bar Association of Illinois – Recommended

th Vote Democratic 8 Subcircuit Committed to Equal Justice For All (Greater Lakefront) Tuesday, March 20 Citizens to Elect Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. Punch 183 www.pscottneville.com, 773-373-5903 Paid for by Committee to Elect Judge Shapiro www.judgeshapiro.org Jewish Chicago strongly endorses John Tree for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Congress in the 10th Congressional District. KAREN LYNN O’MALLEY Illinois Senate and House for JUDGE Forbes magazine recently rated the State of Illinois 49th out of 50 financially, shamefully outdone only by California. A short time later, Illinois’ bond rating was downgraded further. The indebtedness to the pension fund should be criminal. But when the guilty parties are Circuit Court of Cook County the legislators who write the laws, it is not going to happen, Conlon Vacancy No piece of campaign reform legislation has ever been passed into law under Michael Madigan’s watch before he has figured out a way around it. The Chicago Tribune will rant and rave all day and all night about Madigan, but come A Proven Record of election time, they always endorse him. I wonder what’s in it for them. Achievement in the There are no state-wide offices up for election during a presidential election year, we are Courtroom and the Classroom left with The State and House races. State Senate • 20 Years Experience Contested primary races in Jewish areas are few and far between this year, but things will be heating up for the fall. • Successful Civil Trial Lawyer Sen. Heather Steans, who is Jewish and married to a Smith, represents the 7th district • Experienced Former Assistant State’s Attorney along the north lake front. She was a six-figure contributor to Blagojevich which got her and a Supervisor in Child Sex Crimes Unit appointed to her seat by Blagojevich crony, 48th Ward Committeeman and political boss Carol Ronen. • Law School Teacher for15 Years, Northwestern U and DePaul U Ronen was a state Senator until Blagojevich appointed her to a high-paying State job that she quit eight weeks later and retired, reaping in an additional $38,000 of pension a PUNCH #141 year, putting her over the $100,000 mark. A pension that is larger than any salary she ever made as a state senator. When still a senator and a member of the Blagojevich Governor’s Commission on Unanimously Found Qualified or Recommended: Discrimination and Hate Crimes, a scandal erupted when a black Muslim member of the Chicago Bar Association group, Sister Claudette Muhammad brought group members to witness Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan in action. He repeatedly spewed his hatred of Jews to the Alliance of Bar Associations, assembled. The appalled members of the commission, many of them Jewish, demanded Including Decalogue Society of Lawyers the governor remove Muhammad from the Discrimination and Hate Crimes Commission. Blagojevich refused. As a result, all the Jewish members of the commission resigned and Chicago Council of Lawyers with the exception of Carol Ronen, a shameful move in our opinion. Paid for by Citizens to Elect Karen Lynn O’Malley Interestingly, State Rep. Lou Lang stepped forward and offered to join the Commission ELECT ELECTELECT until it was made abundantly clear to him that he was going to lose any and all Jewish support in his heavily-Jewish district. ELECT So back to Heather Steans, her qualifications for office: she writes big checks to convicted felons and kowtows to Carol Ronen. Steans is unopposed, but I thought that 7th District voters should know their State Senator’ s qualifications for office and her running crew. No endorsement here. In the 8th District, Senator Ira Silverstein who rivals Ronen in his own special way, having shoved his wife, Ald. Debra Silverstein down our throats in a run-off victory in Punch 146 the 50th Ward. The two, make no mistake, work closely together ̶ a team in every way she being the guts and the one who calls the shots. Punch 146 None of us who have known Ira since he was a kid, ever thought he’d turn into a mean PunchPunch 146 146 and vicious bully. Then the “fun” began. The celebration echoed throughout the neighborhood. I’m not saying that everything here is directly attributable to the Silversteins, maybe it’s just a coincidence; wink, wink, nudge, nudge. That is something you should decide for yourself. Right after Debra’s victory, one of the highest-rated, finest-run, physically-impeccable nursing homes in the neighborhood was visited by state inspectors who stunningly found violations that require six figures to repair. One of principal owners, well known though out the community for his good heart and charity was coincidentally a large Berny Stone contributor. Many of you are familiar with the Wi-Fi building on McCormick which has created a safe haven and special gathering place for Jewish businesses and organizations. They even have a synagogue and a kosher deli inside. They also have a $70,000 plus lease with the State of Illinois and guess what? Strong efforts were made to break that lease right after Debra’s election. Do you think the fact that one of their owners was a major Stone contributor might have EndorsedEndorsed Democrat Democrat - - Punch Punch #146 #146 had something to do with it? Endorsed Democrat(Kinnaird Vacancy) - Punch #146 (Kinnaird Vacancy) Debra herself came prancing across the street from her office to Tel Aviv Bakery and March(Kinnaird 20, Vacancy) 2012 to tell them she didn’t like their sign or their awning, and that it was in violation of city Endorsedwww.vMarchoMarch tDemocrateforjudge 20,eri c2012 2012a-r eddicPunchk.co m#146 ordinance. Debra wanted it fixed right away. (Kinnaird Vacancy) She was told business was bad the walk-in business is noticeably down, as are Jewish wwwwww.v.vootteforjudgeeforjudgeerriiccaarreddiceddick.kco.comm • Appointed judge by the Illinois Supreme Court shoppers on Devon. The bakery owners pleaded for her to give them a little time and • Rated RecommendedMarch or Qualified 20, by ALL 2012 evaluating Bar Associations • Appointed judge by the Illinois Supreme Court they’ll fix everything. • Appointed• Over 19 judge years by experience the Illinois as a Supremetrial attorney Court •ww Ratedw Recommended.voteforjudge or Qualified bye ALLric evaluatingareddic Bar Associatk.comions On the next morning, city inspectors showed up and wrote the bakery a $250 citation. • Rated• 16Recommended years experience or teaching Qualified law by school ALL evaluating Bar Associations • Over 19 years experience as a trial attorney The owners of the bakery are not politically involved with anyone. • Over• 19 Represented years experience people in civil as aand trial criminal attorney cases • 16 years experience teaching law school •• Appointed16 years experience judge by the teaching Illinois law Supreme school Court That is not the only sign story. • Represented people in civil and criminal cases •• RatedRepresented Recommended people inor civilQualified and criminal by ALL evaluating cases Bar Associations • Over 19 years experience as a trial attorney • 16 years experience teaching law school ote on • Represented people in civil and criminal cases It’s Unanimous. They all agree. Every Bar Association that evaluates March 20th judges has found Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste highly recommended, recommended, or qualified. - Punch Endorsed by the voices you trust: #182 Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle Evanston Alderman Judy Fiske, Ward 1 State Senator Kwame Raoul Evanston Alderman Peter Braithwaite, Ward 2 State Senator Jeff Schoenberg