Arena-Martwick Combine shows 45th Ward strength
ANALYSIS & OPINION BY RUSS STEWART The late baseball icon Yogi Berra once said that "It ain’t over till it’s over," and while the Northwest Side 45th Ward aldermanic election is still 11 months...
Category: Politics
NW Side aldermen mull civilian police oversight
by KEVIN GROSS Some Northwest Side aldermen said that they are opposed to a proposal to create a new civilian accountability commission for the Chicago Police Department, which would possibly have authority to direct...
Fraternal Order of Police files complaint against Ald. Arena with Inspector General
by BRIAN NADIG The Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge 7 has filed a complaint with the city Inspector General alleging that Alderman John Arena (45th) has been harassing city workers by filing “false...
Degnen defeats county Commissioner Fritchey
by KEVIN GROSS Bridget Degnen defeated incumbent commissioner John Fritchey in the 12th District of Cook County race in the primary election on March 20 despite his vocal opposition to the county soda tax...
‘Pay-to-Play’ crippled by Berrios loss in primary
ANALYSIS & OPINION BY RUSS STEWART For more than 30 years Joe Berrios has been a masterful practitioner of pay-to-play politics, first at the Cook County Board of Review and since 2010 as county...
Martwick victorious in primary
by BRIAN NADIG State Representative Robert Martwick (D-19) was one of the big winners in the March 20 primary election on the Northwest Side while incumbent state Senator Ira Silverstein (D-8) was defeated. "I’m...
