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Protecting criminals seems to be the priority of politicians in Cook County and in Illinois and Springfield. And, why is Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau such a whining little baby. Pekau has spent his entire term in office personally attacking everyone and anyone, including me, who don't agree with him on issues. Most recently, Pekau is spamming Orland Park residents with his "political email" complaining that "anonymous" people are attacking him. He then goes on to personally attack people he claims (without any proof) are behind criticism of him.
Nicor has dramatically increased the cost of its heating gas without anyone holding it accountable. The State Legislature needs to hold hearings on the increases and they also need to strengthen the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) funding it from state taxes the way the state funds the Illinois Commerce Commissioner (ICC) which approves Nicor's price gouging. We need real transparency. Right now taxpayers and consumers are being pushed to the curb
Social media has an enormous influence on Americans but only the social media that offends Israel is targeted for censorship and restrictions, reflecting their restrictive and repressive society. While Facebook and other Social media have come around to support Israel's demands to crackdown on criticism of its government by Palestinian and Arab activists, Tiktok has become a battlefield and the pro-Israel movement is behind the recent actions by the U.S. Congress to exert pressure on the social media's Chinese based owners, ByteDance. It's all about Israel wanting to silence its critics and not about free speech or even safety
Pritzker's assault weapons ban is not about making law abiding citizens safer, but rather appealing to his voter constituency and the far left which seeks to decriminalize accountability for criminals while holding police to a higher standard. The assault weapons ban basically takes weapons from law abiding citizens but does nothing to punish criminals who are the ones who ignore all laws and who will ignore this one. Instead, Pritzker should increase punishments for convicted criminals making the possession of a gun in any crime a mandatory lengthy prison sentence. But he won't because his allies care more about criminals than they do law abiding citizens