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  1 0 In the 43rd ward, our people are amazing. We have highly‐educated people that want to work and succeed. I would love to help make sure that these people are employed with good‐paying jobs, close to home. We have some of the most beautiful parks, open to all, but they are endangered by crime. I want to protect our parks and be sure that our residents can enjoy them safely. We also have world‐class theatre, internationally‐renowned restaurants, and culture and nightlife for everyone’s tastes. This is why people want to live here and why they enjoy visiting. The largest challenges over the next few years will be: Zoning decisions for 2 large planned districts that will be leaving the area. I will work ensure that developers’ proposals have the community support and acceptance that they need to succeed here. Safety. Citywide we do not have enough police on the streets and some people are talking about reducing firemen. I know that the people of my ward want to see police on patrol, and with thousands of vintage wooden homes as well as a large high‐rise population, I do not want to see a reduction in Firemen. Economic growth. We have seen small businesses shuttered over the past few years. This is not good for anyone, the residents or the businesses. I will work to support these businesses and ensure that they are a welcomed part of our community. Bita Buenrostro - 43rd Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Freddrenna Lyle - 6th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Leslie Hairston - 5th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Anthony Beale - 9th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Our greatest strength is our residents. My vision for my ward is full storefronts, community events that help us create new relationships and growth, and clean, safe streets and sidewalks. My vision for my ward office is people coming in with concerns and walking out with the feeling that they are being listened to and helped by a person who was elected to serve them. Just as the residents count on the alderman, I am going to collaborate with our best resource: The people of the 50th Ward. Our business leaders are going to help build our business community, our teachers and parents are going to help make our schools better and our police and public safety officials and our neighbors are going to work to reduce crime. We have experts on every issue you can imagine right here in the 50th Ward and I want to work with these people to create a plan for the 50th Ward and then, with all the resources I can direct to this cause, we are going to see that plan through. I expect the residents to hold me accountable to my promises and I will work tirelessly to live up to the high standards we should all expect — and we all deserve — from our elected officials. I want to take this opportunity to contrast my approach to leadership with that of the current alderman and I want to do that by exploring the issue of the parking meter privatization deal. It is possibly the worst and most costly deal the city has cut in its history. It cost taxpayers as much as $9 billion and every year we keep seeing the parking rates going up. The number one supporter of this deal is running for re-election in the 50th Ward. When asked why he failed to do his due diligence, he said on WTTW that it was, “None of our d*mn business.” Well it very much is our business because our alderman and our city improperly sold off not only our revenue, but also our ability to determine policies that affect everything from our streets to future development and construction projects. I hear about it from nearly every voter I have spoken with over the last four months. These voters are angry and the vote for this proposal was shameful. Were you ever asked your thoughts on this proposal before it was voted upon? I know I was not and I certainly never would have made a vote of this magnitude without consulting our neighbors and doing my own research. I think that provides a good framework to view my vision for our ward office Debra Silverstein - 50th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 The primary goals that I seek to achieve in this office for our community are: 1) Transparent communication and information sharing with the community 2) Collectively bring together the civic, business, and religious community to form a strategic plan that will improve and preserve the educational. physical, social, and economic health of our community. David Moore - 17th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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• Reputation: 0 Q&A: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Classifieds: 0 0 what's this? Expert: 1 topic Questions for Candidates Follow Following 0 Gery Chico - Mayor

