tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276567952024-03-08T10:20:19.356-08:00Politics PagePolitics In Rogers Parkgfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1153205618319213292006-07-17T23:43:00.000-07:002006-07-18T08:30:35.923-07:00Ahead of the Decision Tomorrow<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Steele Drops Bid for Stroger Seat, Activist Files Lawsuit</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Cook County Commissioner Bobbie Steele on Monday withdrew her name from consideration for County Board president in the November election, indicating party leaders will likely select the ailing incumbent's son, Ald. Todd Stroger.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>The County Board will meet Wednesday to pick an interim replacement from among its ranks. Commissioners say the selection appears to be narrowing to a choice between Steele and Forrest Claypool, Stroger's primary opponent, although other board members remain interested in the position.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Also Monday, a political activist, Carl Hamilton, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court seeking to have a judge order a new primary election, charging party officials conspired to hide Stroger's condition so they could choose his successor. Hamilton, who said he is the director of a political committee called Council on Voter Education and Voter Responsibility, filed the lawsuit without a lawyer. More from The </strong></span><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0607180182jul18,1,4734428.story?coll=chi-newslocal-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Tribune<br /></span><br /></strong></span></a><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#66cccc;">Stroger is Back in the Hospital</span><br /></span>Sun Times--John Stroger, who recently resigned as Cook County Board president, is back in the hospital after suffering seizures. Stroger was re-admitted to the hospital Friday, though his family did not disclose until today that he had checked back in.<br />Stroger's family has been releasing few details of his medical condition since his stroke in March on the eve of the Democratic primary election, saying they wanted to respect his privacy.<br />Stroger's family denied a television report that he had suffered another stroke.<br />"He just went in for observation because of the seizures," said Bill Figel, a spokesman for Ald. Todd Stroger (8th), John Stroger's son.<br />Ald. Stroger, who will ask Cook County Democratic committeemen Tuesday to slate him to replace his father on the November general election ballot, said this afternoon that he has not talked much with his father about the election.<br />"He's been up and down," Todd Stroger said of his father. "I'm trying to let him take some of the stress off." </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;">more from</span></strong> <a href="mailto:apallasch@suntimes.com"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>suntimes.com</strong></span></a><br /><span style="color:#333333;">.</span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1153129464772345892006-07-17T05:00:00.000-07:002006-07-17T04:10:17.836-07:0049th Ward Committeeman David Fagus<span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;">President of the County Board</span><br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>All the local political news these days is really about one thing: the Cook County Board. Sure, there is the aftermath of a federal trial regarding the Daley administration and an investigation regarding the Blagojevich administration, but if you want to see passion and excitement, the only game in town is the County Board. Raw politics. Raw emotion. Raw power. Chicago style, for better or worse.<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>There is a great deal of posturing and positioning going on, some of it for the interim presidency of the Board, some of it for the Democratic nomination for this November's election and some for the County Board President's election in 2010.<br /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><a href="http://49thward.blogs.com/49/"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">As Committeeman,</span></a> I have the responsibility to vote to fill any vacancy that occurs after the primary election. As I understand it, is a responsibility dictated by state law. All 80 Cook County Democratic Committeeman will share in this responsibility. I have received, spoken with and/or thought about several candidates. Some are in the race overtly, while others are covertly interested. I have heard and seen sentiment for several candidates, and I have not yet decided who I will support. My criteria is simple. I will be making a decision based on who has the best vision for the county government. I believe the next president must be committed to supporting the essential services of the county, and not balancing the budget on the backs of the poor, hungry, homeless and ill.<br /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>As in every election, it is a decision about leadership, goals and direction. I believe that public safety and public health are the most important missions for county government. There will be many different opinions about who is best suited to serve, but the vision I am looking for is not about politics and posturing. It is about providing the best and most efficient care to the neediest people of this county, and providing as much safety, security and justice as possible. John Stroger holds that view as a core and fundamental belief, and it shaped his vision for the county. That is why I supported him for re-election. Those same factors will govern my decision on whom to support to fill John Stroger's vacancy on the November ballot.<br /><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>A few have been touting Forrest Claypool because he came in second. I like him. He was a bright and thoughtful candidate, and I expect we have not seen the last of him. The simple and unavoidable truth, however, is that the majority of Cook County voters in the March primary did not share his vision for the county. I don't subscribe to the theory that merely coming in second entitles you to a vacancy. Many Dorothy Brown supporters were disappointed when Mayor Daley didn't appoint her City Treasurer after Miriam Santos, the woman who defeated her for that office, was convicted in federal court. Rather than claim she was somehow "entitled" to be City Treasurer, Brown instead ran for Clerk of the Circuit Court, took her case to the people, and won that election overwhelmingly.