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Latino Candidates Step Forward for Both County and City Positions
December 10, 2011 | by The Hispanic Times | State News
More Latinos are filing for public office and/or for party positions in Illinois and Cook County. An important observation is several Latino politicians hold more than one political position within their communities. There are two Latino candidates who have filed for the March 20, 2012 Primary Election for a Countywide positions. Incumbent Anita Alvarez who is seeking continue reading »
New Chicago Ward Proposal Would Give Hispanics Four Additional Seats
November 11, 2011 | by HS News Staff | State News
A new ward map proposal for Chicago would give Hispanics four super-majority seats based on information from the latest Census. Three of the proposed wards would be sou continue reading »
Logan Square Farmers’ Market Faces Opposition From Alder. Colon
May 3, 2011 | by Chicagoist | State News
Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood, like many others, has long had farmers markets up and down its streets, but politics nearly prevented them from continuing, as Alderman Rey Colon tried to have the permits take away. continue reading »
Nepotism is Alive and Well in Cook Co. Assessors Office (VIDEO)
February 21, 2011 | by Huffington Post | State News
Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios is very open that he has his sister, son, daughter, as well as his new hire, longtime friend (and possible lover) Vicki LaCalamita in taxpayer-funded county positions. "I still won the election," Berrios told the Chicago Sun-Times in December when asked about hiring his son and his sister immediately after winning the assessor seat. continue reading »
Will Chicago’s Bill Daley be Obama’s new Chief of Staff?
January 5, 2011 | by Sun Times | State News
Though no final decisions have been made, William Daley, former Commerce Secretary and brother to Mayor Richard Daley is considered to be top on the list for the Presidents Chief of Staff position. continue reading »
Mayoral Candidate Chico’s Budget Idea
November 10, 2010 | by Chicago Tribune | State News
Chicago mayoral candidate Gery Chico stated that, despite his former boss Mayor Daley’s plan to dip into the city reserves to balance this year’s budget, he would not suggest the same. continue reading »
Chico Would Cut His Salary 20 Percent If Elected
October 29, 2010 | by Chicago Sun Times | State News
As Daley's chief of staff, Board of Education and park board president and City Colleges board chairman, Gery Chico believes he has shown he has what it takes to be Mayor of Chicago, and now, he’s adding a little honey to his mayoral candidate pot. If elected, Chico says he’ll cut his pay as mayor by 20 percent. continue reading »
Flores is Out, Before He’s In. Does Chico Advance in Influence Among Latinos?
October 12, 2010 | by Gregory Tejeda Chicago Argus | HS News Network
When all is said and done, I fully expect the pool of candidates for Chicago mayor in next year’s municipal elections to consist of four or five serious candidates (defined here as someone who might get 20 percent support) and two or three stubborn hold-outs who will remain in the running to the end even though everybody realizes they will only get 1 percent voter support. continue reading »
Rahm Emanuel Visita Pilsen en el Suroeste de Chicago
October 4, 2010 | by Kimberly Kipp | State News
Rahm Emanuel Visita Pilsen en el Suroeste de ChicagoEl ex-jefe del gabinete de la Casa Blanca Rahm Emanuel visitó en la mañana del Lunes el vecindario de Pilsen, buscando conquistar el voto de los Latinos para las próximas elecciones a la alcaldía de Chicago. continue reading »
Gery Chico Announces Run for Chicago Mayor (VIDEO)
September 27, 2010 | by Fox News- Chicago | State News
Chico is a former president of the Chicago Park District and president of the Chicago Board of Education. Chico is currently president of the Chicago city colleges. He is a friend of Mayor Daley’s and his former chief of staff. continue reading »
