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Article: GOP's 'suburban agenda'
- Article from:
- Courier News (Elgin, IL)
- Article date:
- July 11, 2006
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In the 1970s, as a young deputy sheriff in King County, Wash., Rep. Dave Reichert (R) had his throat slashed while trying to break up a domestic dispute.
Reichert's attacker spent time in a mental institution, then was released. Later, Sheriff Reichert made an effort to find out what happened to the man. He found he was teaching school in Colorado.
Reichert recounted the tale to fellow Republicans last month as part of an effort to get them to back a bill enabling school districts to tap into national criminal databases before they hire employees.
It turned out that the school district that hired Reichert's attacker had checked Colorado databases, but had no idea about his criminal record ...
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Article: Area Democrats complain about GOP's suburban agenda
Lake Forester (Lake Forest, IL);
May 25, 2006 ;
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... ... backed federal "suburban agenda," saying it will ... environment. But U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R ... and dictate what our suburban agenda is," said Nekritz ... spoke out against the suburban agenda were State Rep. Karen May, D ...
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