Bridgeport Alliance is a grassroots organization of local residents and institutions committed to engage in the decision making that impacts our community utilizing education, advocacy, and collaborative action to promote responsive government and an improved quality of life for all residents. For more information or to join our mailing list, contact info@bridgeportalliance.org
Showing posts with label Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Vote Today!
This is just a reminder about Chicago's most exciting election in a generation! It comes to a head today, so please remember to vote. If you've got questions or need to find your polling place, please visit the Chicago Board of Elections website here.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Groucho for Mayor!
April Fools, at least about the Groucho part. This is just a reminder that April 7, 2015, marks the mayoral runoff election for the city of Chicago. Don't forget to head to the polls to choose between candidates Jesus "Chuy" Garcia and Rahm Emanuel. If you're a citizen of the 11th Ward, two candidates for alderman, Patrick Daley Thompson and John Kozlar, will also be on the ballot.
Questions about voting or about the candidates? Follow the links below.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Setting the Record Crooked: Emanuel Again Takes Credit for Activists’ Work
Back in November 2014, Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel aired a commercial taking the credit for shutting down the coal-fired power plants that were poisoning the South Side. But community groups, including Bridgeport Alliance, fought back—we, not Emanuel, are the folks who battled for ten long years to close the plants. Bridgeport Alliance released a strong position statement and joined several of its allies in front of the mayoral office for a press conference to set the record straight.
In his usual
style, Emanuel hasn’t let the objections of the citizens of Chicago stop
him. In March 26’s mayoral debate, he was at it again: “Let’s take the neighborhood of Little Village
that Chuy’s represented for 30 years. Working with community leaders, I finally
closed the coal plant that was there spewing pollution.” His challenger, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia,
laughed and responded, “You single-handedly closed it? People worked on it for
10 years before you were ever elected. You were still in Washington. . . . Before
the mayor ever moved into Chicago right before he ran for mayor, people worked
in Little Village, in Pilsen and in Canaryville and Bridgeport to close the
coal-burning plants. They protested. They testified. They signed petitions. . .
. He’s grandstanding. He’s trying to claim credit for work that he didn’t do.”
Bridgeport Alliance would like to clear the air once again. It's the citizens of Chicago—residents of the neighborhoods, not city hall—who make up the city, and we fight for our rights, and for rightful recognition. We object to Emanuel's appropriation of our work. As our chair, Ruby Pinto, says, "Grassroots organizing is about forming relationships with the people
around you and creating a powerful community. The connections that were
made during the fight to close the coal plant remain in place today." But, she notes, "I look forward to standing with my community no matter who the
next mayor is."
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