New Austin Family Health Center opens on West Side
The new facility will ser ve anyone regardless of income
By ZOË TAKAKI Contributing Reporter
The Austin Family Health Center on Lake Street is expected to open its doors to patients on Monday to provide a wide variety of health services to the Austin community.
The healthcare nonprofit PCC Community Wellness Center built the new, state-of-the-art facility
“From the moment that our first patient walks through the door on Monday morning, throughout their entire experience through the entire facility, our goal is to address the whole person, body, mind and spirit,” said President and CEO of PCC Community Wellness Center, Alyssa Sianghio at the ribbon cutting Thursday.
The facility will offer services that include primary care, diabetes and chronic disease management, substance abuse treatment and mental health services. There are also a number of spaces dedicated to promote healthy lifestyles, including a wellness center, a test kitchen to teach residents about healthy diets, and a classroom for education and events.
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City set to launch the West Side ‘People’s Plan’
By SAM TUCKER Contributing Reporter
Three grassroots organizations will be involved in an intensified hyperlocal approach to public safety on the West Side, the city announced Tuesday. A fourth will be conducted on the South Side
Mayor Brandon Johnson and his staf f made his announcement Oct. 8 when he hosted a public meeting at the Moore Park Fieldhouse with the Austin community to update the People’s Plan for Community Safety, a new strateg y to reduce crime and violence in Chicago’s highest-risk communities
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The mayor said that the Chicago Westside Branch NAACP will work in Austin, Teamwork Englewood in Englewood, and Beyond the Ball in South Lawndale. A “community convener” for West Garfield Park will be announced later, he said.
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us an opportunity to continue to listen, to continue to grow and ask the community what they need,” Sianghio said. “There are so many ways that we can change our health more than just in the exam room, more than just with medication, but with our lifestyle choices.”
The facility will offer a full spectrum of family care, from pregnancy to infants, pediatrics, adult medicine and geriatric care.
Many speaking at Thursday’s event stressed the importance of this facility being on the West Side, with the life expectancy gap between the West Side of Chicago and downtown being a 14-year difference.
“We didn’t want our patients in the Austin community to have to go downtown or to even leave a neighborhood, to receive quality specialty care. And that was the vision behind this facility,” said chairperson Ronald Austin Jr.
Alderwoman Emma Mitts, whose 37th Ward resides on the West Side, stressed the importance of this space being accessible.
“The hope is that it’s accessible enough for one to not have to linger with their health care. That they should come in and try to expand their life expectancy and not just go without, because you have no reason to,” Mitts said. “To have one right here in a neighborhood of low-income people who can’t af ford to get health care , there is no excuse no
nancial situation.
“When I tell people they can go to a federally qualified health center and not have to pay any money if they don’t have any, they can do that,” said U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis.
The health center is a collaboration between Cook County Land Bank Authority, PCC Wellness and the City of Chicago, and cost $19.5 million with more than half the funding from the PCC Foundation and support from the New Markets Tax Credit program.
T he 36,000 square foot, three story building is WELL-certified and strives to reduce energy and water consumption.
facility in 2020.
The re gistration center will be named the “Emma Mitts Primary Care Re gistration Center” in honor of Ald. Mitts and conference room will be called “The Robert J. Urso Conference Room” in honor of Robert J. Urso, PCC Wellness’ for mer President and CEO.
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Also at the event was Cha Juana Calhoun, a West Side resident who shared her story of being diagnosed with diabetes. After connecting with nurse Nancy Rodriguez, who will be working in the diabetes management program at the center, Calhoun changed her diet and with Rodriguez’s guidance and motivation, Calhoun was able to reverse her diabetes to being classified as prediabetes.
“No one ever told me that you could reverse diabetes. But Nancy encouraged me She inspired me. She changed my life,” said Calhoun. “This progr am works, I’m living proof.”
T he facility is located at 5461 W. Lake Street.
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An article published Oct. 9 titled “How Kweisi Gharreau uses poetry to heal and inspire the community” misspelled Kweisi Gharreau’s last name given at birth and his brother’s nickname. Dunlap is the last name and the nickname is Lemont. We apolo gize for the er rors.
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Trunk or Treat!
Oc t. 25, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., Nor theast corner of Central and Harrison Street
The O ce of Community Policing is hosting a Trunk or Treat in the Austin Community later this month. Come out and celebrate Halloween in a safe and fun way to trick-or-treat! Contact O er William Martinez for more information about the event or to enter your organiza-
Vendor Information Session with Chicago Park Distric t
Oc t. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., South Shore Cultural Center
Learn about doing business with the Chicago Park Distric t’s Department of Purchasing. The department is hosting free infosessions to explore business opportunities with the Chicago Park Distric t. The event is intended for MBE and WBE rms, or Minority Business and Women Business Enterprises. At the event, attendees can ask questions about doing business to representatives from the park district and other internal departments including planning and construction, cultural and natural resources, revenue and purchasing departments. For questions, contact: compliance@chicagoparkdistric t.com.
Free Farmers Market at Loretto Hospital
Wednesday, Oc t. 16, from 3 to 6 p.m., Loretto Hospital parking lot
Loretto Hospital is celebrating World Food Day with a one -day- only, free farmers market. The market will have free fresh vegetables, fruits and artisanal honey. The event is an e or t from the hospital to promote health in the community, and bring awareness to health equity and food accessibilit y. Attendees can connect with local farmers and learn about sustainable farming practices, and talk to healthcare professionals about improving community health and healthy food access. Free produce and market items are o ered while supplies last. 645 S. Central Ave
5th District Elected School Board Candidate Forum
Monday, Oc t. 21, at 6 p.m., The Collins Academy
T he Chicago Westside Branch NAACP is hosting a candidate forum for the 5th District Elec te d
S chool Board this month. T he event is an opportunity to ask candidates questions that are r unning for the 5th District school-boar d , and hear about their vision for the distric t’s education system. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., early arrival is encouraged. Register for the event: h ttps://ow.ly/I4pA50TJJA6. 1313 S. Sacramento D r.
Fair Oaks Ar tisan Market
Saturday, Oc t. 19, from 10 a.m. 3 p.m.
The Fair Oaks Artisan Market will be taking place this month in Oak Park. Holiday items, handmade goods, and art made by local artisans at the event. Baked goods, coffee from Kribi coffee, and a raffle will also be at the even t. The market is hosted by the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, and part of the proceeds will be donated to a high school senior mission trip, and local organizations including: A House in Austin, Austin Coming Together, and Bethel New Life. For more information: https://ow.ly/iZVi50TJJCm. 744 Fair Oaks Ave
Voter Education Conversations at BUILD
Thursday, Oc t. 17, from 4 to 6 p.m.BUILD Headquarters
The Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development, or BUILD, is hosting a voter education workshop, “ My Black Card Don’t Decline”, where attendees can learn and be a part of conversations around voting. The event is hosted by BUILD’s Peace and Justice Center, Black Vo te s Matter, Citizen Universit y, Westside Rising and Yr udition. The event is moderated by youth activist Kobey Loften. The event is free to attend, registration is not required. 5100 W. Harrison S t.
Austin Coming Together hosting Mental Health Focus Groups
Multiple dates: Oct. 17, Oc t. 19., Oc t. 26, and Oc t. 30, In-person and virtual
Austin Coming Together is looking for residents to talk about mental health. ACT is conducting focus groups to hear from residents on their needs and experiences relating to mental health. The focus groups will contribute to the research being done by ACT to improve access to mental health resources in Austin.
The focus group dates and locations are:
Oct. 17, at 6 p.m., located at Austin Coming Together, at 5049 W. Harrison St.