<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">Frankly, I doubt that Claypool will seek to be a candidate for the party vacancy. On the other hand, he very well could be a candidate for the interim Presidency. I don't have a vote in that race, but given the situation the county is in, it would be good for both the county and Forrest Claypool if he takes that job, and it may position him well if he decides to fun for County Board President again in 2010.<br /></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Finally, we do not have a perfect County government, nor will we with whomever is the next Board President. Changes will come and improvements will happen slowly in any case. Most important, we should remember that government is there to serve the common good. It is a mission that requires good leadership, a strong sense of direction and, most importantly, a vision of where we are going and why we are going there. That is what we need in a President of the Cook County Board and that is who I will support.</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>here's a recap of the Cook County Board issues and players </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>from the </strong></span><a href="http://www.dailysouthtown.com/index/dsin.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Daily Southtown</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;">Cook County politics for dummies</span><br /><br />Are you confused about what's happening on the Cook County Board? What do these congressmen and aldermen have to do with this? And why does it look like John Stroger's son is the heir apparent? <a href="http://www.dailysouthtown.com/index/dsin.html"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">more...</span></a></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;">.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1153133227953711062006-07-17T04:45:00.000-07:002006-07-17T04:10:53.966-07:00Aldermanic Candidate Don Gordon Opens Camapaign Headquarters.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/1600/gordon%20logo.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 81px" height="86" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/320/gordon%20logo.jpg" width="307" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>On Sunday, the <a href="http://www.dongordon.org/news.html"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Don Gordon for 49th Ward Alderman Campaign</span></a> headquarters officially opened with a two hour event featuring special guest comedian Aaron Freeman. </strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>The campaign office is located at 1600 West Morse Ave.</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;">.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1152879627136373212006-07-14T05:10:00.000-07:002006-07-14T07:50:38.493-07:00Is Ald.Moore on Target with 'Big Box'?<span style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Daley, Alderman Oppose Legislation</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><br />Though the fate of the controversial "big box" ordinance won't be decided until the next City Council meeting--at the earliest--the proposal may have claimed its first casualty this week when the construction of a Southwest Side Target store was put on hold.<br /><br />Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) was irate Thursday after receiving a phone call earlier this week from the retailer. Though the fate of the controversial "big box" ordinance won't be decided until the next City Council meeting--at the earliest--the proposal may have claimed its first casualty this week when the construction of a Southwest Side Target store was put on hold. The retailer saying they were going to put off plans to open a store in her ward next year. Austin said outside a meeting of the Committee on Zoning that she thought Target would cancel its construction entirely if the ordinance passes. Such a pull-out, she said, would be a crushing blow to her community.<br /><br />"It will be devastation for us because this is our best source of revenue," she said. "Our largest employer in the 34th ward is the police department; the second largest for us would be Jewel. We have no resources because we're at the city limits." Meanwhile, other aldermen--both proponents and opponents--weighed in on the ordinance, a divisive measure that calls for a minimum wage at retailers larger than 90,000 feet. So even while the bill is on the back burner, tensions remain simmering in the corridors of City Hall. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Austin said she thought Target's seemingly sudden change was more than just an idle threat. And if Target pulls out of the planned shopping center, where it was slated to stand side-by-side with such large retailers as Home Depot and Circuit City, others will follow suit. "One goes with the other," she said. "If Target goes, I just feel like Home Depot will go too." </strong></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/1600/target,%20ann%20sather%20026.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="240" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/320/target%2C%20ann%20sather%20026.jpg" width="365" border="0" /></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Ald. Tom Tunney (44th), who is also a small business owner and vocal opponent of "big box," added to Austin's criticism. He said the plan, which has been debated for many months, would ultimately lead to fewer jobs and hurt all businesses in the community--especially the small businesses it was designed to protect.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"You're telling employers that they need to pay $10 plus $3 in benefits," Tunney said. "If there's a Wal-Mart in the community, every business will be affected, sooner [rather] than later." </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Tunney owns three of the four Ann Sather restaurants on the North Side, where, he said, workers start at the minimum wage but have a chance to work up to better pay and benefits. On Thursday, Tunney said that the "big box" ordinance threatens to put him out of business because he would have to raise labor costs to keep workers from applying to larger stores. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"If a Wal-Mart replaced Wrigley Field, every business in Lakeview would be paying $10 plus $3 and that shock on the system is going to reduce incentives for employers to open their doors," he said. