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Amara Enyia, former executive director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, and four of her senior mayoral campaign staffers face a class-action wage and overtime theft grievance. More than 20 staffers say they’re owed money from the February 2019 race.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle also did well in West Side wards; she faces former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot in the April 2nd runoff.
The first-term alderman won another four years on the Chicago City Council, beating Dwayne Truss and Zerlina A. Smith. Incumbents Emma Mitts (37th) and Jason Ervin (28th) also easily won re-election.
Eight of the 14 candidates running for mayor Feb. 26th participated in last week’s forum, which was organized by the Chicago Westside chapter of the NAACP.
Panelists at DuSable Museum included Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and Amara Enyia, head of the Austin Chamber of Commerce.
Several groups, led by the Austin Chamber of Commerce and with 29th Ward Ald. Chris Taliaferro’s backing, are working on the project, which would be located at Austin Town Hall and include other nearby buildings such as the Austin Branch Library and Frederick Douglass Academy High School.
Community activists and social policy experts said the lack of investment continues today, making it even harder for Austin and other neighborhoods to thrive.
The 7th District congressman easily won the March 15 primary and is poised to serve another two-year term.
West Side residents recall how long and hard African-Americans battled for their rights at the polling place and urged others to keep up the fight.
Activists, some elected officials continue to push for the taxpayer funds to be used to improve Austin.