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Rep. La Shawn Ford building support for a mayoral run
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Supporters gathered last week on the South Side to discuss a mayoral bid for the Austin lawmaker; another meeting will be held tonight.
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Supporters gathered last week on the South Side to discuss a mayoral bid for the Austin lawmaker; another meeting will be held tonight.
Columnist John W. Fountain III predicts the next mayor of Chicago will not be African American, though there are several black candidates seeking to replace Rahm Emanuel.
A town hall meeting will be held Jan. 9 in Austin to talk about Illinois House Bill 4356.
Reps. La Shawn Ford and Camille Lilly met recently with West Siders who don’t want the mayor to continue appointing members of the Chicago Board of Education.
One Austin woman urges West Siders to carefully weigh the options when voting for mayor, alderman.
The forum, set for 6:30 p.m. March 11 at 5730 W. Division St., will be held one day after the deadline to register to vote in the April 7 runoff.
Chicagoans can go to any one of 51 sites across the city to cast their ballots for the city council and mayor.
Karen Lewis, who is considering a run for mayor, will visit the West Side Oct. 9 as part of a citywide “conversation.”
Thirty-year-old Amara Enyia is challenging Rahm Emanuel in a campaign she hopes puts the focus on uniting neighborhoods across the city.
State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) wants a panel to evaluate whether the mayor should continue appointing the Chicago Board of Education.