Big John and Ramblin’ Ray are joined by Bill Cameron, from Connected to Chicago, where they talk about this weeks guest Mayor Rahm Emanual. Where they comment on how they don’t think it was the ’empty nest’ that got him to not run again but his low polling numbers.
You can hear part of the interview on wlsam.com, then tune in Sunday night at 7 pm for Connected to Chicago to hear the full interview with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Big John and Ramblin’ Ray have Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass in to talk about his column ‘Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel drops out, and it’s Lord of the Flies, again’. As well as talking about the candidates in the race for Chicago’s mayor after Mayor Emanuel says he won’t run for a third term.
In for Big John and Ramblin’ Ray is Lauren Kohn and John Kass, they talk with Bill Cameron, from Connected to Chicago, about Mayor Emanuel and the chances of running for office again, plus Chicago’s pensions and taxes. As well as talking about his guest this weekend where they’ll be talking about CPS Schools.
Listen to Bill Cameron on Connected to Chicago, Sunday nights at 7 pm.
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Tom Bevan Show (08/12/2018) – Caitlin Huey-Burns / A.B. Stoddard / Kristen McQueary / Carl Cannon
Seg #1 – Caitlin Huey-Burns – A tight runoff election in Ohio’s 12th District between Republican Troy Balderson who had 50 percent, (101,574 votes), while Democrat Danny O’Connor had 49 percent (99,820 votes). With the decision still awaiting a final tally, the outcome is a strong alarm to GOP leaders who need to save the seat when it comes up again in the fall general election. Can Democrats find enough votes to take the seat away after 35 years of Republican control.
Seg #2 – A.B. Stoddard – The successor for Speaker of the House, currently held by Wisconsin Representative, Paul Ryan heats up as expected successor Kevin McCarthy confronts President Donald Trump’s support of Ohio Representative, Jim Jordan who added his name into the consideration list last week. On the other side of the aisle, can Nancy Pellosi keep her seat as Minority Leader and who (if anybody) could take her place?
Seg #3 – Kristen McQueary – Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel has a gang and crime problem and while he acknowledges the situation, it appears that he can only push the blame to others, including Governor, Bruce Rauner. With calls for his resignation from religious leaders and challenges from nine declared candidates currently running against him; Emanuel has several battles to fight in addition to ramping up his re-election campaign.
Seg #4 – Carl Cannon – Infowars and it’s mouthpiece, Alex Jones has has several social media accounts (Facebook, iTunes, YouTube, Pinterest, MailChimp, and more) suspended or postings pulled because of their content which have been classified as “hate speech” and “misinformation”. Where do these organizations draw the line between free speech and censorship and are they playing by the same rules? The first few pre-season games in the NFL’s new season have taken place and player protests during the National Anthem continued… as did President Trump’s comments about it.
Mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy went to Fox News again Tuesday morning, where he withdrew from his earlier criticisms of President Donald Trump while continuing to pound Mayor Rahm Emanuel for his manipulation of the Chicago violence.
During the morning segment, McCarthy was asked for a statement released on Monday in his campaign in response to recent support tweets from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
In his statement on Monday, McCarthy said he was a “proud Democrat” and he did “I do not agree with the political views of Mayor Giuliani and I certainly remain opposed to the misleading and contradictory tone and policies by Donald Trump, I can not say how much it saddens me to see the “mayor of America” being with a president with whom I am diametrically opposed. ”
But Tuesday asked the cable TV station why it was so opposite to Trump, McCarthy said it was against political bias, not Trump’s politics.
“Well, it is not so much about the policies, but about the polarization that is happening in this country and in this city,” said McCarthy. “Rahm Emanuel is a polarizing figure and we have to reunite this city, and I think that the same problem is happening at the national level and we have to go after the president, we have to be together, we have policies that reflect our values. And it’s not so much that I’m against the president and his policies ̵ it’s more about the division that’s happening in this country – it’s heartbreaking for me. ”
Bill sits down with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The Mayor comments include how Chicago is leading the way for corporate relocation, pension reform, and the “MeToo” movement.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel also comments on his goals of building a bright future for the City of Chicago.