Oct . 19, at 12 p.m., located at Bethel New Life, at 4950 W Thomas S t.
Oct . 26, at 1 p.m., located at Columbus Park Fieldhouse, at 500 S. Central Ave
Oct . 30, at 7 p.m., virtual meeting
For more information, contact Imani Lewis a t mhresearcherimani@gmail.com, and Katrina B ailey at mhresearcherkatrina@gmail.com . To register: https://ow.ly/wATQ50TJJLB
Drive to collect diapers for local families
E or t is a collaboration between A House in Austin and the village of Oak Park
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Two groups are collaborating to put on a diaper drive in October.
The village of Oak Park and A House in Austin, a parent-child resource center on the West Side of Chicago, are collecting diapers all month to donate to local families in need.
Those who are interested in donating can drop of f items in the lobby of Oak Park Village Hall at 123 Madison St. on Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations will be accepted through Oct. 31.
Accepted items at the drive include packs of unopened diapers — size six diapers and pull-up diapers are most requested — and baby wipes. Locals who want to purchase items for the diaper drive can do so on an Amazon Wishlist
Diapers are a necessary part of protecting children from germs and keeping them clean and healthy. And many child
care facilities require that children come in with diapers.
But diapers are expensive. On average, a month of diapers costs about $80, according to a study published in 2020 by the National Diaper Bank Network
The study also re ports that one in three families throughout the United States struggle to provide clean diapers. And many parents across Illinois and in Cook County experience the financial burden that can come with buying diapers.
Over 439,000 kids in Illinois under the age of 3 need diapers, and 18% of them are a part of a family earning less than 100% of the federal poverty level, according to the National Diaper Bank Network.
In February, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced birth equity and maternal health initiatives. Those included a $1 million pilot for a diaper distribution prog ram, which would give an eCard diaper allowance to eligible families.
“Diaper need is a public-health matter, and getting diapers to families raising infants while overcoming other economic challenges lends support in a meaningful way,” said Dulce Quintero, secretary designate for the Illinois De partment of Human Services, in February at the go vernor’s announcement.
“The Diaper Distribution Pilot Program will help families with young children with one less essential item to worry about as they strive to ensure good health, growth and development for their infants,” Quintero said. Donate to the diaper drive through Oct. 31 at 123 Madison St. on Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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It Takes a Village’s grand opening in Austin
arly childhood education center is located at W. Chicago Ave.
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
ving on the West Side of Chicaa new pre-kindergarten education option for their children.
llage held a ribbon cutting Oct. 12 to celebrate the early learning center opening in Austin.
Chicago Ave., locals and pubthered to mark the official launch of the center in the West Side
location of It Takes a Village, founded in 2004, is the organization’s fifth and will expand the organization’s reach to
children ages birth through 5 years old.
“We wanted to create a program that was truly culturally sensitive, culturally responsive, and also culturally empowering, and we wanted to implement a curriculum that did all of that,” Nakisha Hobbs, cofounder of It Takes a Village, told the Austin Weekly News earlier this year about her original goal for the organization. It Takes a Village offers opportunities for the likes of art, music and Spanish language immersion. The organization also trains educators and provides workforce development at its headquarters and office space in the Tri-Taylor neighborhood of Chicago.
Hobbs co-founded It Takes a Village in the early 2000s, when she was pregnant, living in Austin, and looking for an early childhood education program for her baby Hobbs’ friend Anita Andrews-Hutchinson and her mother, Gwendolyn Harris, helped found It Takes a Village. Harris –
Bria Carter, Malcolm Craw ford, Nakisha Hobbs, State Representative Camille Lilly, Anita Andrews-Hutchinson, State Representative LaShaw n Ford, 39th Senate District director Eileen Ly nch, and Jasmine Span cut the ribbon for It Takes a Village School on Oct. 12.
who had taught at a Chicago Public School middle school and at Nash Elementary School in Austin – saw children struggling to read, which she taught her children before kinder garten, according to Hobbs.
“What we really want to do as an organization is improve both health and academic outcomes for children in the Austin
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Miss Dollie Sherman leads a tour of the new Garden of Love playlot at the Austin Harvest Fest at 600 N. Lorel Ave. on Oct. 12.
CCPSA is seeking a West Side attorney to join the police oversight group
Applications are open after Kelly Presley ’s resignation from the commission
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Applications are open for an experienced West Side attorney to join the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability because Kelly Presley is moving and vacating the position at the end of the month.
T he District Council Nominating Committee is looking for an attorney with at least a decade of experience in civil rights, criminal law or prosecution. The attor ney must also live on Chicago’s West Side because of CCPSA’s geog raphic residency requirements.
To apply, you must live in Austin, East or West Garfield Park, North or South Lawndale, Humboldt Park, West Town, the Near West Side, Little Village or the Lower West Side
Applications are due Nov. 6. Then, the nominating committee will conduct interviews and choose at least two applicants as a recommendation. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will choose one to serve on the CCPSA. Commissioners receive a $1,000 monthly stipend.
Over three years ago, the Chicago City Council created the CCPSA and District Councils as a model for police oversight and accountability. While district councilors are elected bodies that help improve public safety and policing, the CCPSA has the power to advance reform and make recommendations in those areas.
The CCPSA oversees the Chicago Police Department, the Police Board, and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. Its job is to prioritize transparency of these organizations and facilitate community input on them.
More specifically, the CCPSA has the
ability to set the police department’s policy, review its budg et, recommend solutions to non-policing, and evaluate the progress of the police department, its board, and COPA.
T he new West Side attorney will fill an upcoming vacancy on the CCPSA after Presley’s resignation on Oct. 31. Presley was appointed to the CCPSA in June of this year to a four-year term but is moving out of Chicago.
Presley was an attorney at the Office of the Cook County Public Guardian for nearly six years, then deputy chief legal counsel and chief public safety legal counsel at the Illinois Department of Corrections for six years.
“Commissioner Presley’s contributions to increasing public safety and police accountability has been invaluable” said Angelica Green, a 25th District councilor, in a statement. “Having already conducted a successful nomination process that resulted in the appointments of Commissioners Anthony Driver Jr., Aaron Gottlieb, Abierre Minor, Angel Rubi Navarijo, Remel Terry, and Sandra Wor tham, we are confident that our selection process will identify passionate and qualified candidates to continue the vital role she leaves behind.”
Since its inception, the CCPSA has had several major contributions to policing and public safety in Chicago.
Last summer, the CCPSA nominated Larry Snelling to be the next superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. The Chicago City Council appointed Snelling last September.
The CCPSA helped to eliminate the police department’s gang database, which was re ported to be full of er rors and targeting Black and Latino residents.
The commission has also held public hearings on ShotSpotter — City Council is fighting to reinstate the gunshot detection system after its contract expired last month — and pretextual traffic stops.
For more information about the CCPSA and to apply by Nov. 6, visit www.cityofchicago.org/ChicagoCommunityCommission
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community,” Hobbs previously told Austin Weekly News. “We want Austin to become the best place in the city of Chicago to raise children.”
It Takes a Village serves over 1,500 children across Chicago. But with plans to open a kindergarten-through-12th-grade learning center in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood – and open another birth-to-five center in Oak Park – the organization plans
to serve closer to 5,000 kids in five years.
“We’ve raised some really amazing children who are not only amazing academically, but they are also folks who are committed to their communities,” Hobbs said. They are people “who have been involved in a number of campaigns over the years that are designed around enhancing or improving the quality of life for all Chicago residents, but definitely for residents on the South and West Sides of the city.”