Evanston Alderman Melissa A. Wynne, Ward 3 State Representative Robyn Gabel Evanston Alderman Donald N. Wilson, Ward 4 Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin Evanston Alderman Delores A. Holmes, Ward 5 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Evanston Alderman Mark Tendam, Ward 6 Commissioner Debra Shore Evanston Alderman Jane Grover, Ward 7 Chicago Federation of Labor Evanston Alderman Ann Rainey, Ward 8 IVI/IPO Evanston Alderman Coleen Burrus, Ward 9 Democratic Action Committee Evanston City Clerk Rodney Greene Progressive Action Project, the State Political Action Evanston Township Supervisor Patricia Vance Committee of Citizen Action Evanston Township Assessor Bonnie Wilson Alderman Joe Moore, 49th Ward, Chicago Evanston School District 202 President Mark Metz 49th Ward Democratic Organization Evanston School District 202 Vice President Martha Burns Democratic Committeeman David Fagus, Evanston School District 202 Board Member Deborah Graham 49th Ward, Chicago Evanston School District 202 Board Member Rachel Hayman Democratic Committeewoman Carol Ronen, “I am proud to endorse my good friend Judge Lionel 48th Ward, Chicago Evanston School District 202 Board Member Scott R. Rochelle Jean-Baptiste. He has a lifetime of experience serving Democratic Committeeman Mike Kreloff, Evanston-Skokie School District 65 President Katie Bailey the community and protecting families. I have seen Northfield Township Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Vice President Andy Pigozzi Lionel’s work firsthand over the years and know that Maine Township Democratic Organization Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Board Member Richard A. he has all the qualities we need in a Judge. Please join me in voting for Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste in the Former State Representative Julie Hamos Rykhus Democratic Primary!” Former Evanston Mayor Lorraine Morton Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Board Member Jerome Summers – Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl Paid for by Citizens to Elect Judge Jean-Baptiste. The nearby Music House received a similar in-person visit from Debra who showed her the new sign they had just bought. Debra told them it was against city code and they couldn’t put it up. The Music House is not political, just a normal, good-hearted neighborhood business. Debra waltzed into to New York Kosher at Devon and Francisco. New O’Brien, Jr. Vacancy York Kosher did have Stone signs up. I shouldn’t speak for him, though it’s apparent that business is so slow on Devon that he couldn’t afford to make a THE ONLY CANDIDATE ENDORSED BY: political contribution even if he so desired. Debra tells Moshe, the owner, that the sign has to come down. That sign has been a landmark in the neighborhood for 67 years. All these signs allegedly violate city sign law in some way rightly ignored for years by Ald. Berny ¨ Stone who showed some heart and compassion by leaving such businesses alone. VOTE DEMOCRAT So much in this city is alderman’s choice. If the alderman chooses to enforce an ordinance, it is enforced; other wise no. Stone doesn’t want to talk Paid for by Ramirez for Judge. Judge. for Ramirez by for Paid ON MARCH 20, 2012 politics anymore, but he watched for years and saw that fewer Jews in the neighborhood mean less prosperity for Jewish businesses, and it wouldn’t take a whole lot to close them down. It is not cheap to remove a sign, Avi Fox of Rosenblum’s, Moshe’s former next door neighbor who moved the business Elect Justice Aurelia PUCINSKI to Skokie told me, it takes thousands of dollars to take down a sign. Supreme Court, Cook County Moshe faces an initial $900 fine if the sign stays up. So, for that matter, do all the rest of the businesses on Devon. Debra has personally visited many, if not all of them. In Moshe’s case he put the “New York Kosher” sign on • Served on the Board of Israel Bonds ebay and found for $500, someone who collects quality, meaningful signs like that for a museum of sorts. • Started Youth Peer Juries He brought in his own crew and on a Friday morning the sign was removed. It cost him $4.500. Moshe was • Started system for added protection for lucky getting it taken down in this manner, but that sign is also a neighborhood landmark and brought in business. Senior Citizen victims of domestic violence I don’t usually do this, but much of his business comes from doing trays for various Jewish groups and synagogues, and his stuff is really good. Chicago Bar Association (2010): They make their own salads at New York Kosher and with “Judge Pucinski is well regarded for her diligence and work ethic.” Orval Kent and Sam’s Club no longer being kosher, it’s a really good time to check New York Kosher out. Some of the salads and deli offerings are unusual, but Chicago Council of Lawyers (2010): good. No more than a couple of hours after the sign came “Judge Pucinski is well respected for her temperament ... respondents down, Ald. Debra Silverstein comes waltzing in the store appearing before her on real estate tax matters praise her abilities as a judge.” exclaiming “Oh my, your sign is down, what happened?” How lovely Debra! From their dealings with you, city officials have this unusual but similar look when your name comes up. They’ve never seen or dealt with anybody like you. JUSTICE AURELIA Ted’s Fruit Market on the 2800 block of Devon closed down. So did the kosher fish and pizza place near Tel Aviv א פרייליכען פורים Bakery whose owner made a four figure contribution to Debra. People who don’t like dealing are looking to move. There is so much more to tell, but Ira is running unopposed לכל כלל ישראל 102 and the Silverstein’s are creating new and similar tales all the Supreme Court Cook County Paid for by Friends of Pucinski time. It’s hard to indict people when they are writing the laws

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Paid for by Committee to Elect Judge James L. Kaplan. they can be held accounted for; but it’s just a matter of time before government prosecutor’s Elect an outstanding appellate court candidate take notice of their actions. Hardened, seasoned politicians tell me about their experiences with her in a state of Judge Mathias William Delort Ballot Number 112 disbelief. Debra and Ira even tried bullying me last year with the threat of a phony law suit, a 2012 Election Ratings: common Silverstein tactic. Chicago Bar Association, “Highly Qualified”: “Judge Rich Miller of Capital Fax wrote up the incident and predicted it would backfire on the Delort is well regarded for his knowledge of the law, work Silverstein’s ethic, and organizational and writing skills.” Illinois State Bar Association, “Highly Qualified” I have lots of people that are willing to come forward if needed. It, is a common Silverstein bully tactic. Chicago Council of Lawyers, “Well Qualified”: As for Ira, I’d hit him harder, but pity the poor guy. He is going to be so frustrated at “He was well-respected as an able and well-prepared not being able to exercise his contempt for the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution practitioner with good legal ability and temperament. As a jurist, he reportedly listens well and responds clearly and decisively. He is respected guaranteeing freedom of the press by not being able to scatter hundreds, if not thousands for his knowledge of the law and for his excellent temperament.” of pages of Jewish Chicago in broad daylight in front of eye witnesses on Devon. That’s As the President of the North Town Community Council, Delort worked tirelessly for because it’s stapled this time. better schools and parks in our community.

