James Meeks
James Meeks
James T. Meeksis a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, who represented the 15th district from 2003 to 2013. He is also an active Baptist minister in Chicago and chaired the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus. He briefly campaigned for Mayor of Chicago in the 2011 election before dropping out of the race. He has now become a leading figure in the campaign to prevent same-sex marriage in Illinois...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 August 1948
credits four hoping school
Especially the two seniors, one with 3 credits away, one with four credits away, we were hoping they would be able to go back to school in January,
police stopped
and he went around the police and the police didn't like it and the police stopped him. End of story.
accepted applaud behind spirit statement
We applaud him because his statement was swift, it was responsible, and it was contrite, ... We accepted the contrition and the spirit behind it and our board, in our session, unanimously accepted this statement as well as accepted Rev. Jackson's apology.
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We're just out in the country, and it takes longer to get to us, ... But then, it's also easy to forget about us out here.
buying house nor number paid paying received third
We have not paid and we are not paying monthly payments to Karin Stanford. The allegation is $10,000. We do not pay her any monthly compensation, ... Number two, we are not buying her, nor have we paid for a house for Karin Stanford, and third of all, the $35,000 she received was severance pay.