To enroll at a It Takes a Village center, visit https://itavschools.org/resources/ enroll/.
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Johnson said the organizations will “serve as the community leaders for the People’s Plan for Community Safety, working to provide services and coordinated activities in partnership with other community stakeholders.”
“Working with city agencies and departments, creating a better, stronger City of Chicago will no longer happen in isolation and silos,” Johnson said, adding, “these organizations provide the knowledge and the understanding for what is needed in these communities.”
The People’s Plan was launched in December The Oct. 8 meeting provided an update and an opportunity for city officials to hear from the Austin community Johnson, Deputy Mayor Garien Gatewood and 28th Ward Alderman Jason Ervin were among those who spoke at the event.
Gatewood described the plan as a layered approach to public safety, where the first step was to determine which communities most needed investment and resources. For Austin, the two block groups outlined in the People’s Plan are Madison to Adams Street and West End to Adams Street, both near Laramie and Lavergne.
“Obviously, the purposeful disinvestment that those blocks have seen[historically] won’t change overnight, but now you have a commitment. You have an anchor organization who will be working hand-in-hand,” Gatewood said.
The People’s Plan
The plan has a two-pronged approach; people-based and place-based. People-placed investment and support comes in the form of immediately interrupting violence by “supporting the people most acutely impacted,” according to the plan. The place-based approach involves addressing “the root causes of violence, focusing on high opportunity neighborhoods.”
Those in attendance were given a chance to provide feedback and brainstorm in small groups.
Among those who gave her thoughts was Lacovia Harper, who lives in Austin and works as the Austin legal and medical advocate for Resilience, a non-profit that supplies support and services for victims of sexual violence.
“It was just really nice to hear him ask questions of: what are the youth wanting? What is missing? How do we get the youth more involved? How do we bridge that gap? And then I offered advice on being more involved in the community, because then they [youth] value the community more.”
Harper said that residents shouldn’t have to go far or outside of their neighborhood to access schools, grocery stores and public parks or go to other neighborhoods for trickor-treating.
“It’s just about making our neighborhoods safe, but we need to take that power back as well so that we actually have a sense of community within our neighborhoods,” she said.
Following the small group discussion, Johnson asked Gatewood and CPD Chief of Patrol Jon Hein about their work in Austin and about the progress so far.
Gatewood said the Office of Community Safety launched two pilot programs over the summer:
■ A pilot program, “Take Back the Block,” where the office, with city department partners, cleaned and repaired street infrastructure on a small block-radius and followed up with department resources and support; ■ The office’s rapid response protocol to supply resources and services for victims of mass shootings and tender-age children who were victims of gun violence. Gatewood said the protocol was activated 40 times over the summer.
Hein said the larger collaboration between the police and gover nment has “definitely helped” with driving crime and violence statistics down in the city.
According to the city’s Violence Reduction Dashboard, the year-to-date crime and violence statistics across Chicago on Oct. 9, showed a 7.9% decrease in homicide victimizations; a 13.7% decrease in robbery victimizations; and a 22.4% decrease in vehicular hijackings. Aggravated battery was up 5.4% as well as aggravated assault with a 3.8% increase and multi-shooting victimizations seeing a 6.6% increase, when compared to the same period in 2023.
Looking at Austin’s year-to-date statistics when compared to 2023, the city’s data shows a 10.8% increase in homicide victimizations, and a 4.3% decrease in robberies. Vehicular hijacking victimizations are down 17.4%. Non-shooting homicide victimizations have increased 25% and aggravated battery is up 8.5%. Aggravated assault saw a 3% decrease.
When Johnson asked about what is being done right now to decrease gun violence in Chicago, Gatewood pointed to the city’s lawsuit against the Glock manufacturer and also the mass-shooting victim rapid-response protocol. Hein also spoke about the successes
of the Chicago Police Department’s weapon tur n-in program.
“Our weapon turn-in program has been incredible. We ran six of those year-to-date with more to come towards the end of the year. I think recovering close to 696 weapons, and every weapon taken off the street, obviously, is a weapon that can take someone’s life,” Hein said.
“We continue to see trends and crime decrease, but obviously we need to continue to do our work to help people feel safe. You know, numbers alone don’t bring safety. It is the work that you do to make sure people feel safe,” Gatewood said.
Hein said the CPD’s new robbery task force created in May has contributed to the reduction of more than 1,000 robberies in Area Four, which includes the 10th, 11th, and 12th police districts. These districts include: Austin, East and West Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Near and Lower West Side, North and South Lawndale, Garfield Ridge and West Town.
In his closing remarks, Johnson also addressed education in Austin and noted that Austin was ranked highest in the number of youth employed through the administration’s summer jobs program, One Summer Chicago.
“We’re going to invest in our young people Make no mistake about it, I’m going to do everything in my power to ensure that we transform our public schools so that kids in Austin can actually go to the schools in Austin,” Johnson said.
Looking ahead, Gatewood said, “we expect our community conveners to represent the community and make sure we have community input and buy in. Folks have talked about that, and now it’s time to show up.”
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Leslie Collazo takes on La Shawn Ford in the 8th District House race
The incumbent faces a challenge from newcomer Collazo, a real estate agent
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
The Illinois House of Representatives’ 8th District covers Chicago’s West Side, along with Brookfield, Forest Park, North Riverside, Oak Park and Proviso Township.
The battle for the two-year ter m for the state House seat will be between La Shawn Ford, who has represented the 8th District since 2007, and real estate agent Leslie Collazo
INCUMBENT LA SHAWN FORD, DEMOCR AT
A licensed teacher and real estate broker, Ford was motivated to run again to represent the 8th District because, he said, he can now do more as a legislator than before
“Knowing what I know now, and knowing the process of Springfield and the relationships that I built, it just makes me a stronger member,” Ford said. “I have the ability now to get things done that I couldn’t get done when I was first elected.”
For example, although Ford has been pushing for a comprehensive high school in Austin since he first became a state representative, he only recently started building coalitions of House and Senate members who support such a high school, including Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Emanuel “Chris” Welch.
Ford has been a big proponent of education and hopes to create a new high school in Austin while continuing to support Michele Clark Magnet High School. Throughout his tenure, Ford has sponsored legislation for educational summer programs for students performing below grade level and to increase access to early childhood education and care
Another one of Ford’s goals, if he is reelected, is to continue connecting locals with employment oppor tunities. He said a big way to implement that is by building and supporting small businesses
Ford created Illinois’ Small Business Empowerment and Workforce Development Task Force and created a loan program for ex-offenders who start businesses. In addition to re gularly hosting small business summits and job fairs, Ford also for med the State Representative La Shawn K. Ford’s Business Growth and Creation Committee to offer training and resources to businesses.
Ford also wants to pass more health care legislation if he wins another term. In previous years, Ford has passed legislation sup-
porting HIV/AIDS patients and led efforts to improve care for Alzheimer’s patients
As co-founder of the West Side Heroin Task Force, Ford works to prevent drug use on the West Side. He’s also led efforts to make sure health insurance companies cover recovery housing for those dealing with substance abuse.
Ford is working with the general assembly to make it so that those struggling with substance abuse who are arrested can go to a treatment center instead of jail, and he is collaborating with the West Side Heroin Task Force to create public policy
“Incarcerating a person in a county jail is way more costly to taxpayers than making sure that we get people on the road to recovery,” Ford said.
In late 2022, Ford proposed House Bill 0002, which proposes the opening of pilot overdose prevention sites in Illinois, where people can go for supervised consumption and access to behavioral health experts.