  0 0 My top priorities are all interrelated, and they are key to keeping our neighborhoods strong and our city great. As Mayor I will work to make it easier for businesses to open, grow and expand across our city. We must create new jobs. Preparing our kids for these jobs by improving our schools will make our city more attractive for businesses looking to locate in Chicago. Adding thousands of police officers to our streets is probably the single most important thing we can do to keep our neighborhoods safe. Children cannot learn and neighborhoods cannot thrive if people don’t feel safe. I am the only candidate to have written and released a comprehensive education plan that when fully implemented will truly transform our children’s future. Some key elements of my education plan include an unprecedented expansion of pre‐school learning centers. Waiting until a child is five years old to begin formal education is simply too late. I believe more time on task is critical for producing better results. I want to begin the process of expanding the school year and lengthening the school day immediately until we have added 25 additional days each year and two additional hours each day. Technology is also a critical factor. We can’t prepare children for the jobs of the future if we are relying too heavily on old traditional textbooks. The future of learning is now and we are behind. By the end of my first term as Mayor every student in our public school system will be issued a laptop to use for the school year. Parents also must have more high quality choices as well as information on their range of choices. I will create Parent Academies for every school to ensure our parents have the information and ability to make informed decisions for the benefit of their children. When it comes to job creation, first and foremost, city hall must get out of the way. There’s a saying that businesses open and expand in Chicago “in spite of the city.” As Mayor, I will motivate businesses to open “because of the city.” Eighty percent of Chicago employers are small businesses. Throughout my career and in this campaign, I have met and worked with many small business owners and they all tell me the same thing: the complicated maze of costly rules and regulations is strangling their growth. Thanks to the new digital economy, commerce is moving faster than ever. We need to bring government up to speed. We can make it easier to do business here by streamlining government agencies, freeing up access to capital, keeping taxes as low as possible and cutting red tape that often stymies business growth. I recently released a comprehensive jobs policy that addresses a full range of job creation issues including replenishing our lost manufacturing base and bringing in more green collar jobs. Finally, I believe the first responsibility of government is keeping people safe. Every day our police force is nearly 2,000 officers short of authorized manpower. We should not shift officers out of neighborhoods they are making safer into neighborhoods that need more police presence. The answer is to put more police on the streets. When I served as the Mayor’s Chief of Staff in the 1990’s we were facing a similar situation. Our city was teetering on the brink of decline. One important action we took was to hire well over a thousand new police officers to fight crime. We became safer. The same must be done today. It is an expensive undertaking, but there is no more important budget priority. My comprehensive education and jobs plans are available at www.gerychico.com, and I will be releasing additional policy plans in the coming weeks. Gery Chico - Mayor answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 1. Reasonable and sustainable development (especially Cottage Grove, Michael Reese, 31st and 35 Streets, 51st and 53rd Street), with new retail, businesses, and jobs. This would involve being a “steward” for the future of 53rd and 51st developments, working with residents and Draper & Kramer for Lake Meadows redevelopment, and working with the City of Chicago to resolve a use for Michael Reese. 2. Affordable low and mid‐income housing throughout the ward. It is important to have affordable housing in Hyde Park‐Kenwood as well as in other sections of the ward. 3. Accessible and affordable health care. Particular attention needs to be given to the future of Provident Hospital. 4. Stronger schools. “Thorough and efficient” and “portfolio of learning” are key phrases. The state needs to change the funding structure of schools, the school board ought to be publicly elected (rather than appointed by the mayor), and more emphasis needs to be given to teacher training. 5. Safer streets. We must find ways to finance the Chicago Police Department to fill the currently vacant 1,300 positions. 6. Improved infrastructure, especially in parks and public places, including greater access to the lakefront. There are sections in the center of the 4th Ward that are so empty, you can almost see from Lake Shore Drive to the Dan Ryan. We need to find a way to kick‐start the housing plan for this area. I’ve been talking with staff at the Illinois Housing Development Authority to discuss affordable‐housing programs that might come into play. We also need more retail, to make these neighborhood livable. Michael Reese (approximately 6 blocks) has giant potential. I do not favour putting a land‐based casino there, as some have suggested, or even a tech park (which would be better situated along State Street near Dawson Technical Institute and IIT). One possibility would be to use the space as an auxiliary area for McCormick Place, with hotels and conference centers on the north end, housing in the center, and a new retail district along 31st Street (which is a TIF, adjacent to the new harbour). George Rumsey - 4th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Since declaring my