In this week’s round table segment, Bill Cameron is joined by Greg Hinz of Crain’s, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times, and Fran Speilman of the Chicago Sun Times. The Group reacts to Bill’s interview with Mayor Emanuel, discuss pension reform, and the fallout from the recent Bill Cosby Trial.
This week’s Community Spotlight is with Nick Gale about Chicago’s new citykey program.
The 3 in 1 city issued card will act as ID for the undocumented as well as a library card and as a tool to help people register to vote. In the announcement this week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the card will also offer discounts at over 30 businesses and institutions across the city.
The Deerfield Village Board unanimously voted to ban some semi-automatic weapons, such as AR-15s. Theresa Thomas filed a lawsuit suing an Italian restaurant, claiming “piping hot” marinara sauce shot out of her lasagna without warning and caused severe burns on her hand. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was on a flight from London to Chicago that had an incident involving an inebriated woman, that he wasn’t even aware of.
Former Independent alderman and author of the new book “The Good Fight: Life Lessons from a Chicago progressive” Dick Simpson joins the show to discuss the primary elections. Bill and Dick inquire into the discussion which include the effects of Joe Berrios being defeated, Chuy Garcia’s campaign and victory, the alderman elections, and Dick’s new book “The Good Fight: Life Lessons from a Chicago Progressive”.
In this week’s round table segment, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain’s, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times, and Franz Spielman of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics include the race for mayor, expansion at o’hare airport, and the citizenship question on the next census.
In this week’s Community Spotlight Jennifer Keiper talks with Kathy Welch. Discussed is Kathy Welch’s decision, after 20 years of raising kids at home, to re-enter the workforce. The Michigan resident took on-line courses at DePaul University in Chicago to see if IT security was really what she wanted to do and when she confirmed that it was, she took advantage of a career re-entry program being offered by Ford Motor company. After six months of training, an internship, and work with mentors, she is now involved in the security program, at Ford, making sure that company secrets are not compromised. I also discuss the career re-entry programs available in Illinois and the Chicago area as well as where to find more information on them.
Connected to Chicago with Bill Cameron guest former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department Garry McCarthy joins the show to discuss the upcoming mayoral election, and how he could defeat Rahm Emanuel. McCarthy discusses topics including ways to cut down on crime, Improving CPS, and Pension Reform.
In this week’s round table segment, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain’s, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics of discussion include this weeks primary election results, Fritz Kaegi’s win over Joe Berrios, the upcoming Mayoral race, and the recent visit from Amazon Executives to Chicago to see if the city could potentially be the new home for Amazon’s new warehouse.
This week’s community spotlight segment with Joseph L Schofer, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University. He discusses how the City of Chicago is accepting two private companies as finalists to bid on the city’s plan to build an express train between downtown and O’Hare. One of those companies is led by billionaire developer Elon Musk, who uses hi-tech tools to build underground tunnels. His plan could have what he calls hyperloop technology, which reportedly involves propelling people in pods via an underground vacuum-type tube.
Bill Cameron sits down with Mayor Emanuel, who says he’s going to sue the Trump Justice Dept on Monday over its new Sanctuary City rules. New rules just out prevent Sanctuary Cities like Chicago to get certain law enforcement grants and so the mayor says Chicago will file suit to kill the rules and get the millions in question. Also interesting in this interview, Rahm says he’s no longer Bruce Rauner’s friend even as Rauner said this week he still considers the two of them to be friends at city hall.
In this week’s round table discussion, Bill Cameron is joined by Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune, Greg Hinz of Crain’s, and Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times. Topics include Bill Cameron’s conversation with Mayor Emanuel. The round table shares their thoughts on the subject. They also discuss the Cook County “Pop Tax” the continuing issues in North Korea, as well as issues in Springfield.
Bill Cameron talks to Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel and the mayor’s thoughts on Governor Bruce Rauner’s destruction of the “grand bargain” budget plan, the continued gang and gun crimes in the city and even northwestern basketball’s historic season and first win. Earlier in the week, the city announced a new CTA rail car factory in the city, but says the state’s financial situation is not going to help recruit other businesses.
Bill Cameron along with Greg Hinz of Crain’s, Lynn Sweet of the sun-times, and ray long of the Chicago tribune, review this week in the capitals.