Ford views most of the legislation he’s a part of through social justice and civil rights lens
Ford worked with the Black Caucus to eliminate cash bail last year. He created a commission to address the economic problems in Black communities and passed legislation prohibiting employers from paying Black employees lower wages.
Ford has also introduced bills to help integrate ex-offenders back into society. He introduced the State Employment Application Act, which would make it so state employers can’t ask if an applicant has been convicted of a non-violent criminal offense. To increase employment for ex-offenders, Ford passed legislation allowing ex-offenders to seal criminal records for some non-violent offenses. He was the chief House sponsor of legislation that provides grants for those who are exonerated of their crimes to attend a public college
Ford also said he wants to see improvements in public safety on the West Side. He said he supports increased police presence in areas with high rates of violence and advocates for the Chicago Police Department to undergo an audit to evaluate their response times, and to make recommendations on improving those times in communities of color
Other initiatives Ford said he’s working toward include allowing people in prison to vote, which he’s been pushing for over a decade, plus advocating for voter ID cards with photos and for psychedelics as a medical resource for those with PTSD
Ford hopes that, if reelected, he can build more coalitions around these issues, something he said takes time but provides support for legislation.
“Before you ever try to attempt to build public policy and get people on your side, you have to first let people know who you are, and it takes years for people to connect,” Ford said. “Running again is an opportunity for me to go back and be a stronger voice for the 8th District.”
LESLIE COLL AZ O, REPUBLICAN
Leslie Collazo was born and raised in Chicago and currently lives in North Austin. She said she decided to run for the Illinois House of Re tives as a way to impact policy change her neighbors.
“I just reached a point where I felt li I could no longer sit on the sidelines with the political climate Collazo said. “I just want to see the families and citizens in the district thriving, because we’re not thriving right now under the current policies that we’re living under.”
Currently in real estate, Collazo has a background in teaching at a charter school and in the nonprofit sector.
“Working in the nonprofit world, you really have to leverage all the resources that you have and do a lot with very little,” Collazo said about a skillset she’s developed. She said she’s worked closely with the community and small businesses to pool resources and improve neighborhoods.
Collazo’s platform includes improving the economy for working class families like hers and lowering taxes.
She also wants to increase support for first responders, who she said are understaffed and overworked.
“If I’m having an emergency in my home, I can’t af ford to wait 15, 20, 30 minutes for law enforcement to arrive,” Collazo said. She added that, while it was great to see the Chicago Police Department step up for the DNC, “the people in my community felt like we could use that type of support in our neighborhoods that are riddled with crime right now.”
Collazo also said she supports small businesses and said, if elected, she’ll work to grow those businesses, rather than them shutting down. Collazo sees small businesses struggling to offer their employees health
care and other benefits, and g etting enough financing to purchase properties
When it comes to education, Collazo said her philosophy revolves around the f amily unit.
“When children have a supportive, loving, nur turing, structured environment in their home, they can achieve great things in sports, in school,” Collazo said. “We can give kids state-of-the-art schools with teachers who have doctorate de grees and all the technology and all the cool things. But at the end of the day, if they don’t have the support that they need in the home… how do they show up in these great facilities that we provide?”
One of the ways Collazo would look to provide more support at home is through transportation, since many parents have to take their kids to school themselves with CPS’ bus driver shortage
Collazo also said she believes in families having a choice where to send their kids.
As someone who’s seen how selective enrollment schools operate, Collazo said she wants to see all Chicago Public Schools workin g at that level of excellence.
“I do n’ t know if they ’re f ully f unded differently, but even where they lack in f unding, they have such an active bo dy of parents who are willing to j ump in and p ut some time and ef fo rt in to supp lement where there’s gaps in the budg et,” C ollazo said of how she’d li ke to see selective enrollment schools emulated S he a dded that she knows it ’s more of a c omplex i ssue than parental pa rt icipation, wh ich many don’ t have the time for, but it is possibl e.
While Collazo reco gnizes that if elected,
Collazo’s ght to run
Collazo jumped in the race for the State House’s 8th District after the primary elections. She joined as a slated candidate, a legal process where a candidate can petition to get on the ballot after the primaries.
But as she gathered signatures, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill to eliminate the slating process.
So, Collazo filed a lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Elections. A circuit court in Springfield ruled in favor of Collazo, and the Illinois Supreme Court upheld that decision.
“Had that bill gone into effect,” Collazo said, “La Shawn Ford would have been the only candidate on the ballot for this office, and the choice for voters would have been made for them.”
“I felt that that was really unfair to the voter and robbing them of having a choice,” Collazo added. “Options are always good, and now they have one.”
she’ ll need administrative assistance to field constituents’ feedback, right now, her phone number is on all her campaign material, and she personally answers emails.
“I’m just your average citizen who is suffering alongside my neighbor,” Collazo said. “I’m definitely an underdog in this race, but I have heart, and I really care.”
Where and how to vote in the November 2024 election
There are multiple options for making your voice heard in the elec tion
ister to vote in person, qualified residents can do so all the way up to and during Election Day on Nov. 5.
After registration, it’s important to decide how you want to vote and to have a voting plan in place. Some prefer to vote early to avoid the rush and to have peace of mind ahead of time Any qualified voter can do so at a site established by the election authority.
In Chicago, voters can cast an early ballot starting Oct. 21 through Nov. 4. Voting hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
early at West Chicago Library, 4856 W. Chicago Ave.
For those who prefer to vote by mail, request a ballot by mail between Aug. 7 and Oct. 31. In-person requests must be made by Nov. 4.
To ensure the mail-in ballot counts, it must be postmarked by Election Day on Nov. 5 and received within two weeks. Voters can also return their ballot in a drop box location, which can be found online, from Oct. 21 to Nov. 4. Military personnel and United States citizens that are overseas have to follow additional requirements.
But if you want to vote in person on Election ’s important to be prepared and kno here to go. Voters can find their specific polling location for Election Day with the zip code and street address of their voter registratio through the Illinois State Board of Elections
AUSTIN
Below are a few voting locations in Austin:
■ Galewood Community United Church of Christ, 1776 N. Narragansett Ave.
■ Galewood Park Fieldhouse, 5729 W. Bloomingdale Ave.
■ Christ Lutheran School, 5335 W. Le Moyne St.
■ Ellington Elementary School, 243 N. Parkside Ave.
■ Austin Satellite Senior Center, 5071 W. Congress Pkwy.
To find your polling place, look up your address at https://ova.elections.il.gov/PollingPlaceLookup.aspx
What are the tax, reproductive rights and elections interference questions on my ballot this year?
The state will ask voters three questions in November. Here’s what they mean
By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
This election season, most eyes are on the biggest race of them all: the presidential race. As important as it is to make your pick b etween Vi ce President K amala Harris and for mer President Donald Trump, I llinois residents are also bein g asked to we igh in on matters that do n’ t involve a choice b etween candidates
Come Election Day, your ballot will ask you to vote on three statewide ballot measures, the maximum number allowed under state law. All three are considered advisory questions, meaning Illinois officials will not be bound by the results; instead, the questions are intended to give the state a sense of how voters feel about each subject. Sometimes, ballot measures can be worded in ways that are confusing or may cause people to vote the opposite way that they intend to. Luckily, all three in Illinois this year are worded affirmatively, so a “yes” vote means you support the initiative in question while a “no” vote means you oppose it
ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
The first question is on the topic of assisted re productive health care. Voters will be asked whether “medically assisted re productive treatments” should be covered by any health insurance plan in the state that provides full pregnancy coverage. The question itself mentions in vitro fertilization, one of the most common fertility treatments.
