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Chicago's Democratic socialists on brink of transforming city's politics
The Guardian ^ | 3/21/2019 | Eric Lutz

Posted on 03/21/2019 12:00:17 PM PDT by Beave Meister

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To: Beave Meister

watch as these wealthy lake front liberals get transformed as well. This is actually going to be fun. As Alinsky said, “make them live up to their own values”.


21 posted on 03/21/2019 1:03:51 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: Beave Meister

More companies leaving. More of the population as well.


22 posted on 03/21/2019 1:31:26 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
They enjoyed the fruits of the U.S. economy and their own labor, but they couldn’t connect our wealth to capitalism.

They probably bought the Howard Zinn argument that we were just incredibly good at stealing it from other countries.


23 posted on 03/21/2019 1:42:27 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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They all seemed to miss the cradle-to-grave smothering comfort of the “old country.” They didn’t seem to be able to adjust to YOU are in charge of YOUR life and you make of it what you will. There were too may decisions for them.


24 posted on 03/21/2019 1:44:36 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Zinn was far too intellectual—many people around the world believe in magic, pure and simple.

The fearless leader waves his arms, and goods and services magically appear.

Our version—the federal reserve creates funds out of nothing, and goods and services magically appear!


25 posted on 03/21/2019 1:47:16 PM PDT by cgbg (Democracy dies in darkness when Bezos bans books.)
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Too bad they can’t shoot everyone who tries to leave like Castro or Maduro.


26 posted on 03/21/2019 1:48:03 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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COULD THIS BE WHY CHICAGOANS ARE SEEING RATS ?
The city of Chicago is composed of 50 wards which average out to around 72 precincts of about 350 or more voters in each precinct. Many are former villages incorporated into the city as the city grew. . A Chicago Alderman is in effect a mini mayor. They have input into who gets city services and now it’s how those services are being administered seem to be running into who’s ward is it ?.

What’s not being looked at is how Chicago wards have been redistricted. Chicago has had neighborhoods divided to create “Hispanic”residential sections going to Hispanic aldermanic and congressional (Gutierez) candidates and blacks going to black candidates.Which apparently is the result of the turnover in the Freddie and Fanny mortgage collapse. As stable integrated areas changed into being unstable because of constant dwelling turnover.had the effect of breaking up a contiguous geographic continuity and community identity. Because the wards affected which are really like small towns have had sections broken up into areas where if a problem arises in a given section of street which has one way traffic only. It may be two way a block down because it’s in a different ward. The same applies to all other city services including zoning and sanitation where garbage collection routes are organized by ward boundaries,

50 year Alderman Burke who is under federal charges for corruption ward is an example. Burke’s ward ,14th, needed remapping . The 14th was originally known as “Back of The Yards” Once the home of the famous Chicago Stock Yards where most food processors along with employee demographics have since relocated. It was a compact area almost 15 plus city blocks square area composed mostly of single and 2 story frame and brick family dwellings mixed with scattered brick apartment units. Because of the construction, insurance rates varied and became known as the condemned as “redlining”. When the democrats also warily supported by the Bush 2 administration came up with the no 20% down mortgage removed. Areas in the ward dramatically changed in demographics. Many of those dwellings sold under those conditions went into disrepair or default.

Originally his ward headquarters and palace was on 51st street just west of Damen Avenue. Today’s palace is just off of Pulaski Road near the Madam Curie high school just off of Archer Avenue miles away.

His ward now consists of areas carved from parts of the 12th (known as Mc Kinley Park and Brighton Park) and parts of the 23rd (known as Archer Heights Garfield Ridge and Clearing) wards Miles from the original 14th That In a former section of the 23rd ward now the 14th ward in the Midway airport area, 2 patrons in a local bar along Archer avenue were heard complaining about rats in their garbage. They felt it was because of the delay in garbage collection. Also heard the same beef about street snow removal. It has also played hell on zoning and because of the disruption of jurisdictions with the administration of city services such as streets and sanitation which the alderman (salary $120.000 plus allocations on local projects) do oversee and have input over.

By.employing this concept of remapping are residents are being denied the representation they should have when problems occur within their immediate vicinity.


27 posted on 03/21/2019 7:04:18 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record)
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