candidacy to represent my community as the next Alderman of the 7th Ward, I have talked to hundreds and hundreds of residents in their homes and in the streets. From this experience, I found that despite the great diversity among the people with whom I have spoken in terms of their life's experience, age, faith and professions, there emerged a common vision for the future of the 7th ward. We all share a vision of a neighborhood where all of the blocks have working lights and paved streets and sidewalks, on which every parent and grandparent can safely walk their children to a playground and a quality school near their home, in a neighborhood that is not plagued with crime, violence and the decay of abandoned and foreclosed properties. We share a vision of businesses in our community that provide jobs where our residents can enjoy the dignity of work. We imagine a place where a telephone call to city offices or our Alderman is answered by a professional, courteous, caring person and responses are timely and efficient. We want a future in which the residents of our historic but challenged ward are not written off by the Alderman until it's time for re‐election, and where residents have accountability from our government, transparency about our finances and integrity in our policy decisions. Not only does the 7th Ward lack a plan for addressing the daunting challenges it faces (crime, lack of economic development, investments in our existing communities, quality neighborhood schools), it also lacks the organizational capabilities needed to successfully drive change. And, the current Alderman's leadership and management style is ill suited to drive the type of change the 7th ward needs. And, nothing short of a transformation in how the Aldermanic office operates is needed. Unless the leadership and representatives of this ward is committed to this transformation, the downward spiral in which the 7th ward currently finds itself will almost certainly continue. 7th Ward assets include, the many homeowners and lifelong residents, proximity and accessibility to key transportation arteries (including Metra train, CTA, Lake shore Dr., and highways), lake front land, the many public schools, and long time businesses including Sullivan Fashion and Great Scott Records, both of which have been in the ward for over 40 years. Gregory Mitchell - 7th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 The 7th Ward’s biggest assets would be the development of the USX project. I will continue to move that project forward, while working to economically develop other areas of the Ward. The biggest problem for the 7th Ward would be the crime. Nothing is going to happen “economically wise” until we get our arms around the crime that is stressing the 7th Ward. Lionel Martin - 7th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 My overall vision for the ward is a neighborhood that is prepared to provide opportunity into the 21st century. I want us to return to the days of middle class values that provided the backbone for opportunity for all people not just a select few. The biggest problem in our neighborhood is the lack of opportunity. The problems in our school system and the lack of other economic opportunities and hope directly lead to the majority of the crime that plagues our neighborhoods. Brian Sleet - 6th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 We’re heading over a cliff. The city is broke, has debt and pension liabilities in the billions and no real plan for growth or to attract the businesses that will provide growth. The state is also broke and raising taxes which scares away both high income residents and businesses. We need to kill all the TIFs, pour that money back into the city budget, reform how we provide city services, get the best possible value for every tax dollar, and then reduce taxes in order to bring hundreds of new businesses into the city which will create tens-of-thousands of jobs. Jim Bosco - 2nd Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 In the 15th Ward, I have carved out 32 block grid areas called Villages. Each Village will have a mayor assigned to oversee the 16 blocks and the 1,000 plus residents. He or she will have six leaders to assist them with managing this area; safety leader, education leader, economic leaders, health leader, senior citizen leader, and youth leader. With support from me as the Alderman, the 32 mayors and 192 other leaders will revolutionize the Ward. Syron Smith - 15th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 I have a primary goal which is to end this "Culture of Corruption" in the 8th Ward. No more Stroger soldiers and no more "rubber stamping". Michelle Harris has got to go. This is the resounding theme and energy of the entire 8th Ward. Jobs - Education - Reduced Crime - Better Healthcare. Let's go back to the business of "people". Faheem Shabazz - 8th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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• Reputation: 2 Q&A: 0 0 0 2 0 0 Classifieds: 0 0 what's this? Expert: 1 topic Questions for Candidates Follow Following 0 Miguel Del Valle - Mayor