3% TAX ON WEALTHIEST CITIZENS
ELEC TION INTERFERENCE
The third question on the ballot considers recourse in cases of election interference. Voters will be asked if candidates up for election on ballots in Illinois — for all races, not just those at the state or local level — should be subject to civil penalties if they attempt to interfere or do interfere with the of ficial duties of an election worker. The question specifies civil penalties, which most often take the form of fines
According to the Center for Disease Control, its preferred ter m, “assisted re technology,” includes any fe treatment that involves handling ovarian eggs or embryos. Treatments that involve someone taking medicine to encourage egg production and those where only sperm is handled, such as artificial insemination, are not included
T he second ballot measure, on the subject of income tax, is relatively straightforward. Voters will be asked if Illinois should amend its constitution to create a new 3% tax on income above $1 million. If voters pass the ballot measure and Illinois of ficials choose to follow through, funds raised by the extra tax will be earmarked and dedicated to property tax relief. According to WBEZ, the state estimates it will rake in at least $4.5 billion each year if such a tax goes into ef fect.
All three ballot measures were approved by the Illinois General Assembly in May as part of Public Act 103-0586. In approving these three questions, state lawmakers rejected a fourth advisory question.
Under Illinois law, when more than three measures are submitted for inclusion on ballots, the state operates by a first-come-first-serve policy, meaning this question was the last one to be initiated for Disease Co eproductive fertility andling king se cial
That question would have asked voters if any person or entity, including schools and clinics, would require the written consent of a minor’s parent or guardian before it can provide non-emergency medical services or any services related to gender identity or “modification,” including therapy.
Jitu Brown runs uncontested for 5th District school board
Brown is an experienced education organizer and has ambitious goals for CPS and West Side schools
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Aaron “Jitu” Brown is running uncontested in the city’s first elected school board for the 5th District, which covers Austin, Galewood, Garfield Park and Lawndale, along with parts of Humboldt Park, Pilsen and Little Village.
“I’m running to really push the City of Chicago to finally confront its ugly and then to do something about it, to actually put resources in the communities that have been so long ignored and give those communities a voice,” Brown told Austin Weekly News over the summer.
The first election of its kind in Chicago follows legislation signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in 2021 that changed the structure of the board. It expanded the school board from seven mayor-appointed members to 21 members.
Mayor Brandon Johnson will appoint 10 members and a board president. Chicago residents will appoint the remaining 10 members — including Brown, who is running in the 5th District uncontested
“A board appointed by the mayor is not accountable to the public,” Brown said.
While five candidates filed nomination papers to run in the 5th District, Anthony Hargrove, Ker netha Jones and Jousef Shkoukani were challenged and removed from the ballot. Michilla “Kyla” Blaise dropped out of the race in early September, according to Chalkbeat Chicago.
That leaves Brown as the likely winner of the District 5 election. Brown, 58, has lived in Austin since 2006.
He said he’s advocated for education justice for over 30 years, at least 20 of those which he’s been advocating for an elected school board.
“I’m thankful that people have the right to run,” Brown said. “I’ve been on the front lines of the fight to have this right. I’ve been arrested for this right. I’ve been dragged out of school board meetings for this right.”
While Brown said he didn’t initially intend to run for school board, that all changed as he started collecting wins for community schools — while he saw the mass privatization of Chicago’s schools, leading to the closure of neighborhood schools and expansion of charter schools.
“We have to have people on those school boards, not only who understand community schools and understand equity, but also can be trusted behind closed doors,” Brown said.
BROWN’S BACKGROUND
In 1991, Brown started volunteering for the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, which convenes parents, students, teachers and community members to discuss and act on improving Chicago’s education system. In 2006, he became the organization’s education org anizer.
For more than a decade, Brown has served as a local school council member and, in 1999, started training other council members.
Brown is a national director of the Journey for Justice Alliance, a group of organizations that advocates for alternatives to public school privatization.
Brown’s decades-long ef for ts have led to the creation of sustainable community schools, or hubs that serve as resource centers for the community beyond the school day.
“Now this model of education is spreading across the country. And Chicago has committed to becoming a sustainable community school district,” Brown said.
Aaron “Jitu” Brown
GOALS FOR 5TH DISTRIC T
Brown was raised on Chicago’s South Side, where he attended Chicago Public Schools. He now lives on the West Side, and his son goes to Kenwood Academy High School in Hyde Park
Through his family’s and neighbors’ experiences, Brown has seen the lack of education justice in Chicago Public Schools.
“A baby that lives on Diversey and Ashland has a completely different educational reality. And it’s as simple as looking at course offerings [compared to] a child that lives in the Austin community or who lives in Humboldt Park,” Brown said.
To revitalize schools like Frederick Douglass Academy High School and Austin Colle ge and Career Academy High School — which ended the 2024 school year with respectively about 30 and 165 students, according to Chicago Public School data — Brown said the community needs to be involved in creating a vision.
He said the school board can do this by consulting with students and parents about what curriculum and wraparound support services they want.
“People will fight for what they help to build,” Brown said.
“I think there has to be a vision for public education,” Brown added. “In Austin, what is our definition of education? In Chicago? If you have a definition, then you can shape the institutions to align with that vision, but there is none.”
Brown’s ultimate goal for CPS is to have a world-class, pre-K through 12th grade system of education within a safe walking distance of every home. To do this, he said there would need to be a restructuring of the school district’s budget.
“You still have departments in Chicago Public Schools that are dedicated to privatization,” Brown said. “We have to re-allocate those resources towards neighborhood schools and towards making education easily accessible for every child within CPS.”
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Who are the U.S. 7th District House candidates, Danny Davis and Chad Koppie?
Davis, the longtime incumbent, is up against Koppie for the U.S. House’s 7th Distric t
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
One of the largest legislative offices on the ticket this election is that of the United States House of Representatives’ 7th District — a cong ressional seat that represents much of Chicago’s West Side, plus suburban Oak Park and Forest Park Incumbent Danny Davis and Chad Koppie will both be on the ballot for the position that is a two-year term.
In the March primary, Davis walked away with more than 52% of the Democratic vote, or more than 42,240 votes cast, according to Ballotpedia. Koppie, the lone Republican contender, gar nered more than 5,600 votes in the heavily Democratic area.
Here’s what to know about the candidates. Neither responded to interview requests by time of publication.
CHAD KOPPIE, REPUBLICAN
Chad Koppie is an Ar my veteran, retired Delta Airlines jet captain, and has been a far mer his whole life. Koppie has served on the Kane County Re gional Board of Schools since 2007 and as the board’s president. He was a Rutland Township trustee from 1983 to 1987, then a member of the District 300 School Board from 1987 to 1991. Koppie has run for the U.S. Senate multiple times — in 1992 for the Conserva tive Party of Illinois, in 1996 for the U.S. Taxpayers Party, and in 2008 for the Constitution Party.
U.S. REP. D ANNY DAVIS , INCUMBENT, DEMOCR AT
Davis has been a representative for the 7th District since 1997. He is the 24th longest- standing member of Congress, having sponsored nearly 7,000 bills and voted over 16,000 times in Congress.
Over his tenure, Davis has be come known as a powerful advocate for criminal justice reform, health care, education, women’s and LGBTQ rights.
