Here’s What 3 State House Candidates Had to Say About Improving the Economy
Democrat candidates for the 35th Illinois House District also shared their thoughts about school vouchers at a forum at Morgan Park Academy.
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Democrat hopefuls for the 35th District Illinois House seat spoke Tuesday night at the Morgan Park Academy Baer Theater in Beverly. The event, organized by the Beverly Area Planning Association, featured 35th District candidates Anthony Martin, Fran Hurley and Andrew Byrne Hodorowicz answering questions submitted by attendees.
Ricardo Fernandez and Barbara Bellar, Republican candidates for the 18th Illinois Senate District, also answered questions about boosting the area’s economy, ethics and teacher’s pensions.
Return to Patch Friday for video of Fernandez and Bellar speaking.
Andrea Williams
8:25 am on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Important note: Republican candidate for the 35th Representative District, Steven Williams of Orland Park, wasn't invited to participate at this event. Even after contacting the host of the event - Executive Director of the Beverly Area Planning Association, Matt Walsh - Steven was denied participation. Please visit http://www.stevenwilliams.org to read about his positions on the issues facing the 35th District and the State of Illinois.
Ben Feldheim
10:27 am on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Here's video from Monday night's forum where Steven spoke: http://orlandpark.patch.com/articles/video-republican-candidates-in-18th-senate-and-35th-house-districts-have-their-say#video-9262812
Yellow Dog
3:30 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
They are complete idiots!!! Here is a good idea, make the business environment friendly to businesses. Repeal the huge corporate income and personal income tax increase, reform the ridiculous property taxes, workers comp rules. How to do this, get rid of the crazy public sector pensions and the free health care for families making up to 78k per year.
John Paul
9:56 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Here's a question I would like to ask legislative candidates from both parties. It's a well known fact that Illinois is screwed up because of Mike Madigan and years of Republican leadership that has sold out to him.
If you are elected to the state legislature, how do we know that you will represent the interests of your constituants and not just take orders from leadership?
Bob
11:50 pm on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Soooo...the Palos Patch had full video of ALL the candiadtes answering this question and Monday night, but you chose to ONLY show the one that excluded the GOP candidate from another forum. No Dem bias at the PalosPatch, huh?
Dan Lambert
8:45 am on Friday, March 9, 2012
Hi Bob,
This is a primary election. The Democratic race in the 35th District is contested. The Republican race is not. Whichever one of these candidates wins their primary will go on to face Mr. Williams in the general election. At that point the coverage given to each candidate will of course be equal. It only makes sense that we would devout more time covering races where there is actually a race. You can view all candidates' answers to our full questionnaires in the Election Central page on the site: http://patch.com/F-dl7
Andrea Williams
9:06 am on Friday, March 9, 2012
The problem with that Dan is that the BAPA director said he did not know if they would hold another event before the November election which means the Republican candidate will not get an opportunity to address their membership. Nothing but bias and typical machine politics there. I'd love to see you run a story about THAT and put a huge picture of the excluded candidate on the front page of your paper instead of playing into their hand.
Sorry, but the overt tactics of the Chicago machine is maddening. The residents in Suburban Cook County need to fight back to ensure the 19th Ward isn't their represented voice in Springfield.
Dan Lambert
9:47 am on Friday, March 9, 2012
Hi Andrea,
Thanks for replying. I was only commenting on our overall election coverage, not the actual event itself. I think you have a very legitimate point on that front.
Ben Feldheim
1:47 am on Friday, March 9, 2012
Bob, did you see the link posted in my comment above? We ran the same story as Palos. Furthermore, just wait a few hours and you'll see more from the Republicans.
Ben Feldheim
9:49 am on Friday, March 9, 2012
Playing into their hand? I think our detailed election pages say otherwise, but that's just me. Not to mention the link I posted above isn't the first time we've covered Steven and his campaign. http://orlandpark.patch.com/articles/fix-the-finances-orland-park-man-joined-state-house-race
anonymous
4:34 pm on Friday, March 9, 2012
I heard the republican candidate Steve Williams speak at a forum and was not very impressed with him nor really any of the candidates. I especially was not impressed with any one of the candidates experience, except for Andrew Hodorowicz. He seems to be the candidate with the best grasp on the issues, and the one with the most experience for the job. I also like that he has experience working on a pension that was not under-funded, and for the Illinois auditor. Shows he has an understanding of the state's financial situation. I am also a proponent of expanding gaming in Illinois to fund obligations, and he has experience in the gaming industry. In my opinion, none of the candidates have experience that compares to Hodorowicz. I also just read today that the Chicago Tribune has endorsed Andy. This is an endorsement that is awarded by the editorial board based simply off the candidates experience, and knowledge of the issues. That means alot to me. I don't really care that the other candidates were endorsed by other organizations. All that means is they are now indebted to those organizations, just the thing that has made this state so corrupt. My vote is with Andrew Hodorowicz.