Last nights '7-11 Wants to Sell Booze' meeting was pretty exciting. If this was a boxing match, Joe Moore got knocked out in the first round. But instead of getting the bloody mess over with quickly, this thing went the entire distance. In all, about 80 mad-as-hell neighbors showed up to let Joe Moore and the people at 7-11 have it.
One after one, they voiced their disapproval to 7-11 having a liquor license. And as a verbal boxing fan, I was loving it.
"It's not a good idea," said one resident. Joe Moore, no response.
"Bad plan," said another. Joe Moore, not a peep.
"We got too many liquor stores already," shouted one angry person. Joe Moore stood expressionless.
"We got a rehab less than 100 steps from the store... these people aren't to happy about temptation being so close," said a neighbor who lives across the street. Joe Moore, no response.
"It'll turn into a Pratt Hell Hole," chimed another. I think that person stole my line.
In all, I counted 36 public speakers talk about the problems they foresee if 7-11 was allowed to sell booze. After every 'against the liquor license for 7-11' statement, the room broke out in a loud applause of approval to the commenters comments.
A few seniors in the back of the room who spoke worried about the school kids being so close to a business that would sell liquor with all the riffraff currently living in the neighborhood. They didn't feel it would be right to lift the moratorium with the druggies and addicts roaming the streets of CAPS beat 2431.
One lady in particular had a story about 7-11 that took the meeting to a new level. Milan Mitchell told a story of the 7-11 on Pratt racial profiling her and a couple of her male companions on September 7th, 1997.
She claims the owner Hashim Sayed called the cops on her and her friends and the cops came and beat the living hell out of her. She was really upset. It started with a video monitoring security system that followed them around the store went she visited in 1997 and the signal was relayed to someone watching them outside the store itself. Then someone started talking to them in a negative tone over a speaker system installed in the store. A big brother type of security system.
She claims Joe Moore knew what happened and did nothing about it. On June 24, 1999, she testified as a survivor of police brutality before the City of Chicago, Police Commission, counsel members, and the general public. City council hearings were held and Joe Moore didn't show up. Now Joe Moore wants to talk about police brutality? What a fucking hypocrite you are Joe Moore.
She mentioned a bunch of stuff about the state and federal courts being involved in the matter too. She wrote a book about.
When she brought all this up at last night's meeting, the owner of the store and Ms. Mitchell got into a huge shouting match. 7-11 owner Mr. Hashim Sayed called her a liar - and she called him a liar right back. Joe Moore just stood there like a deer in the headlights. What a moron. He just stood there playing pocket pool while the neighbors called each other names. I guess Joe likes to see neighbors fighting with each other and calling each other racists?
Then Tom Mannis got into a shouting match with the owner Mr. Sayed over a dead rat in the 7-11 parking lot. Tom Mannis called the owner a liar and the owner called Mannis a liar. Mannis also claims that owner is a cheap-skate and doesn't pay his workers over-time, but forces them to work over-time.
I caught Joe Moore in a big fat lie regarding 7-11 bringing liquor stores to Rogers Park. He claimed he knew nothing about 7-11 asking for liquor licenses before. When I asked him about the 7-11 on Devon and Sheridan getting a liquor license in his ward recently, he was got caught lying by saying he knew about it and had a community meeting about it in October 2005. He said the community approved of that one.
I'd like Joe Moore to prove in writing where and when in October of 2005 he held this meeting - who showed up and approved the 7-11 on Devon and Sheridan to sell liquor. Actual meeting minutes. This is right on the Loyola University campus! I covered ward issues very well in October 2005. We had a few meetings including the Loyola Marina meeting, but nothing came from your office about a 'Loyola University 7-11 selling booze' meeting. Go check for yourself.
The loser can't help himself. Joe Moore is a compulsive fabricator of the false statements. If he sends out a press release saying the community thinks this 7-11 selling liquor idea is a good thing, don't believe him, he'll be lying to you.
Did I mention Joe Moore got roasted by the neighborhood residents last night?
BLOGNOTES: "I will not support the proposal without substantial community support."
"I am the final court!"
Quotes from Joe Moore
* Folks, there was NO substantial community support. Only one person thought the idea was okay. That's right, only one person, who by the way had a purple mohawk style hair-cut out spoke in favor. Clearly, anyone who wears a mohawk in the year 2007 is not in his right mind. That's so 1980's. It wasn't cool then - and it definitely not cool now.
Even Joe's two little political suck-ups thought the plan sucked. If Joe brought in his other 18 community puppets, it still wouldn't have helped.
* Here's what Jocelyn @ Rogers Park Neighbors had to say.
* Oh, and just in case Joe Moore try's again to say we're lying about what happened at the meeting. Both Mannis and I got Joe's lies - and Mr. Sayed calling neighbors liars all on audio and video tape.
