Well, there’s nothing like a controvsial topic to begin the new year, but according to the Gregorian calendar, the decade is not over until 12\/31\/10.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I wish you all a very safe, happy and healthy new year.\u00a0 We are crossing our fingers and hoping to have completed bargaining\u00a0on\u00a0a new contract by then and submitting \u00a0it to the membership for ratification.<\/p>\n
Primary Election<\/span><\/p>\n As lawyers who appear before judges for a living, we know the importance of choosing\u00a0 good judges in our elections.\u00a0 But whom we choose to be County Board President, Commissioner or Governor can be just as important.\u00a0 Although I wont tell you who to vote for in those races, I will tell you that it is vitally important for each one of you to be an informed voter.\u00a0 And the burden and obligation to find out which candidate is best is placed squarely upon your shoulders.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0To help you with that burden, the League of Women Voters, the Better Government Association and ABC Channel 7 will be airing 6 debates<\/a>, one which already occurred but can be viewed online, to help you make these decisions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Because even lawyers who are well informed do not always know the backgrounds and qualifications of all the judicial candidates on the ballot, the Chicago Bar Associaton<\/a> and the Chicago Council of Lawyers<\/a> have made their evaluations of candidates avialble to voters on the world wide web.\u00a0 You, your friends and relatives\u00a0may want to review these two reports before casting your votes.\u00a0 Early voting begins January 11th.<\/p>\n Pizza and Pop with the Executive Board<\/span><\/p>\n The Local’s Executive Board decided late last year to have meetings at most of our work sites in order to gain an understanding of any issues that concern the membership.\u00a0 Executive at Large, Bruce Mosbacher, will be arranging the schedule of meetings.\u00a0 Feel free to contact him at board@cookcountypd.org<\/a>\u00a0to help organize the meeting at your site because Bruce and the board may not be as familiar as you are with the best places and times to have our meetings.\u00a0 We want to begin meetings after the February Primary election and hope to have them concluded by\u00a0the middle of\u00a0 March.<\/p>\n