Posted on 01/08/2020 1:03:57 PM PST by PBRCat
Although Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx submitted nearly three times the number of signatures needed to be placed on the ballot, challengers argued on Monday that more than half of her nominating petitions were improperly completed and she should be disqualified from seeking reelection.
“We have a clear fraud,” said Jeffrey Greenspan, adding that because Foxx is the county’s highest-ranking law enforcement official, she has a special obligation to get it right.”
Foxx’s attorneys said that there is no evidence to support such bold claims and that Foxx collected well above the required number of signatures, anticipating that some might “innocently” be deemed illegitimate. Residents signing at shopping centers, train stations and other public venues may not always give the right address, and some enthusiastic residents might sign for their entire families — a move that’s improper but not illegal.
On Monday, attorneys said that after a more intricate review of Foxx’s signatures, 10,641 were deemed valid — which puts her above the 7,279 she needs to stay on the ballot. But her objectors said they wanted more scrutiny given to the signatures collected by 25 circulators. If those signatures are deemed invalid, as they wish, Foxx would fall short by 561 signatures.
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Illinois Election Code:
Whoever forges the name of a signer upon any petition required by this Article is deemed guilty of a forgery and on conviction thereof shall be punished accordingly.
Is Kim Foxx to stupid to be a lawyer let alone an elected prosecutor?
It’s also the Obama Way to use tricks, such as using technicalities to disqualify opponent signatures, or to fraudulently boost one’s own. After all, this is Chicago.
Its Cook County. They have a reputation to uphold.
What does her home planet say?
[It’s Cook County.]
Jake, forget it; It’s Cook County.
It’s got cop shocks, cop suspension and it runs on regular gas.
Kim Fox should be arrested and charged with obstruction of justice in the Jussie Smollet case too. But because of skin color politics she won’t be.
Forget it Jake; It’s Cook County.
Maybe that’s the way it was supposed to be lol.
“We have a clear fraud,”
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It’s the Chicago way.
Nothing compared to the Fraud Kenyan from Indonesia by way of Chicago.
As in “Planet of the * * *s”, starring, among others, the late, great Charlton Heston??
Dems surely take ‘Animal Farm’ as a learning manual, don’t they?
Yes, except there’s another movie, “Planet of the * * *s”, starring the late, great Carlton Heston that also works.
Crimesa [Kim Foxx]has the support of supposed “reformed” Mayor Lori Lighthead. It is all fixed the Chicago way.
Beat me to it.
Still no action on the Jesse Smollett fraud.
How many signatures came from cemeteries and funeral homes?
I dug up some information on the declared candidates. I cannot tell if all are still running. Chicago does not publish a list of candidates until February 20 which is less than a month from the primary election.
Robert Fioretti (born March 8, 1953) is an American politician who served as an alderman in Chicago’s city council representing Chicago’s 2nd Ward, which included portions of Bronzeville, East Garfield Park, Illinois Medical District, Little Italy, Loop, Near West Side, Prairie District, South Loop, University Village, Westhaven, and West Loop.
In 2007, Fioretti ran for Alderman of Chicago’s 2nd Ward, challenging 14-year incumbent Madeline Haithcock. He secured the most votes in the February primary and forced a run-off with Haithcock. In the run-off, Fioretti defeated Haithcock, by nearly a two-to-one margin. Fioretti took office on May 21, 2007. In 2011, Fioretti was re-elected to a second term. Following that election, Fioretti’s colleagues. along with the Mayor, agreed to a re-districting map that left Fioretti with none of his original ward.
Fioretti was one of only two Aldermen to so lose their ward. Fioretti subsequently chose to run for election as Mayor.
former Assistant State’s Attorney Bill Conway
Bill Conway is running for State’s Attorney to enact real criminal justice reform and keep our community safe. He will promote a criminal justice system that’s fair and humane to non-violent offenders, and will make us all safer by keeping the most dangerous off our streets, cutting off the flow of illegal guns into our community, and getting politics out of an office where it doesn’t belong.
As a Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney, Bill went after corrupt government officials who betrayed the public’s trust. And drawing from lessons he learned as a Naval Intelligence Officer fighting the Taliban, Bill will use new and innovative strategies to cut off the flow of illegal guns into our neighborhoods.
his campaign fueled by a $500,000 donation from his billionaire father, Carlyle Group co-founder William Conway Jr.
former county and federal prosecutor Donna More
The former assistant U.S. attorney and assistant Cook County state’s attorney highlighted many of the same issues she did in her 2016 bid, promising to reduce gun violence, hold politicians accountable and reform a system “where too many non-violent offenders are behind bars and too many violent criminals walk the street.”
Christopher Pfannkuche, who ran as a Republican in 2016, has said he’ll try again,
Christopher Pfannkuche [fawn’ cook] is the best choice for Cook County State’s Attorney 2020. He has always been devoted to the people and safety of Cook County. Christopher is a highly accomplished as an experienced career criminal prosecutor, a licensed Private Detective, Police Training Instructor, certified teacher, university professor and published legal author. Over a 30+ year career, he has served as a criminal prosecutor for three different government agencies: The Cook County (IL) State’s Attorney’s Office, the Special Independent Prosecutor’s Office and the Macon County (IL) State’s Attorney’s Office. His experience is extensive, having prosecuted a variety of violent crimes, including murders, sex offenses, armed robberies, home invasions as well as drug and weapons offenses, all the while overseeing a team of prosecutors under him.
and former prosecutor and retired Cook County Judge Pat O’Brien is expected to announce his GOP candidacy (O’Brien has run as a democrat and a Republican previously).
I am running for Cook County State’s Attorney to reverse the ineffective and corrupt policies of current Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. We can no longer protect the criminal at the expense of the law-abiding citizens of Cook County.
I pledge that the State’s Attorney’s Office will be professional,apolitical, and committed to the safety of the People of Cook County.
Professionalism demands that all Assistant State’s Attorneys understand they are to enforce the criminal statutes without regard to the power or political influence of outside forces. This Office is unique in that the decisions to charge and prosecute violations of the law are not made based on an individual’s social standing, economic status, or political clout. The public may, on occasion,disagree with a decision or an outcome of a case;however,they must be confident that the decision was made based only on the law and facts.
The State’s Attorney’s Office needs to be apolitical because people, even other elected officials,may have an agenda which is at odds with the State’s Attorney’s oath to enforce the Illinois criminal statutes. The State’s Attorney is the sole County Official with the duty to prosecute people who break the law. A prosecutor’s decisions shaped by a social,economic, or political agenda, and not the law, corrupts the integrity of the State’s Attorney Office. This has happened time and time again under the reign of Kim Foxx.
Finally, the State’s Attorney must be committed to the safety of the community.
“Kim Fox should be arrested and charged with obstruction of justice in the Jussie Smollet case too.”
BUMP!
There are 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses. Elwood: There are 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.
Hit it!
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