Mamie Hansberry was a teenager when a chunk of cement shattered the glass window of the family's new home. It smashed into the wall, just a foot from where her little sister, Lorraine, was sitting on the loveseat.
The act of violence seven decades ago was a message from white neighbors that the black family wasn't welcome in the three-flat at 6140 S. Rhodes Ave. in Woodlawn.
"That was a grotesque sight to see that (chunk of cement) lodged in the wall," said Mamie Hansberry, now 86 and living in Los Angeles. "You know that somebody doesn't like you, doesn't want you there."
But her father, Carl Hansberry, waged a three-year legal battle for the right to live there, culminating in 1940 with a U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended racially discriminatory housing covenants in Chicago. The experience inspired her sister, the late Lorraine Hansberry, to write "A Raisin in the Sun," the first drama by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway.
The City Council is scheduled on Wednesday to vote on designating the home, now known as the Lorraine Hansberry House, an official landmark, along with the George Cleveland Hall Branch Library, Richard Wright House and Gwendolyn Brooks House.
The historically significant properties are considered part of the city's Black Renaissance Literary Movement of the 1930s through 1950s. Brooks was a Pulitzer prize-winning poet and poet laureate. Wright's books included "Native Son."
The Hansberry House was nominated for landmark status in 2007 by a teacher, parents and students from Amelia Earhart Elementary School on the city's South Side, after the students studied the Hansberry family and racial segregation for history projects.
The teacher, Stacy Stewart, says the students were struck by the family's courage and how their challenge of discriminatory housing practices paved the way for integrated neighborhoods. She said they believed the home's history needs to be remembered and studied by others.
"The house is a symbol that anything is possible in America," said student Ishmael Smith, who is now a junior at Mount Carmel High School on the South Side.
The house's current owner could not be reached for comment. The owner did not sign a consent form for landmark status and did not attend a hearing on the issue, but owner consent is not required for landmark designation.
Before the Hansberry court ruling, African-Americans in the city were restricted to living in what was known as the "Black Belt," congested, impoverished neighborhoods on the South Side, said Tim Black, a historian and former professor at the City Colleges of Chicago, who knew the Hansberry family.
The segregation was enforced by property covenants that restricted blacks from moving into white neighborhoods. Even walking into white areas could lead to a confrontation, Black said.
The Hansberry family was "taking a tremendous risk," he said. "But they were willing because of their feeling that all Americans had a right to live wherever they could afford."
Mamie Hansberry said civil rights battles were a way of life for her family. She and her three siblings would try to eat at white-owned restaurants that were known to discriminate and, when denied service, sue for equal access.
"Sometimes you were shaking a bit but you did it, because you knew your dad was going to come back you up," she said.
She doesn't remember anyone in the family announcing that they would try and break the racial housing barrier -- it was simply understood that segregation was wrong and had to be challenged.
Once they moved into the white neighborhood, Mamie Hansberry remembers being mocked by classmates at the all-white elementary school and being graded unfairly by teachers. The family was saddened when they had to temporarily move after initial court decisions upheld the racial covenants, she said.
Mamie Hansberry said she's honored that the city is considering commemorating her old home, once a source of both pain and pride for her family. She believes Lorraine Hansberry, who died in 1965, would feel the same way.
"I'm sure she would just love it," Mamie Hansberry said.
About time. This city was founded by a black man, Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, not much is said about him and what is said is full of lies and distortions. A brief history at Navy Pier states that Du Sable built a shack along the shores of Lake Michigan. He built a 24 room mansion along the shores of Lake Michigan and was eventually cheated out of his fortune ran out of town by corrupt whites.
The corruption in Chicago continues to this day with 39 alderman sentenced to jail since the early 1970's.
Jean Baptiste Pont du Sable relocated to Missouri, where he died in 1818.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Crook County strikes again - the Aldermen
2/10/2010 9:22 p.m.
Every successful Chicago alderman will tell you: in order to stay successful and continue to be elected, you have to effectively respond to the complaints of the people you serve.
There are 50 Chicago aldermen in 50 Chicago wards elected to answer your concerns. But who among these 50 are returning their constituent phone calls promptly and efficiently, and who's not?
"Lights that are out and fire hydrants that are on," said Alderman Ricardo Munoz, explaining some of the types of complaints that he receives at his office. Alderman George Cardenas said his constituents call him often about graffiti, Alderman Walter Burnett said they call him about abandoned buildings, and Alderman Pat Dowell said vacant lots are a real concern in her ward for her residents.