Can the “draconian” trump budget that contains drastic cuts in the arts and sciences be “real”?? Will it be good for business in America? Is now the time that people will start to ignore what president trump has to say?
Will Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth be looking for excuses to vote ‘no’ on the appointment of president trump’s supreme court nominee, Neil Gorsuch? There might be another candidate for the governor’s race in Illinois. J.B. Pritzker announced an exploratory committee to see if he should jump into the race. Money isn’t an issue for Pritzker, so what is he exploring?
Jennifer Keiper covers the ways teens and young adults can now apply for positions with the city’s “One Summer Chicago” youth jobs program. The city says there are some 30-thousand jobs up for grabs for those ages 14 to 24.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced this year’s program opening at at the opportunity youth summit, where city leaders launched a 3-year campaign to engage more -of what they call- “opportunity youth.”
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is calling on city residents to show immigrants that they are welcome through actions such as hosting a meal or offering kind words.
Emanuel says in a statement Sunday that his family plans to host young immigrants attending Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago for “a meal, a conversation and a recognition and celebration of all that unites us, rather than what divides us.”
He’s urging others in the city to host a similar meal at their homes and at neighborhood restaurants or share “welcoming words” through a phone call or email.
On Saturday and Sunday, demonstrators rallied at O’Hare International Airport in the wake of President Donald Trump’s orders banning travel to the U.S. by citizens from seven Muslim majority nations.
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Former chief of staff to Mayor Rahm Emanuel Theresa Mintle told John Howell and Ray Stevens on WLS that he’ll have no problem attaining the over $170 million needed to fund his plan to hire 970 more officers for the Chicago Police Department.
When asked if Emanuel has lost some of his power and influence over City Hall, Mintle said absolutely ‘not.’
Emanuel’s budget is expected to be announced in the next few weeks.
(CHICAGO) Chicago Police announced Sunday that the next seven police districts to be outfitted with body cameras for officers will be the Englewood, Harrison, Chicago Lawn, Grand Crossing, Grand Central, Central and Near North districts.
Infrastructure improvements to accommodate the cameras will begin this fall in the districts, which cover much of the West and South sides where violence in the city typically is concentrated.
Police Supt. Eddie Johnson announced last week that all 22 police districts will be equipped with cameras for every officer on every shift, with the number of cameras rising from 2,000 now to about 7,000 by 2018. The expansion is expected to cost $8 million through city funding and grants.
The pilot program began in January 2015 in the Shakespeare District on the Northwest Side. This year, the department expanded the program to the Austin, Wentworth, Deering, Ogden, South Chicago and Gresham districts.
“Body cameras have proven to be a valuable tool in promoting departmental accountability and trust, while providing a firsthand look into the dangerous situations Chicago police officers face every day to protect our communities,” Johnson said in a statement.
But a police-involved shooting in the South Chicago district has raised concerns about whether cops are purposely turning off their cameras. Paul O’Neal, 18, was fatally shot on July 28 after he hit two police SUVs in a stolen Jaguar. Johnson stripped three officers of their police powers for allegedly violating police policy.
The camera of the officer who fired the fatal shot apparently wasn’t recording when he fired. But after the shooting, his camera captured him saying he didn’t know O’Neal was armed. Later, a supervisor cautioned officers to “make sure these are all off now,” apparently talking about their cameras.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel talked up 500 cops but not how to pay for them Thursday night, and also got controversial when he said the violence is not the gangbanger’s fault.
He also got emotional when talking about the police officer father of Arshal Dennis, a teen who was a victim of gun violence.
(CHICAGO) Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will focus on a revamped youth mentoring program and ask for the community’s help in his speech on crime prevention.
A copy of the prepared remarks Thursday shows he’ll note recent police reforms, statewide legislation, some new technology and a public-private partnership that’ll help an estimated 7,200 youths in high-crime areas over the next three years.
That program is estimated to cost about $36 million.
The invitation-only speech comes as the city has seen a troubling spike in crime and his police department is under an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation.
Outside the venue at a community college a couple dozen protesters stood quietly. Some are holding signs calling for a civilian police accountability council they want created to investigate police misconduct cases.
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(CHICAGO) About two dozen protesters gathered outside Chicago’s Malcolm X College, where Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivered a speech outlining his plans to combat the surge of violence plaguing the city this year.
