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two area

Democrats hope to win their party’s nomination erased replace Naomi Jacobson in Champaign Urbana state

representative in Springfield Interpol taken late last month Carroll Amazon and Sam Rosenberg

13 percent off point well within the margin of error really have those pulled

old remains undecided 2 weeks ahead of the primary election a conversation with a cat

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the candidates for Illinois hundred thirty-eight legislative district last week Republican Christian Williamson

today the Democrats Sam Rosenberg and Carol Evans Georgia if you have a question for the camera

call now 802 to 29455 again

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good morning this is focus on wiol on Scott Cameron singing Virgin Meadows

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join by the two Democratic candidates hoping to fill the void left my state representative Jacobson

she decided not to run for 730 district covers most of Champaign Urbana

Urbana running in the primary care Alamance juicers on your benefit the counselor

counseling Sam Rosenberg attorney working in Champaign thank you for coming thank you

thank you for having me looking for and if you have a question for San Rosenberger Carol Ammons about that

daddy issues affecting champaign-urbana the state in general about the campaign give us a call

the numbers 802 to 29455 802 2

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222 94553 just by email address

is Will dash talk at illinois.edu Amazon twitter twitter @ focus 58

580 I will talk a little bit here before 1 year Justin Bieber donde Basin formed

very formal um I’m hoping this is a little less formal weekend

learn Elis much we can’t believe you were you stand some of the issues Marla

conversation in a formal debate how to date and I don’t have a timer nobody’s running

try to keep things as far as we can budgies for process of talking going back and forth

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um we did flip a coin before the program to get the first question

the first question will go to what to see in Roseburg here and after that will take turns on with Louis ponds

first NHL game questions molasses and having trouble seeing you the microphone

from here to wonder if we can try moving to sign a little over that way we can we see each other

here in the studio where you go I agree I agree

head start off with in email that came in Ennis from a Stephanie’s Sewell

Sewell it looks like a paper the same stuffing with credit union Jesus question for both Canada

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can its a house Pacific we will you promote job growth in our district and Sam start with u

shirt with a job growth in the new need to make sure that any incentives

sentence structures that are set up are ones that are promoting jobs

that’s so forgetful a situation where we are putting for

putting forward dentist building a factory in Champaign Urbana we need to make sure that

that any incentives Libby temp for the beer prevailing wage things like that but they’re coming

coming after the project completed in the job target have been map additionally

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we need to be reaching out to not only company that already exist in this region is also throat

the statement about the country existing programs have been doing great things for the baby

bein Champaign Urbana weather be on campus with regards to research prop Park

what frequently I think we see job incentive programs Eater taking resort

resources from already existing situations or we see them

im not following through and that’s a big concern because if we are simply right

robbing Peter to pay Paul in the temps to create more jobs than the net gain is next

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is negligible. If we are making sure that incentives are tied to actual job growth

if we’re making sure that incentives are tied to long term progress for this community

community that takes a bigger picture project Inc in Beechmont the beneficial Champaign Urbana 11

girl I think it’s a great questions clean

I believe that does taxes in is absolutely have to be tied to job creation

mini of the things I’ve done in the past several years really focused on job creation

Asian I’ll give an example that um as a form a county board member

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the first resolutions I was able to vote on what’s a high speed rail to rail

railroad resolution for this area which is not just dealing with the issue of Job

job creation but also transportation in connecting us to the umm

are of State in Chicago in St Louis area job creation has also go

go beyond just corporation self I’m really focused on incentivizing small

small businesses in the same way that we have Cinemas large businesses support the Grove

anta support in what state is there in Urbana we have a growing on small

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small business economy that I’ve been able to work with the last over years

used to make sure as a citizen and now is a council member that those businesses survive

survivor I frequently businesses in my community so that they will supply as I look at you

job growth I’m looking at making sure that we change our poverty rate in Champaign County

County iParty Raiders 24 .5 percent currently making a stuffie

third the third in all the counties in Illinois

whats the highest poverty rate that a problem I want our cysteine a living wage

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H & I want living wage jobs created in Champaign County and that’s what I’ll be working on

route 430 Street in for a county is a hole DMV

let’s come back here to M uses of Education

the cost continue to climb Virginia College state funding for higher education is

this is not what it used to be if a college degree remains AAA if not

if not the primary pass with a good paying job how do you keep up at open today

can’t afford to graduate with tens of thousands of dollars in debt and other questions for

