Not again. Another downed flier. This time for a so-called zoning meeting. But this isn't true. The plan is a done deal. We are all just being hood-winked. Bam-boozled. We the community are being taken for a ride.
What this flier is really for is to promote Alderman Moore as a candidate. That's right. These fliers are for a political rally.
How do I know?
This lady told me so.
Christine, who claims to have got her marching orders from the ward office on the fliering, later told me that wasn't really the case. She doesn't work for the ward office. She is a cheerleader for the Aldermans campaign, posing as a community helper.
So, in reality, these fliers are nothing more than posters promoting the Alderman, well, as the Alderman.
She is part of the 49th ward democrats. She got her orders to flier last night at the monthly democratic meeting held at the Champeche Restaurant. The headquarters for all 49th ward democratic meetings according to Christine. This came straight from Christines mouth. This is the meeting she went for these fliers. Not the ward office. She didn't know much about any of the zoning issues. Heck, from the first photo, she doesn't know much on fliering either. They always fall on the ground, creating political litter.
Her friend on the other hand waved and said, " I'm goin' be famous.... I'm goin' to be on that Hell Hole"!
You bet you are! But why do we have to pick up the mess you two leave behind?
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I say we take $ from both SSA's and The Loyola Tiff and install a minimum of a dozen Kiosks throughout the neighborhood. In front of El stations Busy Bus Stops ETC.
This would be a step in reducing the amount of paper used as well as allowing people to communicate all kinds of things in a public forum.
Lincoln Square and Roscoe Village both have em. I like them and see it as promoting an open exchange of information.
As a property manager who removes untold amounts of paper from my foyers daily (as well as the garbage flying around) usually created by the garbage trucks and random people littering. I question the effectiveness of door to door flyering from a marketing standpoint. It simply gets tossed out with all the other circulars and junk mail.
Anybody else have an opinion on Kiosks?
Let's get through the meeting(s) and the facade. Make it an opportunity to get to the TRUTH and worry about the kiosk after the political plows have run through.
No one should be volunteering for anything if they don't know the issues and ramifications of the hidden agenda(s). There has to be a better way to be famous than enabling the death of a neighborhood.
Hi James,
Yes Hyde Park has them as well. Hell every College town,neighborhood in the country has em generally.
How to secure in terms of to the earth? Or how to secure in terms of vandalism? First of course is easy as you well know. Second is clearly much trickier.
I will do some research as I lost some of the links I found a couple years ago.
Let's do talk about building one as a prototype. Obviously we can't just erect one on the public way, but maybe we could win the bid (open to all of course) to manufacture these! Are you still a union member? CHICAWGO ya know!
Let's talk....
PS Not trying to change the subject Michael. Just offering a solution to a problem.(something many of us including myself ever do here)
"Rallying the troops" MH ? Do I smell another petition coming in the near future? It's about that time my friend! You have been quite active and vocal these day's.
What exactly is so scandalous about Dem Ward workers hanging flyers?
Ward Zoning Remap
I would encourage all residents to print off the maps on a high-quality printer, get out your magnifying glass, and carefully study these maps before the meeting.
Also, study the use tables. The use tables are the key to understanding the zoning maps.
Also, the proposed changes to the zoning MAP have to be understood in the context of the major revision of the zoning LAW approved by our esteemed Aldermen last fall.
If there's anything you don't understand on the maps or the use tables, come with plenty of questions.
Density changes
One of the most important aspects of the zoning law is how tightly it allows developers to pack us in on top of each other.
The single largest area of density increase proposed for anywhere in Rogers Park is along Clark from Touhy to Pratt. This area is east of the Metra station, which extends from Greenleaf to Lunt. Moore's proposal is to go from C1-2 to B3-3. This is a two and a half fold density increase. That is, after the change, 2.5 times as many condos can be built on the same land as currently.
The second largest area of density increase is along Western from Howard to Touhy.
Density decreases are proposed in other smaller, areas, general in residential blocks, including along Touhy.
No new areas of open space or parks are proposed anywhere.
Moore's proposed density increases are a prelude to development, and a boon to the current owners. Even if the properties are not immediately redeveloped, the zoning change increases the value of the properties and the ability to borrow against them.
One of the beneficiaries of the proposed density increase for Clark Street is Alderman Moore's and DevCorp North's good pals at Rogers Park Auto Repair and Money Laundry. In fact, their (cover) business becomes a non-conforming use under the proposed zoning map.
