Theodore Seals

Can your child afford to go to the park?

Can your child afford to go to the park? To many Chicagoans this is an elementary assumption and critical to discouraging more youth crime and violence, but Wednesday(Nov. 19) a delegation of South Siders forced the Chicago...

Major candidates no-shows at early South Side forum

Major candidates invited to a major South Side forum Saturday(Nov. 14) failed to appear, including all the candidates for Cook County Board President, all but one of the candidates for U.S. Senator, and one of...

"We need jobs" versus "We mustn't settle for just anything" at forum on Walmart

"I don't know that it is required of this community to change our whole way of life so Walmart can make money." So said Ald. Freddrenna M. Lyle(D-6th. Ward) to...

Stonefaced CTA board faces angry crowd; other news

A stonefaced president and board of the Chicago Transit Authority faced charges of fascism, incompetence, and calls for boycott at Tuesday night's (Nov. 3) public hearing on its scheduled fare hike and service cuts, a fare...

Time to bury violence

"it's time to bury violence and all its friends." So was the battle cry for over 100 people participating in the "Funeral of Violence" at Park Manor Christian Church, 600 E. 73rd. St...

Infrastructure repair wrecks business district

When is an infrastructure project not welcome? When it destroys your business district. So a rapt crowd learned Monday night at the regular monthly meeting of the Park Manor Neighbors Community Council, on Chicago's...

The neighborhoods changed..and the police didn't change with them

"The neighborhoods changed and we didn't change with the times." That, in a nutshell, according to Area 2 Deputy Chief of Police Dana Alexander, is why much of the South and West Sides...

What apology? Mayor Daley, the parking meters and the budget

He was supposed to apologize for selling the parking meter rights to a private firm for possibly $1 billion less than he could have gotten, and is being sued by the Independent Voters of Illinois who claim he had no...

Citizens learn plenty at Scanner Day on National Night Out

"So what does '10-4' mean when you hear it on a police radio?".That and numerous other things were the subjects for over 30 people from the mid-South Side of Chicago Tuesday night(Aug.4...

Illinois is broke, how do we fix it?--State Rep. Thapedi

"How did we get into this mess?"That was the recurring question of approximately 125 people who attended the July 13 meeting of Park Manor Neighbors, a major South Sid e community organization, after State Rep. Andre Thapedi...

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