Democrats. It includes west and northwest suburbs such as schomberg, bloomingdale, elgin, streamwood and a small portion of chicago. A couple of quick notes before we begin tonight. We are being streamed live on our web site wttw. Com and you can join a live chat. Give a question for the candidates you can ask if there and note the format tonight. Tonight. This is not a formal debate part of the candidates will not give opening or closing statements. Their answers will not beat timed and they will not necessarily be asked the same questions. I will use fairness as my guide to move the discussion along and we asked the candidates to stay on topic and not give campaign speeches. Now joining us us tonight seated in the order that they appear on the ballot are Tammy Duckworth, democrat who is the former director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs and former United States assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs. Ms. Duckworth previously ran for conversate 2006 and she also serve
She is going to way people are and you wont even take responsibility for what youre doing Small Businesses across the state. I think Small Businesses are critical. So is Peoples Health health care. People should have access to health care. If that means that i have to pay 1. 10. Moderator now we come to the end of this debate. Each candidate will have one minute for a closing argument. My priority is keeping our college more affordable for everyone. The wilson has had all the wrong priorities. She supported and voted for the wall street bailout. She voted for the bush tax cuts that exploded our deficit come and now wants to give even more tax breaks to millionaires. Congressman wilson supports the radical plan called cut, cap and balance that would require deep cuts to Social Security and medicare. Let me be clear that i will never balance their budgets the budget on the backs of our senior citizens. I can hold job fairs and i can raise my family. I have always thought about the steps
Those are held up right now and so that project will proceed as far as i can tell. And as i indicated the governor is providing additional money, if it is approved by the legislature to continue the rightofway to get to the next construction segment of that very first phase. So with that, i bring my report to a close and answer any questions. Well that was very thoughtful report. Are there any other questions or concerns . Okay. Thank you, for your report. Thank you very much. Good morning, chair and commissioners i just wanted to alert you to an email that i had sent last night to your offices to give you a heads up about a conference and this is our annual trip with mtc and our chamber of commerce to washington, d. C. And a trip to sacramento to organize the advocacy for the city and the Mayors Office and mtc and the other organization to advise you and we will be bringing to get a legislative platform to you next month and those of you who may be interested, the dates are march 9th,
Familys expense. My husband would have liked to attend this meeting, but he could not attend because he has heart problems and breathing difficulties and also difficulty to walk. I have five grandkids. They play in the yard. How can they take away all this pleasure. Thank you very much. Thank you. Project sponsor . You have a rebuttal . You have 2 minutes. You dont to have use them. Okay. The public hearing is closed. We are opening it up to commissioner comments. Commissioner wu . Vicepresident cindy wu to the dr. Requester, i hear your concern but to the scope of the type of project we see, the addition doesnt seem to be extraordinary or exceptional to me. Im in support of taking dr. Commissioner sugaya . Commissioner Hisashi Sugaya yes, i have a concern about the floor flan on the ground level. It looks like it could be converted very easily. Im going to make a motion to take dr. With a note of special consideration that this is a Single Family dwelling. Second. Commissioner moore .
After their week long thanksgiving break. That gives congress and the president , count it with me, 35 days to avoid the dreaded fiscal cliff, the huge package of tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect january 1 if congress and the president do not cut a deal. Were told they have been talking behind the scenes and president obama has already hosted congressional leaders for a post election sitdown. But the president is also launching a new pr effort, a campaign, some are calling it here, starting with the white house meeting today, of Small Business owners. Then tomorrow, the president hosts more Business Owners and a group of middle class americans who would be hurt if the tax hikes take effect the first of the year. Then friday, a Campaign Style stop in pennsylvania, a toy factory of all places, highlighting the importance of middle class consumers in this holiday season. But back in washington, senate leaders, they are speaking out. You have democrat harry reid saying the pr