If he’s foolish enough to try it, please take a picture and pretty please, share. He is endorsed by: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Alderman He’ll have opposition in the fall. Debra Silverstein, Senator Ira Silverstein, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, No soup for you Silverstein! Get out of my neighborhood. Congressman Mike Quigley, Commissioner Larry Suffredin and many other In the Ninth District, Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, the finest Jewish senator in Illinois is distinguished political leaders devoted to good government and an honest judiciary. stepping down to take a position guiding the charitable endeavors of J.B. Pritzker. I don’t Paid for by Support Delort for the Court Committee blame him for wanting to break away from that cesspool. We wish Jeff much success in his new position. Vying for his spot are State Rep. Daniel Biss who has been ducking me for years, and his challenger is Marc Punch Levine. #173 Levine built a credit union and was a bilingual teacher, I Elect Judge am not familiar enough with him to say anything one way or another. Jewish Chicago makes no endorsement for the Democratic nomination for State Senate in the Ninth District. It should be noted that former pro-Israel Congressional candidate and Kosher ice cream magnate Jim Oberweiss Peter Vilkelis is running for State Senate as a Republican in the 25th district. He lives in Sugar Grove. There is not much of a Democrat-Circuit Court of Cook County Jewish community that way so I don’t know enough about the race to endorse. on March 20, 2012 Senator Dan Kotowski grew up in West Rogers Park where his parents still reside. While I don’t agree with all his politics, he is the one man in the Senate I know Appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court and Assigned to Child Protection to be unquestionably honest and trustworthy through and through. No one works harder to know his constituents than The Chicago Bar Association found Peter Vilkelis... “enjoys an outstanding Kotowski who spends something like three hours every reputation for his integrity, legal knowledge, trial skills, temperament day, knocking on doors in his district. and fine demeanor.” Jewish Chicago endorses Sen. Dan Kotowski in the 28th district. 30 years experience as a trial lawyer and former prosecutor Dr. Arie Friedman (R), is running unopposed for State Senate in the 29th district. We backed him for Congress in 2010. He landed his nighthawk combat helicopter over 400 Judge Vilkelis was recommended by the following organizations: times on U.S. Navy vessels. Jewish Chicago endorses Dr. Arie Friedman for State Senate in the 29th district. • The Black Women Lawyer’s Association • The Hellenic Bar Association • The Cook County Bar Association • The Lesbian and Gay Bar Association State House • The Decalogue Society of Lawyers • The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois In the 12th district, Rep. Sara Feigenholtz is running unopposed. A graduate of the Ida Crown Jewish Community, Feigenholtz has been the go-to Jewish person in the House for important Jewish legislation. The recent In addition to the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Council of Lawyers, bill that enable willing adoptees and their birth parents was Judge Vilkelis was found “Qualiﬁed” by the following organizations: something she worked on closely with Agudath Israel. She is a genuine honest and caring person. It’s a shame there aren’t more like her in Springfield. • The Asian-American Bar Association Jewish Chicago endorses State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, Punch #173 • The Illinois State Bar Association (D) 12th. • The Hispanic Lawyers Association The 14th District race is a sign of the times. There are two openly lesbian candidates doing battle in the 14th District in Rogers Park and Edgewater. www.friendsofjudgepetervilkelis.com or 312-291-1361 Incumbent, Kelly Cassidy was appointed by the aforementioned Ronen crew to fill in the seat of Harry The Chicago Council of Lawyers found Peter Vilkelis... “has good legal ability Oesterman, who is now the Alderman of the 48th ward. Unlike most of the Ronen crowd, we actually connected and is praised for his litigation skills. He has substantial...experience in more and she was going to come here for an interview, but complex matters.” unfortunately, legitimately had to cancel. I give her credit for the effort. I hope I’ll get the opportunity to interview Paid for by Friends of Judge Peter Vilkelis her in the future. This is her first election. Paula Basta is the opposition. She is a lifelong social worker who works at the Levy center and a very nice, intelligent person. Michael Dobrow has been managing PUNCH her campaign. We are giving Paula the nod here. Jewish Chicago endorses Paula Basta for 113 State Representative in the 14th District. In the 16th District, Skokie native Rep. Lou Lang has served as a champion for the gambling industry. He wants video poker machines at every convenience store, liquor store, bar, supermarket any place in the state of Illinois with a liquor license. Elect He puts most of his effort into gambling and virtually none to the people of his district. As one of Michael Madigan’s top people, he literally is at his beck-and-call. No JUDGE KAY MARIE one has had a larger hand in Illinois’ financial crises than Mr. Madigan. No thanks Lou, no soup for you either. In the 17th and 18th Districts, none of the candidates have opposition. Only Robyn HANLON Gabel is an incumbent and has done well. We’ll flesh it out in the fall. The only other race that I want to point out is in the 57th district where up and coming Republican Jonathan Greenberg will taking on incumbent Democrat Elaine Nekritz, in what shapes to be a real battle in the fall. Greenberg is formerly with AIPAC and is very impressive individual. Cook County

In Cook County, the States Attorney, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of the Circuit Court are up for election. Only one is contested. States Attorney Anita Alvarez is deservedly running unopposed. In upsetting multiple opponents without tying herself to any political organization, she has the freedom to run her office independently. She has some very good people working for her, and she is doing her best to live with painful budget cuts that a failing economy has necessitated. An avid runner, her workload has cut down the length of her jaunts. Unlike virtually any politician I have ever interviewed, you can look her clearly in the eye and know she is being 100 percent straight and on the up-and-up. Her sincerity and lack of political ties are a rare combination. Jewish Chicago endorses Anita Alvarez for States Attorney of Cook County. Karen Yarbrough is running unopposed to replace the retiring Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore. Her people called to cancel her interview about the time she was supposed to be here. Unlike a number of newspapers, I’ll tell you when I don’t know enough about a race to give you an endorsement. As for this slot, I don’t know. Alderman Ricardo Muñoz is seeking to step up to a bigger stage by running for ● Kay Marie Hanlon is a Cook County Circuit Court Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Even with the recent budget cuts, there are 1,900 employees in that office, which is a huge load to handle. Judge currently sitting in a felony trial courtroom. Kay Muñoz is a very likeable, intelligent individual. He was in rehab a couple of years was elected to the bench in 2004 and retained