The demonstrators were holding up signs demanding Emanuel adopt a civilian police accountability council they want to investigate police misconduct.
They say the board Emanuel is proposing is a farce because they believe it will be controlled by the mayor and does not have a set budget.
One of the demonstrators, Pamela Hunt, said “Malcolm X would be turning over in his grave” if they weren’t protesting.
The mayor’s speech came a day after the city announced it was going to hire several hundred additional police officers to combat violence.
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(CHICAGO) Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will deliver his new, more comprehensive plan for addressing public safety in the nation’s third-largest city.
The agenda is expected to include more support and mentorship of youth, a key theme he’s expected to address in the evening speech at a community college campus.
His comments come as Chicago is seeing a spike in violent crime and dealing with fallout from the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald, which prompted a U.S. Department of Justice investigation. The black teenager was shot 16 times by a white police officer. Video of the incident sparked national outrage.
Chicago police have already announced that the department will hire nearly 1,000 more officers in the next two years, and all officers will use body cameras and undergo de-escalation training. Emanuel is also pushing a plan to overhaul Chicago’s system for investigating police shootings and officer complaints.
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By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM 890 News
(CHICAGO) At City Hall, Bill Cameron says Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposal to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21 and raise $6 million taxing smokeless tobacco, got quite a lot of push-back from the aldermen today.
Mayor Emanuel has been weakened so much now, even his new anti-smoking proposal ran into defiance in the City Council Finance Committee.
West Side alderman Jason Ervin told the mayor’s health commissioner that this would drive small stores out of business and boost the black market for cigarettes.
“This is not something that I dreamed up. This is not something that Aldermen Sawyer dreamed up, Alderman Moore dreamed up, Alderman Hairston dreamed up. This is real stuff that when you come out in these communities and see it, you then may understand it. If you live it – you for sure will understand it but if you see it, it may give you a better option, a better look at the policies that your pushing – may give you a better sense of the detriment these things are doing to some of these communities,” said Alderman Ervin.
In the audience were small store operators who applauded aldermen to who stood up to the mayor’s proposal.
Response from Adam Collins, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Deputy Press Secretary:
“Mayor Emanuel has stood up to the tobacco industry countless times throughout his career to reduce youth smoking, and he’s not about to back down now. The tobacco industry can lobby as much as they like. We’ll continue speaking to and working with aldermen on this ordinance that will prevent young people from picking up smoking, while investing in their education.”
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(CHICAGO) Embattled Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has resigned in the wake of the federal probe of a $20.5 million no-bid contract CPS handed her former employer, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
From Mayor Emanuel's office:
Date: July 25, 2013, 11:25:10 PM CDT
Subject: [BULK] Friday AM Mayoral Announcement — Crowdsourcing a Blackhawks video for Boston's website
Hi all,
Friday morning we are undertaking a special project and we need the assistance of Chicagoans around the city.
As you may remember, Mayor Emanuel made a bet with Mayor Menino of Boston about the outcome of the 2013 Stanley Cup. Well, as part that wager, Chicago has won the right to take over Boston’s website for a single day with a video. The Mayor has decided that the people of Chicago are the city’s best advocates and therefore the most qualified to create this video. So we're going to crowdsource it.
We are launching a campaign on Friday morning which will last until August 5th, during which Chicagoans will be asked to show why they love Chicago by submitting photos and vidoes. Using the #stanleycupvideo hashtag on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter to tag their videos and photos. We will choose the most creative entries for inclusion in the video, citing the winning fans, and the result, we think, will be a wonderful video about why Chicago is such a great city that we can send over to Beantown for a day.
Suggested posts include:
• Photos or videos of favorite places in Chicago
• Looking into a camera and describing why you love Chicago
• Take us on a tour of your neighborhood
• Interview your friends, family and neighbors
• Share a great Blackhawks or other Chicago memory
• Or anything else that can be imagined!
Again, the deadline is August 5th, 2013. The hashtag is #stanleycupvideo. Videos can also be submitted by email to [email protected].
It would be great if you can help promote this on your morning broadcasts and in your publications. Feel free to accept videos through your websites, if you'd like, and feel free to create your own as well. We appreciate your help and we think this is going to be a great way to show off a very proud city.
