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Podgorski: 'Cook County needs balance'
Matt Podgorski is calling for more Republicans on the Cook County Board.
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Podgorski: 'We are already doing a very poor job at determining who is released on electronic monitoring'
Matt Podgorski, the Republican candidate to represent the 9th District in the Cook County Board of Commissioners, recently posted on his Facebook campaign page a segment of a live-streamed forum on the SAFE-T Act hosted by the Daily Herald.
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Podgorski: 'If our government can’t protect us from these predators, what good are they?'
Matt Podgorski, a Republican candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners, recently took to Facebook to rail against the state's criminal justice system.
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Commissioner Sean Morrison receives recognition for voting against pay raises for Cook County elected leaders
Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison (R-Palos Park) has been recognized for his recent vote against giving commissioners a 10% pay raise, despite the measure overwhelmingly passing in a 13-4 vote.
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'I am a vocal supporter of our first responders': Podgorski endorsed by Chicago Fire Department Firefighters Union
The Chicago Fire Department Firefighters Union has endorsed Matt Podgorski for Cook County Commissioner in the Ninth District, his campaign announced.
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Watchdog: ‘It’s concerning that the unilateral decision of a single person can have such a profound impact’
A Park Ridge watchdog organization is asking if Cook County’s emergency COVID orders mandating vaccinations for those attending public spaces were implemented by Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle without ever being formally ratified.
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Podgorski seen as early front-runner in the race to replace retiring Commissioner Silvestri
Northwest Side GOP Club founder Matt Podgorski is making an early splash in his run to replace retiring 9th District Commissioner Pete Silvestri.
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Morrison fears businesses leaving Illinois 'due to burdensome and strangling regulations'
Cook County Board Commissioner Sean Morrison has always feared what Illinois would experience as businesses leave and the population drops.
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Government job force, not taxpayers, the big winner in progressive tax systems, Morrison says
Republican Chairman of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Sean Morrison is sounding the alarm about the progressive income-tax system that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been pushing to replace the state's current flat income-tax rate.
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Des Plaines voters to determine future of city clerk position
Cook County Board Commissioner and GOP Chair Sean Morrison says Des Plaines voters will be in an enviable position when they go the polls next spring to decide whether the city clerk's job should become an appointed post rather than an elected office.
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From South Cook News
Cook County Board Commissioner Sean Morrison denounces colleague's abuse of power
Republican Cook County Board Commissioner Sean Morrison believes a scandal involving a board colleague accused of flexing his political muscle in a parking ticket incident could have far-reaching consequences.
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From Chicago City Wire
NW Side GOP's Podgorski cautions that new landlord law imperils 'individual liberty,' 'safety'
Matt Podgorski sees the passage of a law banning landlords in Cook County from delving into the criminal histories of prospective tenants as just the latest rights violation against the area's business owners.
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From Chicago City Wire
Cook County Board Commissioner Morrison wants best for both sides of the 'Just Housing' fence
Republican Cook County Board Commissioner Sean Morrison will try to mend some fences between opposing sides of the so-called "Just Housing Bill" debate before it becomes a law in November.
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From South Cook News
Morrison trumpets his lone ‘no’ vote on parking tax for apps
Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison wants voters to be clear about where he stands on the newly restored 6 percent tax on parking app reservations that go into effect at the start of the year.
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Cullerton/developer win first round in Canal Shores land grab
Opponents of the building of an access road on the Canal Shores Golf Course are now looking to the Cook County Board of Commissioners and the courts after yesterday’s 5-4 vote by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) to approve an easement for the building of the road.
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Morrison's narrow win leaves him one of only two Republicans on Cook County Board
Sean M. Morrison, 17th District member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, won re-election last week against his Democrat challenger, Abdelnasser Rashid.
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Dems headline North Cook County midterms; U.S. Rep. Schneider wins re-election
U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Illinois) defeated Republican Doug Bennett in the general election on Nov. 6. The congressman has attended a few events since his victory, mainly focusing on honoring veterans.
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Cook County Board met June 27.
Cook County Board met at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, June 27.
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Cook County Zoning and Building Committee met June 27.
Cook County Zoning and Building Committee met at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 27.
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Cook County Commission on Social innovation met February 15
Cook County Commission on Social innovation met at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15.