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first girl I’ve had some personal experience with that you note for me

um I’m looking at the 280000 students in Illinois

currently of eligible for map grants when we have those students even get them

just about 144000 I didn’t qualify for map grant when I was younger

Tyga but I know what he will do for the lives of young people today if we fund

find our educational institutions properly we have to do a couple of things in a hundred 3rd district

we have to find k2 12 properly we have to make sure the resources are in the

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in the classroom so that students in the hundred 3rd district have a real option to go

to go to the University of Illinois into park in college but Baidu

doing that we also have to look at those who may not go to the Higher Education

institutions we have to look at those who need job training and technical skill training

training with right now we don’t have a good tech school here in 130 Street

that’s something that I’ve been working on as a council member to get a tech school

how to locate here and I destroy the reason why because we do have a part in what I

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what I learned at Council last night is that we have a lot of jobs here in our community

but we don’t have the workforce that meat and mattress stores jobs

so my goal is to make sure that we get a training institution hear that deals with the Technic

the technical side infusing are connection to the University of Illinois providing map

map grant funding for out of state students who don’t have access can get it if

if they choose to go here we want them to have no excuse and given at opportunity to hear

tohir does the area is the time to get to properly I think we can make it

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the real change in a real dent in a party level here in Champaign County in San Jose

education of the shore at the question I believe was regarding debt for college

what year was the cost of college education going up right how do you ensure that pound

have to be a good good paying jobs open for those can’t afford graduate on the dot Usher

and I think this comes down to a simple prioritization of what is important

in the state of Illinois on in the same exact week at the same pastors pension reform

reform bill to build one it was offering Texas and incentives charger game

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Midland to stay in Decatur think that is a perfect example of how the state is

is putting the future of education online in in

in conjunction with not trying to get companies to stay here

mentioned Seneca one because the bottom line is if we are going to be continually

eroding the amount of pension reform the amount of pension security

carry that is provided to those who are teaching and working with educational institutions what kind of

kind of people are we going to be attracted to higher education to teach into work and Touhy

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when to even study at those institutions I think what really comes down to the priority Scituate

situation is that we as a state need to put education first and foremost

since day one of those campaign I’ve said my type 2 priorities are jobs in education

with regards college that we as a state need to read Zaman what we are

we are if our Maine flagship land grant university cannot services

the citizens of the state without short shoulder width

hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of data naturally inexcusable and there are statutory ways

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ways to make sure that the University of Illinois can become more successful to go to the funds brings in

Franklin and additional email or the tuition rate is now more expensive for students

student to go in State University of Illinois to go out of state Iowa

and as far as I’m concerned the priority of the University of Illinois cb2

YouTube educate the citizens of Illinois

it’s interesting because of student that issue and I have a student currently in college with

which with student debt that law also need to be addressed federally

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which laws Utah meaning the student loan debt law federal government really needs to know

Lord of the interest rate is too high for students to be able to

be able to maintain they know that my Jordans students graduate will come out with a level

level of that they cannot afford to have can’t buy a car in can’t buy home so you

so you ruin the credit of the student before they even start their lives that is weather

where the rewriting the law need to take place but we also need regulations to protect us from

predatory educational lending institutions that are out there

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bear in some of us have been victims from the hills and we have to protect themselves

students from those predatory lending institutions and in Springfield need to do that bites

state law but they also need to do a federally send you want to know if you want to

predatory lending and credit problems are braces rubber society and its

and it does hurt students especially when they are starting behind the eight ball

call with regards the monitor incurring for college that is where the state government does need to

need to stop and make sure that are universities are well funded and that and this day

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this day in age when state support for universities State University

Percy’s is going down there either needs to be an alternate mechanism in which university can raise money

money or the state does need to make sure that the universities are well finder

Thunder from start to finish mission to make sure the University will find it

the constituition Carolina to mention training institutions getting

technical training institutions who died in the area how do you pay for this is a time

what time when the state budget is in a large amount of deaths running

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running deficits repeatedly this summer?