Rogers Park Auto Repair Shop Inc. contributes regularly to Alderman Moore, according Alderman Moore's disclosures to the Illinois State Board of Elections:
$1,000.00 on 2/18/2003
$500.00 on 8/2/2001
$500.00 on 4/4/2001
$700.00 on 3/7/2000
$500.00 on 11/12/1999
Akhil Ahmed, the owner of Rogers Park Auto Repair Shop Inc., is also a Moore contributor:
$2,500.00 on 5/22/2002
Rana M. Saleem, the President of Rogers Park Auto Repair Shop Inc., is also a Moore contributor:
$500.00 on 6/1/2000
Rogers Park Auto Repair Shop Inc. and its officers have contributed at least $6,200.00 to Alderman Moore since 1999 (when Alderman Moore began filing electronically with the Illinois State Board of Elections).
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections
Unfortunately, I can't make the meeting tonight. Hopefully Mr. Fagus and Mr. Moore can attend the next CAPS meeting. Last night was interesting to say the least.
I hope there are going to be more than four meetings divided by area. After public information is collected, our leaders will need to hold at least one more meeting to show us how our concerns are taken into account when this plan is fine-tuned after the meeting, correct?
I'll talk to some of my fellow residents to get the low-down on tonight's proposal and community comments. We definately need development, but we need to have a long-term vision.
dan2
p.s. I don't see a footprint in the above photo of the flyer...
Two comments from me.
One, maybe Christine is just posting flyers because she wants to be involved in the community. I have met her walking her dogs and I know she just moved here a year or so ago- maybe she's just trying to chip in. Alot of people (ejem- myself included) flyer the hood for meetings. Isn't the important thing to get numbers of people at the meeting so they can give their opinion?
2nd comment:
I am wondering if others are concerned as I am very much so right now about teardowns in our neighborhood? I found out this weekend that 1225 W. Farwell- a beautiful greystone 2-flat is going to be torn down to put up 6 condos. It's on a double lot and this is why. I don't want to see what happened in lakeview happen here and have our smaller buildings decimated and replaced by cinderblock crap.
I heard someone say tonight (as I was flyering the hood for the meeting Thursday) that someone had started a petition about teardowns.
I don't know who though. Does anyone know who is working on this? If so, I'd like to hear from them as this is an issue of great importance to the long term appearance (and density) of our neighborhood.
Uptown downzoned many streets to prevent this.
The tear-down craze previously busied itself with single-family frame homes, some poorly maintained, that could be easily pushed over and cleared away in a long weekend.
An alarming trend this year is the tear-down mania extending to brick two flats.
Another example is the red brick two-flat at 6745 N Clark, torn down by real estate developer and Moore contributor Alexander Samardzija.
Another example is the brick two-flat at 1528 W Greenleaf, torn down by real estate developer and Moore contributor Steve Golovan.
Two-flat are a traditional route to home ownership. The income from the second apartment allows someone to afford to buy a home that they otherwise could not. Each tear-down of a brick two-flat reduces economic opportunity and increases economic disparity in our neighborhood.
Anyone even peripherally involved in civic life in Rogers Park quickly becomes aware that a group claiming to be a "community group" may not be what it seems. Here's the senior business columnist with the Chicago Sun-Times on the agenda of the Metropolitian Planning Council. The MPC wrote Chicago's new zoning law.
David Roeder, Chicago Sun - Times, Dec 1, 2004
CONDO TAX
Mayor Daley has stirred up developers with talk of imposing a per- unit development fee on new residential buildings. But part of the opposition comes from a surprising source, the Metropolitan Planning Council, an organization that seldom involves itself with day-to-day lobbying. The MPC has launched a campaign against the plan, saying it would discourage the dense high-rises that have brought central Chicago back to life in the last couple of decades.
The prominence of developers on the MPC board, with the chairman being one of the biggest, John Buck, prompted me to ask Peter Skosey, MPC's vice president of external relations, whether the group is acting more like a chamber of commerce.
Not so, he said. During discussions of the city's new zoning ordinance, MPC urged "community groups to consider increasing density where it's appropriate," such as near commuter stations, Skosey said. He said the group is independent of board members' private interests.
The fee is expected to generate about $2.3 million annually and is assessed by the square footage of the unit, said Lisa Schrader, spokeswoman for the city's budget office. Subsidized housing would be exempt, she said. It's all part of a large menu of fee increases. But the sum to be generated from this one item seems paltry. A better alternative would be for City Hall to examine the subsidy deals it hands out to builders. That could save the treasury many times $2.3 million.
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