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"Ann Sather may just close," he added. "Our labor costs in the restaurant business is close to 40 percent now...We've got a property tax bill that has tripled. Now how much can you put on small business--especially if they own the real estate--before they say: 'Wait a second, I'm in the wrong business.'</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Instead Moore accused the measure's opponents, like Tunney, of talking tough to intimidate aldermen into voting down the proposal</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ffffff;">"I don't see how they could close," he said. "They're not affected by the ordinance."</span> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>"All I can say is, Chicken Little is alive and well in the City of Chicago," he said. "Everyone's talking about the sky is going to fall...Since they have failed to beat the ordinance on its merits, they're now resorting to scare tactics." </strong></span><br /><br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/1600/target,%20ann%20sather%20021.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 183px" height="241" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/320/target%2C%20ann%20sather%20021.jpg" width="273" border="0" /></strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Some Alderman Agree</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) said she has a letter of intent from Target to build a new store at Marquette and Stony Island in her ward. But, the developer has told her the store is now “on hold” and that Target may close existing Chicago stores if the big box ordinance goes through. Hairston called it little more than a scare tactic. And even if the threat turns out to be real, she’s standing firm in support of organized labor.<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>“Wal-Mart and Target could pay their people a living wage. Then, we wouldn’t have this problem and people could actually live on the money they made,” Hairston said. “My position is my position. They’ll do what they have to do. I’ll do what I have to do. If they want to lose the more than $3 billion that is not being captured in my ward, that’s a bad business decision for them.”<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Ald. Joe Moore (49th), chief sponsor of the big box ordinance, accused the tag team of Target and Wal-Mart of using “bullying tactics” to stop a train that has already left the station.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>“It’s an idle threat…They’re clearly trying to …initimidate members of the City Council. I am very hopeful that members will hold firm….The votes are still there,” Moore said. He predicted 33 votes for the ordinance, “maybe more,” even though Daley has been button-holding aldermen to try and stop it.<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Note:Excerpts Courtesy of and Full Story from <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0607140245jul14,1,128470.story?coll=chi-news-hed"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">The Tribune</span></a> and <a href="http://www.topix.net/r/0=2FOmXK8ramqU=2BnltnhilJPzXnTP1FRQb9H=2FDdI8MferEmLPPs53z8UqTADduxiGQJ608Ww4jrhuYb412ZSkaSKs=2FE=2FyhR=2BOnrrYCI=2F4E19GY=3D"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">RedStreak</span></a></strong></span><a href="http://www.topix.net/r/0=2FOmXK8ramqU=2BnltnhilJPzXnTP1FRQb9H=2FDdI8MferEmLPPs53z8UqTADduxiGQJ608Ww4jrhuYb412ZSkaSKs=2FE=2FyhR=2BOnrrYCI=2F4E19GY=3D"><span style="color:#ffcc99;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Here's the Ordinance<br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.ward49.com/site/files/322/35116/147465/205921/Big_Box_Living_Wage_Ordinance--Final.pdf" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ward49.com/site/files/322/35116/147465/205921/Big_Box_Living_Wage_Ordinance--Final.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Big Box Living Wage - Substitute Ordinance</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">and an Alert from the 49th Ward Service Office</span> </span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">ALERT:</span> FINANCE COMMITTEE PASSED BIG BOX LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE ON 6/21/2006 WITH MODIFICATIONS. VOTE BY FULL CITY COUNCIL EXPECTED 6/28/06 DID NOT OCCUR. MOTION WAS MADE TO DEFER AND PUBLISH. IT WILL RETURN FOR A VOTE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 AT 10:00 AM. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>CALL 773.338.5796 FOR DETAILS.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>What Do You Think?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>.</strong></span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1152786071710892832006-07-13T01:27:00.000-07:002006-07-13T03:21:11.756-07:00Decision Set for July 19th.<br /><a href="http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2006/07/cntybrd_amid_fo.html"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Vote for Cook County Board president set for July 19</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Medill--A resolution to accept the resignation letter of the county board leader, who has not been seen by the public since he suffered a severe stroke in March, passed unanimously during the board's monthly meeting. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>The unanimity found throughout the Stroger tribute was quickly lost once the issue of the July 19th vote came on the table.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Questions regarding the number of votes needed to elect an interim president were hotly contested. Chicago Democratic Board members Earlean Collins and Jerry Butler, the only two members to vote 'no', said they wanted a provision added stating that a minimum of nine votes must be required to name a new board leader. </strong></span><a href="http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2006/07/cntybrd_amid_fo.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>more...</strong></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>and from the Tribune</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Some Republicans have said that Claypool, who lost to Stroger in the March primary, could be an attractive alternative. If the 11 Democrats splinter on a choice, the five-member Republican voting bloc could play a pivotal role.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Claypool said he is not campaigning for the job, but he would seek it if a consensus choice has not emerged by next Wednesday's meeting."I ran for this office. I care deeply about the issues involved in it," Claypool said. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"It would be nice if there was a broad consensus. And I want to see if there is before I decide to submit my name.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"Daley wouldn't say whom he might support. </strong></span><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060712stroger,1,7172473.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>more....</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>and this from The Daily Southtown</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Cook County commissioner from the Southland says she has a cure for the county's "hiccups in the transition of power."<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Elizabeth Doody Gorman (R-Orland Park) plans to introduce an ordinance today that would create a line of succession in case the office of president becomes permanently vacant.<br />Under the ordinance, the office would be inherited by the chairman of the finance committee, regardless of the person's political affiliation or years of service. Today, that would be John Daley, a brother of Mayor Richard Daley.<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>If the finance chairman declined the job, the most senior county board member would be named acting president, the ordinance states. Carl Hansen (R-Mount Prospect) holds the longest tenure.<br />The line of succession would prevent the "chaos and dissension" among commissioners that has ensued since President John Stroger had a stroke March 14 and disappeared from public life, Gorman said.<br />"We are the only government that I am aware of that does not have a line of succession," Gorman said. "I am trying to prevent any hiccups in the transition of power."</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Larry Suffredin (D-Evanston) said he doesn't think the board has authority to establish a line of succession. </strong></span><a href="http://dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsindex/12-ds6.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>more....</strong></span> </a><br /><br /><span style="color:#333333;">.</span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1152377981200440122006-07-11T05:01:00.000-07:002006-07-12T06:50:40.236-07:00ZALUC Agenda Revised<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><strong>.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">Note:</span> please scroll down for Agenda revision</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>49TH WARD ZONING AND LAND USE</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>ADVISORY COMMITTEE</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 7PM </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>AGENDA:</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Old Business</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;">Special Use Permit,</span> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>7644 North Sheridan Road.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Further discussion on the proposal to open Island Groove Café and need to get a special use permit in order to get a tavern license at that location, which was formerly known as Biddy Mulligan’s.</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#c0c0c0;">Here's some background:</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ffcc99;"><a href="http://howardwatchers.blogspot.com/2006/06/island-groove-meeting.html"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">The Meeting</span></a> from HowardWatchers </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#ffcc99;"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">and </span><a href="http://the-opinion-page.blogspot.com/2006/06/special-reportthe-kimsargon-connection.html"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">What Happened to the Beachview Development Project?</span></a></span></strong> <span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>from Rogers Park Review<br /></strong></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/1600/kimsargon%20006.1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 412px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px" height="248" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/320/kimsargon%20006.1.jpg" width="409" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Setback Variances</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;">7441 North Rogers Avenue</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;">Leilani Sulit and Ramil Seballos are presenting their proposal to build a 6 unit building on an RT4 lot currently developed with a single family home. The setback variance requests are for a 6’ front yard, instead of the required 15’ setback, 2’ west side yard, instead of the required 4.65’ setback, and the elimination of rear yard open space.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#c0c0c0;">A Report of the Community Meeting from <a href="http://fargocats.blogspot.com/2006/07/more-change-in-works.html"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Fargo Observer</span></a></span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/1600/7441%20rogers,%20conduit%20022.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 412px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px" height="248" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/320/7441%20rogers%2C%20conduit%20022.jpg" width="409" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>New Business</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Zoning Amendment from B1-2 to B1-3</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>2001 West Howard Street</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Gus Rizakos and his architect, Irene Zemenides, will present the proposal to build a four-story 25 unit, mixed use building containing three storefront spaces. The lot is 13038 square feet. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6666;"><strong>Today in The Dumpster Diary:</strong></span> <a href="http://rogersparkreview-the-dumpster-diary.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#ffcc99;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Tasty Sub: Gone for Good?