Alderman Daniel La Spata's declaration on Friday in the race for the volunteer position as 1st Ward Democratic Committeeman, which is currently held by former 1st Ward Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno, is heating up.
Fake news and election smear tactics linked to public officials are not just in Washington and Springfield these days. They are up close and personal in the 4th District Illinois House of Representatives Democratic race.
"You are not going to get a dime out of this building," Proco "Joe" Moreno, 1st Ward Alderman, warns Brian Strauss, building owner where the well known music venue, Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee Ave., resided for 20-years in Wicker Park. "I felt that he was intimidating me, that he was threatening me," said Strauss to CBS' Dave Savini in an interview aired Tuesday night.
Question: Alderman Hopkins, what do you see as the top five issues for 2017 in Chicago and your 2nd Ward?
Despite multiple requests to Alderman Hopkins before and after a promise from him to send 2017 issues for the City and/or 2nd Ward, we have received nothing.
The Chicago City Council Black Caucus made an historic move in the Finance Committee Friday to block the approval of $3.5 billion in bonds for O’Hare International Airport.
A Back-to-School Fair and Family Fest sponsored by 2nd Ward Alderman Hopkins will be filled with activities Saturday, Aug. 6, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Pulaski Park, 1419 W. Blackhawk.
A third meeting in a week and a half regarding private security patrols on the streets of [Special Service Area] SSA #33 in Wicker Park and Bucktown played out in the sweltering heat in St. Stanislaus Kostka School, 1255 N. Noble, on Fri., July 22.
While Roberto Maldonado, Chicago's 26th Ward Alderman, was at the funeral of his mother Carmen G. Maldonado on Dec. 23, his wife Nancy Franco Maldonado, 46, was in the hospital battling pancreatic cancer.
With the prediction of snow and a potential for ice on sidewalks, the "being considerate of others" test is about to be activated for the 2015-16 Winter Season! Those who fail the test can be fined!
Despite the fact that sawdust was flying behind this door at 1400 N. Ashland early Thursday afternoon, Brian Hopkins, the 2nd Ward's new alderman says, "I and my new staff will be ready to sell City Stickers between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Following the inauguration of the Mayor Rahm Emanuel, City Clerk Susana Mendoza, City Treasurer Kurt Summers and all 50 members of the City Council in The Chicago Theatre, 175 North State Street, at 10:30 a.m.
Anne Shaw and Ronda Locke, two opponents of incumbent Proco "Joe" Moreno in the 1st Ward Aldermanic race, filed a lawsuit, late Tuesday, in the Circuit Court of Cook County against the City of Chicago Board of Election Commissioners alleging mistakes and frau
This week is not going well for 1st Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno. Two long time supporters, one from East Village and the other from Logan Square are publicly saying "We've had enough," while one of his 1st Ward First supporters/workers is sitting in jail charged with financial exploitation of the elderly and aggravated identity theft.
![PMoreno](/sites/default/files/imagecache/small/PJMoreno.jpg "Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno")
![HopkinsMoreno](/sites/default/files/imagecache/small/HopkinsMoreno_0.jpg "Alderman Brian Hopkins and Proco "Joe" Moreno")
![FrontDoor](/sites/default/files/imagecache/small/FrontDoor_0.jpg "Behind the brown paper is the "New 2's" office on Ashland Ave.")
![PJMoreno](/sites/default/files/imagecache/small/Moreno_7.jpg "Proco "Joe" Moreno 1st Ward")