Bacchus Amstar with you sure I find it interesting that when people ask that question is

what do I need to cut services and cut wasteful spending or do we need to race

raise taxes on something in the answer is yes because it’s really a to fold solution

solution it needs to take place I do believe that there is wasteful spending in the Illinois

Hawaii on a budget and that we need to go through this line by line and see once again where are

our priorities are in a vegetation in job creation are going to be at the tops of those left

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left so I think there’s at aspect additionally I’ve come out very much in favor press

progressive income tax which would bring in more income for the state

this take offers to go towards education I’m locally I am in favor of

River of a casino in Danville I think that would be beneficial for job creation and for local edge

local education funding and you’re exactly right this is something that is going to require

a significant amount of creativity when it comes to bringing in the revenue to

do to support education continually cutting the passion

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benefits in the salaries of our to public servants are teachers are firemen are policemen

is not going to solve the problems what is going to is bringing in more revenue

the new and we can do that through centerstone certain statutory restrictions right now that the

the universe Illinois has imposed upon them by Springfield prevent them from me

informate King a certain amount of money off of the research things like that can be changed

additionally look at other public universities around the country that have much more efficient

processes weather be threw their ministration Weatherby 300 mag Weatherby through

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procurement that best case scenario can be applied here at university

Illinois can result in significant savings and Carols

paper the same thing we certainly me to restructure all of our texting

um systems in Illinois not just the personal tax the corporate tax

sex on the motor fuel tax all the taxes that maintains services in Alpharetta

we need to look at first I believe the progressive income taxes 11

one way we also need to look it up collared states that are around us

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and look at other revenue sources that the regenerating the service industry that maybe

maybe another way to generate revenue states are we on for me to look at me really Siri

seriously wasteful spending not on Human Services

because we have to keep Police Service fire service um services for homeless

homeless people for Veterans Services those things we have to keep we have to keep those fryers

citizen but we can look at other ways into on commissions and things that we spend a lot of

money on that may not be serving the purpose of the day were intended when they were first

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first established I remember I’m just being on the county board in a very difficult

period for the county in 2008 with all other communities across this country who f***

you suffered um um from the fiscal cliff fall out of course from washing DC

DC in the banking system we had to sit down with me

which is the union of the county in St Louis in the county is in trouble

will not wasteful spending money for being a good steward of the money

the money of the county but we are required to have to either cut staff

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or we may have to come up with a furlough plan SMS leadership set with us

we came to terms so that we can have a furlough plan that Metheny

the capital of employees I think the state is going to have to do some of these in a roll your sleeves

what kind of process is an open at Budget up to people understand it and look at

look at work Utz can be made with savings can be had but we cannot sacrifice

the much needed services of the state that provide safety nets for citizens

can I get a little bit nipply store

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one of the things I also think we need to be looking at to make sure that legislators understand

stand the deep cuts that may be necessary to get our state out of the Cisco

Cisco hole and that may mean time legislature salary Tube

the median income here in Illinois that might mean that if the budget for

get for a county or state organization Goes Down the salaries for those associated

did with that organization legislators in cells feel that burn

that’s something that I think would change perspective that currently Justin Springfield

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if individuals were serving their felt the impacts of the day make

Caroline Sullivan will I ever find to be interesting that um

we talking about making sacrifices in the campaign Juno

um if you’ve been in my website people can go to carolinastate.com

if you go to my website you’ll see that there’s a list of completely volunteers

tears from this community who are working on his campaign I don’t have big financing

I don’t have money um that is uniform out of a call first

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to run this very grassroots very People’s Campaign the sacrifices

what ive made um is evident in how my campaign is running in so if there’s going to

is going to be cut off all people are willing to make him miss me

and I seen on I’ve been willing to cut at the county level at the city level

level and certainly I will absolutely be willing to cut at the state level

understand that if we are the fiscal crisis as I run my household if I don’t have enough money

money to pay for my son to go to the lessons I have to make sure they have a home to live

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how to live in and that’s the most important thing that I’ll be doing Springfield I want focus on the people

the people with all the money of focus on the people who really need a hand up and not a handout

908 1 word a chance to follow up on that a lot of things razor

is there is Sam do you want to respond Arena  Wisconsin blizzard

receiving support from a large right even the visual small crosses state um many

NYS folks are getting excited about my campaign regardless of where they are now in Illinois