</strong></span><br /></span></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/1600/library,%202002%20howard%20024.2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 418px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px" height="249" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/320/library%2C%202002%20howard%20024.0.jpg" width="414" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">Added to the Agenda</span> ( either late Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning )</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Zoning Amendment from RT4 to C1-1 </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Lakefront Protection Ordinance Approval</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span style="font-size:130%;">7138 North Sheridan Road.</span><br /></span>Minhaz Lakhani, his contractor Dave Diamond and his attorney, Graham Grady, will present a proposal to teardown the existing accessory building containing the Subway Sandwich shop and build an automated Car Wash at the<br />location, which also contains a Citgo Gas Station.</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="color:#333333;">.</span><br /><br /><br /></span></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong></span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1152279442861951582006-07-07T04:33:00.000-07:002006-07-07T06:37:22.880-07:00ZALUC Agenda July 11<span style="font-family:arial;color:#66cccc;"><strong>49TH WARD ZONING AND LAND USE<br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#66cccc;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;">AGENDA</span><br />Tuesday, July 11, 2006<br />7:00 PM<br /><span style="color:#66cccc;">NEW BUSINESS</span><br />Zoning Amendment from B1-2 to B1-3, 2001 West Howard Street.<br />Gus Rizakos and his architect, Irene Zemenides, will present the proposal to build a four-story 25 unit<br />mixed use building containing three storefront spaces. The lot is 13038 square feet.<br /><span style="color:#66cccc;">OLD BUSINESS</span><br />Special Use Permit, 7644 North Sheridan Road.<br />Further discussion on the proposal to open Island Groove Café and need to get a special use permit in order<br />to get a tavern license at that location, which was formerly known as Biddy Mulligan’s.<br />Setback Variances, 7441 North Rogers Avenue.<br />Leilani Sulit and Ramil Seballos are presenting their proposal to build a 6 unit building on an RT4 lot<br />currently developed with a single family home. The setback variance requests are for a 6’ front yard,<br />instead of the required 15’ setback, 2’ west side yard, instead of the required 4.65’ setback, and the<br />elimination of rear yard open space.<br />.<br />RSVP TO MIKE LAND AT (773) 338 5796</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">or </span><a href="http://www.ward49.com/"><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">http://www.ward49.com/</span></a></strong></span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1152259920513179602006-07-07T01:03:00.000-07:002006-07-07T05:00:25.343-07:00Rev. Jackson, Davis back Steele's bid for interim Cook pres.<span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>(AP) — The saga over who should run the </strong></span><a href="http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/relatedStories.pl?type=company&id=923&news_id=21233" lid="Cook County"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Cook County</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> Board continued Thursday with the </strong></span><a href="http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/relatedStories.pl?type=person&id=276&news_id=21233" lid="Rev. Jesse Jackson"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Rev. Jesse Jackson</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>, Congressman Danny Davis and other politicians saying they support Commissioner Bobbie Steele's bid to take over as interim president.<br />Steele wouldn't say whether she hopes to replace retiring board president John Stroger on the November ballot, but Davis said he still is interested in the spot that Stroger wants to see go to his son, Chicago Alderman Todd Stroger.<br />It's the sort of political jockeying that has gone on since John Stroger suffered a stroke one week before winning the March primary. The powerful 77-year-old Democrat has not been seen or heard from publicly since then except through letters last week when he dropped his re-election bid and announced he would retire July 31 from the county board.<span style="color:#ffcc99;"> </span></strong></span><a href="http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=21233"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>more...</strong></span></a>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1152181886989003672006-07-06T05:00:00.000-07:002006-07-06T04:24:28.623-07:00Sunday July 9th.<br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Coffee Talk with </span></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span style="font-size:130%;">State Representative</span> </span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#66cccc;">Harry Osterman</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">SUNDAY, July 9th<br />9am to noon<br />Cafe Ennui (6981 N. Sheridan Road)</span></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;">.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1152031425342011892006-07-05T05:00:00.000-07:002006-07-05T02:49:45.680-07:00Don Gordon to Open Campaign Office<span style="color:#333333;">.<br /></span><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">49TH WARD </span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">ALDERMANIC CANDIDATE</span> </strong></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">DON GORDON</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span style="font-size:130%;">ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS OPENING</span> </span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Chicago French chefs, comedian Aaron Freemen, and Rogers Park voters will join 49th Ward Aldermanic Candidate Don Gordon next week to celebrate the opening of his campaign headquarters on Morse Avenue.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Friday, July 14 at 7pm</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A private Bastille Day Party and Gordon Headquarters Pre-Grand Opening</span> </span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>event catered by French chef Didier Durand of Cyrano’s Bistrotand Chicago Chefs for Choice <span style="color:#ffcc99;">(</span><a href="http://www.cyranosbistrot.com/"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">http://www.cyranosbistrot.com/</span></a><span style="color:#ffcc99;">)</span> will be held at Don Gordon's headquarters at </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>1600 W. Morse Ave., Chicago, IL. