Source: Rockford Register Star 1/28/1983
Pat Cunningham
“Welcome, Sen. Jones, you found Rockford” by Pat Cunningham, 2006
Source: Rockford Register Star June 21, 2006
RRStar editorial: “Home rule, yes; it’s vital and fair” – April 1983
Source: Rockford Register Star April 6, 1983
“Let City know why you voted out home rule” – April 17 1983, Pat Cunningham
Source: Rockford Register Star April 17, 1983
“Community directors: Mixed Cast all Wrong” – “Fences’
Source: Rockford Register Star March 5, 2006
Mayor McNamara – 1982
Pat Cunningham, 1999
Source: The Rockford Register Star Nov. 28, 1999
“Best Place to Gossip, Kibbutz, or People Watch” – 1996
Source: Rockford magazine, Best of Rockford Issue, 1996, Vol. 11, No. 2
Martin, Lynn
Winnebago County Board – 1972 Illinois House of Representatives. 1976 Illinois Senate U.S. House of Representatives.
Source: Rockford Big Town/Little City p 130 977.331 C973r
Lost Senate race to Paul Simon Nov-90.
Source: Rockford Register Star 11/18/1990
Source: Rockford Register Star 11/18/1990
Prohibition – Rockford, alcohol distributing
“Rockford became one of the country’s biggest illicit alcohol distributing centers [during Prohibition].”
Source: “Rockford: Big Town, Little City” by Pat Cunningham
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