Illinois girls wear their 930 what’s the score of move on

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talking to Carol Ammons and Sam Rosenberg to Democratic candidates for State Representative 130

third District if you have a question for them about the issues hiragana campaign some of the things going on in the

the state 802 229 455 use me we’ll talk

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Takano Jon Jon for benefits for calling your focus thank you I appreciate

s***** a high level of discourse by both candidates of my question is

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we got into distention mass this Budget mass

and the shortage of the University of Illinois because you’re during the last

last 12 years Naomi Jacobson is representation and she made the same mistake over

over and over and that was voted for the same Speaker of the House

can you do you address whether or not this General Assembly meet

we need to restructure the rules of the game that the speaker of the House have

has control over the bills has control over the legislation with a ghost committee

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MIDI and how would really comes down to would you vote for the current

current Speaker of the House its been there for 30 years ago hang up and listen to your answer thank you

are John thanks for the call the question if my nose are correct a careless one comes to you first

appreciate the college question um the the short answer is the

is the Speaker of the House is Ben the speaker for think about 30 years and

and um the state of Illinois in real trouble if there is a person

person who is positioned in ready to take the leadership of the states the next level

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certainly I would consider voting for a new Speaker of the House I’m at this point

find I don’t know who’s prepare to do what but I do dreams with a collar

that the problem is a structural problem in Springfield if it is

if it is difficult for all of its members who represent all of the districts in Illinois

annoying to bring forward a bill or proposition to the floor for debate

simply for discussion if there’s a barrier for that and that barrier

where is the power and control of speaker then I think that b**** that has to be

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reshaping reworked so that the voice of the people from whatever district

daddy is have a true opportunity to participate in governance in

in bringing stay priorities for the floor that something that really need to be done but he needs to be

need to be focused structurally understand the speaker um have

has brought forth a bill on fortunately on the pensions the currently in the

in the court that bill unfortunately I believe it to be on constitutional

certainly my little friend here to help with that but I do believe that build

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set builders on Constitution it seems pretty straightforward to me when you re the language does been put in

what the speaker deliberately put for a bill that would be rude

unconstitutional and have to go to court wasting touch pay money

and wasting um the resources of those who’ve already work for them

that is a problem and that is structurally have to be addressed

and I believe that if elected I will be seeking certainly an audience with

with the speaker asking him to restructure and make open the process of

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transparent government in Springfield and bring democratic principles to the floor NFL

something to discuss with him and Sam rittenberg Jones question of food would you vote for

vote for the current Speaker of the House Illinois legislature shirt I think John brought up some excellent points

points first with regards to the speaker I’m not sure if I would vote for him as Speaker of the House

how say I have not met a man and I would have to have a conversation with him see who else is running

running of course just as one does not vote on a bill until they read it was not vote for someone until they for

play for the positions as for the structural situation that exist within Springs

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Springfield and the amount of power the rest in the

speakers office Jonathan Jackson right there is a significant amount of power

rest with speaker Madigan and as for where we go when the next 510

10 years um we need to be elected representatives who are able to

work within the system that he has developed over the past 30 years Bar able to work so

we are benefiting does district in particular restructuring the Bible

bylaws the rules of procedure the guy in some instances Union

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Illinois Constitution as for how the state legislature

just like your works would be a very intense is in very

politically risky but politically it would take

take some really sticking their neck out and making sure that every single

single ally and every single proposal is worthwhile

additional you be running up some stuff opposition because there are individuals who have made careers

being in Springfield and taking advantage of their knowledge of those rolls that’s one of the reasons

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reasons I’m in favor of term limits that’s one of the reasons that I believe we should

should be representing and voting for individuals who stand up for what is it

what is important for the district is day one I have stayed my opposition ascendant the wanted

the pension reform bill I stated my position of fearing the progressive income tax

tax additionally I have said that I am against the proliferation of charter schools Ulta

all things that speak Americans against but if I am to go to Springfield

working within his mechanism at least for the the first few periods where I am still a

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la junior representative is going to be necessary because no freshman legislature is going to

is going to be able to go to Springfield and rewrite the Constitution are never forget

got one of my first weeks law school are professors get up in 10 most kids go to law school rankings

things are going to rewrite the Constitution and apparently mechanics wings soda

so the changes is is drastic but it is something I believe

I believe we can do over times that we do have more transparency in the representation in the State House

the colony Ramos Caroline to Paul in Champaign County politics

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thanks for calling your focus I’ll try to be brief why would an ex about taxes in WI

we have the size increase its going to go away and I really think that there’s a lot of us

if I smoke and mirrors around taxes in the state of my Trade Center for Budget and Policy

Policy Priorities cut through it but if you look at the surrounding states Illinois

