Mayor Rahn Emanuel |
OPEN LETTER: The following letter was sent to Mayor Rahm Emanuel on April 8, 2014, to inform him about the opposition the residents and business people have against the public housing project that Ald. Ricardo Munoz wants in the 22nd Ward. It reads as follows:
April 8, 2014
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
City of Chicago - 5th Floor
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
City of Chicago - 5th Floor
121
N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60602
Re:
26th
St. & Kostner Ave./
Marcy Housing Project
Marcy Housing Project
Dear
Mayor Emanuel:
My name is August
Sallas
and I am the President of the Little Village Community Council, 3610
W. 26th
St., Chicago, IL 60623. My cell is 312/286-3405.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the resident
and business people of Little Village do NOT
want a public housing project in our neighborhood. Our main concern
is crime.
As you may know, gang violence and crime is the number one
problem in Little Village. And, as you know, former Mayor Richard M.
Daley closed down public housing in Chicago because of crime.
The Little Village Community Council and HOPE hosted six [6]
community meetings to give Alderman Ricardo Munoz [22nd
] an opportunity to hear our concerns and opinions about what should
be built at 26th
St. & Kostner Ave.
Ald. Munoz has ignored our invitations and he has refused to
attend any one of the meetings. He has failed to inform the community
about the public housing project. On March 27, 2014 at Epiphany
Church hall, 100 residents waited for him; and Ald. Munoz was a
"no-show."
In
Little Village our No. 1 concern is how to save our youth from gang
violence and public safety. Here is what the Little Village community
needs:
[1]
Youth Center
[2]
Senior Citizens Social Club
[3]
Soccer Field.
[4]
Park
[5]
Vocational Trade School
Public
Housing is of no
benefit
to the residents of Little Village.
In
conclusion, we are asking you to stop this project.
Your
support on this matter will be greatly appreciated by the business
people and residents of Little Village.
With
kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely,
/s/August
Sallas,
President
– LVCC
cc:
Ald. George Cardenas, Ald. Danny Solis, Ald. Edward Burke, State Sen.
Tony Munoz, State Sen. Steve Landek, State Sen. Martin Sandoval,
State Rep. Edward Acevedo, State Rep. Lisa Hernandez, State Rep.
Silvana Tabares, Police Commander Maria Pena, 10th
District, Baltazar Enriquez, HOPE.
INSIGHT:
Ricardo
Munoz has
been the representative [Alderman] of the 22nd
Ward since 1993; appointed by former
Mayor Richard M. Daley. In
those 21 years that Ald. Ricardo Munoz has been the alderman, gang
violence has gotten worse in the Little Village neighborhood. Many of
our youths have lost their young lives to gang violence.
THE
YOUTH of
Little Village need the following: a Youth/Recreational Center, a
soccer field and/or park, or a Vocational Trade School. Young people
in our neighborhood desperately need a safe place to play or facility
to learn a trade and the necessary skills to earn a living. We need
to help our youth with an alternative to gang affiliation.
THE
LOTS
at 26th
St. & Kostner Avenue is an ideal location for the development of
a center similar to the Odeum Sports & Expo Center in Villa Park,
IL, which would benefit the youths and residents who live in Little
Village. Saving our youth should be uppermost in all of our minds.
CHANGE
OF DATE: Students
from America's Career Institute will be giving FREE
haircuts
and manicures at the Little Village Community Council, 3610 W. 26th
on Saturday, May
3,
2014 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. No appointment necessary.
Hair stylists giving free haircuts. |
CORTES
DE PELO
y manicures gratis, 03 de Mayo 2014 a 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. No se
necesita cita. Doors will be open at 9 a.m. FOR
MORE information call 312/286-3405.
MAY DAY: Larry Slvack,
President, of the Illinois Labor History Society [ILHS] has
announced that this year is the 125th Anniversary of May
Day, the International workers' holiday. The celebration of
May Day will be held Thursday, May 1, 2014 with a ceremony at
the Haymarket memorial at Randolph and Des Plaines at 3:00 p.m.
HOSTING THE May Day
event will be Chicago Federation of Labor, Illinois Labor History
Society and Chicago Jobs with Justice. The French General
Confederation of Labor [CGT] will be represented and will add a
plaque to the growing international tributes on the memorial. For
more information call 312/663-4107.