"Any concerns, big or small, we are here to serve," said Alderman Brain Doherty.
But, there are a lot of requests. Alderman Anthony Beale said that his office takes between 80 to 90 calls a day. Alderman Freddrenna Lyle said she receives 300 constituent complaints a week. And Ald. Burnett claims his office has answered more than 3,000 constituent concerns in the past three months.
Pleasing all of the people all of the time though, can be difficult. Take, for example Ellen Fiedelholtz, Stan Hollenbeck, and Peter Donalek, three constituents of ward 46, where Alderman Helen Shiller has presided for 23 years. It's a ward made up of very different neighborhoods, with very different people.
"You have to meet the needs of everyone who live here," said Ellen, commenting on Alderman Shiller's job and the complexity of ward 46.
"She has to balance between the people who are affluent and the people who have very little," added Peter. "It's a tough job and I think she's doing a very good job."
Getting through to the Alderman may take some time. "I call and I call again," said Ellen. "I have to continually call up and talk about that area on Broadway that is a little seedy. I think there needs to be more uniformity in the way the calls are taken and responded to so residents know they're being heard by their alderman."
"I think Helen falls into that category of you either love her, or you hate her," commented Stan about Alderman Helen Shiller.
In response, Shiller said, "You'll get a response. You may or may not like it, or you may think we should find some other way to do it, but we'll do the best to figure out what we can do."
These concerns got FOX Chicago News thinking: how responsive are all 50 Chicago Aldermen to their constituents' most common complaints? So, over the course of the last two months a team of callers made 150 after-hours phone calls--three calls made to every aldermanic ward office in the city. Messages were left specifically for the aldermen about concerns related to potholes, garbage, and rats. The callers left a return phone number and asked for a return call in each of their messages.
Only 14 wards had staff members respond in a timely and helpful fashion to all three of the voice mail messages. Included in that list are the offices of Joe Moore, Mary Ann Smith, Margaret Laurino, Vi Daley, Brendan Reilly on the north side, Pat Dowell in the 3rd ward, Ricardo Munoz in the 22nd ward, and Daniel Solis in the 25th ward. Also, the southwest offices of Frank Olivo, Toni Foulkes and Lona Lane, and the far south offices of Howard Brookins, John Pope and Anthony Beale.
"We document everything," said Alderman Ricardo Munoz on how he keeps his calls from constituents in order.
Alderman Daniel Solis was happy with his results. "Basically you're evaluating my staff and confirming I did a good job selecting them," he said.
"It was definitely a sneaky test," said Alderman Anthony Beale on consideration of the investigation. But he praised his staff for living up
This is not a surprise. Our alderpersons do nothing but collect their salaries until it is time to campaign for re-election.
Chicago, aka (also known as) Crook County and Crookago, has 50 alderpersons, twice as many as any other state, and too many.
With the city in a state close to bankruptcy and seraching for ways to cut spending,instead of furlough days for city employees, cut 25 of these useless positions, that would save the city millions.
The article above might be the first step to cutting the number of Alderpeople, first suggested in two of the city's best cop blogs, SecondCityCop.blogspot.com and Shavedlongcock.blogspot.com.
Both of these bloggers have detailed the number of corrupt Alderpersons sentenced to prison and their pay and no work jobs they hold.
Both of these bloggers give an insight into life as a cop, with the latter, known as Det SLC, giving a much raunchier, grittier look at cop life than SCC.
Every successful Chicago alderman will tell you: in order to stay successful and continue to be elected, you have to effectively respond to the complaints of the people you serve.
There are 50 Chicago aldermen in 50 Chicago wards elected to answer your concerns. But who among these 50 are returning their constituent phone calls promptly and efficiently, and who's not?
"Lights that are out and fire hydrants that are on," said Alderman Ricardo Munoz, explaining some of the types of complaints that he receives at his office. Alderman George Cardenas said his constituents call him often about graffiti, Alderman Walter Burnett said they call him about abandoned buildings, and Alderman Pat Dowell said vacant lots are a real concern in her ward for her residents.
"Any concerns, big or small, we are here to serve," said Alderman Brain Doherty.
But, there are a lot of requests. Alderman Anthony Beale said that his office takes between 80 to 90 calls a day. Alderman Freddrenna Lyle said she receives 300 constituent complaints a week. And Ald. Burnett claims his office has answered more than 3,000 constituent concerns in the past three months.