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Tickets are $150 and available by calling 773.262.9473.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Sunday, July 16 at 1pm</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Official Gordon Headquarters Grand Opening</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>also at1600 W. Morse Ave.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>features special guest comedian Aaron Freeman <span style="color:#ffcc99;">(</span></strong></span><a href="http://www.aaronfreeman.com"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>www.aaronfreeman.com</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">),</span> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>The event is open to the public with food and refreshments.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#66cccc;">“Let The Sun Shine on Rogers Park”</span> is the theme of Gordon’s campaign to deliver new leadership to boost community improvement in the 49TH ward and tackle longstanding challenges confronting residents in the far north side community.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>“Preventing crime, protecting our lakefront, and developing balanced housing are among the priorities that I will address as alderman. Our government shouldwork for us, and stay out of our bedrooms as well as our kitchens,” Gordon said, questioning the lack of attention to local problems by the ward’s current alderman who led a ban on the Chicago sale of the French delicacy Foie Gras.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Don Gordon works as a professional project manager, volunteers as Executive Director of the Rogers Park Conservancy, and last year won the Friends of the Parks’ Community Advocacy Award. Gordon and his wife Bonnie have lived in Rogers Park for 30 years where they are raising their daughters.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Michael Harrington at 773.465.6666 or </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Email :</strong></span><a href="mailto:mharrington@DonGordon.org"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>mharrington@DonGordon.org</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> </strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="color:#66cccc;">Note:</span> Press Release Sent to Rogers Park Review July 3, 2006 </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;">.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1151491520126170602006-06-28T03:41:00.000-07:002006-06-28T03:45:20.140-07:00Devcorp North's New Website<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><strong>.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Welcome to </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;">DevCorp North's newly revised <a href="http://www.rogers-park.com/"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Web site.</span></a></span><a href="http://www.rogers-park.com/"><span style="color:#ffcc99;"> </span></a></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Previously we had two sites: one about DevCorp North and another about what's happening in Rogers Park. This site combines the best of both.<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Now both devcorpnorth.org and rogers-park.com take you to the same place, where you can find up-to-date news about both DevCorp North and all the great things happenings in Rogers Park -- from the<span style="color:#ffcc99;"> </span></strong></span><a href="http://www.rogers-park.com/arts/index.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>arts</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> to </strong></span><a href="http://www.rogers-park.com/music/index.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>music</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> to </strong></span><a href="http://www.rogers-park.com/rogers_park_developments/index.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>developments</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> to what's shakin' </strong></span><a href="http://www.rogers-park.com/this_weekend_in_rogers_park_1/index.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>this weekend in Rogers Park</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">.<br /></span>So add our new site to your favorites to keep up-to-date on everything Rogers Park.</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;">.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1151403363276493882006-06-27T03:13:00.000-07:002006-06-27T04:34:43.523-07:00Immigration citizenship, voter registration drives set.<br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said the naturalization efforts are consistent with the best of America. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"What would be more 'apple pie' than helping people become citizens of the United States of America?" she asked.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Schakowsky advised immigrants not to delay in becoming U.S. citizens because fees are likely to increase and the federal government is weighing changes that could make the naturalization exam more difficult. More from </strong></span><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/chi-060626immigration,1,6229690.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>The Tribune.......</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><strong>.</strong></span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1150195278417434532006-06-26T05:00:00.000-07:002006-06-26T04:07:56.520-07:00From the 49th Ward DFA<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>.<br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;">Tuesdays at the Red Line<br /></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Weekly social at the Red Line Tap, 7006 North Glenwood Avenue in Chicago. Usually, there's bluegrass music, food, drinks, and lots of friendlies.<br /></span><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">Organized by:</span></strong></span><a href="http://www.dfalink.com/group.php?id=1302"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>49th Ward DFA</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1150970502849659492006-06-22T05:00:00.000-07:002006-06-22T03:01:42.866-07:00Homeowners Protest Tax Increase.