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SB0152, “Mandatory Arbitration” will raise car Insurance Rates in Illinois

At a time when the “Middle-Class Worker” is watching their small-slice of the American pie shrink, as their expenses go up and their wages go down. I’m confident that when Sen. William R. Haine introduced SB0152, it was done with the best of intentions, and the sincere belief that “Mandatory Arbitration” will benefit the people of Illinois. I am not questioning his motivation, but I do question the wisdom of a bill that will put people out of work, and increase insurance costs on those least able to afford them....

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List of Illinois Senators

Here is the List of Illinois Senators that play a role in the vote on SB1052 bill.

Sen. John Cullerton

President, Illinois Senate

327 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-3242


Sen. Don Harmon

President Pro Tempore

329 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-3242


Sen. Bill Brady

Assistant Republican Leader

105 A Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-0116

Sen. Matt Murphy

Republican Caucus Chair

309 C Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-7818


Sen. Christine Radogno

Republican Leader

309 A Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-7818

Sen. Dale Righter


Deputy Republican Leader

309 D Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-7818


Sen. William Haine

121 C Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-5340


Sen. David Leuchtefeld

Assistant Republican Leader

103 B Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-4079


Sen. Dave Syverson

Assistant Republican Leader

M 103 D Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-9586

Sen. John O. Jones

Assistant Republican Leader

309 H Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-4885


Sen. Pamela Althoff

Republican Caucus Whip

M103 C Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-9586


Sen. Susan Garrett

Majority Caucus Whip

129 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

(217) 782-2331


Sen. Kimberly Lightford

Assistant Majority Leader

323 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 558-2068


Sen. Antonio Muñoz

Assistant Majority Leader

323 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 558-1042


Sen. James Clayborne Jr.

Senate Majority Leader

329 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 558-6013

Sen. Donne Trotter

Majority Caucus Chair

Sen. Donne Trotter

Majority Caucus Chair

627 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-8201


Sen. Carol Pankau

Minority Caucus Whip

105 K Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 557-3908

Sen. Maggie Crotty

Assistant Majority Leader

123 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 558-6006


Sen. Mattie Hunter

Majority Caucus Whip

615 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 558-6006


Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg

Assistant Majority Leader

218 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-0715


Sen. John Sullivan

Assistant Majority Leader

417 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 558-0168


Sen. Ira Silverstein

Majority Caucus Whip

121 A Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-5340


Sen. Terry Link

Majority Caucus Whip

321 Capitol Building

Springfield IL 62706

Fax No. (217) 782-4450

Natanie Portman VS Mike Huckabee

The room was quite as the list of names for "best Actress" were ticked-off. there was much applauds, and little surprise when the Academy Awards announced That Natalie Portman took the stage. The surprise came a day latter when, Mike Huckabee slammed actress Natalie Portman on a radio show for glamorizing out-of-wedlock pregnancy at the Academy Awards and sending an irresponsible message to women.

Yes this is the same Natalie Portman that put her movie career on hold for years while she got a degree from Harvard. In 1999, she was cast in a leading role in Star Wars Episode I, at the same time she had recently enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology. As if graduating for an Ivy League college was not enough of a challenge She completed her bachelor's degree while she was working on the Star Wars films. This is the same young woman that skipped the premiere of her film The Phantom Menace so she could study for her high school final exams. (Does anyone truly believe that Bristol Palin would have made that choice?)


When asked by the New York Post about her putting School first she said "I don't care if [college] ruins my career," "I'd rather be smart than a movie star."

Natalie Portman (Natalie Hershlag) did graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. degree in psychology and for a time was a research assistant to Alan Dershowitz.

Portman, with a history of charitable giving, just donated $50 million dollars to Hadassah Hospital.  

On December 27, 2010, Portman confirmed to the press that she and her boyfriend, Millepied are engaged and expecting a child, this summer.
Mike Huckabee former governor and would be presidential candidate went on "The Michael Medved Show" and basted Ms/ Portman for being a poor role-model for woman.

"You know, Michael, one of the things that's troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, 'Hey look, you know, we're having children, we're not married, but we're having these children, and they're doing just fine,'" Huckabee said. "But there aren't really a lot of single moms out there who are making millions of dollars every year for being in a movie."

Rather than look at her and see an accomplished woman, with a long history of making responsible decisions, who took graduate courses at Hebrew University, and speaks 6 languages; he just played to the “Bash Hollywood Values” crowd, in an attempt to prove that he is further to the “Right” then any other Republican challenger.

But Huckabee said marriage should have come first and admonished the actress for glamorizing single motherhood.
"Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care. And that's the story that we're not seeing, and it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out-of-children wedlock,"


Ignoring the fact that A record 41 percent of American children were born to single mothers in 2008, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
This was he same day, Huckabee continued to feed the "Proven false" Birther Conspiracy by saying on another radio show that President Obama has a different view of the West, "having grown up in Kenya."

I know so many smart, competent, rational Republicans. People that have graduated from top universities, who have built successful careers, and helped make America strong and prosperous. It is time for that silent majority to take back their party. We need leaders that are smart enough; and yes, logical enough to actually to a serious look at our nation's challenges and work across the isle for the common good.

The president was born and raised in the United States. Area 51 is a place the government tests new planes, not a place hiding UFOs and "Little green men", the Earth is more than 9,000 years old.

We need leaders that stop catering to the lunatic fringe on the left or the right, and realize we have great strengths, yet we are also facing some very real problems. These problems were the result of decisions make by both Democrats and Republicans. and it is going to take both groups; working together to come-up with answerers to fix our economy, and keep America strong. That which divides us- makes us weaker.

Ms. Portman, strikes me as a strong role model for young women.