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ForImmediateRelease

Friday,February19th,2016

Contact:XavierNogueras7735931345
xavier@bocamediagroup.com
MichelleKucera3123717061

IsAldermanMichelleHarrisrunningforClerkoftheCourt?

Twoskippededitorialboards,limitedvoterengagementandofftopicmailerbaffle

CHICAGOAld.MichelleHarris,theCookCountyDemocraticPartysendorsed
candidate,hasclaimedthatbeinganattorneyisnotaprerequisitetobetheCook
CountyClerkoftheCircuitCourt.Thatmaybetrue,butknowingwhattheCourtClerks
officedoesandengagingvotersandthepressdirectlyabouthercandidacyshouldbea
requirement.
YesterdaypoliticalobserverswerewonderingwhetherAld.Harriswasrunningforstate
representativeorClerkoftheCourtbasedonanewdirectmailpiecereportedby
CapitolFax
.Inthemailer,paidforbyanunendorsedcandidateforMetropolitanWater
ReclamationDistrict,HarrisclaimedsheisthebestchoiceforClerkoftheCourt
becauseshewilltakeonGov.BruceRaunerinSpringfieldoverhealthcarefunding.
Huh?
ThiseveningHarrisfailedtojoinfellowcandidateandattorneyJacobMeisteratyet
anothercrucialeditorialboardendorsementinterview,thistimeattheDailyHeraldin
suburbanArlingtonHeights.HarrispreviouslyskippedtheChicagoTribunes
endorsementsessiononJanuary28andalsofailedtojoinMeisteratacandidateforum
th
inherveryown8
WardonJanuary9.Inaddition,Harrishasnoonlinepresenceher
campaignhasnowebsiteandnosocialmediapresence.
Ald.Harrislackofrespectforvotersandherindifferencetowardtheofficesheseeksis
astounding,saidMeister.TheClerkoftheCircuitCourtsofficehasadirectimpacton
peopleslives.Thisisnotagame.
CookCountyhasthesecondlargestcourtsysteminthecountry,responsiblefor
processingover1.5millioncaseseachyearrangingfromtrafficticketstochildcustody
casestomattersofprobateandlargerissuesofsocialjustice.

ThankstoDorothyBrown,theincumbentClerkembroiledinFBIandethics
investigation,thecurrentstateoftheCookCountyClerkoftheCourtsofficeis
inexcusable.AhighlyrespectedjournalistreferredtoBrownsadministrationasa

patronagedenandbureaucraticdisasterofdisappearingfilesanddinosaurage
technology.
Harris,aproductofthepatronagesystem,wouldofferCookCountymoreofthesame.
SheisknownforblockingethicsreforminCityHallandrefusingtoallowavoteofthe
citycouncilforanelectedschoolboard.Further,Harrisisnotalawyerandlacksany
experiencewhatsoeverinthecourtsystemanditsoperations.
VotersdonothavetochoosebetweenDorothyBrownsincompetenceandMichelle
Harrisindifference.Unlikebothofmyopponents,Ihavespentthepast25yearsofmy
legalcareerfightingforjustice.Iamtheonlycandidateinthisracewiththecredentials,
credibilityandindependenceneededtochangetheoperationsandatmosphereofthe
Clerksoffice,concludedMeister.

JacobMeisterwillbeavailableTodayFridaytodiscusshisstatement
moreindepth.(contactXavier@7735931345)

FormoreinformationontheJacobMeister,pleasevisit
jacobmeister.com

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