Illinois has a very low it up personal income tax um it Indiana

put as its counter polos at lower but it actually of actually have

have a a um County level income tax the average is like 1 point

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point 43 percent actual brings Illinois Indiana state income tax to

xtube 1710 for the person percent below

blow the 5 percent that we currently have so we’re not a low tax state

if we let that surtax go away which would actually could contribute to

contribute to a half of the structural deficit that we have

have in the state we would be below

Indiana in our personal income tax should be ways of making a ferret

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progressive income taxes graham cracker bolt on a b*** can you can you talk about what you will

what you actually proposed that we have Madigan talking about cutting corporate taxes in half an hour

not even more smoking mirrors cause we have this replacement tax that fits in

the pictures well that I haven’t actually started out but Illinois not a high tax state

and we have many many needs to compute Reston tax questions

questions what they what they say about that was specifically the first one is the

how they feel about the extension of the Messiah tax with again like a Sperry close to India

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Indiana’s state around so much higher ok on dead body

go to Sam the question today would you supposed to the income tax hike is a to expire January of

free of next year to support extending out and I think with the situation

I like the term that means Paul that use that smoking mirrors for example with regards the corporate tax

taxas it currently stands corporations Road Illinois are not treated the same

for tax purposes if a large corporation want to get beneficial tax treatment

I need to go through a whole process of committees in Springfield including house

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House of finance me to ask for such beneficial treatment to ask for sale

I want to say handles in Africa incentives and then only once a meter

Amy turn Sanders do they get the treatment for going I don’t even jump to the first two

because of how labor acidez I can imagine that if it’s difficult for large pores

large corporations to do that it’s even more difficult and probably impossible for small car

small corporations to do it enlarge Corp in small corporations in the taking a brother that ass

as for the tax the contemporary income tax promises

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is rum made by many members of the Democratic caucus 216 buyer s4

48 extent being extended I’m not sure how I live

not because it is part of a larger situation where we’re going to need more extent

extensive Tax Reform and Paul noted there is a structural deficit problem

in Illinois that is not only impacting Us in the short term

what is preventing us from having the ability to vote for the ability to commit

match the correct amount of money for education necessary social services for example

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Illinois ranked at last Etta 50 states when it comes to portion public education funding covers

covered on the state level if we are able to change the way the tax structure with

Weatherby corporate weather be a progressive income tax is implemented

it will really altered things that hopefully makes a conversation about the temperature

tax increase mood and that we are moving forward with a much more simplistic less

glass smoking mirrors tax code Illinois the only people to understand but that is fair

where is able to bring the necessary revenue for our social services this is not

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is not just a matter of paying bills on time because that is 8 meters

salsa matter of social justice because those who are currently being

subjected to lower rates of payment weather be there wages Weatherby

are pensions are being taxed at a higher rate in terms of the

terms of their the flat tax and having a pillar percentage of your income in those who make a significant

more money I don’t think it Paul for a for calling and I kill innocent questions

is 4000 in Kentucky 36 and mint ice report extension of income tax

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text mom I don’t believe that it is um responsible for

for Illinois who’s currently in a um world

world went off debt as illustrated we did last in funding education

so what is that funny look like when we love allowed the current rate to expire

what happens then um not only am i off

Foret upperman see your temporary permanency until we

um establish a president contacts I’m I’m totally against the corporate

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corporate tax cuts um all those things take away revenue from education

Asian and there is no wait for us to justify allowing it to expire

spire with hope that will be to make it up and pay our debts

buy some other mean unfortunately when they

the legislators voted on that temporary text we should have looked a little more long term

term because they knew that at some point you would be in

Ian trouble Witcher pensions they knew that I was already will blow

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will blow it should be in Seoul to put a temporary tax on a table

table and then take it away with growing that I think would be absolutely

we responsible for any legislature to do that at this time in state

Imogen Sam Rosenberg were talking to the Democratic candidates in the race for the hundred 3rd st

legislative district I’ll talk more with both of them in a moment your b*** more about than them and gold ring is campaign

campaign is well I feel? Can it give us a call the numbers 802 229

9455 a drop in email addresses will Deathstalker

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Illinois dot edu stay with its focus on WRAL

welcome back is focus on WILL im Scott Cameron

Cameron early voting for the only prime relationship started yesterday that about this week in Champaign County

just had over the county clerk’s office Brooklyn Center in Urbana starting on March 11th

for the first time you can vote early at 7 other sites across the county is a full licence locations

nations of the County Clerk’s website Election Day officially is on March 18th at 2 weeks from today

today how many voters still undecided were talking with the Democratic candidates 130