in 2010 ago and is doing well. Incumbent Dorothy Brown is seeking her fourth term as Clerk of the Circuit Court. with an overwhelmingly affirmative vote. When she first ran, she was hailed by all the papers as an exciting, independent newcomer who, if anything, was overqualified to run the office. She is lawyer, a CPA, has an MBA, and has an advanced knowledge of computers ● Kay has a breadth of judicial experience, having and computer science. served in virtually every kind of courtroom in the Cook Although she is endorsed by the Democratic party, that’s probably because they can’t lick her, and they have tried. County Circuit Court system (traffic, civil, domestic She got reamed in the papers for fining people for wearing blue jeans and because relations, criminal misdemeanors & felonies). some of her employees were collecting to buy her a birthday present. Given much less publicity is that she was 100 percent cleared by the Inspector General. Chicago Bar Association In the past I have heard some complaints from judges about the way her office handles records, which I found curious because she was in the forefront and a major force in the establishment the Illinois Integrated Justice System--a statewide effort Highly Qualified to integrate the computers of all the various law enforcement agencies and court systems of all state, counties and cities in Illinois. Decalogue Society of Lawyers It is an effort we extensively covered on the TV show. It’s a massive undertaking that has paid real dividends, and with new technology arriving regularly, it is an Recommended ongoing effort. When the blue jeans and birthday present stories hit, it received an excessive amount of coverage of by the daily papers and those same newspapers endorsed her ● Experience ● Integrity ● Independence opponent. She also ran against Mayor Daley the prior year. One has to wonder if those same papers who were very protective of the last Mayor come election time, weren’t doing Mayor Daley’s dirty work for him. PUNCH 113 For all the ranting and raving about Mayor Daley, come election time, they were overly protective and solid supporters. Tuesday, March 20th They also never gave the Inspector General’s report its proper day in the sun, Paid for by Friends of Kay Marie Hanlon considering all the bashing. Having interviewed 30-something judges and knowing so many county officials, I was in a unique position to discreetly find out what they thought of the job her office was doing. All those extra people you see in court are mostly working for the Clerk. The judges, VOTE FOR attorneys on both side of the aisle, etc., as well as the general population who go to court from traffic tickets, to divorce, to foreclosure, child support and custody, robberies, burglaries, murders and more, are all dependent on those records Of a little over 20 people who were willing to discuss things under the promise of total anonymity, only two had anything bad to say. Some marvel at the job she is doing, considering the nature of government and the Punch fact that the equipment her office has is not the latest and greatest, because that’s the way 182 government budgets work. 8th Subcircuit - Chiola Vacancy # Many talked about the high degree of professionalism of her employees, and gave her credit for organization and making increasing amounts of data available online. At one time I might have been curious about what the Tribune might have to say about the job she is doing, but after seeing their endorsements the last few years for extraordinarily lame candidates, over some extremely qualified candidates, it is obvious they play a bit too much ball with the powers that be. One interview with sanctimonious members of a newspaper panel, many of whom have no real knowledge of the needs of most of the various offices, means I care less and less about their picks and so should you. They would be doing the city a favor by following the lead of the Sun-Times and stop making endorsements. How they can endorse and tout people with no administrative experience to run large agencies is absurd. Being a good senator or legislator does not translate into real life administrative skills. The people who depend on Dorothy Brown to make their jobs, courtrooms, etc., work are really happy with the job she is doing. Jewish Chicago strongly endorses Dorothy Brown for re-election as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago “Judge Gamrath’s experience, intellect, compassion and fairness make her an excellent choice for the 8th Judicial Subcircuit.” Over the 20 years we have been doing our TV show, the North Town News Magazine, –CONGRESSWOMAN JAN SCHAKOWSKY we have been privileged to have retiring President of the MWRD, Terry O’Brien as a frequent guest. www.JudgeGamrath.com On two different occasions we took an extensive tour of the Deep Tunnel, one of which is our most watched show of all time, with over 100,000 views. It has been seen in almost PAID FOR BY CITIZENS FOR JUDGE GAMRATH every nation around the world and is featured in engineering libraries on almost every continent. If you type “deep tunnel” in Google, you’ll see the link for the video near the top of the page. We’ve also filmed a boat ride aboard Pollution Control 1, which regularly tests the inland waterways for pollution levels. All of the above journeys were a real education. Most don’t realize that much of the work and direction at the MWRD are done by skilled professional engineers and the like, who have been there for 20 years or more. They are extremely knowledgeable people. They commission studies to schools like the University of Illinois as necessary to understand what they need to do to make the inland waterways as clean as possible. Over the last 20 years the number of fish found in these waterways has approximately doubled--a sign that the water keeps getting cleaner and cleaner and cleaner, though nobody in their right mind should expect to ever safely swim in the North Shore Channel. Never, ever. It is a man-made canal that is 10 feet deep throughout. No sloping shore lines. Get the cramps and you drown. More and more people are using the walkways, building homes, and opening restaurants on the banks of the inland waterways. The methods and efforts put in place by the MWRD are working, and everything keeps improving. They are continually more pristine, but not 99 and 44/100% pure. They have been fiscally prudent, continually shrinking their workforce through retirements, without laying off or firing employees. Their work force has been painlessly reduced from 3,000 to 2,000 over O’Briens tenure. Thomas T. Morris Ongoing work on the deep tunnel has continually lessened flooding throughout Chicagoland, virtually eliminating it in many areas. Unfortunately, with 100-year rains coming about twice a year, there is a limit to what you can do. We had a seven-inch rain last year. That’s the equivalent of 70 inches of snow. Some The People’s Committeeman things in life are acts of G-d, and He can trump all man-made precautions anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Republican, 50th Ward Humans can’t fix everything, that’s not how it works. They have a AAA bond rating, the highest rating possible. Higher than the federal Punch 121 on March 20th government, which under Obama has been reduced to AA. Now the Obama administration, in their desire to make a political splash, has decreed that the sewage treatment plants at Howard and McCormick and on the far south end must Paid for the Committee to Elect Thomas T. Morris further disinfect the water they discharge.