He serves on several Caucasus including the Congressional Black munity Health Center’s Caucus, Equity Progressive Caucus, and the Urban Caucus Davis also co-chair of the Caucus on and signed the Second Chance Act during the Obama administration, which provided $1.2 billion to help to ex-offenders trying to re-enter public life. Davis’ work on criminal justice reform also includes ef for ts to remove federal student aid limitations for those with felony drug convictions.
hood Home Visiting program, ich funded $5.2 billion nationally and $119 million in Illinois to imfamily safety, along with the health of mothers and children. He also helped increase funding for the first time in 15 years to $3.55 billion for national guaranteed child care Davis consistently bring money to organizations in his district. Among others, these include Ashunti Residential Management Systems in Austin, which offers supportive ho were for merly homeless; Bethel New Life in Austin, a nonprofit with a community wellness hub; Mount Sinai Hospital for an expansion of its ICU. ts expand past helping with funding and grants. In February, he helped push for the home of Percy Julian, an Oak Park scientist, to become a national historic site.
Koppie’s website lays out his views on certain issues:
■ On the budget and economy, Koppie said he promises to fight for legislation that cuts all government spending, from every cabinet and agency, by at least 3% a year until the budget is balanced. He said he’s also for tax cuts and wants to abolish the Federal Reserve.
■ Koppie said he is anti-abortion and, if voted into Congress, vows to protect all human life. On his website, he speaks of a bill he wants to pass that would place restrictions on fathers’ driver’s licenses and credit cards — allowing them to only commute to work or medical appointments, and restrict the purchase of alcohol, until they are up-to-date on child support.
■ As a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, Koppie said he will defend the Second Amendment.
■ Koppie said he supports building a wall on the border between the U.S. and Mexico and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in arresting and deporting “all illegal aliens.”
■ Koppie said he supports a ceasefire in Ukraine, largely to increase grain and fertilizer exports from Russia and Ukraine.
When it comes to education, Davis has led effor ts to disaggregate education data to reveal disparities in the education of Black students. He’s also fought to protect educational opportunities for students with disabilities and those who are homeless or foster youth.
Davis is also a proponent of strengthening families, nationally and locally. He led the creation of the Maternal Infant and Early Child-
Over the last year, Davis was reappointed to the Committee on Ways and Means. He’s also the Subcommittee Ranking Member of the Worker and Family Support Subcommittee. In 2021, the subcommittee reduced U.S. child poverty by 50%, according to Davis
Before becoming a member of Cong ress, Davis was an educator and community organizer. He also served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners and was alderman of the 29th Ward.
GENERAL ELECTION GUIDE
Who is running for Cook County State’s Attorney?
Eileen O’Neill Burke, B ob Fioretti and Andrew Charles Kopinski are running for the o ce vacated by Kim Foxx, who is stepping
down
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
In April last year, Kim Foxx announced she wouldn’t seek reelection this November after two terms as Cook County state’s attorney. Now, others are stepping up to the plate to take her place.
Eileen O’Neill Burke will be on the ballot as the Democratic candidate after beating Clayton Harris III in the primary elections by less than 2,000 votes.
Bob Fioretti, who ran uncontested in the primaries, is the Republican candidate. Andrew Charles Kopinski is running as a Libertarian. Here’s what to know about each of the candidates in this race.
EILEEN O’NEILL BURKE, DEMOCR AT
O’Neill Burke has spent more than 30 years as a defense attorney, judge and prosecutor. She wo as a Cook County assistant state’s attorney for a decade, where she served as supervisor in appeals and argued cases.
She was then a criminal defense attorney for about eight years, resenting people in felonies, ju nile court and misdemeanor court.
In 2008, O’Neill Burke ran trial court, where she served ting elected to the First District Appellate Court in Cook County, a position she stepped down from last year to run for this of fice.
“I have b een on every single s ide of the j ustice system. I have b een in every corner of the c ourtroom, and I have seen the vantage point from every different angle that you c an,” O’Neill Burke said. “I know wh at wo rk s and wh at d oesn’t wo rk , and that’s why I decided to ste p down and r un for this offic e, because experience is needed right now. ”
prolific these guns are, just by enforcing the law,” O’Neill Burke said.
She also mentions supporting, but amending, the Safe-T Act, which Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law in 2021 and cently amended, ending cash bail in Illinois two years later
But the Safe-T Act also changed the state’s attorney role in pretrial detention. Before the judge makes a determination, the state’s attorney needs to file a petition to detain. If they don’t, the judge can’t detain the defendant, even if they’re a serial killer, O’Neill Burke said.
“It’s become exponentially more important who the state’s attorney is and that they are implementing criteria, procedures and training for those people who are in the detention courts,” O’Neill Burke said.
If elected, O’Neill Burke promises to recruit for County’s Restorative Justice Bureau, expanding restorat justice and deferred prosecution programs. These progr are a collaborative approach where the judge, state’s ney and defense attorney work together to decide how to help those committing nonviolent offenses back on track.
“I’m a believer in these programs because I’ve seen them work,” O’Neill Burke said. “The recidivism rates are significantly less than those going through a re gular felony trial call.” And restorative justice programs often cost a fraction of what it does to incarcerate someone, she said.
ROBERT W. FIORET TI
, REPUBLICAN
100 state verdicts, federal verdicts and appellate cour t decisions.
T he main i ssues that O’Neill Burke is r unning on include removing g uns from the streets, a ddressing the root c auses of c rime and rebuilding the State’s A ttorney ’s Of fic e.
O’Neill Burke said Chicago saw 764 shootings this summer. She said many of these shootings weren’ t with handguns, but with guns that have a switch and extended magazine, making gunfire harder to control. She favors an assault weapons ban.
“We can change the behavior, and we can change how
If elected, O’Neill Burke has also committed to creating a Choice Protection Unit at the State’s Attorney’s Office.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned in the Supreme Court in 2022, giving states the right to outlaw abor tions, Illinois saw a 70% increase in abortions last year, including many where people crossed state lines to access the Cook County Health system – the largest provider of reproductive services to women in Illinois, according to O’Neill Burke.
With the influx of people coming to Illinois for abor tions, “It’s not a question of if we are also going to have people coming here from out of state to interfere with those services. It’s a question of when,” O’Neill Burke said.
So, she has helped develop a task force of service providers, politicians and Planned Parenthood employees to discuss how to address ordinance violations like picketing, and criminal charges like stalking and harassment, plus legislation to prevent them.
O’Neill Burke said that restorative justice programs and a Choice Protection Unit will help the State’s Attorney’s Office to recruit law students for an office that is understaffed — mainly in the felony trial division, which Burke said is the most important division.
O’Neill Burke said she would triage the felony trial division to ensure those attorneys have adequate support. She would do this by inviting retired judges and state’s attorneys to come help train those attorneys.
“I’ve tried cases in every courtroom in Cook County,” Fioretti said, including some in sur rounding counties and throughout Illinois.
Fioretti also won the election to serve as Alderman of the 2nd Ward on the Chicago City Council in 2007 and 2011. And he served as 2nd Ward Democratic committeeman for two ter ms
T he first week of October, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. endorsed Fioretti for state’s attor ney.
If elected, Fioretti said he’ll enforce the law as w ritten.
“I’m not going to coddle violent criminals,” he said. He added that he’ll work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove immigrants who have committed violent crimes.
“The current philosophy in that office, and including for my Democratic opponent, is that the criminal defendant is the good guy, the police are the bad guys, and the victims don’t count,” Fioretti said. “I am definitely looking to change that and, at the same time, restore the rule of law and break the cycle of crime and cor ruption that we see is so prevalent.”
Fioretti also said he would also pursue politicians who participate in day-to-day corruption that passes as standard practices, bolstering the office’s investigative division. He said he’s been putting together a team of people working in investigative areas on how
Kopinski has work accountant, attorney, entr neur and real estate broker. His legal career has largely centered around transactional law involving real estate, asset protection and debt collection.
