Progressive aldermen’s 100-day agenda includes higher minimum wage, more affordable housing – Chicago Sun-Times

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Any plans for enhancing (or preserving) ward services?

Hey, I know the specter of socialism haunts the 40th Ward. (See new alderman at the podium.) But will our man make time for some good old-fashioned capitalistic provision of the day-to-day? Staying tuned at this end, let me tell you.

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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