Posts Tagged ‘ Mayor Richard M. Daley ’

Local school councils are out, Renaissance 2010 is in, and the fight against the machine has only begun. Activists and experts have taken a stand to bring back public schools and public involvement in education; they said they are fighting for their voice. Pauline Lipman, policy studies professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago,...
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The Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (GADC) newsletter is available online. Some of the events and news highlighted in this issue includes news that the Community Green Jobs initiative designed to enhance the existing litter-free program will be supported with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to create 10 eco-friendly jobs. GADC’s Green Ambassadors...
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Local officials in Austin say if Chicago Public School leaders don’t create more high school seats in the West Side neighborhood, more youth will end up in the streets of Chicago’s toughest areas. But CPS officials say Austin residents will have to be content with their three Renaissance 2010 high schools. Austin High School, the...
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Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has spent the majority of his time over the last year clearing up what he considers misinformation about his platform and defending himself from what he said are daily attacks by the media, as well as attacks by his Democratic competition. Stroger, who was elected as board president on...
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Community gardens. Buying the Leone Beach house. Security cameras on the “L” platforms. Those were just a few of the suggestions 49th Ward residents gave last week on how to spend next year’s aldermanic menu money during a community meeting held by Ald. Joe Moore (49th). In what Moore says will be...
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