Michael Forti will bring over 30 years of Rated “Highly Qualified”, “Qualified”, Among Michael Forti’s key supporters are: or “Recommended” H federal and state courtroom experience and Cook County Board President H Chicago Bar Association Toni Preckwinkle knowledge to the Cook County Circuit Court. H Chicago Council of Lawyers H Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart A graduate of Northwestern University School H Illinois State Bar Association H Lesbian and Gay Bar Association H Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky of Law, Michael is the only candidate in his H Cook County Bar Association H Congressman Michael Quigley race found Highly qualified by the Chicago H Women’s Bar Association H Black Women’s Bar Association H State Senator Jeff Schoenberg Bar Association and ranked Qualified or H Hispanic Lawyers Association H State Representative Lou Lang Recommended by every other bar association. H Puerto Rican Bar Association H He is the endorsed candidate in the Simmons Asian American Bar Association H Hellenic Bar Association Vacancy for Circuit Judge of Cook County. H Decalogue Society of Lawyers Punch 158 On Tuesday, March 20Th Vote for Michael forti

Paid for the Friends for Forti. There is an ongoing three million dollar study getting closer to completion, conducted former State Sen. Ricky Hendon, has left politics. by the University of Illinois, that they have chosen to supercede. She has not been impressive during her term in office. Through federal decree they have declared the MWRD needs to perform this disinfection Jewish Chicago endorses Patrick Daley Thompson and Patricia Young for Commissioners at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars. of the MWRD. Chicago Tribune environmental advocate, Michael Hawthorne, parading as an objective reporter, describes it as something that will cost MWRD taxpayers less than $7 a month. Judicial Races Sounds like an infomercial sales pitch. This year we put an extra special emphasis on the judicial scene. There are a lot In real money, we are talking more than $80 a year per family. In an era where more races than usual, many of them hotly contested, a lot of high quality candidates governments are so choked, in serious hock on pensions, when we are cutting policeman, and it’s an all too neglected area on the electoral road. library hours, graffiti cleanup, talk of cuts in the fire department, sanitation (3 times this If you haven’t read the introduction, it would behoove you to check out the judicial winter my alley went 2 weeks between garbage picks) and more, it’s insane. preview and then come right back. It’s not just that what the MWRD is doing is working, and now we are going spend like There will be three levels of ratings: First the opinions of highly rated and respected drunks without waiting for a critical study for true scientific guidance, it’s that the bottom legal and judicial people. Second, a look at the bar ratings. Third I’ll give you my of the inland waterways are loaded with heavy metals and dangerous containments that get opinion and who I will be voting for. stirred up and rise if a boat moves too fast. They are going to be releasing that disinfected As for ratings, it is important to understand the value and meaning of the bar water right over those contaminants. associations. Let’s also understand that the Obama administration’s dictate puts the full onus of I spoke to numerous members of the Judicial and Legal Community and gave the payment on the MWRD. They are not putting their money where their decrees dictate. There are six candidates running for three available slots. In ballot position order, Stella most weight to those who were not pushing or advocating candidates. Black does property tax appeals and talks the popular environmental talk without any real The Chicago Bar Association is considering by far the most thorough of all, though knowledge. When she was on my show, Black flashed such ignorance of the facts that I cut politics and preferences can enter the fray. They are, after all, human. her off less than 4 minutes in and ended things. I have never done that with anyone else. The Alliance consists of eleven bar associations. Their representatives all gather Second on the ballot is Commissioner Debra Shore, hailed and celebrated by many as together as a group to interview the various candidates and each hear and see the exact an environmental stalwart, but not on these pages. She can really talk the talk. She makes the same thing. a great impression, gives great speeches and presentations. She does have some points, but no one actually bothers to check facts, which often, at best, are suppositions based on maybes. No one really knows what is real. She is Jewish. She had a husband and a child and switched teams to be a lesbian. She is a “self-styled” environmentalist. She has a master’s in fine arts in creative writing from Columbia College--a degree that is likely integral to her environmental presentations which are more lacking in reality and loaded with wishes and high hopes than most realize. It’s time she was retired from this type of public life and given the opportunity to spend her time on creative writing properly labeled. Third on the ballot, is Kari K. Steele, 36, whose qualifications are that she has risen through the political ranks as a political worker, She speaks in meaningless populist slogans with no real substance. Fourth is Patrick Daley Thompson, a nephew of Mayor Daley. He is a successful attorney and is extremely intelligent. He really believes in cleaning up the environment, but unlike many of the others, when he speaks to the superintendents and engineers at the MWRD, he is capable of recognizing their expertise, absorb and learn. He’s a good man and President O’Brien highly recommends him. Patricia Young, fifth on the ballot, a former MWRD commissioner for 17 years, left office for a MWRD desk job in 2009, but has thrown her hat back in the ring. She has a master’s in public administration from IIT and has great familiarity with the real life workings of the MWRD. President O’Brien has a lot of respect for her and so do we. Last is Commissioner Patricia Horton, whose political sponsor, A bar association that gives the candidate an NE, means Not Evaluated through no fault of the candidate and that tells you the bar association was not present for the Marty Levinson interview. Candidates who choose not to appear are penalized going forward. It usually