Vested Interest - Kim E. Presbrey, ITLA President 2001-2002

May 2002 Issue
We are in a political year of monumental importance. We have spent the last twelve months attempting to prepare this organization for the next twelve months. We have increased membership. We have worked hard on raising PAC money. [View Full Issue]

April 2002 Issue
The primary results are in, and I believe we have the best slate of statewide candidates we have had since the 70’s. There are some important voting figures to be considered. There were about 1.25 million votes cast in the Democratic primary and about 900,000 votes cast in the Republican primary, based upon the governor’s races. [View Full Issue]

March 2002 Issue
Several years ago I rented a car while vacationing on a Caribbean island. When I rented the car I was asked the usual questions about insurance from the rental agency and remembered I had recently upgraded my card to a level where I was told my insurance would cover all rental cars. I also remembered this was true both in the United States and in the Caribbean. [View Full Issue]

February 2002 Issue
Unlike the majority of our country’s population, I have never been much of a sitcom watcher. My after work activities have always gravitated more to either participating in sports or watching them. However, several years ago I became a victim of the “Seinfeld” craze and soon found myself either glued to my television or programming my VCR at 8 o’clock on Thursday nights so that I did not miss the next episode. [View Full Issue]

January 2002 Issue
It has been four months since the September 11th disaster. The opinions of this disaster in this country seem to be varied depending on the perspective of the individual opining. Many people are far more disposed to racial profiling with the only visible criteria being the color of one’s skin or the manner in which a person is dressed. [View Full Issue]

December 2001 Issue
The holiday season is upon us, and the political races are beginning to take shape. With the exception of the Governor’s race, it appears that there are no more than two serious participants in any statewide primary. As an organization, we are beginning to formulate some opinions as to who we believe will be the best supporters of victims’ rights in our State. [View Full Issue]

November 2001 Issue
September 11, 2001, will be a date we will all remember like our parents and grandparents remember December 7, 1941. As I am writing this column, the United States has begun bombing Afghanistan, and the war has been escalated to another level with our soldier’s lives now being placed at risk as the United States retaliates for the lives lost at the World Trade Center. There have been many victims of this tragedy already: the unfortunate workers in the World Trade Center and Pentagon and their spouses and children, the displaced workers as a result of the economic fallout, the victims of hate crimes, and the liberties of every American as we attempt to increase the security of our day-to-day lives. [View Full Issue]

October 2001 Issue
After a career in the Supreme Court, as the Mayor of Chicago, and many other years as a politician in Chicago, I wonder if Michael Bilandic ever thought the most historic event in his political career might be the drawing of his name from a stove-pipe hat. This historic event allowed the Democrats to draw the legislative maps for the State of Illinois for the first time in 20 years, unless the Republicans convince the Courts this is not a proper method of drawing a map, despite the fact that they followed this same procedure ten years ago. [View Full Issue]

September 2001 Issue
Fall is a time for political decision-making in our State. Most candidates have been spending the summer gauging political relationships and counting noses to determine whether they should run for political office in the primaries next year. This year the choices are more difficult because candidates must not only gauge their support, but they must determine what they believe will be the political boundaries of the district in which they run. [View Full Issue]

July 2001 Issue
We all need to concern ourselves with any statute or administrative rule that limits the access of our client's to their right to due process and fair compensation for their injury. [View Full Issue]

June 2001 Issue
This is the first column that I will write for Vested Interest as the President of this organization. Traditionally, this column has been used to inform the membership of recent developments concerning our organization and to express the opinions of the President. Because I will be expressing some of my opinions in this column, I believe it is only fair that those of you who do not know me personally have an understanding of the perspective from which I express these opinions. [View Full Issue]

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