{"id":1573,"date":"2014-01-01T21:55:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T02:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1573"},"modified":"2014-01-28T23:44:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T04:44:50","slug":"201401_ntdo-community-forum-macek-and-starzynski","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/201401_ntdo-community-forum-macek-and-starzynski\/","title":{"rendered":"January Community Forum &#8211; Macek on ALEC, and Starzynski on Fair Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/northcentralcollege.edu\/news\/macek-presents-papers-international-conferences\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northcentralcollege.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/Steve-Macek_8.jpg?resize=200%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>Come join us for the first organizational meeting of 2014 as we prepare for the political year ahead of us.\u00a0\u00a0 We share important news, discuss upcoming events, hear from our elected officials, and as always, present an engaging speaker on a relevant and interesting topic.\u00a0 Water and light snacks provided.<\/p>\n<p>This month, we will hear from <strong>Steve Macek<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Speech Communication, and Program Coordinator, Urban and Suburban Studies, at <a href=\"http:\/\/northcentralcollege.edu\/home\">North Central College<\/a>.\u00a0 Steve will be speaking on, &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alecexposed.org\/wiki\/ALEC_Exposed\">ALEC<\/a>, Big Business and the Attack on the Working Class<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abetterillinois.org\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.abetterillinois.org\/theme\/img\/logo-hover.png?resize=240%2C100\" width=\"240\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>In addition, we will also hear briefly from <strong>Peter Starzynski<\/strong>, representing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abetterillinois.org\/\">A Better Illinois<\/a>, which is promoting the <strong>Fair Tax Amendment to the Illinois State Constitution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome&#8230; 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