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third state legislative district 130 almost all of Champaign Urbana last week

talking about Christian Williamson if you miss that conversation listen to that anytime or website

Dover to will.illinois.edu umm lets come back

comeback what’s so cool about the the two of you in the next question

carolyns you running it for a public office youfit

been out there talking about a lot of the issues what do you want to know about you as a person

is a person  um I want to know that I am inexperienced

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local legislature I’m a mother I’m also

a um community service and um heaven

have been working for the last 13 years 6 of them being in public office

how to improve the meaning for which I live I struggled

like so many other people in my um community have struggled

but I’m a person who understands how to get things done because I’ve done

done them over the last 10 years Lee County Board approves

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hundreds of millions of dollars in projects for workers

community of protected are unions I’m not just talking about something that

that I may do I’m talking about things that I’m doing

anime legislature that will go and do yes it’s difficult to go into a new environment

where there’s a slow already in place but I bring to the

the table and new idea a new energy and willingness to work with

work with people that I have had to work with a very difficult topics in the past that’s what I want to

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I want to know I’m not afraid I’m very confident in my bility tube

to come in and help to move the discussion for because that’s what I’ve been doing in San Jose

emerald version? What you want to add more than you mention the early voting actually this year

this year we have a new launches also very exciting because if your 18 at the time of John

general election you can vote in the primary if you are only 17 at the time the primary Soho

so hopefully more more young people getting out to vote in getting involved with a lifelong habit of

how to vote in primaries and general election going to be a team a time November long you can vote

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Campbell the prime minister for sinus happens crash with ok and getting back to the question mentioned

Isagenix community after coming to school here because I found love with I want to see the

desi this community prosper I bring it Asian experience commitment energy

G and willingness to work with others who may not have the same perspective as I do

why do on a Friday night she says I mentioned earlier I run very opposite of

is it of many politicians on a variety of issues there is nothing

thing in the hundred 3rd district or working here Weatherby sa legislature Weatherby

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BSN attorney Weatherby sa public service job placement for McHenry Lee prepare someone

someone for going to Springfield is the beast on into itself and that sad

sad I work hard quick learner and those who do no spring field have been impressed by

Best Buy what I am doing in this community Cellini’s individuals believe that I can hit the ground

the ground running as I add someone who can represent the district 103rd

the concerns the issues that are important to Champaign Urbana at the Capitol

in my mind being a state representative is not just about going

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going to a city in writing documents in voting on those documents

what is about being an ambassador for the causes that are important to your

your community weather that be sitting in a community meeting until

until 11 o’clock midnight discussing what pension reform means to Publix

public servants what it means to union members in or weather means going to

cities across the United States to recruit business to come to Champaign Urbana understand

tell the world how great of a community we have here any central Illinois

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Illinois and that’s something that I think we really impacts

my ability to be successful official it’s not just about going to

going to Springfield it’s not just about where you’ve been is about your vision for the community

about what you’re going to do in how are special you’re going to be another dependence

responses something you just said it’s really important release date

heat and highlighting something for me um I believe that there are

there are things that can prepare you to the Springfield there are things that prepare you to

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used to be on the the City Council to be on the county board both of my process

assessor’s both of whom I had to work with both of them came through the same way that I am

when I’m coming right now through local government through the county board answer

Lance Rudolph community organizations for which many of I have also work I believe all things Apple

absolutely do prepare you not somebody’s opinion of what you could do because they think you’re great

great but what you actually have done i7 meetings in till 11 p.m.

talking about community issues of organized in this community for people to have fun

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have food at Douglas library of cooked myself so I’m not speaking

speaking about some hypothetical I’m actually speaking about the description of my wonderful

wonderful pony just describes exactly describing the things that I’ve done nothing with people

with said and I further have worked with Republicans

independence greens People of no party affiliation

no religious affiliation in many religions on issues that affect people

people here locally that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 13 years I have a long

