Posted on 03/19/2009 6:20:50 PM PDT by chicagolady
With a special election to fill the seat vacated by Emanuel just weeks away, Democrat Michael Quigley, Republican Rosanna Pulido and Green Party candidate Matt Reichel are each planning on taking their own route to victory.
For Quigley, a onetime aide to former Alderman Bernard Hansen, 44th Ward, who got 11,551 votes, that means hammering away with the same "reform and reinvent" message that helped him beat out 11 other hopefuls, including especially strong candidates like State Reps. Sara Feigenholtz and John Fritchey, said Quigley spokesman Billy Weinberg.
"People voted for Mike's message of open and honest government, and his standing up to both Todd and John Stroger," Weinberg said. "When he starts tackling the federal budget, it's going to be fun to watch."
Pulido, founder of the Illinois Minutemen organization, said she won her 743 votes largely because of her outspoken stand against illegal immigration, and promised to repeatedly remind voters that Quigley made Cook County the country's first "sanctuary county," in which police are barred from checking on a person's immigration status.
Her victory over five other GOP contenders in last week's primary "was no surprise. I was talking about what people wanted to talk about," Pulido said, adding that illegal aliens not only take jobs away from Americans, but in 2007 cost Illinois taxpayers $3.5 billion in benefits and services.
They're also potential security risks, she said.
"By making this a 'sanctuary county,' (Quigley) has put our lives in danger by rolling out the red carpet for people we know nothing about because false IDs are so rampant," Pulido said. "And he is in fact responsible for every illegal alien who crosses the desert and dies because he lured them here with the illusion they can safely come here and live outside the law."
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As if. What a clownish statement.
You’re awesome, CL!
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