  0 0 I envision a vibrant, inclusive democracy and economy in which all Chicagoans have fair and equitable access to opportunity, security, a range of reasonably-priced housing options, and a healthy quality of life. My broad priorities to foster such an environment are to: 1. Create good jobs and spur economic development: ● Trigger growth in green industries, high-tech manufacturing, the allied health industries and other promising economic sectors ● Re-energize industries by building on Chicago’s strengths, such as our position as a transportation hub ● Support small business by expanding access to capital and cutting unnecessary bureaucratic red tape ● Prioritize jobs that deliver living wages and benefits and protect workers 2. Tackle the issues of crime and public safety: ● Put more police on our streets and better deploy officers to maximize responsiveness ● Improve public safety and crime prevention by strengthening relationships among police, trusted community organizations, and residents ● Build a 21st century police department by expanding and thoroughly integrating the use of technology to maximize responsiveness and solve more crimes ● Enhance development opportunities to ensure a well-trained police department that reflects the city’s population through its competence and diversity 3. Improve education opportunities and our school systems: ● Work to convert every low-performing neighborhood school into a high-performing school ● Promote state education funding reform to equalize funding across the state and reduce reliance on property taxes to fund education ● Ensure an effective evaluation system and quality professional development for teachers and principals ● Strengthen City Colleges of Chicago through an emphasis on career preparation programs in areas of job growth, expansion of adult education, and continuation of developmental courses 4. Create a responsible city budget: ● Maximize revenues without overburdening the regular taxpayer ● Increase transparency regarding the use of TIF dollars and ensure their use to enhance neighborhood development ● Cut spending on line items that do not meet basic city services and human needs ● Audit city functions and expenditures to improve efficiency, weed out waste, and uncover corruption 5. Make government work better and be fairer: ● As a candidate for Mayor, I am not accepting campaign contributions from companies with city contracts ● Provide the Inspector General with adequate resources to conduct annual audits of every City department ● Reduce greatly the number of no-bid city contracts and invite more City Council oversight of contracts ● Continue reforms to root out and eliminate patronage hiring Miguel Del Valle - Mayor answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Establish irreproachable Public Safety Services; Through public initiatives, private initiatives and comprehensive tax reform stimulate the City’s economy to foster Full Employment; Develop and efficiently maintain our Public Infrastructure; Enrich the Department on Aging to ensure the health and well being of our Senior Citizens; Provide a superior Public School Education for each and every individual child; Program the Mayor's office of Employment and Training to train and re-train adults; Adjust Chicago Police Department policies in an effort to reduce the number of disorderly and domestic disturbance arrests by thirty-three percent; Maximize Public-Private Partnerships to eradicate homelessness, poverty and despair; Empower Chicagoans through voter registration, voter education, voter mobilization, and by highlighting lifestyles of civic participation; Unify Chicagoans by promoting cultural and diversity sensitivity; Bring a swift and immediate end to Police Brutality, Police Misconduct and Racial Profiling; Provide the socalled "handicapped" and Persons with disabilities with complete equal access and the physical and financial ability to fully utilize all public facilities; Provide adequate housing for low-income individuals and families: Create 100,000 self-perpetuating Private sector jobs and provide Chicago businesses the support necessary to expand and compete in the Burgeoning Global Economy. My goal is to make Chicago the World's Center for Nanotechnology Development and Nanofabrication. We will establish a Public-Private Partnership the Private will provide the money and the Public will provide the muscle. We'll bring in business executives and showcase the University of Illinois, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Illinois Institute of Technology, DePaul University, Loyola University, and other educational institutions. As well, we'll show them Fermi Labs and Argonne Laboratories. In addition, we'll allow those business owners to tour the many vacant factories in Chicago, which are ready for occupation and production. Bill 'Doc' Walls - Mayor answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Our biggest problem is our current Alderman; that is why I am running. Our biggest assets are the great natural resources such as museum campus, Northerly Island, the financial district and other gems throughout the ward. My overall vision for the ward is one in which any resident will have a voice and will be part of the process in making our 2nd ward better. Federico Sciammarella - 2nd Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 My vision for the City of Chicago is to move this city forward for all of its residents. I believe that although we face many challenges from crime and violence to failing schools and a lack of affordable housing, that we as