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Submitted on Thu, 03/01/2007 – 17:35. Story by Anna Marevska Patrick O’Connor secured his seventh term as the 40th Ward alderman. One of 10 alderman running unopposed Feb. 27th, O’Connor garnered 5,625 votes. One in four registered voters in the ward’s 49 precincts voted. Although there will be no runoff in the 40th Ward,...
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Submitted on Thu, 03/01/2007 – 16:45. Story by Silvana Tabares Edward Burke will continue his 37-year reign as alderman of the 14th Ward, after easily defeating the first challenger he’s had in decades. Burke defeated Paloma Andrade, garnering nearly 90 percent of the votes. Andrade won 10 percent, after a weeks-long battle to remain...
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Submitted on Fri, 02/23/2007 – 21:57. Story by Jessica Pearce It’s 19 days before the 2007 city elections, and Scott Waguespack is speaking to a room full of supporters. As he faces about 40 Roscoe Village residents at the Ravensview Tavern, he can see “Waguespack for Alderman” posters taped to almost every available surface....
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Submitted on Fri, 02/23/2007 – 15:23. Story by Catherine Rigod Alderman Rey Colon, 45, imagines open spaces in his Near West Side ward where residents could jog, bike, roller blade or simply stroll. The alderman, seeking his second term in the 35th Ward, is working with the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation and the Logan Square...
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Submitted on Wed, 02/21/2007 – 23:38. Story by Eleanor Murray A high-profile race for control of the 42nd Ward will end this month with an election that may put the second-longest serving alderman in the city out of office. Incumbent Burton Natarus faces challenger Brendan Reilly; up until recently, the race featured a third...
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Submitted on Wed, 02/21/2007 – 16:24. Story by Jessica Wylie Shirley Newsome shakes her head as she watches children run on the grass, playing on a neighbor’s property and the street corner instead of using the new park down the street. She’s astonished at how some of the children in her North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood...
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