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The head of The Leaders Network said there are a number of West Side residents who should be considered, including Rev. Ira Acree, Marshall Hatch Jr., Zerlina Smith-Members, Tara Stamps and Claiborne Wade.
Rev. Ira J. Acree, pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church and co-chairman of the Leaders Network, hopes to replace Brandon Johnson when he leaves the 1st District seat to become mayor of Chicago next month.
Through violence prevention and reduction grants, West Side nonprofits will receive millions of dollars over the next three years. Grant recipients include BUILD Chicago, New Moms and Manufacturing Renaissance.
The measure, which will take effect in November, will ensure that housing providers don’t consider certain aspects of someone’s criminal record — such as arrests, juvenile records, and sealed and expunged records — when making housing determinations. Commissioner Brandon Johnson, an Austin resident who was elected to the board last year, was the chief sponsor of the amendment.
The newly elected commissioner and the rest of the Cook County Board is being sworn in Dec. 3 for four-year terms.
Brandon Johnson will begin representing the 1st District on the Cook County Board of Commissioners Dec. 3.
With votes from all but a few precincts counted, challenger Brandon Johnson is declaring victory over first-term incumbent Richard Boykin. But Boykin is not conceding defeat.
The board candidates – incumbent Richard Boykin and challenger Brandon Johnson – and their supporters have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the primary contest.
Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and challenger Brandon Johnson squared off at a raucous candidates forum Saturday. Both men appear on the Democrat primary ballot; early voting begins later this month for the March 20 election.
Voters will have a choice in the March 20 primary between first-term Commissioner Richard Boykin and CTU organizer Brandon Johnson. The two are expected to appear at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 at Chicago West Side NAACP’s candidates forum, to be held at Sankofa, 5828 W. Chicago. Ave.