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how long list of things I could name but it is important for people know there is a process by which

which you become prepared for things that you do I don’t expect to walk into

Cantu Court in potential do I reload my books that I’m a lawyer I can’t do

I can’t do that I’m not prepared to you that I have to do something to internet respect

tile so this is benefits campaign ribbons ended

did you read between the lines various talking in Denver signs

the campaign you eat here to make you talking about getting her clit

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Berkeley up to get experience in many ways your number for the Rings talking about

about young Sam Rosenberg side this the idea of electability and things like that

xem hOAT how do you respond how does the apps

playing at right now in his campaign  to my love

right now we here this issue of experience coming up in your address phone number times

I’m from your sign of here the usual willow the electric bill use a person

is prickly November I’m being raised NYS Oregon perception arguments are playing out as

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is campaign what is first response to the

the question of experience does being right now and you know this is one of the reasons I’m spending

I’m spending all my time going toward or so I can talk to people face to face and address

address any concerns that they may have about my experience in about my knowledge of this community

analogy of the issues Airport to skinny as I previously said Springfield

scenic beast and those who have been there weather be represented Jacobson Weatherby

mayor pricing for milia state representative have gotten my knee and Damned

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understand what it takes to represent this area in Springfield and they believe that I’ll be able to do

how to do that justice and carry their banner for progressive causes for the next 5 years

10 years this is me 2 did was AM  the quotient

voting in the paper not long was former benefit counselor breast a pound Hudepohl contacts

contact customers order Caroline she describes race is being called nasty

describe the races having the potential becomes

become a civil war with the neck Democratic Party um my question is Altus race

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this race gotten nasty and Samson comes to you first

I don’t believe so but I think we are discussing issues and individuals

joules are able to say their opinions as to whether or not papers cover

cover that whether or not that gets broadcasted that’s up to to different media outlets

outlets um as a sentence Daewon my top priorities in his campaign

are bringing jobs in improving education does community jobs in education jobs

occasion jobs in education and I really have no interest in discussing

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anything else besides mean the main issues are important 130 district

as for its nasty level of being a civil war I think were have

having a vibrant discussion about the issues and the strength of the

different candidates and I like to see continue Carolina temperature do you think is racist nasty

Saline Valley produce a pen in the war

I am NOT castings Spurgeon some opponents im 14 my pony

his campaign have to decide nasty war against me not about the

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about the issues um what about me personally and its been met research

search about how to disparage a candidate who may not be the typical Canada

can it be seen in the Obama election 2008

but that doesn’t bother me what I see happening is again I am

I am weather proof is it cold outside

what the code about me I’ve been through a lot of issues in my life

when does lessons have prepared me for the NASA news of the primary

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and the National Assembly General on prepare for that when you do with a term of electability

does perceptive turn so people look at that and say they don’t make monster

standing there for the delectable but the people to hundred 3rd may not agree

and so will find out on March 18th weather degree and not at the end of the day my

my goal is to make sure that we have independent truss it in XP

inexperienced leadership that comes out of 103rd Street people have trusted me

to serve Facebook that my mistakes and he said no I trust a search she Spencer

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conserving for 6 years and she server on a blank and that’s important to me

what muscle in your negative connotations are sent from

opponent in this race it will not take me off of the issues and I’ve been

not been quite focused on regardless to what’s happening on the other side

Filippis briefly Dead Redemption a lot of things out of heaven come up and gone

the campaign and you talk about the upcoming that you have not I can reduce Pacific world

I’m not violent bounce houses under there is

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is entering some of the debate over the phone so I have heard you make comments about you know

Weatherby questions about tube where some money is coming from into the campaign and things like that

like that I mean is I am NOT your anybody really is above the fray this particular what I think

think on these things that I really stand for campaign finance reform when we look at

look at elections it is important I’m a regular person who has voted inside turn 18

18 is important for me to make sure that people running for elected

its seats that they don’t buy those see through misleading advertising in ass

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because they have tons of money campaign finance reform is one way for regular

regular people like myself to be able to serve the community without the big money

big donors that swag stand for and I think that’s important for people

103rd Street and it is important to people in Illinois that there be a real looking

look at how we are dumb financing in electing officials for

I state has more land is your is it fair to say that um

you let your non violence campaign if you’re also engagement ring gauge

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engaging in personal tax the difference of a difference personal taxes

tax I’m not a part of my iPhone with lever haven’t been and won’t be

Mike’s parents is what I’m really working on and I believe I’m the best

best candidate for this position based on Mike Spiers my service and that’s why the f*** is that