<br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Homeowners Protest Property Tax Increases<br /></strong></span><br /><a href="http://www.topix.net/redir/loc=off-hosted-page/http=3A=2F=2Fcbs2chicago.com"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>cbs2chicago.com</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99;">--</span>Hundreds of </strong></span><a class="xref" href="http://www.topix.net/chicago" node="chicago"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Chicago</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> homeowners are protesting the latest round of property tax increases, saying their most recent reassessment notices will tax them right out of their homes.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>The property owners who were protesting are from Lakeview Township, a property taxing district that includes much of the <em><span style="color:#ccccff;">North Side from Lincoln Park up to Rogers Park.</span></em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>They spoke out Tuesday night at a meeting at Advocate<span style="color:#ffcc99;"> </span></strong></span><a class="xref" href="http://www.topix.net/state/il" node="state/il"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Illinois</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> Masonic Medical Center. The property owners say they want lawmakers to extend a 7 percent cap on assessment increases that was put in place a few years ago.</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;">.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1150886918967138462006-06-21T05:45:00.000-07:002006-06-21T03:48:38.980-07:00County Board postpones Stroger decision.<br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;">AP— <strong>Members of the </strong></span><a href="http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/relatedStories.pl?type=company&id=923&news_id=21052" lid="Cook County"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Cook County</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> Board said Tuesday they would wait until July to learn the political fate of President John Stroger, who hasn't been seen or heard from publicly since suffering a stroke three months ago.</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>The political rhetoric has heated up as time has passed with little information provided about Stroger's condition and potential replacements jockeying for his job. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"July is just around the corner," said Commissioner Bobbie Steele, who has expressed interest in replacing Stroger should he choose to step aside. "We waited this long."</strong></span><a href="http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=21052"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> <span style="color:#ffcc99;">More</span></strong></span></a>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1150718127350101792006-06-19T04:39:00.000-07:002006-06-19T05:08:09.300-07:00Seen at Artists of the Wall Festival.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/1600/artists%20of%20the%20wall%202%20and%20new%20dumpsters%20071.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 362px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" height="240" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2590/1672/320/artists%20of%20the%20wall%202%20and%20new%20dumpsters%20071.jpg" width="362" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;">Executive Director of the </span></strong><a href="http://urbsinhorto.org/pages/1/index.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Rogers Park</span> <span style="color:#ffcc99;">Conservancy</span></span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"> and recently announced Aldermanic candidate Don Gordon at the Artists of the Wall Festival yesterday. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;">The whole Gordon family worked on their "Life's a Beach" mural and they finished up about 2pm.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1150547543961798352006-06-17T05:29:00.000-07:002006-06-17T05:32:23.973-07:00Chicagoans could have a say in Mexican election.<br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;">Medill via Chi Town --<strong>Daily-Pilsen resident Raul Ross has been working to get Mexican citizens in the United States the right to vote in Mexico's elections since the 1980s.<br />After several disappointing elections, this year Ross, who moved to Pilsen from Veracruz, Mexico, in 1986, was finally able to cast an absentee ballot, thanks to legislation passed in Mexico in 2005.<br />"[Voting] is saying we haven't broken with our country," said Ross, whose parents, two brothers and sister still live in Mexico.<br />But many other Mexican citizens in Chicago don't seem to share Ross' interest in the election.<br />Although the July 2 presidential election is the first in which citizens abroad will be able to vote, only 4,000 absentee ballots have been cast from the Chicago area -- and the deadline for doing so was January 15. <a href="http://www.chitowndailynews.org/local_news/2006/06/14/chicagoans_could_have_a_say_in_mexican_election"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">More....</span></a></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><strong>.</strong></span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1150444927748130832006-06-16T05:00:00.000-07:002006-06-16T01:02:07.763-07:00"If I knew, I probably wouldn't tell you......"<span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;">'Veil of secrecy' surrounds Stroger</span><br /></strong>Daily Southtown--<strong>Cook County Board President John Stroger apparently remained hospitalized Wednesday, a week after being rushed from his downtown condo with an infection.<br />Details of Stroger's condition are sketchier than ever, as his son, Chicago Ald. Todd Stroger (8th), pushed through a crowd of reporters and refused to provide details as he left a city council budget committee hearing Wednesday morning.<br />Asked when his father would be released, Stroger said, "If I knew, I probably wouldn't tell you, but I don't know." </strong></span><a href="http://dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsindex/15-ds4.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>More...</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>.</strong></span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1150276437858106802006-06-14T05:00:00.000-07:002006-06-14T02:22:28.706-07:00The Gloves Come Off.<br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;">Pols from West, South sides set to battle over right to succeed Stroger</span> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Daily Southtown-Steele, a West Sider, appeared alongside longtime political ally state Sen. Rickey Hendon (D-5th), who challenged the authority of South Side Chicago Ald. Bill Beavers (7th). Beavers stepped into the fray last week by announcing that he was taking over as Stroger family spokesman, replacing the president's son, Ald. Todd Stroger (8th).