Pleasing all of the people all of the time though, can be difficult. Take, for example Ellen Fiedelholtz, Stan Hollenbeck, and Peter Donalek, three constituents of ward 46, where Alderman Helen Shiller has presided for 23 years. It's a ward made up of very different neighborhoods, with very different people.
"You have to meet the needs of everyone who live here," said Ellen, commenting on Alderman Shiller's job and the complexity of ward 46.
"She has to balance between the people who are affluent and the people who have very little," added Peter. "It's a tough job and I think she's doing a very good job."
Getting through to the Alderman may take some time. "I call and I call again," said Ellen. "I have to continually call up and talk about that area on Broadway that is a little seedy. I think there needs to be more uniformity in the way the calls are taken and responded to so residents know they're being heard by their alderman."
"I think Helen falls into that category of you either love her, or you hate her," commented Stan about Alderman Helen Shiller.
In response, Shiller said, "You'll get a response. You may or may not like it, or you may think we should find some other way to do it, but we'll do the best to figure out what we can do."
These concerns got FOX Chicago News thinking: how responsive are all 50 Chicago Aldermen to their constituents' most common complaints? So, over the course of the last two months a team of callers made 150 after-hours phone calls--three calls made to every aldermanic ward office in the city. Messages were left specifically for the aldermen about concerns related to potholes, garbage, and rats. The callers left a return phone number and asked for a return call in each of their messages.
Only 14 wards had staff members respond in a timely and helpful fashion to all three of the voice mail messages. Included in that list are the offices of Joe Moore, Mary Ann Smith, Margaret Laurino, Vi Daley, Brendan Reilly on the north side, Pat Dowell in the 3rd ward, Ricardo Munoz in the 22nd ward, and Daniel Solis in the 25th ward. Also, the southwest offices of Frank Olivo, Toni Foulkes and Lona Lane, and the far south offices of Howard Brookins, John Pope and Anthony Beale.
"We document everything," said Alderman Ricardo Munoz on how he keeps his calls from constituents in order.
Alderman Daniel Solis was happy with his results. "Basically you're evaluating my staff and confirming I did a good job selecting them," he said.
"It was definitely a sneaky test," said Alderman Anthony Beale on consideration of the investigation. But he praised his staff for living up
This is not a surprise. Our alderpersons do nothing but collect their salaries until it is time to campaign for re-election.
Chicago, aka (also known as) Crook County and Crookago, has 50 alderpersons, twice as many as any other state, and too many.
With the city in a state close to bankruptcy and seraching for ways to cut spending,instead of furlough days for city employees, cut 25 of these useless positions, that would save the city millions.
The article above might be the first step to cutting the number of Alderpeople, first suggested in two of the city's best cop blogs, SecondCityCop.blogspot.com and Shavedlongcock.blogspot.com.
Both of these bloggers have detailed the number of corrupt Alderpersons sentenced to prison and their pay and no work jobs they hold.
Both of these bloggers give an insight into life as a cop, with the latter, known as Det SLC, giving a much raunchier, grittier look at cop life than SCC.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Democrats' Lt Governor election winner causes controversy: crook county strikes again
Gov. Quinn's embattled running mate, Scott Lee Cohen, allegedly abused anabolic steroids, displayed fits of rage and forced himself sexually on his wife before their divorce, court documents reviewed by the Chicago Sun-Times show.
Cohen also allegedly skipped child-support payments at the same time he was investing his own money -- a total of more than $2 million -- in his successful bid to become the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. His ex-wife, Debra York-Cohen, alleged just two months ago that he owed her nine months worth of back child support totaling $54,000 for their four children.
York-Cohen described life with the millionaire pawnbroker as "pretty unbearable" and said she lived "in constant fear of him," according to a May 2005 order of protection she filed in the divorce case.
"Over the past year, my husband has been taking injectable anabolic steroids. And as a result, he has an erratic, explosive temper," York-Cohen explained in seeking the protection order. She also said Cohen tried to force her to have sex with him.
Despite their bitter divorce battle, Cohen and his ex-wife were doing joint media interviews Thursday -- the same day Quinn said Cohen "should step aside" if Cohen can't adequately explain the circumstances surrounding an October 2005 domestic-battery arrest that the Sun-Times revealed new details about Tuesday night.
In that case, a prostitute with whom Cohen was living alleged he held a knife to her throat. She showed police minor scars on her neck and hands. The charge was dropped when the woman failed to show up in court.
Cohen said Thursday he never laid a hand on anyone, has no plans to step down and intends to ride out the storm of questions about the arrest.