Sam’s Club I have no interest in disguise

discussing any type of a personal attributes of the weather my pony Revan

even myself in Vaseline discuss issues Airport to distract Andy Phillips not happening

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happening in the campaign yes I do  the M

with all this going on with me just heard it on Caroline you’re something else is played out

at the end of the day there’s going to be you know come you wake up on margin

March 19th may be the end of March 18th um winner

discount I’m at the end of the day you’re both virgins Democratic Party

what would like to be a competitive election coming up in November  after this

this race will you be able to Anaheim how we be able to respect your opponent the end of the day and support mo

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her um in what will likely be a competitive general election um

and I think my notary in Carrollton comes to use a stylus

set me I am I’ve been working in a community with P

with people who don’t agree with me um for a number of years and I can’t

continue to work with people in the community who may not agree with me I think at the end of the day

both of us or Democrat an unfortunate didn’t get to meet Mr Rosenberg

before the selection and would like to work with him too

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really line up from the projects that I’ve been working on but hopefully at the end regardless to witches

which of us move forth to the general election that we will continue to work together

weather cause I’ll continue to work in my community one way or the other and so I think will be the

the Democrats supported together and we done it before and we’ll do it again

and we’ll be prepared for the November election outcome is on March

18th and central in this is us come up frequently The Doors I

night of the day 95 percent of the issues on my phone online

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agree on a hundred together to mix the testicle Nelson

but when it comes to moving on to the general election

who is the Champaign County Young Democrats in their question ever asked if you would be willing to support

never comes out of the primary my answer was a simple one word answer yes to the end of the day we

today we are Democrats and at the end of the day we do agree on 95 percent of the same things

and while we may have spats throat this campaign money does a gram how to get

how to get certain things done we are Democrats and we are going to come together once a primary source

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what is a Minnesota to start with Sam Rosenberg

what is one slice of someone getting a timer what is the

is the word one issue that you see as the most important near most important issue facing

faces Community right now generation um and that means not only jobs

job creation in support the university so they continue to hire

continue to promote good paying jobs are out its structure

picture but also it means expanding into a community

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not seen job creation in sometime and that’s one of the fantastic things about champagne

Champaign Urbana is that is very diverse in economic base from Services

service industry to the university to on the blue collar facilities are

dessert that exist in Champaign Urbana if we are able to increase

the percentage of our population is employed in good paying jobs

we will be able to solve many of our problems the tax base Winfrey’s crime rate will go down

what is something that is exciting to me because I do believe all of that is pasta

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is possible champion I do believe that weather be for my support

the AFL CIO that we can bring good manufacturing here to Champaign Urbana

dance with my support even on campus we are able to bring more

more individuals into the University continue really developing fantastic

mastic academic community we have and what even get me more

sort of excited about all this is that we can really be

Leiby economic engine for the rest of State of Illinois and that is

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something that we can really be the turning point in part of this Illinois Renaissance

so that the state is finally getting revenue in need

social services employment rate continues to drop in Champaign Urbana can be the

can be the focal point of that if we are able to get that job creation going here in Champaign

Carrollton Christian who won Biggest kneaders juicy Nikki Turner

operation is the biggest me right now we have double digit unemployment Champaign County

County Commissioner earlier that are party rate is third in

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County Jail Illinois 24 25 percent 25 percent

percent of our people hear that are working I’m working below the poverty

level image operation for me it is important to create jobs

what it is um ser mi amor por todos Jobs create living wages

ages for those people who are under and below the powerline we want to make sure

make sure that we create an event jobs that we’re smart in on the job

we bring to our company, me we don’t want job creation that puts

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Clint landfill on top of the monocle for destroy the water we want job creation

Friesian that is responsible to environment in spot between community and me

and meet the needs of the people who live here in many cases we we do bring jobs

the area but some of those jobs are not necessarily for the people who live in the area

having 17 percent unemployment African Americans in Champaign County WI

we have to open up the doors inclusion that something that I’m going to continue to work on

working with jobs working with the unions and I’ll just stay the same clothes in NJ

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in the last 4 years um I was just the benefits

greatly Paso County Board you know in that time I was able to vote on

549 thousand dollars in grants for small businesses

is in Champaign County it was important for to do that because small businesses also create

create two and three full time jobs how many of them help with an R

local economy in so I’ll be looking at the larger but also the small business creation is well

Takara lemons and Sam Rosenberg the Democratic candidates in the race for the hundred 3rd row seat in spring

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