indicates that the candidate feels he is not going to get good ratings and is dodging “The greatest barber in them. the history of barbers” Almost all members of the Alliance are special interest groups and invariably have some built in prejudice. The exception is the Illinois State Bar Association, who are just plain not as thorough Avy Meyers as the Chicago Bar Association. North Town News Magazine The Cook County Bar Association would seem generic, but are given no special respect by the JLC. The following have obvious interests: The Asian Bar Association, the Black Marty has a new location Women’s Lawyer Association, the Decalogue Society (Jewish), Hellenic Bar Franks’s Barber Shop, 6201 W. Touhy Association, Hispanic Lawyers Association, Lesbian and Gay Bar Association. Puerto Kitty Corner from the Target Rican Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association. The Chicago Council of Lawyers is highly thought of by many and are more 773-610-9268 thorough than most. Their prejudice is so-called liberal or progressive candidates. I have yet to hear a JLC member rave about them unless their politics are similar to the Council. For the purpose of my evaluation, I give the Chicago Bar Association more weight than all the rest. There are two other groupings, the Decalogue Society because this is a Jewish publication and the sum total of the ratings of the other ten members of the Alliance. A number of judges are appointed. If they lose an election, they are often reappointed if they have proper political pull or if they are quality judges. Individual members of the Supreme Court do the appointing and they take turns. The new rules are that if they lose an election they will not be reappointed. Appointed judges gave up their old jobs, be it a partnership in a law firm or a governmental position as a prosecutor or public defender. Those not elected will be jobless with no guarantee of employment. That is why so many are running because they were all told they will not be reappointed unless elected. A third category is Associate Judge. When certain openings occur all vested judges at a certain level vote among a number of pre-selected candidates and the winners becoming associates. That is a life time job, though they don’t have quite the full benefits of an elected judge. The salary is about ten-thousand dollars smaller and they don’t get to vote for associates. I don’t know what all the differences are, but those two seem the most important to the JLC. There are some associates running against people whose careers are on the line and there is a selfishness to that, I am not fond of. Many of those of those on the line are older and are legitimately concerned about their futures. I often interviewed a half a dozen or more judges for a TV shoot and topped out at ten and fourteen. ב"ה tannenbaum chabad house Over time the JLC has been more comfortable - northwestern jewish center ty including me in their conversations and I learned a presents: r de Pa lot. Here goes: ra Illinois Supreme Court ue oncert! q c There is one contest and there are five judges s and a tion vying for one slot. The judicial and legal community e M celebra h rim dwell on just three, appointed incumbent Supreme T A grand Pu Court Judge Mary Jane Theis, Appellate Court Featuring#1 jewish rock band Judge Aurelia Pucinski and Appellate Court Judge Joy V. Cunningham. chicago’s By and large the majority really like Aurelia Wed. Night, March 7 the way jews rock Pucinski and think despite some poor ratings that At the Tannenbaum Chabad House she is a quality judge and the best campaigner of all 2014 Orrington, Evanston and that she will upset the apple cart and win. Ratings wise, Theis and Cunningham have megillah readings 6:30pm & 11:45pm highly qualified from the Chicago Bar Association. party 8:00 - 11:30pm and Pucniski is rated qualified. Munchies, Drinks, Dancing, and Prizes! and NU’s very own Theis has the highest grades from six members of Cover $3 the alliance and Cunningham, two. Pucinski has her -indi share of not-qualified. Judge James G. Riley is rated Zaminhindi Band qualified by all but one and Thomas Flannigan only with a flair of Jewish rock got one passing grade. As for me, I am not a JLC or a legal scholar. I am impressed by Theis’ marks and brains but find her lacking emotional resonance. Cunningham is brilliant, Pucinski impresses me with her the Alliance. wisdom, fairness and humanity. I haven’t made up my mind on this race. I asked a lot of people why the low ratings and they felt she was a really excellent The Frossard vacancy has four candidates. Nicholas C. Patton, Judge Kevin Horan, judge. Judge Diann Marsalek. I am voting for Judge Aurelia Pucinski for the Supreme Court. Marsalek is really well liked in the legal community, Horan too. Wimberly received bad grades across the board. Patton got her share of bad grades, Appellate Court largely from inexperience. Horan got passing grades across the board, and other When a case is appealed it goes to the Appellate Court. There are 24 appellate court than the liberal judges who sit in panels of four, three of whom preside over each race. Chicago Council When going before the bar associations, written samples are required, as an integral of Lawyers, part of their work is legal research. Marsalek did well. You are invited to an exclusive Tannenbaum Chabad House There are six appellate races. Three are not contested. Judge Nathaniel Howse I really hate that 2014 Orrington whose ratings are sky high; Judge Maureen Elizabeth Connors who received excellent either Marsalek or Evanston, IL 60201 Alliance ratings and a qualified from the CBA; and Judge Terrence Lavin who has Horan won’t be good ratings. a judge after this u e election, and in P rim F ast In the Cahill vacancy there are six candidates and I interviewed three and made contact with a fourth. Judge Pamela Hill-Veal and Judge Laura Marie Sullivan are a close call I am poorly rated. going to vote for Thursday, March 8, 5:00 pm The main conversation from the JLC was about Judge Matt Delort, largely because Marsalek. last chance megillah reading 4:30 pm sharp he is from West Rogers Park. Judge James Michael McGing and Judge Kay Marie The Pucinski at the Tannenbaum Chabad House Hanlon are both very well thought of. vacancy has two 2014 Orrington, Evanston opponents whom Those three all are rated highly qualified by the CBA. Delort and Hayes edged FEATURING: McGing mildly in the Alliance ratings and were all equally rated