He said his former live-in girlfriend called police in retaliation for him having her arrested on a property-damage charge for destroying his apartment months earlier.
"I never knew her as a prostitute. She was a massage therapist," Cohen said on WTTW-Channel 11's "Chicago Tonight." "She may have had marks, but if there were, they were done by her. And if we can find her, we will have her [explain that]."
Cohen also allegedly skipped child-support payments at the same time he was investing his own money -- a total of more than $2 million -- in his successful bid to become the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. His ex-wife, Debra York-Cohen, alleged just two months ago that he owed her nine months worth of back child support totaling $54,000 for their four children.
York-Cohen described life with the millionaire pawnbroker as "pretty unbearable" and said she lived "in constant fear of him," according to a May 2005 order of protection she filed in the divorce case.
"Over the past year, my husband has been taking injectable anabolic steroids. And as a result, he has an erratic, explosive temper," York-Cohen explained in seeking the protection order. She also said Cohen tried to force her to have sex with him.
Despite their bitter divorce battle, Cohen and his ex-wife were doing joint media interviews Thursday -- the same day Quinn said Cohen "should step aside" if Cohen can't adequately explain the circumstances surrounding an October 2005 domestic-battery arrest that the Sun-Times revealed new details about Tuesday night.
In that case, a prostitute with whom Cohen was living alleged he held a knife to her throat. She showed police minor scars on her neck and hands. The charge was dropped when the woman failed to show up in court.
Cohen said Thursday he never laid a hand on anyone, has no plans to step down and intends to ride out the storm of questions about the arrest.
He said his former live-in girlfriend called police in retaliation for him having her arrested on a property-damage charge for destroying his apartment months earlier.
"I never knew her as a prostitute. She was a massage therapist," Cohen said on WTTW-Channel 11's "Chicago Tonight." "She may have had marks, but if there were, they were done by her. And if we can find her, we will have her [explain that]."
In an upset that shocked everyone, the then unknown Scott Cohen seemingly came from nowhere and beat veteran politcians, Art Turner and Rickey Hendon to win the Democratic spot to run for Lt. Governor of Illinois.
The horror stories told above by his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend, described as a prostitute, have caused the most controversey since the indictment of former Governor Rod Blagojevitch and have outraged women's groups in spite of his ex-wife's explanation that he was on steroids at the time, it was a difficult time.
Kasandra Malone, a friend of his ex-girlfriend, said she described him as "a really nice guy."
Mr Cohen has stated repeatedly that he revealed his background before the elections. Yet no one bothered to check it or no one cared about his background. Why are the fuss now? Typical crook county Politics. The west side and soputh side of the city is hit with rampant crime, high unemployment, abandoned buildingd and vacant lots cover the landscape and our leaders do nothing or do not know or want to do anything. The voters are taken for granted and expected to vote for these pols year after year./p>
This "surprise winner" should let the Democrats know that voters are tired of the "business as usual" politics that have given this city the reputation as one of the most, if not the most corrupt, city in the U.S.
Mr Cohen has said he will not step down, this should make for a pretty interesting election either way.
Celebrating African American History Month
Black people are not dark-skinned white people.
This marketing strategy, that pinpoints the cultural cues of the target audience, was as simple as it was genius-and it made Tom Burrell one of the most successful 'ad men' in modern history.
Burrell's new thought included the early courtship of the image-conscious young urban consumer; he invented the advertising term "yurban." Through the years, Burrell Communications Group would dominate that niche market, earning hundreds of millions of dollars for groundbreaking advertising campaigns for Verizon, Tide and Sprite, among others.
In 2004, Burrell announced his retirement from Burrell Communications Group. Today he's rewired-having released a riveting new book, Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority (SmileyBooks, February, 2010), which no advertising exec would want the urban consumer to read.
In Brainwashed, Burrell illustrates with disturbing detail how the sausage is made, taking the reader from the fattening farm, to the slaughterhouse, to the cooked sausage patties at the breakfast table.
By the way, the sausage is you.
http://www.ndigo.com/coverstory.asp
Click on the above link to read the fascinating article by Tom Burrell, one of the most successful "ad men" in history.
This marketing strategy, that pinpoints the cultural cues of the target audience, was as simple as it was genius-and it made Tom Burrell one of the most successful 'ad men' in modern history.
Burrell's new thought included the early courtship of the image-conscious young urban consumer; he invented the advertising term "yurban." Through the years, Burrell Communications Group would dominate that niche market, earning hundreds of millions of dollars for groundbreaking advertising campaigns for Verizon, Tide and Sprite, among others.