<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"I spoke with Todd Stroger, who remains, in my opinion, the only official spokesman for his father and the family," Hendon said.<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Beavers criticized Steele last week when news accounts said she and Commissioner Larry Suffredin might try to rush through a measure that would force Stroger from power. Hendon said Beavers risks fracturing the city's black politicians.<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>"If the African-American community ends up divided because the most qualified person ... happens to live on the West Side, it's personally appalling to me," said Hendon, who works for the county board of review. "We must be united." </strong></span><a href="http://dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsindex/13-ds3.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>More...</strong></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>.</strong></span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1149939647705020642006-06-10T05:00:00.000-07:002006-06-13T03:57:58.613-07:00ZALUAC Meeting Tonight<a href="http://www.ward49.com/site/files/322/33893/139207/193304/ZALUAC_Meeting_Agenda_May_2006.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>49th Ward ZALUAC Meeting Agenda, May 9, 2006</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>( Minutes from May 9th not posted yet, <a href="http://www.ward49.com/site/epage/33893_322.htm"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Website</span></a> )</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>The Committee meets on the second Tuesday of the month, </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>7:00 p.m. at the 49th Ward Service Office, 7356 N. Greenview.<br />PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS SHOULD </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>CONTACT MICHAEL LAND AT THE WARD SERVICE OFFICE 773.338.5796 </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>TO SUBMIT A MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE.</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#333333;">.</span></strong>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1149750822483178282006-06-08T05:11:00.000-07:002006-06-08T00:24:50.410-07:0049th Ward Democratic Committeeman David Fagus<strong><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#333333;">.</span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;">Life Is Precious</span><br />It has been a long while since I last posted something here. To those who seem to believe that the world of blogs is the only way life happens that would mean I have been doing nothing. Of course that is not the case. We have been busy working on getting our summer plans together, holding our monthly meetings and of course closely following the events that are shaping up our November ticket. </span></strong><a href="http://49thward.blogs.com/49/"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;">More.....</span></strong></a><br /><br />.gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27656795.post-1149281069923217512006-06-05T06:08:00.000-07:002006-06-06T04:48:08.326-07:00NCBG Annual Meeting Today<span style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><strong>.</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Sent To Rogers Park Review from a neighbor,</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;color:#66cccc;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">The Neighborhood Capital Budget Group </span></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">invites you to join us for our </span></strong><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#66cccc;"><strong>Annual Meeting</strong></span> <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#66cccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Tuesday, June 6th</strong></span><br /></span></span><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>GARFIELD PARK GOLDEN DOME </strong></span></span><br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Fieldhouse </strong></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Community Room, </strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>100 N. Central Park Avenue</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Registration: 5:30 pm, Meeting: 6 - 7:30 pm</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ffcc99;"><strong><a href="http://www.ncbg.org/"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">About NCBG</span></a></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">The Neighborhood Capital Budget Group</span> is a decade-old coalition of </strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>nearly 200</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>community based organizations and local economic </strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>development groups in Chicago dedicated to improving our </strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>neighborhoods through well-planned, targeted public investment. </strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Our mission: To ensure the quality of our infrastructure in order to </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>ensure the quality of life for our communities.<br /></strong></span><a href="http://www.ncbg.org/about.htm#issues"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>NCBG Issues of Concern</strong></span></a> <span style="color:#ffcc99;">.........</span><a href="http://www.ncbg.org/about.htm#history"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>The History of NCBG</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong> </strong></span><br /><a href="http://www.ncbg.org/about.htm#acc"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Accomplishments</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong> ..........</strong></span><a href="http://www.ncbg.org/about.htm#contact"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc99;"><strong>Contact Information</strong></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#c0c0c0;"><strong>Celebrating 18 years of Helping to Rebuild Chicago's Neighborhoods From the Ground Up</strong></span>gfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10771074153615881381noreply@blogger.com0