stephanieskora.bsky.social
Jewish Lesbian, big dyke energy. Chicago's Voting Person. #GirlIGuess writer, editor. #FreePalestine #BlackLivesMatter #DecrimIL Opinions my own.
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Yeah, right there on the stream and the VOD! All videos can be found on the City Clerk site!
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I couldn't find anything listing it (sources like the City Clerk might list it tomorrow) but this is the vote pulled from the Council Meeting video, although 3 votes are missing (only 49 total cast, I think Reilly was absent)
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Are you kidding? You said that I wrote something and I wrote the exact opposite. You're the one who lacks credibility here; you clearly didn't even read the thing that you're criticizing!
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Just that she has extensive ties to the company, which she does, and that the level of those ties were concerning, which they were.
I think you're getting your information about what I write from the rumor mill, rather than from the actual words on the page, and that's very unfortunate.
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And inconsistencies, which she never did, so I published what I had. She never denied that the copy of her resume I obtained was legitimate, and in that resume she says she worked in "public affairs" for Uber. If you read the Guide, you'd see I actually NEVER said she was a lobbyist for Uber...
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As for Kate Doyle, I don't think you actually read the Guide. I said that she has extensive ties to Uber, and when she reached out to me I responded and sent her followup questions which she ignored. I still published her initial statement! But I asked her to clarify several issues...
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I talked to a TON of surrogates for Anusha’s campaign to find out as much as possible, and while I agreed that she's progressive & I think highly of her, nobody had a good answer for the residency issue. Raeghn covered that race, I sent them my research & agreed with their decision to not endorse.
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Anusha lived in the suburbs until very recently, and public records prove that. She was paid by Nabeela Syed's campaign in 2022 to a Palatine address, also public record. She lives in the City now, but 2 years and no real experience with CPS is a bad resume for a School Board member.
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That's a pretty serious accusation! What did I allegedly "make up" about Anusha and Kate? Clearly, you're salty that your candidates of choice didn't do better, and you're looking to blame me rather than their clear campaign deficiencies.
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Sounds like we need to team up even more to get our info to the suburbs! 🔥
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Yes whoops lol
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Amazing list! I had missed a couple people that were on here!
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He (not so) secretly has no plans at all except to whine and drum up scandals where there aren't any.
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Bullshit like this in the 2nd District is why I support a principled, progressive candidate like Ebony DeBerry. She's the most qualified candidate in District 2, won't try to trick or lie to voters like other candidates, and will work hard for good quality public schools.
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Bruce Leon is the sitting Democratic Committeeperson of the 50th Ward. According to the data, he's donated to Republicans the same amount of times as he's donated to Democrats. That seems like something the Cook County Dems might want to look into.
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Leon was quoted in the Tribune saying that he got a call from a friend saying "If you're a MAGA person, I can't vote for you." Well, Bruce... I'm not saying that you're a MAGA Republican. I AM saying that you have no problem funding their candidates.
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Bruce Leon wasn't done in 2022. He supported South Carolina Republican Governor Henry McMaster during his re-election bid, and when IL Dems were busing people north by the dozens to canvas in Wisconsin, Bruce supported MAGA Ron Johnson against Mandela Barnes for US Senate.
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Who's Gary Rabine? He's a MAGA Republican who's "always been unapologetically pro-life," is a current Advisory Council member of the alt-right group Turning Point USA. Sounds like exactly the kind of person that a "moderate" like Bruce Leon would support. Very principled.
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So, Bruce Leon kept giving to Democrats after that, right? Well... not quite. The year is 2021, Illinois is in the throes of a Gubernatorial Primary, & incumbent Dem JB Pritzker is on the ballot. Again, who does Bruce Leon support? Not JB! He gives to Republican Gary Rabine.
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But that was more than a decade ago. Let's check out 2020. This time, Bruce Leon is back on the Democratic side of things! Good job, dude. Who does he give to now? Oh. Notoriously anti-abortion DINO Dan Lipinkski. Planned Parenthood IL, y'all might wanna reconsider your recommendation 👀
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Fast forward to 2012. It's an election year, and right-wing nutjob Peter Roskam is facing a Democratic challenger in the old 6th Congressional District. Who does Bruce Leon support? Roskam, naturally! And again in 2013!
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Harkening back to the primordial political days of 2010, Bruce made several donations to a guy named Joel Pollak while he was running for Congress. Who's that? Just a Tea Party Republican & current alt-right news editor who ran against Dem Jan Schakowsky. But that's old news.
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