In 2004, Burrell announced his retirement from Burrell Communications Group. Today he's rewired-having released a riveting new book, Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority (SmileyBooks, February, 2010), which no advertising exec would want the urban consumer to read.
In Brainwashed, Burrell illustrates with disturbing detail how the sausage is made, taking the reader from the fattening farm, to the slaughterhouse, to the cooked sausage patties at the breakfast table.
By the way, the sausage is you.
http://www.ndigo.com/coverstory.asp
Click on the above link to read the fascinating article by Tom Burrell, one of the most successful "ad men" in history.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Primary Election Day-Crook County Voting
"So much for shedding Chicago's "vote early and vote often" reputation. a mouthy Cook County election judge was booted from the precinct where he was working this afternoon for attempting to vote several times, among other things."
Having decided not to vote early, I ended up having to vote and keep several appointments on the same day.
SinceI usually vote early, which means I can vote anywhere designated,I have never voted at the Precinct where I have lived for the last three years.
After just glancing at the adress where to vote included with my new Voter's Registration card, I walked intot he first school I saw on 16th street and no, it was not the site where I can vote.
Leaving there I drove to the school on the corner of 16th street where I live and where the County election Judges suggested was probably the correct voter site for my adddress.
This was the correct site. Thank goodness, the thought of going all the way home, locating my Voter's Registration card and then searching for that site was not an appealing thought.
Eveything was fine once I arrived here, except the Judge sent me to "the table all the way in the back", they sent me to "the table over there".
Since arriving finally at the "table over there" I was surprised to see my neighbor and Block Captain President, and announced to her "didn't you see me trying to figure out where to vote, why didn't you help me?
Afternoon News shows hadalready announced that voter turnout was low and I was very suprirsed as how many complained about signing Candidate Petitions allowing them to get on the ballot but no one was bothering to vote.
Anyway, ballot in hand, I proceeded to vote for candidates I preferred but mistakenly over-voted.
The Election Judge explained that Icould submit that ballot as is and my vote would not be counted where I over-voted and seem surprised when I asked for a new ballot and explained all of my votes were important to me and that is why I was voting.
As I walked back to vote again, the judge announced very loudly, while holding my "spoiled ballot" up, "you can't write on this ballot like this, you have to vote for the names on the ballot."
Geting irritated, I shouted back at her, "it says, write in and I am intitled to a secret vote/ballot, you are not supposed to look at my ballot to see for who I am voting."
As I was finishing my third ballot, I started to look for the Board of Election's phone number to file a complaint, another Judge, Sheree, asked to speak to me and apologized for the first Judge's error in telling me that I could not write in a candidate's name on my ballot.
The other Judge also left the room and never returned.
This calmed me down some and I submitted my ballot into the "thing' because no one ever explained what the "paper shredder looking device" that all the ballots were being fed into was, and it was declared "undervotted."
This was acceptable to me and I approved of this and left.
At least I voted, and I only voted once.
Alas, life in crook county, always expect the unexpected.
Having decided not to vote early, I ended up having to vote and keep several appointments on the same day.
SinceI usually vote early, which means I can vote anywhere designated,I have never voted at the Precinct where I have lived for the last three years.
After just glancing at the adress where to vote included with my new Voter's Registration card, I walked intot he first school I saw on 16th street and no, it was not the site where I can vote.
Leaving there I drove to the school on the corner of 16th street where I live and where the County election Judges suggested was probably the correct voter site for my adddress.
This was the correct site. Thank goodness, the thought of going all the way home, locating my Voter's Registration card and then searching for that site was not an appealing thought.
Eveything was fine once I arrived here, except the Judge sent me to "the table all the way in the back", they sent me to "the table over there".
Since arriving finally at the "table over there" I was surprised to see my neighbor and Block Captain President, and announced to her "didn't you see me trying to figure out where to vote, why didn't you help me?
Afternoon News shows hadalready announced that voter turnout was low and I was very suprirsed as how many complained about signing Candidate Petitions allowing them to get on the ballot but no one was bothering to vote.
Anyway, ballot in hand, I proceeded to vote for candidates I preferred but mistakenly over-voted.
The Election Judge explained that Icould submit that ballot as is and my vote would not be counted where I over-voted and seem surprised when I asked for a new ballot and explained all of my votes were important to me and that is why I was voting.
As I walked back to vote again, the judge announced very loudly, while holding my "spoiled ballot" up, "you can't write on this ballot like this, you have to vote for the names on the ballot."