“Alarming trends in crime have shifted my attention and focus on criminal la Kopinski, who is near ished with his associate’s degree in law enforcement and criminal justice at Oakton Colle ge in Des Plaines
Kopinski said he decided to run to improve the decreasing quality of ing from crime in the area.
“Crime has spread out from certain high crime areas,” Kopinski said. carjackings and shootings are taking previously high-quality areas,” he said.
Kopinski said his biggest goal would be to decrease these crimes “to help significantly reduce violent crime and property crime in Cook County so that the people feel safer and more optimistic. They will want to continue to live and do business in Cook County.”
When it comes to the current state of the office, Kopinski has a list of things he’d like to change.
“The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office is not working well, as evidenced by the high turnover rate and the increase in property crime in Cook County,” Kopinski said. “High-quality prosecutors, like those at the top of other professions, work hard and are determined to contribute to society to make it better by pursuing justice against criminals.”
Foxx’s soft-on-crime policies, he adds, are “demoralizing” for these prosecutors.
they take tips and follow up with leads.
Fioretti said he’ll help get illegal guns of f the streets by working with law enforcement and organizations that are currently in place to prevent gun violence. To tackle the issue, he said he’ll meet with those in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, plus other federal and state agencies that address gun violence.
Re garding the Safe-T Act, Fioretti said that judges need more discretion when it comes to pretrial detention.
“Some of the crimes — such as aggravated battery upon a police officer, aggravated battery on an elderly individual, the illegal
lthough the Protect Illinois ommunities Act, passed at the start of 2023, requires citire gister assault weappinski said he doesn’t think those who fail to do so should be prosecuted, according to WTTW
According to his website, pinski opposes increasing penalties for gun possession. When it comes to the Safe-T ’t support the eliminaash bail. He said it sends the mesthat Illinois is soft on crime, and that a low bail should be instated instead. pinski said that he also wouldn’t continshoplifting cases, which elon must have stolen at least ve 10 prior convictions to be prosecuted. He said he would revert to the $300 threshold before prosecution.
Policies Kopinski supports includes creating opportunities to reduce prison stays, limiting or prohibiting police officers’ roles as School Resource Officers, reclassifying low-level drug offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, plus deprioritizing prosecution for cannabis possession, consensual sex work, and driving without an up-to-date license or re gistration.
Kopinski said he would engage with those he represents through online communication and town halls to ensure that he is held accountable.
“I will consider supporting reasonable reform proposals that promote transparency and lead to the implementation of best practices and evidence-based decision making, which will serve Cook County best,” Kopinski said.
possession of a machine gun — are types of crimes that need to have detainable offenses,” Fioretti said, though they don’t currently under the Safe-T Act.
Like his opponents, Fioretti would also aim to increase staffing at the State’s Attorney’s Office, he said by welcoming back prosecutors who resigned from Foxx’s office.
“I’m going to stand up for victims and return professionalism to the State’s Attorney’s Office,” he said. “People will know where I stand, how we want to administer justice, how we seek justice for the victims in this county.”
Essential Civics
ANDREW CHARLES KOPINSKI , LIBER TARIAN
Who are Robert Sumrell Jr. and Kimberly Lightford?
The two are running for the State Senate’s 4th Distric t
By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
The race for the State Senate’s 4th District is between Kimberly Lightford, the Democratic incumbent, and Republican Robert Sumrell Jr.
Illinois’ 4th District covers Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, plus parts of Oak Park and Forest Park. Here’s what voters should know about Lightford and Sumrell. Neither candidate responded to interview requests by publication.
Lightford was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1998.
She’s considered a champion of education issues and has been a part of the Senate Education Committee for 22 years as a sitting member, vice chair, or chair.
Lightford is credited with starting Illinois’ universal preschool for all progr and, in 2000, helped to require the State Board of Education to give students access to breakfast at school. In 2009, she aided in establishing the Illinois Hope and Opportunity Pathways through Education Program, helping re-enroll students who dropped out of high school.
Lightford is also well-known for supporting fair pay.
She was the lead sponsor in the legislation that, in 2003, established the Illinois’ Equal Pay Act. In 2018, Lightford helped pass the African American Equal y Act. Last year, she sponsored legislation guaranteeing paid leave for Illinois rkers.
According to her website, Lightford helped pass a measure in 2019 to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025.
Sumrell Jr. served in the Navy and has a master’s Public Health Administration. His current work involves assisting the elderly and disabled, according to his website.
If elected to the State Senate’s 4th District, Sumrell Jr. said he would prioritize creating more resources and addressing immi tion. His website lays out his views on a few key issues:
■ He promises to advocate for equal educational resources and opportunities.
■ He said he doesn’t think Lightford has transparently addressed migrants coming to her district and wants more opportunities related to migrants.
■ If elected, he will provide grants and resources to local entrepreneurs through his Back to Business Reform initiative. He will also address abandoned buildings in his district and find g rants to rebuild communities
In 2017, in an ef fort to reduce teen suicide and address mental health, Lightford led the ef fort requiring schools to perform social and emotional screenings for students as a part of their entry exams.
In 2019, Lightford became the first Black woman to serve as Illinois Senate Majority Leader. From 2015 to 2021, she was Joint Chairman of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, where she led the caucus’ ef fort in creating an agenda to eliminate systemic racism in Illinois.
■ Sumrell Jr. wants police reform and to address law enforcement’s implicit bias through retraining, education and wellness checks for police.
■ He is against new taxes without refor ms and vows to address District 4’s fiscal challenges.
KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD, DEMOCR AT
ROBERT SUMRELL JR., REPUBLICAN
GENERAL ELECTION GUIDE
What to know about election security and fraud prevention
The Cook County Clerk’s O ce provides crucial information to voters
IBy LUZANE DRAUGHON Staff Reporter
n the United States, there’s a common concern among voters about election security and the integrity of the voting process. It’s important to have the facts from a reliable source to trust in transparency of elections and to ensure your vote counts.
According to a NPR/PBS News/Marist poll published in October, 58% of Americans say they are very concerned or concerned that voter fraud will occur in the 2024 election.
So, how can their concerns be assuaged? With accurate information. The Cook County Clerk’s Office is one such reliable source that works on a local level to protect democracy by securing a fair election and preventing fraud.
Edmund Michalowski, deputy clerk of the elections division in the Cook County Clerk’s Office, said people need to have faith that an election is fair and free.
software to detect and block artificial intelligence, as well as preventing breaches.
“You have to come to a trusted source,” Michalowski said. “[Election-related information] is really a lot for people to take in. They just need to take a deep breath and understand that the Cook County Clerk’s elections department is here to help them.”
How does the Cook County Clerk’s O ce keep voters’ data secure?
The elections division in the Cook County Clerk’s Office has experts in election operations, logistics, cybersecurity and information technology. According to its website, there has never been a successful legal case taken against the division or its employees alleging fraud.
The Clerk’s Office also has a cybersecurity group, whose duty is to protect its networks, machinery, software and data. The office uses analytics and authentication
Threats from third parties around the world do come in and are more common with contentious presidential elections, Michalowski said. But if there ever is an issue with the technology or a cybersecurity concern, Michalowski said the office would lock down anything that could be vulnerable and resolve the issue.
“We’ve b een ve ry successful in blocking [ third pa rt y i nterference],” Michalowski said.
Voters concerned about election integrity can also participate as a poll watcher. Poll watchers can observe the conduct of the election in a polling place including by visually comparing voters’ signatures against their registration. Citizens can also serve as an election judge during early voting or on Election Day. Michalowski encouraged young voters to get involved with elections and help foster democracy by working in these roles. Interested parties can find more information at cookcountyclerkil.gov.