21 comments:
I just heard from a source 7-11 representatives claim to have 500 signatures from residents in the neighborhood who want liquor to be sold.
FROM READING YOUR BLOG- LETS HOPE JOE MOROE SPEAKS OUT FOR THE WARD---
NO LIQUOR FOR SEVEN ELEVEN
This is why I think JM is a Springsteen wannabe fan. He is a deer frozen in the light, no blinded by the light.
If there is a petition floating around why hasn't it floated my way.
No liquor sales at 7-11!
That is my vote. If a petition comes my way I will let you know
There will be liquor sales there,
it is the political will of the alderman,
This will be fine, too many the sky is falling people,
what is really making the neigborhood better is the outflux of people because they cant afford the rent.
If anyone collects signatures opposing liquor sales at the 7-11, I will sign! I couldn't attend the meeting last night but am strongly opposed to liquor sales in this location.
I wish I could have attended that meeting, but I had another committment that night. It sounds as if the 7-11 owner only cares about the extra money he wanted to make on liquor. Moore's silence when he should have been responding to the neighbors was horrible.
"I will not support the proposal without substantial community support."
"I am the final court!"
Quotes from Joe Moore
Based on our boy joey statement along with all of the people who opposed the the sale of liquor at the 7-11, joeey will approve foe the liquor to be sold!!
When was the last time joey ever did anything that the people of the ward wanted
Following e-mail from joey shows where our alderman puts his energy! Maybe because there will be msdia coverage!!
With all the problems the city is haveing with the short fall of dollars, CTA issues, etc.
Why does out aldermen get involved with issues that are at level he isn't involved with!
Dear Neighbor,
Please join me at the Mobilization Against the War in Iraq, on Saturday, October 27th beginning with a rally in Union Park (1501 W. Randolph) at 1:30 p.m., followed by a march to the Loop at 2:30 p.m. and culminating in a rally at Federal Plaza at 4:00 p.m.
Eleven Cities across the nation are serving as regional centers for anti-war demonstrations and rallies. Chicago is the Midwest regional center, and the site of one of the largest gatherings in the country. For more information, visit the October 27th Mobilization web site.
I am sponsoring a bus to the rally. The bus will leave my 49th Ward Service Office, 7356 N. Greenview, promptly at 12:30 p.m. and will return following the Federal Plaza rally. Seating is limited. To reserve a seat, please e-mail me at ward49@cityofchicago.com or call 773-338-5796 by Thursday at 5 p.m.
If you don't want to ride the bus, meet us prior to the march in Union Park at the south side of the field house. We will be marching under a Rogers Park/Edgewater banner.
Ending the war is of critical importance to our neighborhood. The sons and daughters of 49th Ward families are being called to fight in this never-ending war, and the financial costs are unfathomable.
According to the nonpartisan National Priorities Project, Chicago taxpayers alone have spent $4.8 billion dollars on the war in Iraq. If you divide that number by Chicago's 50 wards, the 49th Ward's share of that amount is $96 million.
Think about it. Ninety-six million of our hard-earned dollars went to that stupid and disastrous and immoral war. We could have used that money to rebuild our crumbling el stations, hire scores of new police officers, provide hundreds of 49th Ward families with quality affordable housing, and extend health care coverage to thousands of 49th Ward families.
And Chicago could have balanced its budget and avoided any tax increases with just a small fraction of the $4.8 billion city taxpayers sent to Iraq
I am proud of my sponsorship of the Chicago City Council's resolution against the war in Iraq. The Chicago City Council was one of the first city councils in the nation to go on record opposing the military invasion and I worked hard to convince hundreds of other city councils across the nation to follow our lead.
If more members of Congress had demonstrated the same political courage as my colleagues on the Chicago City Council, our nation would have avoided the tragic loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and the unconscionable waste of hundreds of billions of dollars.
I hope you take time to join us on Saturday. We cannot allow this war to continue robbing our neighborhood of its precious resources.
Sincerely,
Joe Moore
Craig, you need to get yourself some help. You're still young, you don't have to live this way, get some help, speak to someone. Please
while discussing a different topic, a phrase came up that i think also applies here: we need to work on operability before interoperability. so instead of trying to get us involved in larger world issues--as moore seems intent on--he needs to get us (and himself) focused on the neighborhood. only when RP is healthy should we be looking outward to see where help/support is needed.
With all of the community speaking up about the many examples of crime in our community, is Joe Moore still in denial that there is a lot of crime in Rogers Park?
From your play by play of the meeting, it seems like such statements stun him into a coma-like state.
Did he get it this time, or did he miss the vital information that there are many, many problems with Rogers Park that need an alderman's attention?