Geting irritated, I shouted back at her, "it says, write in and I am intitled to a secret vote/ballot, you are not supposed to look at my ballot to see for who I am voting."
As I was finishing my third ballot, I started to look for the Board of Election's phone number to file a complaint, another Judge, Sheree, asked to speak to me and apologized for the first Judge's error in telling me that I could not write in a candidate's name on my ballot.
The other Judge also left the room and never returned.
This calmed me down some and I submitted my ballot into the "thing' because no one ever explained what the "paper shredder looking device" that all the ballots were being fed into was, and it was declared "undervotted."
This was acceptable to me and I approved of this and left.
At least I voted, and I only voted once.
Alas, life in crook county, always expect the unexpected.
Michael Scott Investigation
"Sixteen hours before he was dead, Michael Scott got a 13-minute call from a top aide to Mayor Daley to schedule a meeting about questionable expenses that Scott and his staff had charged to board credit cards."
"Scott had a 13-minute conversation with mayoral press secretary Jacquelyn Heard starting at 11:01 am, Sunday, Nov 15, according to police records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times about Scott's suicide."
Was this call enough to make Michael Scott decide to take his own life?
New School board President and former mayoral chief of staff, Ron Huberman canceled all credit cards and instituted new rules that each department will have to adhere to have new ones issued.
Fewer than half of the children who signed up for federally mandated after-school tutoring will receive it this year as a budget shortfall has forced the Chicago public school district to re-prioritize spending.
The district will only be able to serve about 32,000 of an estimated 72,000 children from grades K-12 who applied for the tutoring, district officials said.
The cuts to after-school programming come at a time when youth violence is again center stage, and critics argue that kids who might have been in a classroom after school will now have to find something else to do with their time.
As the students suffer budget cuts, top school officials spend money dining at well known restaurants, buying expensive artwork for their personal collections and taking trips not related to their offical capacities.
These people are paid six figure salaries and still get caught stealing with both hands.
Is there something in the water in Chicago aka: Crookago and Crook County that makes these people steal like there is no tomorrow and now everyday citizens are suffering?
The solution is to vote, research the backgrounds and records iof candidates running for office as well as the incumbents already in office and vote.
Students and citizens should be encouraged to run for political office as well. Intelligent, erudite citizens are needed to run our county and local governments.
Then and only then, can we expect to end the seemingly endless sea of corruption we are engulfed in.
"Scott had a 13-minute conversation with mayoral press secretary Jacquelyn Heard starting at 11:01 am, Sunday, Nov 15, according to police records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times about Scott's suicide."
Was this call enough to make Michael Scott decide to take his own life?
New School board President and former mayoral chief of staff, Ron Huberman canceled all credit cards and instituted new rules that each department will have to adhere to have new ones issued.
Fewer than half of the children who signed up for federally mandated after-school tutoring will receive it this year as a budget shortfall has forced the Chicago public school district to re-prioritize spending.
The district will only be able to serve about 32,000 of an estimated 72,000 children from grades K-12 who applied for the tutoring, district officials said.
The cuts to after-school programming come at a time when youth violence is again center stage, and critics argue that kids who might have been in a classroom after school will now have to find something else to do with their time.
As the students suffer budget cuts, top school officials spend money dining at well known restaurants, buying expensive artwork for their personal collections and taking trips not related to their offical capacities.
These people are paid six figure salaries and still get caught stealing with both hands.
Is there something in the water in Chicago aka: Crookago and Crook County that makes these people steal like there is no tomorrow and now everyday citizens are suffering?
The solution is to vote, research the backgrounds and records iof candidates running for office as well as the incumbents already in office and vote.
Students and citizens should be encouraged to run for political office as well. Intelligent, erudite citizens are needed to run our county and local governments.
Then and only then, can we expect to end the seemingly endless sea of corruption we are engulfed in.
Carothers "guilty"
"Chicago Alderman, Isaac "Ike" Carothers is expected to plead guilty Monday to corruption charges, according to court authorities and records. "
That brings the total number of Alderman convicted of corruption in Chicago to 39, this includes Carothers' father.
The city is broke, the Mayor is demanding all city employees take unpaid forlough days and another Alderman is convicted of corruption.
It is obviously time to vote in new officials.
That brings the total number of Alderman convicted of corruption in Chicago to 39, this includes Carothers' father.
The city is broke, the Mayor is demanding all city employees take unpaid forlough days and another Alderman is convicted of corruption.
It is obviously time to vote in new officials.
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