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| George Meet Pete
Pete Meet George... |
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| The towers of Navy Pier stand in the background at the Event. |
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| Dan Proft, Nat Paxson, and Kevin Artl.
The Future of the ILGOP.
...Take Cover Now... |
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| Who's Grumpy Gus?
Oh wait...that's Natalie Moran. |
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| Is that Rahm Emanuel? |
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| Candidate Roger Jenisch is interviewed by a documentary crew. |
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| Candidates and Members mix it up on a great night. |
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| HRO Board Members Carole Pankau and Renee Kosel with Member Bob Pritchard are interviewed by the Documentary Crew. |
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| House GOP Leader Tom Cross gets interviewed by NBC 5 Reporter Derick Kramer. |
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| House Members Rosemary Kurtz, David Winters, and HRO Board Member Renee Kosel huddle in the tent. |
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| Former Cook GOP Chairperson Maureen Murphy tells it like it is. |
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| Chief Event Planner Natalie Moran and Staffer Mike Clancy help check in the guests.
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| Natalie Moran and Peggy Krahn enjoy the view and a few sodies. |
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| DraftDitka.com Founder Tom Pence announces his candidacy for the Kendall County Chairman. He intends to challenge Dallas Ingemunson. |
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| Where's Ditka? |
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| DraftDitka.com Founder Tom Pence in Action.
"It was all me...alllllll meeeeeeee!" |
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| "yeah, me and Allan Hug came up with the idea..."
"I really like that Hug Guy. He'd make a great Senate Candidate himself." |
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| The man behind the camera is actually in front of the camera for this shot... |
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| The Gaggle of Press assembled gets ready for the event. The buzz in the air was likened to opening night for Celine Dion in Las Vegas. |
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| Bob Pritchard discusses how he drove up to Navy Pier and all he got was this lousy drink. |
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| "I thought Ditka was going to be here!!" |
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| Tech Guy Jake Parrillo discusses his evil plan of conquering all of Will County with IHA Big Wig Elena Butkus. The topic of the LaGrage Parking Garage also came up. |
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| Can't really see it, but the signs said..."Ditka/Cross 2004". |
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| All gathered enjoyed the view. But the no-show by da Coach disappointed a few. |
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| ILGOP Spokesman Jason Gerwig chats up ABC7's Political Chief Andy Shaw about whether the B&B should serve more than three styles of eggs to their guests. |
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| Skip Saviano answers questions about the new persuasive games that JC.com is set to roll out.
"I don't know nuttin'" |
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| "Oh come on..." |
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| Chairman Saviano and his wife chat up the guests. |
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| Nat Paxson is set to do his best David Blaine impersonation by levitating. Linda Szepanski is unimpressed.
"I've seen this before. It is fake" |
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| Tech Team Members Jake Parrillo and Mike White are all smiles. That may have had something to do with the open bar. |
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| Member David Winters and ELECT Chief Andy Todd discuss the idea of boating across the Lake to Michigan. |
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| The future of the GOP. |
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