a city can come together to address these challenges. I believe that by supporting families and strengthening neighborhoods, we as communities and as a city can solve our own problems. I will engage residents in an ongoing conversation on how to address these challenges, and move this city forward together. Patricia Van Pelt Watkins - Mayor answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Some issues that plague the 4th Ward are issues that are prevalent throughout the City of Chicago and some are unique to the 4th Ward. I would like to see development restart and existing new development occupied. Adam Miguest - 4th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Today, the First Ward is made up of small islands with no connections to each other, much like the City. I will work at bridging those divides by managing services equally and justly, and in city council, I will join my colleagues in acquiring the resources every ward should have to build a great city to which people will look to and will want to make their home. Deborah Lopez - 1st Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 i) I will create a Ward wide Advisory Council to focus on plans for Economic development, with specific attention being given to opportunities in “green” industries. For example there are many grants available for urban farming initiatives which create local sustainable jobs. ii) The money -- over 100K -- which has been spent from ward funds on providing free parking spaces will be used to leverage monies and services available from programs with proven track records that provide needed services to students in school. iii) The Fifth Ward is served by two police districts. The Alderman’s office can facilitate an exchange of information regarding criminal activity when appropriate. Further, innovative methods of crime prevention must be explored, including the expanded use of emergency boxes. The biggest strengths of the ward are the people, the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry. These strengths must be called upon to assist in the revitalization of the Fifth Ward. Anne Marie Miles - 5th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 My ward is a ward of value and substance; the people of the 6th Ward are intelligent people who desire better. As we look deep into the 6th Ward we find a ward filled with possibilities that have been deprived by an on slant of criminal activities, lack of employment, and a devastating blow with foreclosures. We need new businesses, affordable housing, but more importantly we need our people to feel safe. Throughout the 6th Ward our communities have been victimize by personal and direct crimes such Burglaries, Robberies,Domestic Batteries, as well as, other incidents related to Gang and Drugs. The 6th Ward is a dynamic ward that is accessible by public transportation and run adjacent to the Dan Ryan Expressway and the Skyway; just these features alone make any new business in the 6th Ward accessible to other communities within the city and other neighboring states. . As Alderman I will push for in 2011, the hiring of 1,000 additional police officers and an addition 500+ officer each year for the next four years. The increase of officers will not only provide a safer community but will also provide a presence to help deter criminal activities. My office will also help community organizations to seek out grants to implement a Safety Network and cease fire type of program that would provide jobs to community members who patrol and provide safety in their communities. • Considering that 80% of the Businesses in Chicago are small businesses we have to find ways to help save small businesses and provide those initiatives through SBIF and other tax incentives. The city should also have a business development specialist in the alderman’s office to help promote business development within the wards. • Chicago Public Schools should be year round with extended days with mandated after school programs for students. When students are experiencing short falls on topics in the classroom during regular school hours, there should be opportunities for those students to receive more direct instruction after regular school hours in a smaller and personal environment. There should also be extracurricular activities offered such as arts and craft, music, and home economics. • I believe that parent’s involvement is always a plus when it comes to a child’s education. The after school programs would be an excellent opportunity for parent to engage with the education of their children. There should also be program specifically offered to the parent, such as; parent leadership, parent literacy training, and volunteering in a school environment. Richard Wooten - 6th Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 The new mayor and council will lead a world-class city but we face many challenges that require strong and smart leadership over the next four years. Importantly, the city needs to address our financial challenges, create jobs and work on affordable housing. My role as an Alderman and my nature is to be a coalition and consensus builder. I’m excited to start a new chapter in Chicago history. Joe Moreno - 1st Ward answered in Questions for Candidates about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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