JOE
YOUR MOBLIZATION AGANIST THE WAR IS FINE BUT-
AT THE PRESENT THINK THE SEVEN ELEVEN PROBLEM IS MORE IMPORTANT WITH THE CITIZENS OF YOUR WARD, WITH NO POSTIVE COMENT, WHICH YOU ARE GETTING PAID FOR-
PLEASE NO GOOSE LIVER ON THIS ISSUE-
* Folks, there was NO substantial community support. Only one person thought the idea was okay. That's right, only one person, who by the way had a purple mohawk style hair-cut out spoke in favor. Clearly, anyone who wears a mohawk in the year 2007 is not in his right mind. That's so 1980's. It wasn't cool then - and it definitely not cool now.
HAHA THIS COMES FROM THE MAN WHO STILL DOES DIRT BIKE RACING!!! NEED I SAY MORE!
I attended the meeting and can attest to the overwhelming and nearly universal opposition to the lifting of the moratorium on liquor sales at this location. Most people in attendance lived on Pratt or on streets and blocks immediately adjacent to the 7-11 in question.
There were many people there I know, and many people who have often opposed each other politically. There were people of every income level, race, ethnicity, and age, and they were all very vocal in their opposition.
However, we were all united in our opposition to liquor sales at this location specifically,and to the proliferation of package liquor sales in the ward generally.
If you want to make sure he gets the message send his office an email.
Email: ward49@cityofchicago.org
CC Betsy.Vandercook@cityofchicago.org
and CC Alderman O'Connor
Alderman O'Connor: ward40@cityofchicago.org
If Moore is not concerned, maybe O'Connor will be.
winterfleur said:
"instead of trying to get us involved in larger world issues--as moore seems intent on--he needs to get us (and himself) focused on the neighborhood. only when RP is healthy should we be looking outward to see where help/support is needed".
I think if Joe Moore focused on Rogers Park rather than pursuing press to inflate his ego, Rogers Park could be a better place.
Given his long history of grand standing though, it is highly unlikely that he will ever change his ways.
Chicago aldermen should focus on Ward issues before World issues.
Alderman Moore's Decision on 7-Eleven's Request to Lift Moratorium
Dear Neighbor,
As you know, I was asked by Mr. Hashim Sayed and the 7-Eleven corporation to lift the 49th Ward's moratorium on new packaged liquor licenses for their store at 1414 W. Pratt (at Glenwood). Lifting the moratorium would have enabled 7-Eleven to apply for a liquor license.
I hosted a community meeting on Tuesday, October 24th, to give Mr. Sayed and 7-Eleven an opportunity to present their proposal and solicit the opinions of community residents.
Nearly 100 community residents attended the meeting, and nearly every resident spoke out against the proposal. In light of the overwhelming community opposition, I have informed Mr. Syed and the 7-Eleven representatives that I will deny their request to lift the moratorium.
I would like to thank Mr. Sayed and 7-Eleven for their willingness to present their plans to the community. And I would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend the meeting or send an e-mail expressing their opinion on this issue. By most accounts, Mr. Sayed runs a good, clean store, but the residents who live closest to the store agree that the community is not able to absorb another packaged liquor license.
I respect their opinion and will abide by their recommendation.
Sincerely,
Joe Moore
WONDER IF SEVEN ELEVEN GIVE THEIR FRANCHISES ANY LECTURES ON RACISM-
Someone is reading from very far away.
As a student of Loyola from 2005-2007, I received a notice (nearly identical to the Pratt 7-11 notice) about a community meeting regarding the Devon/Sheridan liquor license application. I did not attend the meeting - I was in class - but LUC faculty, staff, and students did go, and to my knowledge, voiced opposition. (In response to: I'd like Joe Moore to prove in writing where and when in October of 2005 he held this meeting - who showed up and approved the 7-11 on Devon and Sheridan to sell liquor. Actual meeting minutes. This is right on the Loyola University campus! I covered ward issues very well in October 2005. We had a few meetings including the Loyola Marina meeting, but nothing came from your office about a 'Loyola University 7-11 selling booze' meeting. Go check for yourself.)
It's a sad commentary when a disabled woman of African decent couldn't even enter a 7-Eleven convenience store with two African American male companions to merely shop for grocery items without being subjected to JIMCROWISM then maciously assaulted and battered by some all white police officers, including a female over a decade ago.
You thought this highly prejudicial and discriminatory practice were objectionable, one can only image trying to litigate this cause of action in the Civil Justice System as a disabled pro se litigant after three lawyers were judicially removed.
For excerpts of this story, check out writerscafe.org then search for milan mitchell or milanmitchell.com.
Now, I ask the Rogers Park community residents, what would you have done under these prejudicial and discriminatory conditions today?
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