The public can also observe election recounts and testing of election equipment at the Clerk’s elections operations centers. And anyone can file election complaints with the Clerk’s Office or seek public election information through Freedom of Information Act requests
What are the voter quali c ations that prevent illegal voting?
Illinois requires identification to re gister to vote. To re gister to vote in Illinois, an individual must be a United States citizen, 18 years old by the general election date and a resident of Illinois for at least 30 days prior to the election. They also must submit two for ms of identification.
T hose identifications do not have to be a photo ID but one must include the voter’s current address, Michalowski said. Some examples include a driver’s license, a state ID card, a student ID, a credit card,
a social security card, a utility bill or a bir th certificate.
On Election Day, a voter must provide their signature to confirm their identity. It’s a good idea for voters to update their signature at their polling place ahead of time to ensure there’s no confusion with their ballot.
When a person dies, the Clerk’s Office removes them from the list of re gistered voters. They do this by cross referencing the voter database against government death records or through family members contacting the office.
How can voters trust mail ballots?
When a voter applies for a mail ballot, the Clerk’s Office verifies their infor mation through re gistration records before mailing the ballot. When a voter receives it, the ballot must be signed on the exterior of the envelope before being mailed back or dropped off.
That signature is then verified by three bipartisan judges through re gistration records. These judges are trained in signature verification. If a signature is completely different, Michalowski said, the judges will ask for further identification.
Mail ballots are then counted after polls close on Election Day.
Mail ballots can be dropped of f at more than 50 early voting sites in Cook County. A licensed and bonded courier service picks up and delivers the ballots each day. The courier and an election judge at each location must ag ree on the number of ballots each day and place them in a sealed envelope for transport.
Voters can track their mail ballot to ensure it was counted through the Clerk’s Office. If a voter sees their ballot was not received or authenticated, there’s time to cure that ahead of time and produce any necessary identification.
“Our democracy depends on us,” Michalowski said. “It’s an honor to serve the citizens of Cook County.”
Essential Civics
Democracy, Accountability, Equity, Connection, Civility
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COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as 450 W. HURON ST., CHICAGO, IL 60654
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Published in Austin Weekly News October 16, 2024
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC
Plaintiff,
-v.-
TERRANCE JACKSON SR., T AND B JACKSON LLC, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 22 CH 06294 3436 WEST LEXINGTON STREET CHICAGO, IL 60624
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 5, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 6, 2024, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3436 WEST LEXINGTON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-14-405-0270000
The real estate is improved with a two unit apartment building.
Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.
Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition
of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.
You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT
PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088
E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com
Attorney File No. 22-10717IL_813988 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 22 CH 06294 TJSC#: 44-2179
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 22 CH 06294 I3252587
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION LOANDEPOT.COM, LLC
Plaintiff vs. GERALD INGRAM; JOHN MARSHALL AKA DEREK MARSHALL; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 24 CH 1188 CALENDAR NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on November 6, 2024, at the hour 11:00 a.m.,
Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-09-411-016-0000. Commonly known as 232 N. La Crosse Ave., Chicago, IL 60644. The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 4536960. 7034-199745 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3252664
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION TRUIST BANK Plaintiff, -v.ANTOINE D. WALKER, A.W. REALTY, LLC, AMERICAN EXPRESS CENTURION BANK
Defendants 13 CH 13926
450 W HURON ST. CHICAGO, IL 60654 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 5, 2024, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 A.M. on November 25, 2024, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:
PARCEL 1: THE WEST 33.83 FEET OF THE EAST 135.75 FEET OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY TAKEN AS A SINGLE TRACT OF LAND: LOTS 1 TO 28, BOTH INCLUSIVE, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE EAST AND WEST VACATED ALLEY BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 6 IN HIGGINS, LAW AND COMPANY’S ADDITION TO CHICAGO IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 2: THE WEST 33.83 FEET OF THE EAST 101.92 FEET OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY TAKEN AS A SINGLE TRACT OF LAND: LOTS 1 TO 28, BOTH INCLUSIVE, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE EAST AND WEST VACATED ALLEY BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 6 IN HIGGINS, LAW AND COMPANY’S
ADDITION TO CHICAGO IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 3: INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT FOR PRIVATE ALLEY AS CREATED BY DECLARATION RECORDED JANUARY 26, 2001 AS DOCUMENT NO. 0010070707, AND BY DECLARATION OF PRIVATE ALLEY EASEMENT RECORDED AS DOCUMENT 0010070706, AS AMENDED IN FIRST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF PRIVATE ALLEY EASEMENT RECORDED MAY 4, 2001 AS DOCUMENT 00 103 743 08, OVER AND UPON THAT PART OF THE EAST WEST VACATED ALLEY (SAID ALLEY VACATED BY ORDINANCE PASSED JANUARY 19, 1970 AND RECORDED AS DOCUMENT 21137712) WHICH LIES 8.0 FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE OF SAID VACATED ALLEY (EXCEPT THE WEST 2.0 FEET THEREOF AND EXCEPT THAT PART LYING IN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LAND) IN BLOCK 6 IN HIGGINS, LAW AND COMPANY’S ADDITION TO CHICAGO, IN THE EAST /2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
EXCEPT:
PARCEL 2: THE WEST 33.83 FEET OF THE EAST 101.92 FEET OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY TAKEN AS A SINGLE TRACT OF LAND: LOTS 1 TO 28, BOTH INCLUSIVE, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE EAST AND WEST VACATED ALLEY BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 6 IN HIGGINS, LAW AND COMPANY’S ADDITION TO CHICAGO IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 3: INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT FOR PRIVATE ALLEY AS CREATED BY DECLARATION RECORDED JANUARY 26, 2001 AS DOCUMENT NO. 0010070707, AND BY DECLARATION OF PRIVATE ALLEY EASEMENT RECORDED AS DOCUMENT 0010070706, AS AMENDED IN FIRST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF PRIVATE ALLEY EASEMENT RECORDED MAY 4, 2001 AS DOCUMENT 00 103 743 08, OVER AND UPON THAT PART OF THE EAST WEST VACATED ALLEY (SAID ALLEY VACATED BY ORDINANCE PASSED JANUARY 19, 1970 AND RECORDED AS DOCUMENT 21137712) WHICH LIES 8.0 FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE OF SAID VACATED ALLEY (EXCEPT THE WEST 2.0 FEET THEREOF AND EXCEPT THAT PART LYING IN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LAND) IN BLOCK 6 IN HIGGINS, LAW AND COMPANY’S ADDITION TO CHICAGO, IN THE EAST /2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTCHANCERY DIVISION
The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).
IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.
THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION
One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE
You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088
E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com
Attorney File No. 20-06455IL_1115365
Attorney Code. 61256
Case Number: 13 CH 13926 TJSC#: 44-2724
NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Case # 13 CH 13926 I3253669
MILL CITY MORTGAGE.LOAN
TRUST 2015-1, WILMINGTON SAVINGS, FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST AS. TRUSTEE
Plaintiff vs. CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER24, 2013 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 8002363224; STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A CERTAIN TRUST AGREEMENT DA TED OCTOBER 24, 2013 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO, 8002363224; MICHAEL T. MANNING; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS
Defendant 22 CH 10132
CALENDAR 59
NOTICE OF SALE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on November 25, 2024, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 17-05-116-055-0000.
Commonly known as 1340 North Greenview Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622.
The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.
For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 4536960. 1491-187250 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3253854
