Local 134 President
312.474.4170 Edward Buettner
ebuettner@local134.org

Local 134 Vice President
Special Assistant to Business Manager
312.474.4175 Timothy Foley

Special Asst. to the Business Manager
312.474.4184 Jim Fliris

Referral Questions
312.466.8300 Jim McNamara

Local 134 Organizers
312.474.4148 Robert Parrilli

Local 134 Communication Representatives
312.474.4197 Dave Rehberg
312.474.4161 Dan Kenevan

Local 134 Pari-Mutuel Business Representative
312.474.4158 Mary Ellen Foley

Local 134 Office Manager
312.474.4177 Mike Caddigan
mcaddigan@local134.org

Maintenance Business Representative
312.474.4163 Ken Anderson

Construction  Business Representatives I.B.E.W., Local Union 134
Terry Allen 312-474-4169 North City: TouhylHoward south to Diversey; Cumberland on the west, east to the lake. (excluding Norridge & Harwood Hts ) West Suburbs: Roosevelt Rd. south to 55th St, Cook/Dupage Cty Line on the west, east to Cicero Av., including Midway Airport.		Larry Crawley 312-474-4194 Downtown-North: North Av south to Chicago River on east, Washington Blvd on west. Ashland Ave. west to Chicago River/Lake on east
Richard Kelly 312-474-4157 Southeast Cook County: 111 th St south to Cook/Will County Line, Western A v on the west to the Illinois/ Indiana State line.		Sam Evans 312-474-4167 Central City: Diversey on north south to 39th St. Cicero A v on west to the Lake on east. (Exclude Crawley's & Murphy's Areas)
Rich Sipple 312-474-4153 All inquiries and information.		Martin Moylan 312-474-4156 Near Northwest Suburbs: Touhy Avon the north south to Roosevelt Rd, Cook/Dupage County Line on the west to Cumberland south to Diversey then East to Cicero Av. (also include Norridge & Harwood Hts) (Ohare Airport).
Russell Ponder 312-474-4155 South City: 39th St on the north south to 111 tl1 St.. Western Avon the west to The Lake on the east.		Pat O'Hara 312-474-4195 Far Northwest Suburbs: Cook/Lake County Line on north south to Cook/ Dupage County Line. Cook/Kane County Line on the west to Wolf Road On the east.
Richard Murphy 312-474-4178 Downtown-South: Inside(southside) Chicago River south to 22nd St.. Washington Blvd south to 22nd St.. Ashland Av. on the West to the Lake.		Richard Rioux 312-474-4150 Far North Suburbs: Cook/Lake County Line south to Touhy Av.. WolfRd on the west to the Lake.
Bob Rielly 312-474-4159 Southwest Suburbs: 55th St on the north south to 135tl1 St.. Cook/ DupageWill County Line on the west east to Cicero south to 111 th St then east to To Western Av.		Thomas Villanova 312-474-4196 Far Southwest Suburbs: 135th St on the north south to Cook/Will County Line. Cook/Will County Line on the west to Western A v. on the east.

Two recent IBEW conferences, the annual Political and Legislative meeting held in early September in Washington D.C. and the annual 6th District Progress meeting held two weeks later in Minneapolis, addressed some very critical issues. Our editors elaborate on them on page two. But above and beyond discussions and the explanation of IBEW positions and support of various legislative actions these issues generated at the conferences, there was a very strong central message at both meetings. Very simply, it was that Bush must go.

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We've all had a few months off. Time to enjoy the summer weather, spend some time with our families and begin to make a dent in the never-ending list of household chores.

But as the leaves turn colors and the winds blow cooler, it's time again -- not for football, but for my favorite sport, politics.

While the outside temperature gets cooler, fall is the season when campaigns heat up. All of us have, no doubt, heard about the wide-open race among nine Democrats seeking to replace George Bush as President.

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