Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide 2020 General
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Your guidance relating to the firearms measure is misguided, particularly as the measure specifically relates to assault weapons and high volume magazines, which do not account for a significant portion of gun arrests amongst people of color. Those weapons are most commonly implicated in mass shootings and completely inexcusable outside of the context of war.
Judge Curry is the founder of the Chicago branch of the Federalist Society and a long-term Republican operative - well worth a NO vote
The term, "grandfathered" and derivatives could be seen as offensive to some. Consider using "legacy" in the future.
Your suggestion regarding firearms is misinformed and outdated. It is not a progressive stance and it is outright wrong. Enacting common sense gun laws which restrict the sale of assault weapons and hold gun dealers accountable for their actions will help people of color the most in some of our most vulnerable neighborhood. As a queer, Jewish, progressive who has been fighting the NRA and the gun lobby for years. Girl, I guess you are WRONG. Please do more research this is embarrassing and not helpful.
*eyes roll into brain*
(cont'd)..."Most of their clients are poor, working class and people of color and the recommendations are based on whether they feel their clients can get a fair trial in front of these judges.". Kubasiak was endorsed by all the bar associations and none raised any concerns about his performance. To re-emphasize my point, there appear to be no flags raised (at least that I've been able to turn up) about this judge's performance in the past 30+ years to disqualify retaining this judge.
would like to present counterpoint and also welcome thoughtful argument from others on Daniel Kubasiak. Yes, his campaign with Vrdolyak against Harold Washington was horrendous. However, that was decades ago and there appear to be no actions since that time that show overt or even unconscious bias/racism, particularly in the courtroom. As you have cited comments criticizing other judges from The Robing Room., none have been made against Kubasiak. Also, I've consulted with https://cookcountyjudgeselection.wordpress.com. While they have not yet issued recommendations for 2020 (they tend to wait til late October/early Nov), they did vote yes for him in 2014. From the About section of cookcountyjudgeselection: "These recommendations come from dozens of lawyers practicing in tenants and housing law, criminal defense, civil rights, consumer law and a other areas of public interest law....
I just voted using your guide but was surprised to see you suggested to vote NO on restricting firearms. Do you support having no restrictions on assault weapons in chicago? Or was that a mistake?