by the Decalogue I know. Edward Entertainer Society. J. Maloney and Judge Lorna dinner! singing! Danny Orleans I would really like to vote for all three. I know exactly who I am voting for, but world-renowned magician not because they stand out over the other two. It is more of a personal preference so I Propes. l’chayims! dancing! and mind-reader choose to stay silent in print. The JLC like Adults $20 / Children $10 The Gallagher vacancy also contains an embarrassment of quality candidates. I Maloney very much. The group RSVP 847-869-8060 interviewed all three and would be proud to vote for all three. or [email protected] I didn’t hear a single bad word about any of them from the JLC and heard much praise respects Propes and positive opinions. legal ability but not The candidates are Judge Patrick Sherlock, Judge P. Scott Neville, Jr and Judge her temperament. Marguerite Anne Quinn. The Chicago The alliance is in love with Judge P. Scott Neville Jr. with six high grades including Bar Association the Decalogue Society. Judge Patrick Sherlock has passing marks from all but the gave Propes a liberal Council. Judge Marguerite Quinn has mostly not recommended grades. highly qualified Interestingly, the CBA rates all three equally qualified. Who am I voting for?. Neville is brilliant and exemplary, Sherlock has something special going for him and Quinn is an exceptionally fine individual. Vote When my decision comes down to personal considerations, it does not belong in Jewish Chicago. The O’Brien vacancy has five contestants. Judge Jesse Reyes, Judge Rudolfo Garcia, Judge William S. Boyd, Judge Ellen Flannigan, and Don Sampen. David C. Adams Judge Reyes is very popular with the JLC as is Judge Boyd who were both for Judge, 9th subcircuit interviewed. Marks wise the Chicago Bar Association found Sampen highly qualified, Flannigan ● 20 years of legal experience (appellate/family law) not recommended and the other three qualified. Reyes and Garcia barely edged Sampen with the Alliance and the Decalogue Society gave their highest rating only to Reyes. ● Partner at Grund & Leavitt, P.C. My vote goes to Judge Jesse Reyes with Judge Boyd a close second. ● Adjunct Professor of Law at IIT/Chicago-Kent School of Law Cook County Circuit Court Uncontested races in the circuit court and the subcircuits will not be addressed. ● Formerly, Judicial law clerk for the Illinois Appellate Court. The Conlon Vacancy has three candidates, Karen Lynn O’Malley, Jo Anne Hopson Guillemette who has bad marks across the board and chose not to appear before the ● J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign CBA and Stanley Hill. ● Life long resident of the North Suburbs The JLC like O’Malley and Hill. ● New Trier Graduate Both have similar ratings across the board. I am voting for Karen Lynn O’Malley. ● Resides in Skokie with wife Rosa The Kinnaird vacancy is a two person race and I interviewed both Kevin Cunningham and their 2 children Eddie 11 and April 7 and Judge Erica Reddick. www.adams4judge.com Both appear to be liked by their peers. The CBA and Decalogue Society rate them equally and Reddick has the edge with the Alliance. My vote goes to Judge Erica Reddick. The O’Brien vacancy Cynthia Ramirez who has the endorsement of the Cook County Democratic Party, takes on Gerald V. Cleary. I interviewed Ramirez. The JLC did not talk up either one. The CBA gave Cleary it’s highest grade and found Ramirez qualified. They both got the highest marks from the Decalogue Society. Ramirez has the best grades from and Maloney a qualified. The Alliance gave Propes two high marks and one not reccommended. Maloney got a Highly recommended from The Decalogue Society. I got to see Propes impugn me publicly. She called to apologize the next day. I like Ed Maloney a lot and he is my clear choice in this race. The Simmons vacancy has three challengers Michael Forti, Jessica O’Brien and James Wright. It’s funny how in some races I’ve interviewed everybody and heard tons about them and in others, nothing. All I have to go on here are grades. Michael Forti gets the highest marks from the CBA. O’Brien has passing grades across the board and the Hispanic bar group rate Wright highly and the African Americans gave him a thumbs down. My vote goes to Michael A. Forti. The Stewart vacancy. Seven candiates Pamela Leeming, Terrence Jordan, www.pauliegroup.com Deidre Baumann, Mary Margaret Burke, Sammy Lacey Jr., Rhonda Sallee and Steve Demitro. I interviewed Leeming, Baumann and Sallee. Political Consulting This is another race where I didn’t get much buzz from the JLC. New Media Leeming is the only candidate with passing grades across the board, but non were high grades. Burke got a passing grade from the CBA and flunked the Online Identity Management entire Alliance. Jordan, Lacy, Demitro and Salle failed to get a single passing grade. In Salle’s case it was lack of experience. Baumann who is Jewish had the second highest marks and has had members of the Decalogue Society stick up for her. The Law Office My vote goes to Deidre Baumann. of The Ward vacancy is the final county wide race. I interviewed two candidates and had contact with a third. The field contains Alfred M. Swanson, Denise Marie Nalley, Elizabeth Mary Hayes, Joan Marie Kubalanza, Peter J. Vilkelis and Brian J. Stephenson. In the JLC, Swanson and Vilkelis are well liked. James P. Nally, P.C. Grade wise, Swanson, Kubalanza, Vilkelis and Stephenson have very close to the exact same grades. Eight South Michigan I interviewed both Swanson and Vilkelis and liked them very much; but I Suite 3500 have a clear choice. Peter J. Vilkelis gets my vote. Chicago, IL: 60603 Subcircuit Races tel 312-422-5560 We are only going to deal with contested races in Jewish area or of Jewish fax 312-346-7999 Interest. Sixth Subcircuit Beatriz Santiago, Mark Ferrante, Gregory Emmet Ahern Jr., Carlos Claudio, Kent Delgado and Ricardo Lugo comprise the field. I interviewed Claudio and Ferrante. No JLC buzz worth reporting. Ferrante got the highest marks from the CBA and the Decalogue Society. Ahern got also got an HQ from the CBA. Ferrante wins the Alliance big time. Mark Ferrante, who has serious ties to the Jewish comnmunity is • Complete Graphic Service my clear choice in the Sixth subcircuit. Quality Offset Printing Eighth Subcircuit • Chiola vacancy - Rodney Stewart, Judge Celia Gamrath, Judge James Digital Color Printing Shapiro and Thomas Osran • The JLC clearly likes Shapiro, he is very popular and highly Bindery & Finishing thought of. Gamrath is respected. • The CBA gave both Shapiro and Gamrath HQ’s. Shapiro also got an HQ from the Decalogue Society. The Alliance mildly favored Shapiro over Gamrath. Thomas Osran is Jewish and got good grades across the board. Stewart did well with everybody but the council. I interviewed Shapiro and Stewart and had some contact with 5746 N. WESTERN AVENUE Gamrath. Shapiro, is a clear pick. Stewart and Ganrath could have been CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60659 endorsed in the right field. TEL.: 773.561.9815 Cole vacancy - Brad Trowbridge, John Ehrlich, Gideon Abraham Baum, Judge Helaine “Lanie” Berger, Judge James L. Kaplan and FAX: 773.561.0714 Ellis Levin. The JLC really likes Judge Kaplan who is presently filling the slot [email protected] for this vacancy. There are four Jews in this race and that is a crime. There are plenty of other races they could have chosen. Ellis Levin is not well liked and Judge Berger who is an Associate with a lifetime job created resentment by running against the popular Kaplan who is up in years and is caring for a special needs child. Ratings: John Ehrlich edges the rest, Kaplan got good grades across the board, Berger got low grades from the CBA and the council. Brad Trowbridge lacks experience, but that can be obtained. Judge James Kaplan is a clear choice in a slam dunk runaway. Roy vacancy - Judge Deborah Jean Gubin, Sharon Finegan Patterson and Judge Nicholas Geanopoulos. Judge Deborah Jean Gubin, is very well liked and respected. She got the only high grade from the Decalogue Society and easily wins the Alliance. Patterson has slightly better grades than Geanopoulos who passing grades from every one. Judge Deborah Jean Gubin who is Jewish, has the best grades, if I lived in the eighth, I’d vote for her. Ninth Subcircuit Bender vacancy - Judge Michael Ian Bender versus Judge Lionel Jean Baptiste. The JLC loves Bender and thought the world of his father. They both have done pro bono work for Nazi hunter Simon Weisenthal’s as his personal lawyer. I can’t begin to tell you how many non-Jewish judges tried to butter me up by talking up Judge Michael Bender. When he worked for the village of Skokie, he made sure that every indigent Jew who passes away was taken care of by the Jewish Sacred Society and arranged for a proper Jewish burial for all who had the need with Chicago Jewish Funerals. He has close relationships with a number of area Rabbis, I could go on and on. Judge Baptiste is a very fine individual and I like him. His ratings are a bit lower than Bender’s but he gets all passing grades. He is very popular with the Evanston crowd where he was alderman and works very hard at everything he does to get where he is in life. There a lot of races where he would be my choice, but I can’t think any judicial race that is more important to me than this one. My vote goes to Michael Bender and I would choose him over every single other judge on the ballot. He is the single most important endorsement in this publication. Epstein vacancy - Judge Mary Trew, Abbey Fishman Romanek, David C. Adams and Judge Larry Axelrood. My least favorite candidate in this election is Abbey Fishman Romanek. She used the facilites of the office of the Attorney General of … ! Illinois to do political work for Dan Seals; She got caught and was told to resign or be fired. There is more, but why bother. No thanks Abbey. David C.Adams is a really good lawyer who t&YQMBOBUJPOTPGUIF.JTILBO works with former Judges and brilliant legal minds, Marv Leavitt and Alan Greiman. BOEJUTWFTTFMT QSPDFFEJOH He gets poor grades because his experience UISPVHIFBDIWFSTFJO1BSBTIBT is in the Appellate courts and not the sort of 5FSVNBI UIFMBTUWFSTFTJO trail cases he would encounter by winning a circuit court slot, but it’s obvious the CBA 1BSBTIBT5FU[BWFSFHBSEJOH thought highly of him. UIF(PMEFO.J[CFBDI BOE I think the world of Mary Trew’s legal ability. UIFWFSTFTJO1BSBTIBT,J4JTB A lot of lawyers think very highly of her. She always get good bar ratings and takes her work SFHBSEJOHUIF,JZZPS very seriously. She belongs on the bench. In Larry Axelrood I am presented with a t5IF$IVNBTIXJUIUSPQ dilemma. He is an associate and is guaranteed UPHFUIFSXJUI0OLFMFTBOE a job. Yet the JLC thinks the world of him; he 3BTIJ XIJDIFOBCMFTUIFSFBEFS has far and away the highest grades, does some incredibly noble deeds and is Jewish. UPCFNBBWJSTFESB I really hate picking anybody over Mary t"O&OHMJTIUSBOTMBUJPOPGFBDI Trew, especially an Associate, but I have to pick Larry Axelrood in this race. WFSTF BMPOHXJUIFYQMBOBUJPOT We’ll close with a race in the Twelfth BOEGPPUOPUFT Subcircuit in suburban Cook County that has a lot of Jewish territory. t'VMMDPMPSJMMVTUSBUJPOT Running for the Rochford vacancy - Judge Andrea Schleifer, Michael John Halloran, Robert F. Babbitt, Daniel P. Scott, James C. Murray and Jerome Pieczonka. Babbit, Scott and Murray can be knocked out right away, due to their horrid ratings. Murray has good ratings across the board, nothing low or high. $23 Halloran and Schleifer have close to the same marks. Available at Judaica stores Schleifer gets good buzz from the JLC; she is Jewish, very conscientious, and if I lived in the or call 440-944-7583 Twelfth Subcircuit, Andrea M. Andy Schleifer would be clear choice. Jewish Chicago Endorses... Judge Michael Ian Bender for Judge of the 9th Subcircuit, Honorable Judge Gerald C. Bender Vacancy (עליו השלום)

100% Positive Bar Association Ratings!!!

"...Judge Bender is well versed in civil and criminal law and is currently assigned to the Expedited Child Support Unit of the Domestic Relations Division. Judge Bender is dedicated and well regarded for his knowledge of the law, excellent temperament, diligence and commitment to the justice system."

The Chicago Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Committee

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●Member Jewish Judge's Association of Illinois ●Past President Decalogue Society of Lawyers ●Former Personal Attorney to War Crime Hunter Simon Weisenthal ●Ensured and Provided Observant Burials for Jewish Bodies as Public Administrator ●Former Assistant Corporation Council, Village of Skokie ●Expanded Community Services as President of the Skokie Park District Board of Commissioners ●Executive Board Member, Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois ●Represented Victims of the Benjamin Smith Hate Crimes

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